"Flooding the Zone"

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Trump is going to force America to make new rules for what a president can and can't do. And that would include his kids and friends. He can't have Jared or Eric do it for him either.

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., doubled down Tuesday on his support for banning presidents — along with other federal officials — from trading individual stocks.

“I’d be in favor of a uniform rule for everybody,” Hawley told NBC News when asked about a recent filing that showed President Donald Trump made thousands of stock trades in recent months.

“By everybody, I mean everybody, Supreme Court justices, you pick it, that says you can’t trade in stock,” he added. “I mean, I’m in support of that. So, I’d start with Congress, but … I’d be happy to extend it all across the board.”

So Nancy and Donald Trump can't insider trade. Trump has mastered insider trading and corruption. It's because he's smart. And because you're stupid.

Good Ole Sealy

I know you were all for obama flunkeys in black robes blocking the trump agenda

Do you also applaud the Virginia democrats idea to fire all the sitting judges in that state (who are mostly lib, btw) and replace them with even more lib judges that will never stray off the reservation?

 

[sealybobo]

Good Ole Sealy

I know you were all for obama flunkeys in black robes blocking the trump agenda

Do you also applaud the Virginia democrats idea to fire all the sitting judges in that state (who are mostly lib, btw) and replace them with even more lib judges that will never stray off the reservation?

Deflection? I don't know anything about that. I'm just blown away at how Team Trump is flooding the zone with corruption. It's so much we can't keep up. Exactly why they are doing it. What should be a 2 week scandal only makes news for a day. Like Trump ripping us off of $1.776 billion. No oversight. No stopping the Trump's from just keeping it and not giving it to the Jan 6 patriots. Either way, it's insane. And you're not bitching one bit about it? Well screw it you're right. And in the end, if Trump only rips us off $1 trillion, what's $1 trillion more in the grand scheme of things.

Oh, and I just heard not only is he giving himself $1776 BILLION, get this. This is the best part. No Trump can ever be investigated for tax fraud. Or their companies. Remember in a movie once the characters never had to pay taxes ever again? Maybe they saved the world from an asteroid or something like that? That's basically the Trump family. They have a blanket pardon to commit crimes the rest of their lives.

And this shields them from CIVIL suits too not just criminal. Brilliant really.

 

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Good Ole Sealy

I know you were all for obama flunkeys in black robes blocking the trump agenda

Do you also applaud the Virginia democrats idea to fire all the sitting judges in that state (who are mostly lib, btw) and replace them with even more lib judges that will never stray off the reservation?

Sounds like something Repubs would do. That is, abuse their authority to consolidate power. Like what the conservatives on the SC have done.

It is regrettable that it's come to this but the time has come for D's to stop playing nice since R's ruthlessly abuse their power when they have the chance.

Remember McTreason's dual acts of duplicity when he essentially stole a SC nominee from both Obama and Biden?

 

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Deflection? I don't know anything about that. I'm just blown away at how Team Trump is flooding the zone with corruption. It's so much we can't keep up. Exactly why they are doing it. What should be a 2 week scandal only makes news for a day. Like Trump ripping us off of $1.776 billion. No oversight. No stopping the Trump's from just keeping it and not giving it to the Jan 6 patriots. Either way, it's insane. And you're not bitching one bit about it? Well screw it you're right. And in the end, if Trump only rips us off $1 trillion, what's $1 trillion more in the grand scheme of things.

Oh, and I just heard not only is he giving himself $1776 BILLION, get this. This is the best part. No Trump can ever be investigated for tax fraud. Or their companies. Remember in a movie once the characters never had to pay taxes ever again? Maybe they saved the world from an asteroid or something like that? That's basically the Trump family. They have a blanket pardon to commit crimes the rest of their lives.

And this shields them from CIVIL suits too not just criminal. Brilliant really.

Oh, and I just heard

You hear a lot of stuff on the leftwing media that stretches from unproven to outright lies

 

[sealybobo]

Sounds like something Repubs would do. That is, abuse their authority to consolidate power. Like what the conservatives on the SC have done.

It is regrettable that it's come to this but the time has come for D's to stop playing nice since R's ruthlessly abuse their power when they have the chance.

Remember McTreason's dual acts of duplicity when he essentially stole a SC nominee from both Obama and Biden?

