Refried Boogaloo: Trump Just... Sucks

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  1. Do you actually
    If it means trvmp isnot going to get the unconditional "love" from the party majority (whatever that is, as to me the two parties are a bunch of individuals that sticker themselves with either a red or a blue one), could it be possible he goes on a "Me, me important guy" tantrum and founds a trvmp party?
     
  2. soccernutter

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    This guy is really off his rocker

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...ezuela-drug-war-fentanyl-weapon-b2885056.html

    President Donald Trump has designated fentanyl — a strong opioid painkiller that is widely used in medical settings — as a weapon of mass destruction in what could be a major escalation in his administration's efforts to topple the Venezuelan government.

    And as has been pointed out in many places, fentanyl does not, largely, come from Venezuela. It comes from Mexico.

    And then there was this (bold is mine):

    The president claimed the “mixing” of fentanyl was taking place in Mexico and claimed his administration had seized “millions” of pills containing the drug in recent months. But after a long, unhinged digression about the governor of Colorado’s refusal to honor a pardon Trump purportedly issued to a former county clerk who was convicted of violating state election laws in a vain attempt to prove he won the 2020 election in that state, the president claimed Venezuela and other countries were sending the drug to American shores deliberately to kill Americans instead of to make profits and satisfy demand for the illegal narcotic.
     
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  3. diablodelsol

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    The unprofitable 40% of the smelter that absorbs 98% of the depreciation while the 60% stake gets to make money at variable costs.
     
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  4. MAGA = Me Alone Gets Attention
     
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  5. superdave

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    Two thoughts

    Basically, of every 8 MAGA Republicans in April, 1 has left. 10 years into Trump, to me that’s a lot.

    Which brings me to my other thought…those who left MAGA, is it because they see him as a loser? Or because they themselves don’t support him? IOW, is it their own support for him that’s gone, or their belief that Trump is less popular?

    I bet it’s the latter, but that’s just me guessing.
     
  6. Naughtius Maximus

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    Yeah, but that's mostly discussing 'power projection', i.e. fighting at a distance from your own country. You can either use allies from which to launch attacks or use aircraft carriers.

    That's a rather different thing because as long as the US isn't actively supporting the people we're fighting against, (so, supporting Russia against the EU component of NATO), which is extremely unlikely it's not a factor.

    So the problem isn't that so much, as them using their control of supply and support of weapon systems to try and influence our chosen course of action.

    We don't actually have to be at war with them and, in any case, that's extremely unlikely.
     
  7. Naughtius Maximus

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    Isn't CNN one of the targets in this takeover battle? I'm sure I read that somewhere.

    They're maybe trying to make themselves less of a target by kowtowing before they are forced into it.
     
  8. ElNaranja

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    Kushner and the Saudis are looking to take over CNN by buying WB in a hostile takeover
     
  9. Sounders78

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    #7784 Sounders78, Dec 15, 2025
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    You've read it from me, but I've not seen it discussed in the media nor has anyone that I'm aware of, including myself, posted a link actually discussing it. Nonetheless, CNN is part of the WB family and I personally believe it is a primary reason Kushner and the Saudis are going for it. They want to control the media.
     
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  10. song219

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    There was a "demonstration" at the Heritage Foundation yesterday. It was one woman with a megaphone singing "Fascists work here" and a guy. This demonstration attracted 7 squad cars and a motorcycle. If crime is high in DC like Trump says it is in all big cities is because cops are spending their time guarding right wingers.
     
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  11. song219

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    Peter Thiel is in a Colorado jail in a current South Park episode and I believe Trump is just confused.
     
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  12. Potowmack

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    That's an odd take. DC police are on high alert for potential political violence, given recent events.
     
  13. song219

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    2 people doesn't take 8 and possibly as many as 15 officers. In addition the building is in the area where the US Capitol police patrol so there would be no problem getting many officers there quickly if there was a need.
     
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  14. soccernutter

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    Saudis, sure. Kushner is more likely in it just for the money. But the primary driver for this is Ellison, David, to make CNN into a type of FoxNews.
     
  15. soccernutter

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    On this, nope. Trump has been talking about Tina Peters for months.
     
  16. Cascarino's Pizzeria

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    I see regular protestors on SM

    Too bad these astroturf corporatist "foundations" weren't drowned in the bathtub shortly after they were founded. Have done immense damage to America.
     
  17. Kryptonite

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  18. Cascarino's Pizzeria

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    "It's all Joe Biden's & the immigrants' faults that the eocnomy sucks. They aren't the smart brown ones like Usha's parents. Merry Christmas, mom & dad! See you soon"

    BTW I believe ULine is a TrumpNazi outfit. Don't use them.

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    https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3ma4m44bp3y2f
     
  19. Minnman

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    Nitpicking, but I think Vance is lying about rents having "gone down." The rate of increase has gone down, but rents are still increasing in every segment, according to data I've seen.
     
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  20. soccernutter

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    She did an interview with Vanity Fair and the commentary I heard seemed to say it was kind of off the walls.

    And for those not aware, she is Chief of Staff.
     
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  21. soccernutter

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    Correct. They were also a huge funder for Johnson's re-election v. Barnes.
     
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  22. Val

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    I now get three ULine catalogs. Which i promptly pitch. One is sent to my old office which is also promptly pitched.
     
  23. The Jitty Slitter

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    Do we have a "hotdog man" thread for those fine citizens trying to find the people that did this?

    I am thinking Susie and Bari Weiss can open the batting there
     
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