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Pretty obvious Trump thinks teachers are women so a woman gets Dept. of Ed.

She hired a child molester under the promise that he not do it anymore. Move over neocons, we got pedocons in charge now.


Pizzagate is dumb but Bill Clinton is definitely a pedophile.

Disturbing story but probably fast tracks the guy for a position in the administration.

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Same county just fired a deputy prosecutor for making political posts on Facebook. Said the prosecutors office has to remain politically neutral. The prosecutor is an elected Republican white man. He fired a female democrat.

Which position in the cabinet did Trump offer him?

I forgot about the ring boys scandal that McMahon is currently being sued over.

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Elon and Vivek are now saying that Trump will say that the executive is not forced to spend any money allocated by congress. Congress can set a max, but they can't force the executive to spend anything. This has previously been litigated, but who knows how SCOTUS will rule today.

It would basically give the President a line-item veto over everything in the federal budget.

NYT got some of the dirt on Gaetz. Garland really was a sniveling coward.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/u...ments-sex.html

Wish there wasn't a paywall.

He paid a bunch of women, including minors. Those women say it was for sex. He even used his "adopted son"'s Paypal to send some money to one of the girls. Just a straight up pedophile and child molester.

I know Trump doesn't like to admit he was wrong, but he also doesn't like to lose. Will be interesting to see if he pulls the nomination or lets it ride. I suspect a lot more things are going to come out.

My bet is he let's it ride, and he is going to force confirmation through if the Senate doesn't approve him. I don't think he has any intention of surrendering on anything.

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Proof?

Well if he promotes a pedophile, that makes him a pedo-pal.

The fact he was close friends with Jeffeey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell for decades and traveled around the world together on the lolita express. I think we can do the math on that one.

Nobody told me there would be math!

Police report on Hegseth.

Just a moment...

He's obviously a garbage human but at least I chuckled on this section.

"Police spoke with a staffer at the front desk of the hotel who said that around 1:30 a.m. that night he received multiple complaints about a couple causing a disturbance by the pool. There, he found Doe and Hegseth, who “began to curse” when he tried to speak with them, according to the police report.

Hegseth told the hotel worker he had “freedom of speech” while Jane Doe told the worker they were Republicans and apologized for Hegseth, the worker said."

Now I see why people like him on Fox are so relatable to their audience. They have similar understandings of the application of laws/Constitutional provisions to their actions and are just as annoying/insufferable to be around.

Make America great by allowing airlines to rip you off again!


Delta CEO says Trump administration will reverse government 'overreach' | AP News

And at the same time, at its Investor Day, Delta was pretty open about its plans to segment business class the same way they've done economy, and to increase the use of AI to individualize pricing based on what AI determines you will pay versus another customer, AND to keep decreasing the number of free upgrades they give for medallion members. All while making it harder to achieve status!

I've been in the Delta ecosystem for nearly 30 years and I'm pretty loyal, but I feel like they are asking to be knocked down a peg. I'll make Platinum again this year thanks to the final rollover conversion they are allowing after last year's program change rollout debacle, but I probably won't advance much past Silver Medallion for 2026. There's no way I'm going to continue putting the spend necessary to achieve Delta status on its cards when AmEx and Chase points are worth so much more.

It's funny that a guy who Epstein spoke of as [my], "closest friend for 10 years," is nominating so many pedophiles and sex criminals for his cabinet. You can tell alot about a person by the company they keep.

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you guys are killing me

Never knew about that site, pretty cool

Hmmm, what happens now? Can he not resign, rescind his resignation?

and Gaetz drops out.

There had to be some back room deal made where they bury the ethics report in exchange for him dropping out.

If only we had an AG with balls...

It must have been really bad. Let's hope it all still comes out.

I guess I was wrong. Whatever it is, it must be really bad for Gaetz to back off. As for reminding his resignation, no. Because if he is congress, then the ethics complaint revives. He can't go back and keep that report sealed. I don't see where he can go from here. Probably Fox.