We are no longer a liberal democracy

Political scientists increasingly classify the United States as an "electoral democracy" or an "anocracy" rather than a full liberal democracy. While the country retains free and competitive elections, the term "liberal democracy" is dropped when a nation experiences a weakening of checks and balances, threats to the rule of law, and the erosion of individual rights.

• Competitive Authoritarianism: define this as a system where leaders are democratically elected, but the ruling party uses the levers of government to tilt the electoral playing field, fill agencies with loyalists, and undercut critical institutions.
• Anocracy: The Center for Systemic Peace defines an anocracy as a "hybrid regime"—part democracy and part autocracy—where elections continue to take place but the separation of powers is fundamentally compromised.
• Oligarchy / Plutocracy: Extensive research from institutions like Princeton and Northwestern suggests that policymaking consistently favors wealthy elites and corporate interest groups, with the general public having near-zero independent influence on policy outcomes.

When questioned about how domestic inflation and rising gas prices weighed into his negotiations, he stated:

"Not even a little bit. The only thing that matters when I'm talking about Iran, they can't have a nuclear weapon. I don't think about Americans' financial situation, I don't think about anybody. I think about one thing: we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. That's all. That's the only thing that matters."

Were they trying to make a nuclear weapon? I doubt it.

In fact, what did Cuba do wrong? Why are we considering invading them? Venezuela? How come we didn't know things were so serious until suddenly Republicans are telling us we have to go to war with all these other countries? What the F is going on?

 

[sealybobo]

Oh, and I just heard

You hear a lot of stuff on the leftwing media that stretches from unproven to outright lies

How would you know you don't listen?

I heard a good one the other day on The Daily Show and it sort of confirmed what I've been saying. Trump really screwed us when he waged a trade war with the entire world especially China. Certainly wasn't properly planned or thought out.

Trump must want high gas prices. He's ripping us all off this way. This is just one of his many scams. The oil companies will give him his 10% cut. Mafia dons always get their 10%.

Anyways, what Trump did was so f'ing stupid. Take for example China. He slapped them with a tariff not thinking what they might do back. So they cut us off of rare earth minerals. Do you know who China did that to in the past? Japan. In response to something Japan did first. But Japan was smart. They stockpiled chips knowing China would do that. Did Trump stockpile chips before he went to war with China? No he did not. Why? I thought he was smart. That was a really stupid thing to do.

Reminds me of Iran, which reminds me of Iraq. Bush/Trump/Dick Chaney aren't this dumb. They benefit from this. Notice gas is really expensive? These guys work for the oil companies. And the defense contractors who clean up after them like Haloburton.

Talk about deep state

 

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How would you know you don't listen?

I heard a good one the other day on The Daily Show and it sort of confirmed what I've been saying. Trump really screwed us when he waged a trade war with the entire world especially China. Certainly wasn't properly planned or thought out.

Trump must want high gas prices. He's ripping us all off this way. This is just one of his many scams. The oil companies will give him his 10% cut. Mafia dons always get their 10%.

Anyways, what Trump did was so f'ing stupid. Take for example China. He slapped them with a tariff not thinking what they might do back. So they cut us off of rare earth minerals. Do you know who China did that to in the past? Japan. In response to something Japan did first. But Japan was smart. They stockpiled chips knowing China would do that. Did Trump stockpile chips before he went to war with China? No he did not. Why? I thought he was smart. That was a really stupid thing to do.

Reminds me of Iran, which reminds me of Iraq. Bush/Trump/Dick Chaney aren't this dumb. They benefit from this. Notice gas is really expensive? These guys work for the oil companies. And the defense contractors who clean up after them like Haloburton.

Talk about deep state

I heard a good one the other day on The Daily Show and it sort of confirmed what I've been saying. Trump really screwed us when he waged a trade war with the entire world especially China. Certainly wasn't properly planned or thought out.

I agree

He didnt handle it well

I would have focused only on china

The spineless and greedy euro’s would still have stabbed us in the back

But not as openly or with such anger

Now name the democrat who would have done a better job

They are all driving business away from deep blue cities and states

We have not been right since the WWII (or World War Eleven as one dumb broad from your party calls it) generation died off and the Baby Boomers took over

 

[Mac1958]

And this shields them from CIVIL suits too not just criminal. Brilliant really.

"History doesn't repeat, but it does rhyme".

We're getting a real time history lesson as we speak. We used to ask "how could they have let this happen?" Now we know. It's not about one guy, it's about his enablers, people looking the other way, cowards, useful idiots.

