The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 2/10 /25

Good morning kids. As Elon Musk took a wrecking ball and a flamethrower to USAID and exposed not only the colossal waste of that nest of vipers, but of the multi-trillion dollar multi-headed hydra that is the bureaucracy as well as its agents in and out of government that have brought our society, nation and much of the world to the brink of disaster.

The cold hard reality is we are and have been for quite some time governed by a vast cabal of self-styled elites whose belief system and lust for absolute power engendered within them a wholly underserved status of having absolute moral authority to do as and what they want. The ability of politicians and others to game the system has been exposed by a combination of many of their schemes and delusions crashing down, mostly on us (from the border, to crime, sexual perversions and deviancies, anti-Semitism, anti-christianity, and red-green madness that has strangled our economy, and the incineration of Los Angeles because of DEI on top of environmentalist ideological pathologies. The emergence of Donald Trump and his exposure of this by promising to reverse it, has caused this monster to bare its fangs and attempt to strike back.

Besides Sesame Street in Iraq, where no doubt Bert and Ernie will sing about the joys of Jew-hatred while burning American flags and hurling homosexual muppets off of rooftops, is one thing. But USAID has funded some of the most heinous homegrown anti-Americans right here among us, in government, academia, the C-suites and elsewhere. Cutting off the funding of USAID is merely the tip of the iceberg. Money is the lifeblood of this cancerous rot. Of course the reactions have been typical, from scumbag degenerate thugs like Hakeem Jeffries, openly calling for violence in the streets to prevent and indeed overthrow this government, legitimately elected and having more of a mandate for the policies Trump is attempting including DOGE than perhaps any other president since Ronald Reagan.

Insurrection we much, eh Hakeem? Of course, the cornered beast is not going to just sit there and bleed out. Not after two centuries of nearly achieving absolute power. So this comes as no surprise, revolting as it is nevertheless:

A federal judge issued a ruling on Saturday, blocking Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from having access to Treasury Department data and records. . .In what universe is the Treasury Secretary not allowed to look at the records of the agency he manages? . . . The judge's rationale for the maneuver seems to have been pulled out of the air -- there isn't any.
Now the Trump team will have to work without records, without data, with no knowledge of how the Treasury's funds are spent because the deep state says the Trump team, legitimately elected by the voters, has no right to see them.
It was a ruling so bad, so disruptive, so overreaching into the executive branch that it surely will be overturned by a higher court, after a lengthy legal battle, and while that should disgrace the judge for awhile, it also may be the plan -- to cut into Trump's term so that he cannot govern at all.

Good on Elon Musk for putting forth a strategy for impeachment of these hacks in black. But sadly, that relies on a process where those who would do the voting are as corrupt and obstreperous as those they would be charged with removing from the bench.

Trump already showed the way with his EO ignoring the bastardization of the 14th Amendment. Unfotunately this too will ultimately wind up at SCOTUS which is dodgy at best, even with the huge win in Dobbs overturning Roe v Wade. Given the justified fear factor of the non-Thomas justices. Fear for their lives as well as fear of ostracism from the DC elite party circuit.

But that said, and we have discussed this many times before, but perhaps Trump is at long last the Chief Executive we have needed to destroy the specter of Marbury Vs. Madison, the case that allowed the Judiciary to acquire an outsized power it was never intended to have and which it has for far too long abused in maintaining the status quo.

Meanwhile Musk is setting the DOGEs loose on the absolutely anti-Constitutional CFPB, Fauxcahontas Warrens's politburo that is self-funded, has no oversight from Congress, cannot be abolished or audited and has the power to control the lives and livelihoods of every American citizen.

Tell me where that is constitutional. That should be abolished by Executive Order. the employees fired and the building demolished. Catch us if you can.

Mark Levin has spoken and written about the long dark shadow of Marbury at length, but this segment and transcription from his show in the wake of January 6th 2021 is quite worth a listen/read as a quick refresher:

Finally killing it would go a long way in truly making America great again. Or putting us back on track.

In that light, I give you this latest essay from honorary Horde member and lurker extraordinaire Victor Davis Hanson:

The Democrats' radical overreach, election losses, and Musk-fueled government exposés have left them flailing, doubling down on failure instead of recalibrating for a political comeback.
The Democrat Party is polling about 31 percent approval, a near-historic low. Despite enjoying a huge lead in fundraising, legacy media favoritism, and incumbency, in the 2024 election, Democrats lost the White House to Donald Trump. Ever since, they have offered nothing new, no novel agenda, no innovative policies—nothing other than screaming that they are loudly against everything and anything that the president is for.

His notion while nice to believe that the Democrats are committing political suicide may IMHO be premature because while no doubt Trump and his agenda pre and now post election are garnering widespread approval, I think he and others are predicting a longterm rightward shift in America. Even if this might be happening to some smaller yet not insignificant extent, it would take quite some doing for the Leftists en masse to reject their beliefs, and shibboleths to defect.

Even if they split into two parties (which would be phenomenal) The anti-Americanism and anti-judeo-Christian anti-westernism will still be there to greater or lesser extents in both parties.

Deprogramming the past several generations of our citizens and preventing the brainwashing of successive generations is key.

But for now, Trump is riding a crest of approval which matches the trough of disapproval for Democrats and Leftists. Taking advantage of that to win hearts and minds and nation rebuilding here at home is going to be key.

We'll just have to wait and see.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

The idea that Hunter Biden, with no security clearance, was allegedly dictating the flow of information to his father is a much bigger deal than Elon Musk going after government waste, don’t you think? “That's who was basically running the show. So Hunter basically battened down the hatches after the debate to make sure his father would only receive intel he pre-approved.”
Now We Know Who was Running the Country for Joe Biden
“The Bureau’s new leadership will run a substantially more streamlined and efficient bureau.”
CFPB Gutted In Latest Trump Admin Move To Cut Government Waste
Victor Davis Hanson: The Democrats' radical overreach, election losses, and Musk-fueled government exposés have left them flailing, doubling down on failure instead of recalibrating for a political comeback.
How To Commit Democrat Party Suicide (VDH presupposes a longterm major rightward cultural swing - jjs)
Someone, please tell me I’ve misread this approved and funded grant.
Is There A Problem With Colorado State University And Its Nipah Virus Research?

"BIDEN/HARRIS BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

Kash Patel, call your office.
Homeland Security Secretary Noem accuses FBI of leaking news of ICE raids to the press
America First Legal (AFL) has filed amicus briefs supporting President Donald J. Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship for children of individuals unlawfully present in the United States. The legal filings were made on behalf of House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and 17 other committee members and are in opposition to an effort by several Democrat state attorneys general to secure a preliminary injunction against the presidential order.The conservative legal group contends the 14th Amendment, properly interpreted, excludes citizenship for children of illegal immigrants born in the United States. (Is America First Legal Mark Levin's group? - jjs)
MAGA Lawyers Back Trump Move to End Birthright Citizenship for Illegals.
It’s a growing trend that the more self-righteous and condescending some on the left have grown to be, the bigger the hypocrite they seem to be.
Woke Bishop Who Lectured Trump Got Tens of Millions of Taxpayers Dollars to 'Resettle' Migrants
Democrats panic - America turns out to have laws.
Migration Policy Finally Appears in the U.S.
“@MassGovernor’s billion dollar migrant mess just got someone killed.” (Maura, go Healy thyself - jjs)
Illegal Immigrant Suspect in Murder of Massachusetts Restaurant Owner Puts Gov. Healey in Hot Seat
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shared a video on X showing US military personnel and ICE agents escorting the detainees off a plane to be transported to the military facility. (Save some bunks for Deep State saboteurs - jjs)

ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS . . . AND BIDEN
Sharabi had been forced to participate in a Hamas propaganda ceremony, in which he referred to his desire to reunite with his wife and daughters.
Israel Shocked by 3 Starved Hostages; Slams CNN for ‘Violating Every Ethical Standard’
They starved them and filled them with false hopes.
A vile new low for Hamas: Their torturous release of three Israeli hostages
Grotesquely lopsided exchanges.
Who are the Terrorists Whom Israel is Freeing?
We’re going to finish Hamas off. And what happens then? Do you leave people there with all of that devastation? Do you say, ‘Well, you know, they have to stay in confined?’ Because nobody lets them leave. Everybody describes Gaza as the biggest open-air prison in the world. Do you know why? Because they’re not allowed to leave. Therefore, you know, they’re just getting more and more densely populated, more miserable, overtaken time and time again by these terrorists. And in comes President Trump and he says, ‘Hey, open the gate. Let them leave, and I’ll find a place of destination for temporary relocation. I’ll clean up this devastation site.’ The devastation caused by the fact that Hamas was fighting from densely populated areas and forced us to take action, also devastated by their booby traps that they put there in every house. They did that. A lot of this is self-inflicted. So, you know, get the population out, allow them to leave. Not forcible eviction, not ethnic cleansing. Getting people out of what all these countries and all these do-gooders say is an open-air prison. Why are you keeping them in prison?”
Netanyahu: Trump Gaza Proposal ‘the First Fresh Idea in Years’
Many Gazans 'want to get out and ... move on with their lives' Friedman told Morning Wire
Ambassador David Friedman: Make U.S.-Controlled Gaza A ‘Monument To The Failure Of Radical Islamism’ (Radical Islam is a redundancy. Ban the teaching and preaching of it, then let's talk - jjs)
In fact, historical precedent suggests that Hamas’s invasion of southern Israel that day, and its condign punishment by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), have severe implications for whether the Gazans still have the right to decide their own destiny, and who governs them. (Good essay, but the US should not be on the ground there at all miltarily and otherwise - jjs)
The Historical Case for Trump’s Riviera
The foundation stones are in place. The challenges can be met. This dream of President Trump’s truly can become a reality....
Here's how Trump's plan for the 'Riviera of the Middle East' can be willed from dream into reality
It offers a path to peace, stability, and reconciliation with our Israeli brothers and sisters. More
I am a Jordanian 'Palestinian' and I support Trump’s settlement plans for Gazans
Daniel Greenfield: Is it the right thing to do and can it work? Yes it can.
Is it the right thing to do and can it work? Yes it can.
One former State Department official described 'a lack of embarrassment among some USAID staffers about being associated with terrorist organizations'
At USAID, Funding for Terror-Tied Groups and Internal Hostility Toward Israel Goes Back Years

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Christian Toto: Wallace Shawn slams Jewish state while malnourished hostages return home
‘Princess Bride’ Star: Israel Worse Than Nazis

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
The USAID Program has the look of the biggest grift in U.S. if not world history!
Wait, You Mean There’s Corruption In Washington?
Clarice Feldman: Over the past two weeks Elon Musk and his cadre of young computer geniuses have cracked the code.
The Musk-eteers Reveal You’ve Been Living in a Simulated Reality
Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE’s) Elon Musk announced Monday during an X discussion space that he and President Donald Trump had agreed to upend USAID, pushing the remainder of the agency under the leadership of Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Since the announcement, reports have surfaced of billions in taxpayer dollars being wasted on international programs by the government agency, some of which had a high risk of landing in the Taliban’s hands and also aiding an organization linked to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
‘Incredible Delay And Arrogance’: USAID Whistleblower Believes ‘Tremendous Waste’ Runs Rampant Throughout Federal Govt
Democrat members of the House Ways and Means Committee held a press conference attacking the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for being granted read-only access to the Treasury Department’s payment system. Senate Democrats also held a similar press briefing, calling DOGE’s oversight a “hostile takeover of the Treasury Department.” Democrats also assembled outside the Capitol to rally support for fleecing the taxpayers more to pay for things like transgender comic books in Peru.
Democrats More Panicked About DOGE Accessing Feds’ Computers Than Chinese Hackers
Over the next four years, we must take many interconnected steps to modernize, shrink, and renew our system of government.
Downsizing the Federal Government
“A corrupt judge protecting corruption. He needs to be impeached NOW!” Musk wrote in a social media post.
DOGE’s Elon Musk Wants ‘Corrupt Judge’ Impeached After U.S. Treasury Ruling

ASSAD REGIME COLLAPSES"
The fall of Bashar Assad has influenced migration trends, with an increased number of Syrians opting to return home. Deputy Minister for Migration Nicholas Ioannides reported that many are either withdrawing their asylum applications or revoking their international protection status.
Syrian Jailed for Death of Toddler on Migrant Boat.
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
As Europe crumbles under the weight of Muslim immigrants, whose ideological stance and numbers combine to destroy a civilization built on Judeo-Christian values, its original inhabitants must prepare for submission or flight.
Migration, Conquest, and Exodus
Raymond Ibrahim: Decoding Islam’s notorious resistance to assimilation in the West is as simple as understanding the doctrine’s relational values.
Tribalism: The Key to Understanding Islam
The Irish Times said that police sources indicated that there is currently no indication of terrorism. However, the suspect’s identity and background have yet to be revealed. According to the paper, the suspect covered his face during the arrest.
Multiple People Hospitalised After Stabbing Spree Attack in Dublin

OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
Robert Spencer: Revealing a deeply Jew-hating organization.
Yet Another CAIR Official Lets the Mask Slip
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI+Pelosi-engineered FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
It’s been said that we don’t change until the pain of change becomes less than the pain of not changing. Some folks may be approaching that point through their rhetoric and actions.
When Words Ignite
Robert Spencer: The leftist lust for violence appears yet again.
Democrat Leader Wants Leftists to Fight Trump’s Policies ‘in the Streets’
The FTA changed the name of its “Diversity in Federal Transit” internship program to “BOOST” sometime in 2024 before President Donald Trump returned to office in January, archived webpages show. That switch, however, did not spare the program from the Republican president’s reshaping of the federal bureaucracy.
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Axes Intern Program After Biden Saboteurs Hid Signs Of DEI
Temporary Restraining Order granted on a Friday night with no opportunity for the government to be heard and without any obvious emergency so dire that even a day’s notice was not permitted.
Judge Issues Emergency Order Halting DOGE Access To Treasury Payment Systems
The speared shark is thrashing. (High time the Executive Branch kills Marbury dead - jjs)
After the failures of lawfare, a leftist judge plows forward to new heights of judicial overreach
I’d like to propose that the worst 1% of appointed judges, as determined by elected bodies, be fired every year. This will weed out the most corrupt and least competent.
Elon Musk Has a Great Idea To Get Rid of Activist Judges
Ellen Weintraub, the Democrat Chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and outspoken critic of President Donald J. Trump, refuses to leave her office after being fired by the America First leader. First placed on the FEC in 2002 by President George W. Bush through a recess appointment to fill one of the Democratic Party seats on the Commission, Weintraub has served four terms as chair of the FEC, most recently being renamed to the position by former President Joe Biden.On Thursday, President Trump issued a brief letter to Weintraub, informing her of her firing. “Dear Commissioner Weintraub, You are hereby removed as a Member of the Federal Election Commission effective immediately,” President Trump wrote. Notably, Weintraub has repeatedly denied and challenged President Trump’s assertions of election fraud and sought to use her position to instead investigate the America First leader—most recently over alleged hush money payments to Stormy Daniels. (cuffed and dragged out by her feet - jjs)
https://thenationalpulse.com/2025/02/07/unhinged-democrat-fec-chairwoman-refuses-to-leave-after-being-fired-by-trump/
The Democrat display of restraint was an act to deceive the public into thinking that they were open-minded about Trump but now he has gone too far.
Trump vs. the Democrat Establishment
However, the evidence of the so-called “purge” only further justifies Trump’s actions, and some of the complaints are downright ridiculous. “[S]ince President Donald Trump’s inauguration, a new email address has been set up at OPM and has been sending emails—after hours, on weekends, and sometimes more than once a day—that disparage the work of our fellow public servants and demand that they resign (or take mysterious ‘buyout plans’ or prepare to be fired,” the OPM employee writes under the pen name Annie Porter—which appears to be a reference to one of the protagonists in the 1994 film Speed and its sequel Speed 2: Cruise Control portrayed by actress Sandra Bullock.
Insider Reveals ‘Chilling Details’ of Government Purge Operations and They Are HILARIOUS!
Meanwhile, by clearing away bureaucratic debris and ensuring the wildfire-destroyed area rebuilds aren’t subject to “climate crisis” idiocy. Trump’s special envoy Richard Grenell is the de facto governor of the Golden State. (Not one red cent to Pacific Palisades. Fuck this greasy scumbag in the heart with a steak knife - jjs)
Shamefully, CA Gov. Newsom Signs $50M ‘Trump-Proofing’ State Legislative Package
Taxpayer funding for deep-pocketed institutions could draw fresh scrutiny from Elon Musk and DOGE
Anti-Trump Think Tanks Rake in Millions from Taxpayers for ‘Virtual Exchanges’ in Africa, Women’s Empowerment Conference in Saudi Arabia
Until we know all the basic facts about that day, Americans will have no reason to be confident that justice has been served.
We Still Need Answers To The Many Unanswered Questions About Jan. 6
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
Ma, 35, is expected to be sentenced to 30 years to life in Chula Vista Superior Court, according to the same report. Her hearing is scheduled for May 9.
REPORT: California’s ‘Teacher Of The Year’ Admits To Sexually Abusing Multiple Students Under Age Of 14(In Soviet-fornia, Teacher hot for you! - jjs
Its Quality-of-Life unit demonstrates a recommitment to the public-order policing New Yorkers want.
The NYPD’s Long Overdue New Division
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Soboroff said, “I know immigration is important to him. I covered the family separation crisis closely. Will we continue to see policies like separating 5,000 children deliberately from their parents?”
Trump Jr. said, “You mean the Obama administration?”Soboroff said, “You know, they didn’t do that, sir. Will there be a second family separation policy?” Trump Jr. said, “It’s M-S-D-N-C. So I expect nothing less from you. Clowns. Even today, even 48 hours later [after the assassination attempt], you couldn’t wait. You couldn’t wait with your lies and with your nonsense. So just get out of here.”
Bass’ Chief Recovery Officer’s Son, Jacob Soboroff, Leads MSNBC Coverage of L.A. Fires Clean and Soboroff, as Hunter's wind-driven LLello! - jjs
A graphic on “CNN News Central” read in part, “OBAMA BIN LADEN ASSOCIATE: ABU ZUBAYDAH,” (Comedy Gold, that has a ring of truth to it! - jjs)
CNN Makes Awkward On-Air Gaffe, Mixes Up Barack Obama With Osama Bin Laden
CJ Pearson told Fox News he has warned NY Mag a lawsuit is imminent. “They don't get to slander us as racist. They don't get to libel us in print. We need to fight back and hold their feet to the fire,” he said fiercely. He’s the co-chair of the Republican National Committee's Youth Advisory Council, and said the event in question was held to honor major influencers of the 2024 election season.
NY Mag in Hot Water With Black MAGA After Fake News Piece
Repackaging the news is becomingly increasingly more problematic for the media. And proving increasingly more expensive.
Media Titans Rattled by Lawsuits
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Victor Davis Hanson: Trump is not a mercantilist.
Are Trump’s Tariffs Really Tariffs?
China instituted 15% tariffs on coal and liquefied natural gas (LNG) and a 10% tariff on crude oil, agricultural machinery and large-engine cars as a reaction to Trump’s blanket 10% tariff on all goods. However, China’s move is unlikely to affect U.S. consumers or producers in any significant way, since the U.S. can go elsewhere for the goods affected, experts told the DCNF.
China’s Retaliatory Tariffs Against Trump Are All Bark No Bite, Experts Say
“It is not one sided. It will be reciprocal, it will be mutually beneficial.”
Trump Brokers Compromise For Japanese Investment In U.S Steel, Avoids Acquisition
They will drive up costs—but the president sees a long-term purpose.
What’s Trump’s Tariff End Game?
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
Trump’s focus on America First is leading to a review of our participation in the United Nations programs like UNESCO and what we are paying for them…and getting in return.
Trump Claws Back $4 Billion That Was Headed to Ludicrous UN Climate Fund
We’ve allowed our nuclear power manufacturing capability to atrophy, but that’s a short-sighted and dangerous approach that empowers our geopolitical opponents.
America Must, Can, And Should Renew Its Nuclear Energy Dominance
President Trump’s recent Executive Orders, aiming at neutralizing harmful net-zero policies and leftist globalist green absurdities, couldn’t have been issued at a better time.
Trump’s Executive Orders May Help Cure the Cancel Culture of Climate Hysteria
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
The anti-work ethic mentality is largely rooted in misguided compassion, the desire not to punish those who skip school, disrupt the classroom, or are unwilling to work hard for good grades.
How American Education Promotes Sloth
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH AND 2024 SHENANIGANS
The Civil Rights Act of 1960 requires election officials to ‘retain and preserve’ voter roll maintenance documents for 22 months and produce them ‘upon demand.’
Watchdog To DOJ: Investigate Oregon For Destroying Voter Records
ssDEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
Sixteen days. 384 hours. It is amazing that the Democrats preparing articles of impeachment against the 47th president were able to wait this long....
Desperate Dems rush to impeach Trump
Coons expressed his view while on air with CNN political commentator Michael Smerconish. “This isn’t just funding a kids’ show for children — millions of children — in countries like Iraq,” Coons said. “It’s a show that helps teach values, helps teach public health, helps prevent kids from dying from dysentery and disease and helps push values like collaboration, peacefulness, and cooperation in a society where the alternative is ISIS [the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham], extremism, and terrorism.” Burt and Ernie Slaughter and rape the Yids! - Oscar the Jihadist - jjs
Dem Senator Supports Spending Millions For Sesame Street Program In Iraq Amid USAID Cuts
Spiro Agnew, Nixon’s vice president, may be a footnote in history but his lived example has real lessons for us in the Age of Biden.
The “Spiro Agnew Standard” in the Age of Biden
Why does anyone still listen to a thing failed Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has to say anymore? I think that she thinks what she has to say still carries weight, if it ever did. Oh, and just so you know, I’m NOT suicidal. Just saying.
'I Won't Let You Lie': DOT Sec. Duffy Puts Hillary Clinton in Her Place After Blaming Plane Crashes on 'MAGA'