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Everything Trump touches dies.

Could be a move to put Gaetz in the upcoming Senate vacancy.

As long as someone else with the wherewithal to do the jobs that badly need doing ends up AG, I'm good with the tradeoff.

Eh.

Doesn't DeSantis want that seat when his term is up? I suspect he wouldn't put Gaetz there is that was the case.

I suspect Gaetz is done. That report has to be really bad given the way this all went down.

Jean Carrol is still alive.

I know everyone was focused on the House report, but couldn't the Senate have just called the exact same witnesses at his confirmation hearing? The womens' attorney has already publicly stated what they told the House committee. I don't think he was going to escape this just because the House refused to release the report.

I kinda thought maybe he agreed to be the patsy/red herring to take attention away from other pretty bad nominees, but I don't think so, for one reason - this makes Trump look weak, and there's no way he would stand for that. Even if it meant, ultimately, he'd be in a stronger position after the fact.

I suspect they just knew they wouldn't have the numbers, which has to make Trump absolutely furious and gives me at least a semblance the worst of the worst, Kash Patel, etc... won't get through.

It looks like part of the ethics report leaked and there was evidence he paid the 17-year old a 2nd time for sex in 2017. They called Gaetz for comment and he dropped out 30 minutes later.

The way MTG was freaking out about this getting released tells me the report is really bad. I mean his friend is already in prison over it and they have receipts from him paying these girls.

Don't see him coming back from this for awhile. DeSantis has made his entire identity about the groomer stuff and it would be pretty wild if he appointed a literal pedophile for the Senate seat he wants in a couple years. Rumors on that seat have always been he'll appoint someone on his staff and then run when his terms up. That is unless Trump demands a family member gets it.

Definitely hurts Trump. I don't think Senate had the stomach to fight battles for each unqualified nominee. So one less shifts attention to someone like Hegseth, Tulsi, or RFK.

Maybe the first thing I agree with MTG on is releasing ethics reports publicly. Yes. Let's see them all.

You gotta hope this puts some pressure on the Hegseth nomination given the allegations are both sex-related. Under-aged vs sex assault - which is less offensive, Senator?

She was only willing to release the sex pest records if her pedophile friend's record got released. She doesn't really care about that stuff.

Sure, but the underlying idea of release all ethics reports is good. Release the one for Gaetz and then release all the rest.

I took her statement as a pretty savvy way of putting pressure on people to not release Gaetz's report while appearing to support release of all reports, because she knew that no one would actually want to do that.

Appear to publicly support full disclosure by ensuring no one would disclose anything.

Absolutely. I just think it was a cynical statement to protect her pedophile friend. Those ethics reports will never see the light of day. The only reason this one is being leaked is because Gaetz made so many enemies in his own party.

And here is your crypto bailout. Lets spend our tax dollars on some imaginary coins.




Pathetic but expected shit from the Dems. Just remember it next time they try to tell you to vote for them because the courts matter. They don't care.

Senate showdown: GOP secures deal with Schumer to save coveted appellate judges for Trump | Fox News

'strategic Bitcoin reserve'? Talk about a contradiction.

Supposedly, the 4 GOP Senators that took Gaetz down.

What Trump said to Matt Gaetz in bleak phone call sealing his fate: Inside AG pick's chaotic final hours | Daily Mail Online

Hopefully they hold the line on his other nominees.

I'm not fan of Clinton, but talk about your very unjustified presumptions.

Gaetz says he's not returning to Congress. I guess we'll see him on Fox News after a hooker, blow, and underage girls bender.

He'll probably take over the Saturday slot vacated by Rapey McRaperson who is going to be Sec of Defense

So basically 4 pseudocons, at least 2 of which should have been expelled from the party years ago, another that should have been primaried out and another that is basically useless.

Well they were naughty too boo hoo

They aren't pedophiles like Gaetz though.

Is that a negative now? I can't tell, given how Trump and many of his people roll. Pseudophiles?

Their motivation behind the 'Protect Children' slogan was because they called dibs.