 

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I heard a good one the other day on The Daily Show and it sort of confirmed what I've been saying. Trump really screwed us when he waged a trade war with the entire world especially China. Certainly wasn't properly planned or thought out.

I agree

He didnt handle it well

I would have focused only on china

The spineless and greedy euro’s would still have stabbed us in the back

But not as openly or with such anger

Now name the democrat who would have done a better job

They are all driving business away from deep blue cities and states

We have not been right since the WWII (or World War Eleven as one dumb broad from your party calls it) generation died off and the Baby Boomers took over

A Democrat wouldn't have broke the wall. Humpty Dumpty broke the wall. Name a Democrat that would have broken the wall/economy?

Are there any red cities? Whynot?

I agree boomers suck. The greatest generation handed them the best middle class the world had ever seen but then the boomers f'ed us all

Roll Back the Reagan Tax Cuts | Common Dreams

Our bridges are falling apart (among other things), and its Ronald Reagan's fault. A few hours before the bridge collapsed in Minnesota, a news release landed (among hundreds) in my email inbox. It was from the right-wing "Heartland Institute" and a Minnesota conservative group calling itself...

www.commondreams.org

 

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A Democrat wouldn't have broke the wall. Humpty Dumpty broke the wall. Name a Democrat that would have broken the wall/economy?

Are there any red cities? Whynot?

I agree boomers suck. The greatest generation handed them the best middle class the world had ever seen but then the boomers f'ed us all

Roll Back the Reagan Tax Cuts | Common Dreams

Our bridges are falling apart (among other things), and its Ronald Reagan's fault. A few hours before the bridge collapsed in Minnesota, a news release landed (among hundreds) in my email inbox. It was from the right-wing "Heartland Institute" and a Minnesota conservative group calling itself...

www.commondreams.org

I ask you a question

And instead of answering it you come back with a question of your own

If you cant or wont name one of the Bozo’s driving your clown car just say so

 

[sealybobo]

I ask you a question

And instead of answering it you come back with a question of your own

If you cant or wont name one of the Bozo’s driving your clown car just say so

Are we talking Iran? Obama did a better job. Do you know he didn't actually give Iran $1.7 billion dollars? We owed them 700 million dollars for 30 years. With interest, we owed them that money.

Now compare that to the $60 billion trump is grifting us with this Iran grift. Call it $100 billion. Or, $1,776,000,000 when it's all said and done.

Like I said what do I care. Democrats gonna raise the debt on the middle class. Republicans going to raise it on the Military Industrial complex and Trump's going to take his 10% cut which is $1 trillion. No biggy. Every future president will do it.

Trump set a precedent for Presidents. It's all part of the corporate take over of America. The CEO gets paid.

I love it how you guys said Trump wasn't taking his salary. BFD. He just stole $1,776 BILLION from us. He will give Jan 6 rioters a little taste. Some more than others. Most nothing at all. And they all have to sign NDA's and Trump can never be investigated again for taxes. Neither can his sons Uday and Qusay.

 

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Are we talking Iran? Obama did a better job. Do you know he didn't actually give Iran $1.7 billion dollars? We owed them 700 million dollars for 30 years. With interest, we owed them that money.

Now compare that to the $60 billion trump is grifting us with this Iran grift. Call it $100 billion. Or, $1,776,000,000 when it's all said and done.

Like I said what do I care. Democrats gonna raise the debt on the middle class. Republicans going to raise it on the Military Industrial complex and Trump's going to take his 10% cut which is $1 trillion. No biggy. Every future president will do it.

Trump set a precedent for Presidents. It's all part of the corporate take over of America. The CEO gets paid.

I love it how you guys said Trump wasn't taking his salary. BFD. He just stole $1,776 BILLION from us. He will give Jan 6 rioters a little taste. Some more than others. Most nothing at all. And they all have to sign NDA's and Trump can never be investigated again for taxes. Neither can his sons Uday and Qusay.

Obama funded the shia muslim dictatorship

Do you still vote for any viable candidate? (Unfortunately for you obama cant run again)

Or just sit on the fence next to Mac1958 and attack everyone else?

 

[sealybobo]

Obama funded the shia muslim dictatorship

Do you still vote for any viable candidate?

Or just sit on the fence next to Mac1958 and attack everyone else?