MORE CONFIRMATION HEARING MADNESS
RFK Jr.'s HHS nomination faces fierce Big Pharma opposition, but GOP grassroots support for MAHA reform may override Senate lobbying efforts to block his confirmation.
Big Pharma’s Armageddon Battle
POLITICS
More executive orders, plenty of tariffs, and a major victory on women's sports
Keeping Up With Trump: Here’s Everything He’s Done The Past Two Weeks
Poll finds Americans view president to be "tough" and "energetic."
‘Doing What He Promised’: Trump Gets Better Approval Number Than In His First Term
The greatest trick the Democrats ever pulled was convincing the world that conservatives were American politics’ aggressors. But now they’ve run out of rope. (When they're hanging by the neck from it give me a shout - jjs)
Trump is not the radical — he’s simply undoing radical things Dems did
'If you rush right out and just say, like, "This is, like, dictatorial or illegal," you might end up being wrong,' says swing-district Rep. Jared Golden
'Undermines Your Credibility': Dem Rep Slams Party's Overblown Response to Trump
“I think their primary currency was shaming and scolding and talking down to people”
John Fetterman Offers Blunt Assessment of His Party’s Problems With Voters, Especially Men (Don't lump him in? - jjs)
Democrats are howling because they’re caught flat-footed.
Trump’s Chess Game Is Improving
The Democrat Party is not an organization dedicated to winning political power.
DNC gives a masterclass in losing as they elect new chair
Allen West: The black community is waking up.
Unmasking the Charlatans
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
During his campaign for office, Trump vowed to bring peace to the world, as multiple foreign wars had been pushed during the Biden-Harris junta. In an interview with Reuters, Zelenskyy said he was open to making a deal with the U.S. regarding Trump’s request for Ukraine to supply the U.S. with rare earths and other minerals in exchange for continued financial aid.
‘Let’s Do A Deal’: Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy Says Yes To Trump’s Demands
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
During the Joe Biden junta, American taxpayer dollars reportedly funded diversity and LGBT initiatives in the United Kingdom, including providing legal advice to supposedly transgender asylum seekers.
U.S. Foreign Aid Funded Legal Advice for LGBT Asylum Seekers, DEI Programmes in the UK: Report
MOSCOW, Russia (AP) – The governor of Russia’s Pacific island region of Sakhalin has declared an emergency after a Chinese cargo ship ran aground off its southwest coast.
Russia’s Sakhalin Island on High Alert After Chinese Cargo Ship Runs Aground
The Attorney General of the United Kingdom has been revealed to be a woke ideologue who has called the British Empire thoroughly racist, fought for reparations, and supported climate change extremists like Just Stop Oil. Lord Richard Hermer, currently negotiating the surrender of British Indian Ocean Territory—which hosts a strategic U.S. base—to Mauritius, appeared on a podcast in 2022 where he argued, “Racism impacted almost every element of [the British Empire].”
UK AG Negotiating Surrender of Strategic Islands Lobbied for Reparations, Hates ‘Racist’ British Empire.
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
Former Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, New York Attorney General Letitia James and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg are three of the eight officials who are expected to be affected, according to the outlet. The revocations come just a day after Trump revoked the security clearance of his predecessor, former [Stooge-puppet/fraud] President Joe Biden, and ended Biden’s daily intelligence briefings, citing reciprocity and cognitive decline.
Trump Will Reportedly Strip Security Clearances, Deny Access To Federal Buildings To Slew Of Former, Current Officials
LOS ANGELES WILDFIRES
Grenell’s sentiments were shared by many residents, who vented their outrage at Soboroff making a fortune off their misfortune.
L.A. ‘Recovery Chief’ Steve Soboroff Agrees to Work for Free, After Grenell Exposes $500,000 Salary
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Not COVID. The other one.
The CDC’s Big Mistake
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will also observe the asteroid in March 2025 to better assess the asteroid’s size. Currently the asteroid is estimated to be 130-300 feet across. There remains great uncertainty in these numbers. We will really not know for certain if the asteroid will hit us until its orbit is studied for the next few years. Moreover, its size and make-up is also not known precisely yet. It could be as large as 320 feet, or as small as 130 feet. If the larger size, it poses a much greater risk, though that risk shrinks again if it is a rubble-pile asteroid that will simply break apart upon hitting the atmosphere.
New calculations raise odds from 1.2% to 2.3% that asteroid will impact Earth in ’32 (SMOD watch! - jjs)
NASA now believes the vehicle will not be ready for its debut launch until late April. Therefore, according to sources at the agency, NASA has decided to swap vehicles for Crew-10. The space agency has asked SpaceX to bring forward the C210 vehicle, which returned to Earth last March after completing the Crew-7 mission.
SpaceX to use older Dragon capsule for next manned launch because of issues with new capsule

FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Though the trans- and DEI-focused amendments failed to pass, they demonstrated that the Trump administration intends to fight on all fronts.
Trump Signals He’ll Fight For Reality At UNICEF With Motion To Nuke DEI And Trans Ideology
Athletics is the policy area where public opinion shifted earliest and most clearly against gender ideology.
Trump’s Executive Order on Women’s Sports Is Hugely Popular
USAID funneled $799 million to a group that launched a global censorship platform and pushed radical gender ideology.
USAID Funneled Nearly $800 Million To ‘Gender Transformative’ Global Censorship Group
Robert Spencer: The spectacularly insane Left.
California’s ‘Gay As F**k’ Top Military Commander
“The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Delaware, Mr. McBride,” rang out the hatecrime of the century from behind the dais in the People’s Chamber — a brutal double misgendering delivered in a single sentence!
Video: Freshman Trans Rep. BRUTALLY Misgendered on House Floor
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Trump’s push to expand U.S. territory revives Manifest Destiny, but can American culture survive the contradictions of multiculturalism and assimilation?
Multiculturalism, Expansionism, and the Threat to American Identity
The performance occurred right after the Walter Peyton Man of the Year Award was named and before a series of tributes commemorating the New Year’s Day terrorist attack in New Orleans and the wildfires in Los Angeles.
‘We’re Still Doing This?’: Fans Blast the NFL After the Singing of the ‘Black National Anthem’ Before Super Bowl LIX
“Seeing Things Queerly” provides a short history of LGBTQ-identifying individuals who invented devices, equipment, accouterments, and other items that have significance to the LGBTQ community. (Curated by Dixon Butz - jjs)
UK science museum exhibition will help visitors "see things queerly"
HITHER & YON
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1 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2025 07:26 AM (ExV1e)

2 Tech thread alerted.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2025 07:27 AM (ExV1e)

3 The even more insane thing about the judge's ruling is that it was down ex-parte and without any citation of what law is being broken, only some nebulous reference to the take care clause.

Uhm, auditing the Treasury is a function of The Treasury and would fall under the taking care of the thing clause of the constitution.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2025 07:28 AM (XV/Pl)

4 Happy Monday

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 10, 2025 07:29 AM (gbOdA)

5 Good morning! Happy birthday, JJ!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at February 10, 2025 07:29 AM (luW68)

6 We won the super bowl pool!

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 10, 2025 07:29 AM (Rcnd3)

7
Nine degrees. No outdoor grilled breakfast this morning.

Posted by: Auspex at February 10, 2025 07:31 AM (j4U/Z)

8

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 10, 2025 07:32 AM (EFZgU)

9 Thank you JJ

This is one instance where Trump should absolutely ignore the judge. How many divisions do you have judge? A president or his appointed treasury secretary can’t look at treasury records is so absurd and ridiculous in its face it needs to be ignored… and that judge should be impeached and convicted. And fast… lightning fast to send a message to other hacks in black

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2025 07:32 AM (6RwsA)

10 Early...yaw....nnnn

Posted by: torabora at February 10, 2025 07:33 AM (jkNIy)

11 “A corrupt judge protecting corruption. He needs to be impeached NOW!” Musk wrote in a social media post.
DOGE’s Elon Musk Wants ‘Corrupt Judge’ Impeached After U.S. Treasury Ruling
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Yep.

Turn the power of DOGE on that judge's finances and see what shakes out.

There's a 100% chance that the judge is receiving money from a shady USAID-linked organization.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 10, 2025 07:33 AM (7fElN)

12 BOING!

Back in Jerusalem. A drop warmer here. Makes the difference.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 10, 2025 07:34 AM (KTCHq)

13 @11

>>There's a 100% chance that the judge is receiving money from a shady USAID-linked organization

Knowing what we know, 100pct of all politicians and the well connected are getting some kind of kickback from one of the myriad slush funds that have been established in all of the agencies.

The Government is a racket against the people.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2025 07:35 AM (XV/Pl)

14 We were right to be angry, right to be at the edge of violence, right to be protective, and right to be defensive of the Constitutional principles we citizens live with.

We were in danger of our flank being rolled and our position overrun. We still are in danger.

Love may conquer all but first it must defeat the well armed and amply supplied enemy, and such a mission is not completed by soft words but by hard men. There will be plenty of time to love one another once the enemy capitulates and converts to peace. Until then the pistols are charged, the rifles are stacked at ready, the artillery is swabbed, and the pickets sharp.

Posted by: Clear-Eyed Killer at February 10, 2025 07:36 AM (DqTIB)

15 morning horde,

top 20 or so. time for covfefe & content

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at February 10, 2025 07:36 AM (nXhwP)

16 Top 20! I feel accomplished.

My Friday ended with my boss calling me to get the annual review out of the way. I'm getting a pay increase that my wife has assured me she can put to good use.

One of our guest dogs goes home today. It was going to be Wednesday but with Wintry DOOM!™ approaching, the owner decided to end her vacation early.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2025 07:37 AM (+4yJ5)

17 That should be abolished by Executive Order.

I believe it was established by Congress. It will have to be destroyed by the courts as it is patently, and obviously, unconstitutional to have a regulatory agency for which the people have no means to control.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2025 07:37 AM (ExV1e)

18 Concerning that NY Judge, isn't there some provision where an individual SCOTUS Justice can step in and give some friendly advice? I remember something about each Justice being assigned a circuit he or she monitors.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 10, 2025 07:39 AM (gm9Sb)

19 Good morning, J.J. I'm going out on a limb here and suggest the only reason Democrats enjoyed a fund raising lead is due to money laundering through USAID.