It was always projection.

I encourage Trump to keep nominating House Reps for cabinet positions.

Trump reportedly plans on directing the DOJ to investigate the 2020 election.

So they can make a big production about it and then quietly close it in 2027.

I'm fine saying Trump won the 2020 election so long as the 22nd amendment is applied.

I'm guessing Musk is probably trolling but I'd be a little worried if I was Morning Joe.

No idea how much it'll cost but I'm guessing less than $44B.

I don't know who Bessent is but below are some quotes from the article. I think an overall positive pick.

I really, really hope something is done about the deficit but we shall see. Talk is cheap and we know Trump has made many others swallow their words but they seem to know each other, so maybe Trump will let him lead.

US Treasury Pick Bessent ‘Is a Fiscal Hawk’: Wall Street Reacts

I'd love one question for Seb Gorka,

Mr. Gorka, what the fuck do you know about counter-terrorism?

I'm sure he'll be confirmed, but he's totally unqualified with no relevant experience.

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Funny watching all the GOPers who have been saying Trump deserves to have his full cabinet now turn around and speak out against his pro-union Labor Sec. pick.

"Left-wing MSNBC"

:)

lol

For the second time the only black nominee is for Housing and Urban Development. Wonder why Trump associates that with black people?

Don't watch the View and only know what's in the article ...

Quote:

1) During a segment discussing George Santos, Behar brought up the former congressman’s 23 criminal charges, including wire fraud.

Quote:

“One minute, I just got a note,” Behar told the audience looking down at her device. “We have to clarify that Santos eventually reached a plea deal after pleading guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.”

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2) & 3) In the same segment, “The View” stars discussed sexual assault allegations made against Trump’s first attorney general pick Matt Gaetz and his defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth.

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“I have a legal note,” she stated. “Matt Gaetz has long denied all allegations and has not been charged with any crime.” “Also, another legal note,” Hostin continued. “Pete Hegseth’s lawyer said he paid the woman [his assault accuser] in 2023 to head off the threat of a baseless lawsuit. He has denied any wrongdoing. “

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4) Several minutes later, Hostin — a one-time prosecutor — issued a fourth legal disclaimer pertaining to Pam Bondi, Trump’s new nominee for attorney general. “I’m sorry everyone, I have another legal note,” Hostin told the audience, to which Behar could be heard groaning: “Oh my God.” “Both Trump and Bondi have denied allegations of a quid pro quo that his past donation played any role in her office’s decision not to take legal action against Trump University when she was attorney general of Florida,” Hostin stated.

I don't know enough about exactly what was said for an opinion about free speech vs libel/slander/defamation. But other talk-shows should be held to the same standard.

Seems to me the Dems should be doing these legal notes to Fox talk shows. It'll eventually blow up and go to the courts which will make a ruling(s) and maybe provide more guidance on what can be said or not, in a popular talk-show, about public officials.

At the very least, maybe a message at the start, every commercial break, end that states "opinion only, do your own research, innocent until proven guilty etc.".


What was curious was the statement below which implies the "subjects' lawyers" are doing this real-time and have an immediate access to the producers.

Trump says he's imposing a 25% tariff on all products from Canada and Mexico on day 1.

But but but, I thought was about China?

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Btw, does that include oil? Because Canada is the number one country we import oil from. They provide 25%+ of all the oil we consume. That sounds like it will be mighty expensive at the pumps.

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Youre about to see hawaiian pizza just include pineapple

And a 10% on all products from China. I don't know what the problem is with Canada.

He wants the borders from Canada like Covid 2020.

It's almost like Trump wants the USA to be the enemy of the world.

I think it's 10% on top of the current tariffs put in place by Trump and Biden.

There's a decent chance that some minor changes to enforcement will be made by Canada and Mexico, most of the tariffs will never go into effect, and Trump will declare that there is no longer any fentanyl coming into the US.

re: Trump tax cuts scheduled to end in Dec 2025, the negotiations for extension.