You're doing it right now. So many things Trump is doing bad right now, such a mess he has created, and you want to make this statement just to flood the zone

Obama funded the shia muslim dictatorship? Meanwhile

Reynolds American, a tobacco company, gave $5 million to a Trump-backed super PAC just before the administration unveiled new policies that could give the tobacco industry a major boost.

The new rules would allow tobacco companies to sell flavored vapes, something previous administrations have tried to limit — including President Donald Trump's administration in his first term.

The New York Times reports the donation came April 30, and two days later, two lobbyists and an executive from Reynolds, along with representatives for another tobacco company, had lunch with Trump at one of his Florida golf clubs. New guidance on flavored vapes was issued by the Food and Drug Administration less than a week later.

And remember what Trump did yesterday? No? Exactly. Neither do I. It's a daily grift with this guy. Flood the zone!

 

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You're doing it right now. So many things Trump is doing bad right now, such a mess he has created, and you want to make this statement just to flood the zone

Obama funded the shia muslim dictatorship? Meanwhile

Reynolds American, a tobacco company, gave $5 million to a Trump-backed super PAC just before the administration unveiled new policies that could give the tobacco industry a major boost.

The new rules would allow tobacco companies to sell flavored vapes, something previous administrations have tried to limit — including President Donald Trump's administration in his first term.

The New York Times reports the donation came April 30, and two days later, two lobbyists and an executive from Reynolds, along with representatives for another tobacco company, had lunch with Trump at one of his Florida golf clubs. New guidance on flavored vapes was issued by the Food and Drug Administration less than a week later.

And remember what Trump did yesterday? No? Exactly. Neither do I. It's a daily grift with this guy. Flood the zone!

Trump may or may not be playing the familiar inside washington game

If so he learned it from the swamp rats who used to run washington

There is no better alternative to Trump at this time

And has not been since 2020

But I think either Vance or Rubio can advance the MAGA agenda in 2028

Meanwhile you have no one to look forward to

 

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And remember what Trump did yesterday? No? Exactly. Neither do I. It's a daily grift with this guy. Flood the zone!

They're constantly trying to deflect from what Trump does by trying to equate him with others.

He can't be equated with others. He can't be compared to others. He is uniquely corrupt, singularly juvenile, constantly needy, and uncommonly ignorant and narcissistic.

Any comparisons are a goddamn lie, and they know it. But he makes them feel smart and special, so....

 

[sealybobo]

Trump may or may not be playing the familiar inside washington game

If so he learned it from the swamp rats who used to run washington

There is no better alternative to Trump at this time

And has not been since 2020

But I think either Vance or Rubio can advance the MAGA agenda in 2028

Meanwhile you have no one to look forward to

No question someone on Trump's team knows all the angles. Corey Lewindowsky, Steve Bannon and Stephen Miller plus all the rest. Lutnik. Bessent, and I mean there's probably 100 other people who "work" for the Trump administration who are pulling scams and Trump gets his cut like a mafia boss. But like I said, it'll only be $1 trillion at most right? In the grand scheme of things, that's nothing. But remember you though the Biden's were corrupt and they only have $10 million. Obama and Clinton's aren't billionaires. Pelosi isn't a billionaire. The Trump's are going to take us for billions and billions of dollars. I say a trillion when it's all said and done.

Why is Trump the better alternative? Did you really think the border was that big of an issue? Why? We needed the workers?

Was China and the rest of the world taking advantage of us or was it the 20 CEO's he took with him to China that are screwing us?

 

[Ropey]

The High Price Of Kakistocracy

As we inch toward the holidays and the news slows, I wanted to step back and offer a bit more context on the slew of absurdist Trump nominations. The sheer number of unqualified miscreants that Trump has chosen to cast for his second season is overwhelming to the mind and to the mechanisms in place to screen out the worst and dimmest.

“The volume of controversial nominees will force senators to prioritize their battles, allowing some to advance simply due to limited time and attention,” law professor Alan Z. Rozenshtein writes at Lawfare.