Thanks again for all your work.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 10, 2025 07:39 AM (tT6L1)

20 “ My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life.”

Psalm 119:50

Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2025 07:40 AM (JXZdT)

21 Knowing what we know, 100pct of all politicians and the well connected are getting some kind of kickback from one of the myriad slush funds that have been established in all of the agencies.

The Government is a racket against the people.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2025 07:35 AM (XV/Pl)

as one of the weekend threads noted, who KNEW that crazy matthew lesko guy on late at night in the 80s & 90s wasn't a travelling huckster...

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at February 10, 2025 07:41 AM (nXhwP)

22 ... I think he and others are predicting a longterm rightward shift in America. Even if this might be happening to some smaller yet not insignificant extent, it would take quite some doing for the Leftists en masse to reject their beliefs, and shibboleths to defect.

Very few people, I think, abandon the politics of their youth. The yoots of America, however, seem to be more MAGA/MAHA "right" than the preceding generations. Now if only the geriatric idiots in the GOP would either align with the future of the party, retire, or die, we'd get somewhere.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2025 07:41 AM (ExV1e)

23 Four degrees.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, with the walrus-playing-a-banjo patch on his hat at February 10, 2025 07:41 AM (KaBJL)

24 by the way, I'm pretty sure the Judiciary cannot tell the Executive what to do within the Executive.

But, since our unelected judiciary has become, to all intents and purposes, a ruling class in and of itself, it doesn't surprise me a judge thinks it has a power most assuredly not assigned by our Constitution.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 10, 2025 07:42 AM (tT6L1)

25 @18

>>Concerning that NY Judge, isn't there some provision where an individual SCOTUS Justice can step in and give some friendly advice? I remember something about each Justice being assigned a circuit he or she monitors.

The administration should appeal this directly to the SCOTUS, if not, it's just going to go through the judicial sausage factory.

And judges are simply going to enjoin DOGE when it starts to look at other agencies.

This has to be nipped in the bud now.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2025 07:42 AM (XV/Pl)

26 17 That should be abolished by Executive Order.

I believe it was established by Congress. It will have to be destroyed by the courts as it is patently, and obviously, unconstitutional to have a regulatory agency for which the people have no means to control.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2025 07:37 AM (ExV1e)

Then congress acted unconstitutionally and therefore Trump should just do what he and we need him to do.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2025 07:42 AM (x0n13)

27 Even if they split into two parties (which would be phenomenal) The anti-Americanism and anti-judeo-Christian anti-westernism will still be there to greater or lesser extents in both parties.

Hard disagree. The slightly less insane party would propagandize themselves as "moderates" and the sheeple would buy it. Then it would be off to the races again.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2025 07:43 AM (ExV1e)

28
CFPB

Tell me where that is constitutional. That should be abolished by Executive Order. the employees fired and the building demolished.

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It's a really nice building. Lavish, really. Very expensive. Don't demolish it. Until a better use is identified, it can temporarily be used to store redundant office equipment and furniture -- there is a lot of that in DC all of a sudden.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 10, 2025 07:43 AM (g3j/k)

29 19 Good morning, J.J. I'm going out on a limb here and suggest the only reason Democrats enjoyed a fund raising lead is due to money laundering through USAID.

Thanks again for all your work.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 10, 2025 07:39 AM (tT6L1)

Union pension funds especially government unions are a massive slush fund for Dems. But yes, USAID sending $$ to NGOs comes right back to the DNC coffers.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2025 07:44 AM (x0n13)

30 Republicans have held the House for the last two years. They chaired all the committees.
Why didn't they know about the mismanagement?

Maybe b/c a lot of 'em are in on the grift too?

Posted by: Evil Incarnate at February 10, 2025 07:44 AM (YrqgQ)

31 Read the bit about FBI leaking raid information.

This is why I don't care when I read the sob stories of "Poor FBI Agent who did all this good for his community and now he's being lumped in with the bad actors."

Yeah. The bad actors make it really tough for the 1 or 2 good agents. Allow me to tell you about an old saying on where you can find sympathy.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2025 07:44 AM (+4yJ5)

32 @24

>>by the way, I'm pretty sure the Judiciary cannot tell the Executive what to do within the Executive.

Well, this happens all the time, judges told The Meat Puppet his Student Loan Forgiveness program was unconstitutional, however, they simply ignored that ruling and continued doing it.

Again, they need to make a direct appeal to SCOTUS to intervene.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2025 07:44 AM (XV/Pl)

33 BTW…. What can’t Trump do? The PGA tour asked him to step into their negotiations with PIF (LIV) and by all accounts he nudged them forward. Now he’s spoken to Putin saying he wants the Ukraine war to end

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2025 07:44 AM (i5Vkf)

34 Wife. "Dear, the girls and I are going shopping in NYC next Thursday". GS15 Husband. "That's nice, love. The USAID check comes in on Wednesday. Buy yourself something nice".

GS 15 writes note to self to give assistant deputy director the 10%. Just wetting his beak.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 10, 2025 07:45 AM (gm9Sb)

35 28 Until a better use is identified

Low income housing.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2025 07:45 AM (+4yJ5)

36 The judge's rationale for the maneuver seems to have been pulled out of the air -- there isn't any.

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You misspelled "his likely Bootygagged ass."

Posted by: ShainS -- Stop The #WINNING, I gotta GET OFF! at February 10, 2025 07:46 AM (vAHT7)

37 Nice of Congress to create a national version of the CA Coastal Commission in the form of the "consumer protection board" or whatever it is.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 10, 2025 07:47 AM (tT6L1)

38 Week 4 of Operation Wrecking Ball begins.

Strap in.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 10, 2025 07:47 AM (Y1sOo)

39 Until a better use is identified

Low income housing.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2025 07:45 AM (+4yJ5)

homeless vet housing

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at February 10, 2025 07:48 AM (nXhwP)

40 For a long time I've been calling it The Borg: the unholy alliance of BigGov, Media, Academia, and certain co-opted Big Companies.

It's an organism but until now I thought it was more like a jellyfish. Recent revelations show that it's more highly evolved. Vampire Man o War? Vampire tapeworm?

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 10, 2025 07:48 AM (Gqoy+)

41 Homeland Security Secretary Noem accuses FBI of leaking news of ICE raids to the press

An accusation of this magnitude requires an oil wrestling match between Noem and Pam Bondi. And, then, should the accusations be proven, executions.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2025 07:50 AM (ExV1e)

42 President Trump should ignore the marxist judge who has clearly overstepped his authority except for a well aimed and moist fart in his direction. What will the judge do? Nothing that's what. Full steam ahead and damn the marxist judges and their corrupt court system.

Posted by: Andy Reid's Red Ass at February 10, 2025 07:50 AM (y7KuV)

43 I saw a commercial for the COVID vaccination this morning on the morning news. They are still shilling the double vax. Are people really still getting those????

Posted by: Brunnhilde at February 10, 2025 07:51 AM (3AwA+)

44 I found it interesting the rank and file treasury employees sound happy to believe someone has their back when it comes to spending.

Or, at least that's what I gather.

It is disturbing the arguably the most important arm of government, the people who write the checks. are controlled by a coterie of managers who seem to be nothing more than political hacks beholden to Democrats.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 10, 2025 07:52 AM (tT6L1)

45 good morning JJ, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at February 10, 2025 07:52 AM (uvO3/)

46 39 homeless vet housing
Posted by: Sturmtoddler

OK, that's better.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2025 07:52 AM (+4yJ5)

47
Woke Bishop Who Lectured Trump Got Tens of Millions of Taxpayers Dollars to 'Resettle' Migrants

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Unexpectedly.