The GOP House is thinking 4 years vs Senate 10 years extension. I would prefer keep Trump tax cuts for < $400k (Kamala's plan) but that won't fly. So, all things held equal, hope the House wins this one.

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They'll end up with a magical accounting procedure that makes the tax cuts pay for themselves. It's what happens every time.

We have a border crisis with Mexico. Illegal entry has quadrupled and drugs are killing Americans at nearly the same rate. Did you have this opinion of Mexico? Of course not. Why? Because you either are clueless or you don’t care about that more than you care about Trump.

What could Biden do? The answer was… “nothing”. Which was and still is bullshit. But you bought it.

America flipped the election secondarily on this issue (with his inability of Biden to work our economy being #1).

Trump threatens Mexico with tariffs.

Biden supporters claim, “Trump wants the USA to be the enemy of the world”.

Mexico’s futures start to tank over the Trump announcement. Mexico’s newly elected President has a call with Trump.

Trump says the call went well. Mexico announces they are going to stop the illegal entry from Mexico into America.

Let’s see if Mexico holds true on this announcement. Are they a friend or an enemy? If they choose friendship, Mexico’s economy can do well alongside the USA’s economy. If they choose to be an enemy, their economy will suffer and the USA will work their border crisis from our side anyway.

The USA isn’t the enemy of the world because… Trump. Trump has chosen to protect Americans better than Biden is protecting us now. We will and should be enemies of people that would choose to do us harm, and we will and should be friends with people that don’t.

Then why does Trump coddle up to Putin and send love letters to Kim?

I'm not a Biden supporter, I'm Canadian. And we're supposed to be best friends with our closest neighbor. That's not how you treat your friends.

When you come in and instantly break trade agreements that are in place through 2026, and do your best to tank our economy, that's not how you treat your friends.

And if those 25% tariffs start and are almost certainly reciprocated, enjoy paying 25% more for your oil, wood, water, etc. Because Canada is a leading exporter of natural resources to the USA. We all lose by playing this game.

I get the "America First" thing. At home, I take care of my family before my neighbors. But I also don't break into their houses and steal from them. I don't ask my neighbors to pay for my HOA fees. We live in the world together, we all work together, maybe let's try not to be assholes to each other.

Don't know what's going on but she disputes it was as direct as that, see below. I can easily believe she said it and now needs to manage the optics. But I can also easily believe Trump jumped to conclusions (or is just BS'ing).

But yeah, one way or another, Mexico will do something to tighten up the border. Trump bullying worked first term and will work again eventually. The question is how much carrot and/or stick.

Quote:

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has appeared to contradict President-elect Donald Trump’s claim that the two have struck a deal to stop migration to the US border. After a phone call on Wednesday, Trump posted online: “She has agreed to stop Migration through Mexico, and into the United States, effectively closing our Southern Border.” Sheinbaum responded quickly that she had reiterated Mexico's position was not to close borders, but to address migration while respecting human rights.

I thought the word from Sheinbaum was more of a “hey jackass, we’ve already been keeping people out; also, much of the fentanyl is smuggled in by Americans, and oh, what about all those guns (which we don’t produce) which you dump down here? Furthermore, two can play the tariff game.”

But no, Dutch immediately believes Trump’s version of his “lovely calls” (the known habitual liar), which magically solve all purported problems because of his supernatural deal making abilities and alpha male aura. Spare me.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89v4w51dzyo.amp

Did you even read the article you linked? It notes the change of story & tone by that two-bit "leader" of a 3rd world country.

Fuck a trade war, just napalm the border every time a caravan approaches.

Neither party cares who does Americans harm as long as the money is worth it. Both Presidents cuddled up with the Saudis, a country that has spearheaded most international terrorism and played a large part in 9/11. Heck, even our buddies in Israel spy on Americans and kill them with impunity.

The cause for most illegal immigration is poor conditions in other countries. A direct result of the past 100 years of foreign policy where we fund terrorist organizations and overthrow governments to cause instability. So instead of spending billions causing chaos in Central America so Elon can save a few bucks on lithium, we could just not do that and not force people to flee those countries.