I highly recommend Rozenshtein’s piece. It places Trump’s approach to nominations in a broader historical and political context. Here’s a sampling:

Trump’s nominations represent an unprecedented triple assault on constitutional appointment norms: First, many are unqualified or hostile to their agencies’ missions. Second, rather than making a few controversial picks, Trump has flooded the zone, nominating an entire slate of problematic candidates that burdens the Senate’s capacity for proper vetting. And third, Trump has signaled willingness to circumvent the confirmation process through legally dubious tactics such as forced Senate adjournment. Together, these moves threaten to transform the appointments process from a constitutional safeguard into a vehicle for installing loyalists regardless of competence.
Trump Casts The Worst And Dimmest For Season 2

The term "kakistocracy" (rule by the worst) emerged from obscurity during the first Trump administration. The word, which was previously used to describe troubled foreign governments, gained mainstream usage as critics pointed to controversial appointments such as Tom Price at the Department of Health and Human Services and Scott Pruitt at the Environmental Protection Agency—officials whose qualifications and conduct drew widespread criticism.

With President-elect Donald Trump's imminent return to power, "kakistocracy" is back in public conversation. As the Economist noted by making it “word of the year,” Google searches for the term spiked in November: first after Trump's victory, then after he nominated controversial officials for cabinet positions, including Matt Gaetz for attorney general and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of health and human services, and again when Gaetz withdrew his nomination amid criticism. And Trump's recent nomination of Kash Patel to lead the FBI has only intensified concerns about an impending kakistocracy.
The Constitution of Kakistocracy

I had been thinking about writing a post with that title for a while. Due to the number of outrages already piling up. Once I saw the linked article I decided to go ahead. The corruption involving Musk's Tesla car company being advantaged by ending accident reporting for self driving cars, the rampant crypto conflicts of interest following trump's foray in to the crypto biz, the onslaught of unqualified cabinet nominees, the attempts to intimidate the media and political opponents, being some of the more obvious examples.

It brings back memories of the chaos and corruption of trump 1.0. Cabinet nominees being forced to resign for legal and ethical violations. trump firing IG's who were investigating the admin. The refusal to comply with congressional subpoenas. The broken promise, and lies, about the wall. The obstruction of Mueller's investigation. Mike Flynn and Comey being fired within weeks of the inauguration. The lies about the inauguration itself. Many more incidents trumples have stuffed down their memory holes.

Whether by accident or design it can be disorienting. How do you fully examine the background of unqualified cabinet nominees when there are so many of them? How do you stop the cronyism regarding Musk when there's so much regarding crypto? But it must be done. Now it not the time to falter. Now is the time for vigilance.

This isn't "rule by the worst." This is Trump finally flooding the zone with people who aren't captured by the DC blob.

The left's real terror isn't incompetence... it's competence in the service of the wrong team.

 

[sealybobo]

This isn't "rule by the worst." This is Trump finally flooding the zone with people who aren't captured by the DC blob.

The left's real terror isn't incompetence... it's competence in the service of the wrong team.

Trump's economy sucks and he's costing us billions in another middle east war.

Relief group says Trump cuts ‘led to delayed detection of deadly Ebola outbreak’​

The International Rescue Committee said the cuts are partially to blame for the rapid spread of the disease in the Congo.

Trump's cuts are costing us. His trade war is costing us. But Trump keeps getting richer and richer. So do his oil buddies.

Don't forget the USA exports the most oil now. We're the new Saudi Arabia. "WE" are making a fortune. That's what Trump said.

Stop calling them American corporations. There is nothing American about them other than their owners were born in America. Some of them. Not Elon.

 

[Ropey]

Trump's economy sucks and he's costing us billions in another middle east war.

Relief group says Trump cuts ‘led to delayed detection of deadly Ebola outbreak’​

The International Rescue Committee said the cuts are partially to blame for the rapid spread of the disease in the Congo.

Trump's cuts are costing us. His trade war is costing us. But Trump keeps getting richer and richer. So do his oil buddies.

Don't forget the USA exports the most oil now. We're the new Saudi Arabia. "WE" are making a fortune. That's what Trump said.

Trump’s economy “sucks”... says the derp who cheered Biden’s inflation bonfire that torched wages and groceries. Even CNN admitted it.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/14/politics/fact-check-biden-inflation-when-he-became-president

Stop

Shutup, piggy.

calling them American corporations. There is nothing American about them other than their owners were born in America. Some of them. Not Elon.

Trade war?

The bum that actually pressured China while energy dominance made America a net exporter and the new Saudi Arabia.

 

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Why is Trump the better alternative? Did you really think the border was that big of an issue? Why? We needed the workers?

Bettet than who?

You do not seem to have an alternative to trump

I am for something

But you are only against whatever trump and MAGAs want