Posted by: ShainS -- Stop The #WINNING, I gotta GET OFF! at February 10, 2025 07:53 AM (vAHT7)

48 Let’s create a permanent monument to the failure of radical Islamism.

We can do the same with DC and Democracy.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 10, 2025 07:53 AM (gbOdA)

49 44 I found it interesting the rank and file treasury employees sound happy to believe someone has their back when it comes to spending.

Or, at least that's what I gather.

It is disturbing the arguably the most important arm of government, the people who write the checks. are controlled by a coterie of managers who seem to be nothing more than political hacks beholden to Democrats.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 10, 2025 07:52 AM (tT6L1)

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And yet...not one whistleblower.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 10, 2025 07:54 AM (GBKbO)

50 ‘Princess Bride’ Star: Israel Worse Than Nazis

Another professional pretender has thoughts.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2025 07:54 AM (ExV1e)

51 EMM

Taxpayer money spent: $79,173,314.00

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 10, 2025 07:54 AM (gbOdA)

52 The USAID Program has the look of the biggest grift in U.S. if not world history!

Only because they haven't reported on the other agencies yet.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2025 07:55 AM (ExV1e)

53
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Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 10, 2025 07:55 AM (QwK6F)

54 I've been saying this since Trump's first term, but this time it's urgent... he needs to openly defy a court order. Now.

Every federal judge is keenly aware that their power to enjoin the other branches is usurped, has no basis in anything other than their own arrogation of it, and is totally unenforceable. They are a paper tiger. A real sissy one.

That's why Presidents who defy the courts have a 100% success rate at it, and that gay little tiger rolls over and purrs like a kitten for the rest of their terms. If the courts were to attempt to somehow force an unwilling President's hand, they would fail and their power would be permanently ruined - but if they are obedient and wait him out, they can return to the status quo ante.

Trump: now is the time. You have the mandate. You can get away with this. Or you can be bullied by fags who will ruin yet another Presidency for you.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2025 07:56 AM (BI5O2)

55 I also see the audit wrecking ball as a means to pressure the House into producing an actual budget and not just a CR.

The mid terms are going to be lit if Democrats and GOPe are stupid enough to go on record defending the obvious graft.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 10, 2025 07:56 AM (tT6L1)

56 Thanks for your hard work, J.J.

I cannot access the links because of the crummy cell phone being slow or not responding, so if this was covered, please forgive me, but "Legal Insurrection" site has an interesting article on Trump's new energy Secretary and some of his plans.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2025 07:57 AM (42Vb+)

57 The mid terms are going to be lit if Democrats and GOPe are stupid enough to go on record defending the obvious graft.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 10, 2025 07:56 AM (tT6L1)
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They have no choice but to defend it.

They are so beholden to the grift, it's the millstone around their necks that will eventually drag them down.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 10, 2025 07:58 AM (7fElN)

58 Corrupt executive branch. Lazy Congress. Insane partisan judges.

A Republic, if you can keep it.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2025 07:58 AM (GzoiM)

59 And yet...not one whistleblower.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 10, 2025 07:54 AM (GBKbO)
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Fair point.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 10, 2025 07:58 AM (tT6L1)

60 Democrats also held a similar press briefing, calling DOGE’s oversight a “hostile takeover of the Treasury Department.”

Of course it is, from the Democrat's standpoint, its the Party Treasury that doles out money to itself while violently exacting tribute from US producers.

MAGA coming in to restore the proper function of the US Treasury as belonging to We The People, is literally overthrowing the established shadow government that took over the Treasury for well over a century. (Wilson and possibly before)

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2025 07:58 AM (a4flb)

61 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2025 07:58 AM (QDum0)

62 We will soon learn that SS and Medicare/Medicaid have been fine all along and fully funded and completely solvent indefinitely, and the only reason it's in so much trouble is because people connected to the system who are not consumers / end users were skimming billions off at every chance they got.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You can only be a feminist in a 1st world patriarchy where men allow it at February 10, 2025 07:58 AM (gKpVx)

63 The USAID Program has the look of the biggest grift in U.S. if not world history!

Just wait
The next releases will be 10X worse.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 10, 2025 07:58 AM (gbOdA)

64 homeless vet housing
Posted by: Sturmtoddler

OK, that's better.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2025 07:52 AM (+4yJ5)

i was inspired by your suggestion. I was thinking make it a theme park to govt waste, but then i thought your idea was a solid one, let's run with it.

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at February 10, 2025 08:00 AM (nXhwP)

65 Anyone else find it interesting the right wants bad actors, left or right, put in jail, whereas the left only sees bad actors on the right?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 10, 2025 08:00 AM (tT6L1)

66 @55

>>The mid terms are going to be lit if Democrats and GOPe are stupid enough to go on record defending the obvious graft.

They are never going to produce a budget.

The GOP had a retreat recently where they all got together to discuss how they were going to handle budgeting, the two proposals were, proposal one, get back to regular order, offer a series of tailored bills instead of one massive bill, proposal two, one massive spending bill.

Which proposal do you think they adopted?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2025 08:01 AM (XV/Pl)

67 Democrats panic - America turns out to have laws.

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* In best Colonel Kurtz cadence *

"The horror ... the horror."

"Our ~~Precious Democracy~~ Criminal Treasonous Murderous Thieving Deep State GloboHomo Oligarchy" hardest hit ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Stop The #WINNING, I gotta GET OFF! at February 10, 2025 08:01 AM (vAHT7)

68 Yonder Horde

I think, like the multiple civil suits filed against Trump prior to the election, there was a proverbial "call" made to U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer to try to shut down the DOGE crew looking into the U.S. Treasury's e-books. We know why.

Find that person(s). Because the various judges, DA's and prosecutors that went after Trump last year and the years before did not come up with those plans on their own. They were spoon-fed them.

Find those people and you'll put a pretty big dent all this horseshit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 10, 2025 08:01 AM (Q4IgG)

69 CFPB offices are shut down for the next week at least. Happened Sunday morning.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 10, 2025 08:02 AM (mB6WH)

70 The intelligence "community" is fighting back. Newly "elected" Senator Andy Kim, who is threatening to bring down the government if Trump undoes USAID grifting, is CIA and so is WSJ reporterette Katherine Long

https://tinyurl.com/bddxnd2x

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2025 08:02 AM (n6qDp)

71 The mid terms are going to be lit if Democrats and GOPe are stupid enough to go on record defending the obvious graft.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 10, 2025 07:56 AM (tT6L1)

They don't have to defend anything. You see, the GOPe will sacrifice a few seats to lose the majority on purpose. Like they do every time it seems we're about to win.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 10, 2025 08:02 AM (0eaVi)

72 The GOP had a retreat recently where they all got together to discuss how they were going to handle budgeting, the two proposals were, proposal one, get back to regular order, offer a series of tailored bills instead of one massive bill, proposal two, one massive spending bill.

Which proposal do you think they adopted?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2025 08:01 AM (XV/Pl)
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Then I'm hoping President Trump uses the bully pulpit, calls the GOP out and tells them, "No."

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 10, 2025 08:03 AM (tT6L1)

73 ‘Princess Bride’ Star: Israel Worse Than Nazis

That movie came out in 1987. If that is the only way people remember his name, I pity him.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2025 08:03 AM (+4yJ5)

74 Trump: now is the time. You have the mandate. You can get away with this. Or you can be bullied by fags who will ruin yet another Presidency for you.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2025 07:56 AM (BI5O2)

This is the way. Also, have a couple of Sons of Italy greaseball Goombahs strip the judge naked and go to work on him with a pair of pliers and a blowtorch and leave him in the courthouse parking lot as a warning to others.

Posted by: What Ya Gonna Do? at February 10, 2025 08:03 AM (y7KuV)

75 Newly "elected" Senator Andy Kim, who is threatening to bring down the government if Trump undoes USAID grifting, is CIA and so is WSJ reporterette Katherine Long

https://tinyurl.com/bddxnd2x
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2025 08:02 AM (n6qDp)

"Bring down teh gubbermint"?