And of course the easiest solution of all is to just penalize employers who hire illegals. This would end the problem overnight. Yet we don't see anyone proposing actually enforcing these laws or making them stricter. It's because at the end of the day, neither party wants to stop it because there isn't a coprorate dick they wouldn't suck for a bribe and an invite to the next cocktail party. And a lot of people in this country are pathetic simps for anyone who has some money.

Sorry, but this is all a big show for the dumbest people in the country. Making conditions worse in those countries just makes it worse and us paying twice as much for produce (plus the bailouts for everyone hurt by them) just costs us money.

America cares about illicit drugs killing people so much they gave the Sacklers a sweetheart deal and let them keep their money for killing tens of thousands of citizens. We even doubled down by using the military to dramatically increase the heroin supply at the same time to make it as cheap as possible.

If you think this is about drugs, you're the mark.

AOC considering a run for POTUS in 2028.

They have too. Mexico and Canada should be our closest allies. We are all in this together in the long run. Canada has been amazing for a long time but Mexico consistently says they can’t afford to anything for themselves and that’s a lie. They have a ton of national wealth, it’s the corruption that is rampant. It won’t be an easy fight but they have to stand up for themselves like they used to. The drug cartels are more powerful than ever and there’s a reason China sends the fentanyl to Mexico and opposed to directly to the USA. Whatever those reasons for avoidance are needs to be implemented in Mexico as well. That’s on them though and if they don’t, we won’t invade them, but we can make it not worth their while to continue to allow it to happen.

Biden has been the President and created these crazy inflated numbers of deaths with his open border policies. That’s one of the main ways to get voted right out today. #2 on the list behind the government creating massive inflation.

You’re right in a sense, the government only cares about what gets them elected. People voted for Trump to stop Biden’s policies. So, effectively, Biden-Harris got punted because ultimately, it wasn’t the government they promised.

FOFC believed Mexico would be super kind if we voted for Biden and that he would be super kind to them. How did Mexico repay the kindness of open borders? 4x as many drugs to flood our borders, 4x more deaths from Fentayl, 300,000 missing kids, women being raped all along the border trails. And we’re hear worrying that Trump will be mean to the President of Mexico? She’s a big girl, she can handle foreign nations resisting their anarchy, and she can be a friend to Americans and stop allowing the human rights abuses to continue. I expect Trump will be happy to assist her with those endeavors.

Majority of illegal drugs come through legal ports of entry

I don't think it really matters when someone is so deeply entrenched in right-wing media. But fentanyl skyrocketed under Trump's Presidency and in 2023 saw the first drop in over a decade. There's been a marked drop in production as prices have gone up and supply has dropped.

Mexico offers support to stop illegal border crossings.

Hezbollah wants a cease fire.

Qatar tells Hamas leadership they must leave Qatar.

Zelensky suggests a stop to the war even with some territories still in dispute.

Lots of positive change in the news these days posted in the right wing media. Are you seeing this in the left wing media?

That uptick was the big push by the Chinese to move fentanyl into the US. That’s was a factor in the build the wall campaign that Democrats and Socialists like AOC decried as racism. Biden was paralyzed and unable to take any action because of that mantra. What efforts at the legal ports of entry were done to stop the flow from there? Nothing? Its weakness from within that has allowed this to get so bad.

Trudeau in Mar-a-lago now to discuss the border crisis with President-elect Trump. Not meeting with Biden-Harris talks to the paralysis imposed on these discussions the previous 4 years.

Mexico’s President had a similar conversation already.

GOP debating on whether to say tax cuts pay for themselves or say that continuing current tax policy doesn't cost anything in the future.

Should be a riveting debate about how to increase the deficit.

Trump was President and had control of the House and Senate when the uptick happened.

AOC was tending bar when this happened. Not sure how she can be blamed for that one.

Newsmax told him it was Harris's fault.