The Era of Trump?

[Pio1980]

https://substack.com/app-link/post?p...cAjjF1htE4vu7s

[Noogies]

Originally Posted by nailer

Trump was not hired to gut the Justice Department, abolish the FBI, pardon the Jan. 6 rioters, weaken our intelligence agencies, eliminate the Department of Education or “go wild on health" ...

He did, however, promise to do all that stuff (and more!), so you can't say he didn't warn ya!

[finnbow]

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s legal team found evidence that a top adviser asked for retainer fees from potential appointees in order to promote them for jobs in the new administration, five people briefed on the matter said on Monday.

According to the review, Mr. Epshteyn met with Mr. Bessent in February, at a time when it was widely known that he was interested in the Treasury post, and proposed $30,000 to $40,000 a month to “promote” Mr. Bessent around Mar-a-Lago, Mr. Trump’s estate in Florida...

The second person cited in the review was a defense contractor from whom Mr. Epshteyn sought $100,000 a month during the transition period. The report said Mr. Epshteyn depicted his own hiring as “do or die” for the person’s prospects.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/u...stigation.html

The Trump administration is an organized crime syndicate. This same asshole was indicted in Arizona for election subversion.

[Rajoo]

'Apprehensive and fearful': Federal workers await a dismantling under Trump

Doing even a little may have big results

Even with Trump's unveiling of his "Department of Government Efficiency," Kettl says it's unlikely we'll see federal employees fired en masse. Such a move would undermine Trump's ability to get anything done, which would be disastrous for his administration.

"Who wants to read, if you're on the inside of the new government, that unsafe drugs have been unleashed on the public, or that it's not safe to buy Cheerios in the grocery store?" he says.

Instead, Kettl is expecting the new administration to swiftly oust a smaller number of individuals seen as particularly problematic for Trump.

It's a strategy, he says, that brings to mind Henry VIII, known for beheading his enemies and putting their heads on spikes for everyone to see.

"If you succeed in getting your message across, then you don't need to chop everybody's head off," says Kettl. "You just need to tell everybody that you're serious about this."

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/13/nx-s1...lon-musk-trump

[BigElCat]

Elon Musk and DJT are teaming up to buy MSNBC.

Department of Government efficiency reminds me of the SS in Nazi Germany.

The war in East Europe is winding up to become something more serious.

Exciting times these are.

[GChief]

Originally Posted by Noogies

He did, however, promise to do all that stuff (and more!), so you can't say he didn't warn ya!

This, but they will act surprised when he eff's them up the behind with his actions.

If the gullible are so assuming, they keep me entertained at work.

[BigElCat]

Originally Posted by finnbow

So you are saying that an all-knowing God is too stupid to figure out whether your professed faith is real or contrived (as a cheap insurance policy)? Moreover, do you think Judgement Day is based upon what you claim to believe or your actual life history of deeds and misdeeds? FWIW, I do not believe any of this nonsense contrived by a weakening Roman Empire to assuage and control the masses.

I need a holiday greeting card; Sorry you chose to go to Hell.

[BigElCat]

Originally Posted by GChief

The unhinged have spoken

I want to thank you for defending my freedom. My very,very limited degrees of freedom, because I'm not wealthy.

Want to say something straight out ?

Now's the time.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by BigElCat

I need a holiday greeting card; Sorry you chose to go to Hell.

What do you mean 'chose?' God knowing everything that is going to happen means He knew it all before the creation. Everything that is going to happen is thus inherent in the creation. Predestination is a given, God is the one who did all the choosing by the way he created everything with perfect foreknowledge, and thus this is all His fault.

[BigElCat]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

What do you mean 'chose?' God knowing everything that is going to happen means He knew it all before the creation. Everything that is going to happen is thus inherent in the creation. Predestination is a given, God is the one who did all the choosing by the way he created everything with perfect foreknowledge, and thus this is all His fault.

Predestination is only half of a paradox. Lucifer has some autonomy, the left hand of God. People were given free will in order to 'return' to God on their own voltion.