Well, that's mighty nice of you to offer assistance, kind sir. But I think the people we voted for are doing just fine so far without your help.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2025 08:04 AM (VoAdT)

76 "How American Education Promotes Sloth"

* considers joke about "The Goonies" *

* reconsiders *

Posted by: callsign claymore at February 10, 2025 08:04 AM (uvO3/)

77 “I think their primary currency was shaming and scolding and talking down to people”

But I'll still vote for all their policies on demand. -- J. Fetterman, lump owner.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2025 08:05 AM (ExV1e)

78 The Democrat Party is polling about 31 percent approval, a near-historic low. Despite enjoying a huge lead in fundraising, legacy media favoritism, and incumbency, in the 2024 election, Democrats lost the White House to Donald Trump. Ever since, they have offered nothing new, no novel agenda, no innovative policies—nothing other than screaming that they are loudly against everything and anything that the president is for.
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Well, all that and blindly partisan judges willing to issue ex parte injunctions saying the executive branch must stop administering the government.

Impeach the mofo.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2025 08:05 AM (n6qDp)

79 They don't have to defend anything. You see, the GOPe will sacrifice a few seats to lose the majority on purpose. Like they do every time it seems we're about to win.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 10, 2025 08:02 AM (0eaVi)
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I forgot they did that under Ryan. But, on the other hand, I can also see President Trump being ready with primary challenges to head off that avenue of attack. I also see the cheat machine being scrutinized and prosecuted, putting Democrats on their heels.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 10, 2025 08:06 AM (tT6L1)

80 I don't know whether Bishop Budde, the Episcopal Bishop got tens of millions herself for resettling migrants,( I doubt it and can't access the article ) but some Episcopal organization did. I don't think the Bishop runs that , but doubtless she approves the policy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2025 08:06 AM (c7ptB)

81 Newly "elected" Senator Andy Kim, who is threatening to bring down the government if Trump undoes USAID grifting, is CIA and so is WSJ reporterette Katherine Long

Mm, rock me gently, rock me slowly
Take it easy, don't you know
That I have never been loved like this before
Baby, baby, rock me gently, rock me slowly
Take it easy, don't you know
That I have never been loved like this before...

Posted by: Andy Kim, Canada's Greatest Singer Ever at February 10, 2025 08:07 AM (y7KuV)

82 52 Yup. Just wait until the Pentagon gets audited.

We're going to find out that trillions of dollars have been stolen, laundered, and turned against the American people for decades.

Posted by: callsign claymore at February 10, 2025 08:08 AM (uvO3/)

83 Good morning all!

Trump needs to ignore the illegal court order and taunt them with,"Don't you School House Rock?" LOL

Posted by: jmel at February 10, 2025 08:08 AM (RWHIh)

84 I saw where the AG of NC is suing the federal government because the federal government doesn't have any right to look into Medicare payments or records made, managed, and handled by the federal government.

"RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson filed a lawsuit Friday to prevent the federal government from sharing personal and financial data with the Department of Government Efficiency, his office said."

https://tinyurl.com/yck3mjcz

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You can only be a feminist in a 1st world patriarchy where men allow it at February 10, 2025 08:08 AM (gKpVx)

85 Brilliant!

TechOperator
@TechOperator

The real Super Bowl is happening in Washington DC right now. It’s the Patriots vs The Stealers.

2:54 AM · Feb 10, 2025

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 10, 2025 08:09 AM (KTCHq)

86 Noem Pam Bondi oil wrestling match. Great suggestion

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2025 08:09 AM (i5Vkf)

87 I've been saying this since Trump's first term, but this time it's urgent... he needs to openly defy a court order. Now.

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[At the risk of "crossing the memes:"]

"But how many divisions does Benedict Roberts have? He has made his decision; now let him enforce it!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Stop The #WINNING, I gotta GET OFF! at February 10, 2025 08:10 AM (vAHT7)

88 A president or his appointed treasury secretary can’t look at treasury records is so absurd and ridiculous in its face it needs to be ignored… and that judge should be impeached and convicted. And fast… lightning fast to send a message to other hacks in black
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2025 07:32 AM (6RwsA)

Well, impeached and acquitted since the Senate Dems will never vote for removal but that would be instructive for the nation at large also.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2025 08:10 AM (ExV1e)

89 Biden's Dog, brilliant is so right. May it be repeated thousands of times

Posted by: Ben Had at February 10, 2025 08:11 AM (mB6WH)

90 BZ on the MR this morning, JJ. Very impressive.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2025 08:11 AM (ExV1e)

91 80 I don't know whether Bishop Budde, the Episcopal Bishop got tens of millions herself for resettling migrants,( I doubt it and can't access the article ) but some Episcopal organization did. I don't think the Bishop runs that , but doubtless she approves the policy.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2025 08:06 AM (c7ptB)

It is called EMM
Episcopal Migration Ministries
EMM was established in 1988 as a separate agency to coordinate The Episcopal Church's resettlement work.
In other word
The Great Replacement

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 10, 2025 08:11 AM (gbOdA)

92 I forgot they did that under Ryan. But, on the other hand, I can also see President Trump being ready with primary challenges to head off that avenue of attack. I also see the cheat machine being scrutinized and prosecuted, putting Democrats on their heels.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 10, 2025 08:06 AM (tT6L1)

Let's hope so. I still don't trust any GOPer not to try to foul things up for us.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 10, 2025 08:12 AM (0eaVi)

93 There's a 100% chance that the judge is receiving money from a shady USAID-linked organization.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 10, 2025 07:33 AM (7fElN)

Nah. Just a Democrat doing the bidding of Democrats without concern for the actual Constitution, the will of the people, or reality.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2025 08:12 AM (ExV1e)

94 In what universe is the Treasury Secretary not allowed to look at the records of the agency he manages?

If the "appointed officials" are not granted unfettered access to data generated within their own organization, effectively rendering the Secretary position to a ceremonial role, why do the Democrats put up a fight during the nomination confirmation hearings?

If the Deep State has all of the authority and none of the responsibility, and the appointed officials have none of the authority but all of the responsibility, why would anyone seek out the role?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2025 08:12 AM (a4flb)

95 "There was even a lack of embarrassment among some USAID staffers about being associated with terrorist organizations."
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We have a word for lack of embarrassment. It's called "pride".

Posted by: ... at February 10, 2025 08:13 AM (H7qcR)

96 When SpaceX brings home the stranded astronauts I really hope they use the Gilligans Island theme song in some part of the process

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2025 08:13 AM (FTkiP)

97 It's National Umbrella Day. ☂️

Posted by: redridinghood at February 10, 2025 08:13 AM (NpAcC)

98 I had a chat with our former retired Pastor on Sunday and asked how Calvary Chapel avoided getting caught up in the GW Bush "faith based initiative" proposals. (He's been with Calvary Chapel for a long time)

He told me the late Pastor Chuck Smith had no interest (paraphrasing) in getting in bed with government in any way shape or form. Pastor Smith believed money was a hook which makes the church beholden to government, moving it away from its mission of spreading the Gospel.

Unfortunately, I'm not sure how the current governing board of CC thinks when it comes to government cheese.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 10, 2025 08:13 AM (tT6L1)

99 Mornin’, All. Happy Monday.

Trump needs to ignore that judge.

Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2025 08:13 AM (77rzZ)

100 There's a 100% chance that the judge is receiving money from a shady USAID-linked organization.

"Some people just want to watch the world burn." - a humble butler.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2025 08:13 AM (a4flb)

101 The real Super Bowl is happening in Washington DC right now. It’s the Patriots vs The Stealers.

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Heh.

Saw someone last night during the Super Bowl say "I'd rather watch four hours of Tom Homan deporting illegal aliens."

Posted by: ShainS -- Stop The #WINNING, I gotta GET OFF! at February 10, 2025 08:14 AM (vAHT7)

102
The USAID Program has the look of the biggest grift in U.S. if not world history!

USAID was small potatoes. Wait until DOGE gets to DOD, HUD, Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2025 08:14 AM (dxSpM)

103 The real Super Bowl is happening in Washington DC right now. It’s the Patriots vs The Stealers.

2:54 AM · Feb 10, 2025
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Biden's Dog is right: brilliant

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2025 08:15 AM (FTkiP)

104 I agree with Martini Farmer that this was brought to the judge. That person needs to be exposed. My guess is a dem senator.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 10, 2025 08:15 AM (mB6WH)

105 Monday Reminder:
Valentine's Day is Friday. ❤️

Posted by: redridinghood at February 10, 2025 08:15 AM (NpAcC)

106
It's National Umbrella Day. ☂️
Posted by: redridinghood at February 10, 2025 08:13 AM (NpAcC)

"(*struggles*) How does this thing work?" - B. Obama

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2025 08:15 AM (dxSpM)

107 Ellen Weintraub, the Democrat Chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission is on year 23 of a 6 year term.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 10, 2025 08:15 AM (gbOdA)

108 Good morning good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 10, 2025 08:16 AM (WXNFJ)

109 Would it be possible to circumvent the TRO by simply "hiring" the DOGE data-miners into the Treasury Dept proper and then have them continue their work?

Posted by: Halfhand at February 10, 2025 08:16 AM (mvkCn)

110
"RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson filed a lawsuit Friday to prevent the federal government from sharing personal and financial data with the Department of Government Efficiency, his office said."

Just rename DOGE to "Deloitte" and have this new organization charge $250M to perform the same audit.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2025 08:17 AM (a4flb)

111 Brilliant!

TechOperator
@TechOperator

The real Super Bowl is happening in Washington DC right now. It’s the Patriots vs The Stealers.

2:54 AM · Feb 10, 2025
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 10, 2025 08:09 AM (KTCHq)
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So very true.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 10, 2025 08:17 AM (tT6L1)

112 98 I had a chat with our former retired Pastor on Sunday and asked how Calvary Chapel avoided getting caught up in the GW Bush "faith based initiative" proposals. (He's been with Calvary Chapel for a long time)

He told me the late Pastor Chuck Smith had no interest (paraphrasing) in getting in bed with government in any way shape or form. Pastor Smith believed money was a hook which makes the church beholden to government, moving it away from its mission of spreading the Gospel.

Unfortunately, I'm not sure how the current governing board of CC thinks when it comes to government cheese.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 10, 2025 08:13 AM (tT6L1)

Catholic dont seem to agree with this idea:
Taxpayer money spent: $3,344,561,881.10

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 10, 2025 08:18 AM (gbOdA)

113 JJ you are the Man. Good Morning Horde

Posted by: Jonah at February 10, 2025 08:18 AM (YCxFk)

114 Elon Musk
@elonmusk

The @DOGE
team just discovered that FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants.

Sending this money violated the law and is in gross insubordination to the President’s executive order.

That money is meant for American disaster relief and instead is being spent on high end hotels for illegals!

A clawback demand will be made today to recoup those funds.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 10, 2025 08:18 AM (NpAcC)

115 Waiting for who in the GOP sends up the first white flag to the left and advises Trump and Musk to "slow down."

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 10, 2025 08:18 AM (yB3bD)

116 Posted by: rhennigantx at February 10, 2025 08:11 AM

Thanks. I could not recall the name.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2025 08:18 AM (42Vb+)

117 Even though their owner is a left wing scumbag, Congrats to the Eagles.

Has Taylor Swift dumped Kelce yet?

Posted by: Jonah at February 10, 2025 08:19 AM (YCxFk)

118 It's National Umbrella Day. ☂️

Posted by: redridinghood at February 10, 2025 08:13 AM (NpAcC)

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"In Soviet Russia, we call this International Polonium Poisoning Day."

Posted by: ShainS -- Stop The #WINNING, I gotta GET OFF! at February 10, 2025 08:19 AM (vAHT7)

119 ‘Princess Bride’ Star: Israel Worse Than Nazis

Inconceivable!

Posted by: Tonypete at February 10, 2025 08:19 AM (WXNFJ)

120 She also pointed out the millions going to nonprofits organizations provide “immigration-related services,” which is likely a euphemism for groups that help illegal immigrants skirt the law.
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Which is itself a euphemism for child trafficking.

Posted by: ... at February 10, 2025 08:20 AM (H7qcR)

121 Well, impeached and acquitted since the Senate Dems will never vote for removal but that would be instructive for the nation at large also.

At some point, this obstruction and obvious destruction of the former US is going to lead to change only through Rule 5.56.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2025 08:20 AM (a4flb)

122 Waiting for who in the GOP sends up the first white flag to the left and advises Trump and Musk to "slow down."
Posted by: Ordinary American at February 10, 2025 08:18 AM (yB3bD)

(Raises hand)

Posted by: Lindsey Graham, Closeted Homosexual at February 10, 2025 08:21 AM (y7KuV)

123 According to his office, Jackson is joined in filing the lawsuit by the attorneys general of Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin.
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"The Kamala list" of states, whose Democrat attorneys general refuse to accept the election result.

I pray their voters all rise up and make sure these hacks can't get elected to dog catcher.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2025 08:21 AM (EoHsW)

124 Which is itself a euphemism for child trafficking.
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2025 08:20 AM (H7qcR)
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But, it was only a few children who were trafficked for sex!

(the Martha Radish defense seems to be the go to for the left)

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 10, 2025 08:21 AM (tT6L1)

125 Waiting for who in the GOP sends up the first white flag to the left and advises Trump and Musk to "slow down."

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 10, 2025 08:18 AM (yB3bD)

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Where is "severe conservative Lucky" Pierre Delecto when you need him?

Posted by: ShainS -- Stop The #WINNING, I gotta GET OFF! at February 10, 2025 08:22 AM (vAHT7)

126 Good morning Horde, happy Monday. Thx JJ for a great report , as always.
I don't think that anything would make me happier than seeing Samantha Power going to jail for theft of Americans tax dollars. I realize Congress has people making money based on inside info, which is scummy, but at this point not criminal. However how high end bureaucrats like Power get money is pure fraud. Nail all of them

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 10, 2025 08:22 AM (KXtU1)

127 Netanyahu: Trump Gaza Proposal ‘the First Fresh Idea in Years’

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So let me get this straight. You've got a malignant cancer in your liver, so your plan is to relocate the malignant cancer cells to the lungs, then rebuild the kidneys. You've still got cancer.

That's not a good strategy for a biological cancer, I can't see it being a good strategy for a civilizational malignancy.

Posted by: muldoon at February 10, 2025 08:23 AM (/iMjX)

128 The @DOGE
team just discovered that FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants.
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Those insubordinate f*cks!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2025 08:24 AM (EoHsW)

129 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Corporal Hicks at February 10, 2025 08:24 AM (53oGX)

130 Off Old Sock

Posted by: Inogame at February 10, 2025 08:24 AM (53oGX)

131 congress acted unconstitutionally

Sadly, a day ending in 'y'.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2025 08:25 AM (ExV1e)

132 That's not a good strategy for a biological cancer, I can't see it being a good strategy for a civilizational malignancy.
Posted by: muldoon at February 10, 2025 08:23 AM (/iMjX)
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Lung cancer is treatable whereas liver cancer is not?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 10, 2025 08:25 AM (tT6L1)

133 Tay Tay says Next!

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 10, 2025 08:25 AM (Gqoy+)

134 A clawback demand will be made today to recoup those funds.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 10, 2025 08:18 AM (NpAcC)
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Maybe clawback money from the FEMA bureaucrats personally.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2025 08:25 AM (EoHsW)

135 CNN Makes Awkward On-Air Gaffe, Mixes Up Barack Obama With Osama Bin Laden

This is easy.
One of them is an African born Mohammedan that hates the very Idea of the United States of America.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 10, 2025 08:26 AM (gbOdA)

136 Whelp, you can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at February 10, 2025 08:26 AM (dg+HA)

137 The @DOGE
team just discovered that FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants.

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Walking on the grass in DC = life in prison, though.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You can only be a feminist in a 1st world patriarchy where men allow it at February 10, 2025 08:26 AM (gKpVx)

138 No money for Americans in NC but 59 million for illegals.

Grotesque.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 10, 2025 08:26 AM (tT6L1)

139 71% of Pacific Palisades votes went to Kamala , however,
64% of Pacific Palisades votes went to Caruso in 2023.

Posted by: mr tmz at February 10, 2025 08:27 AM (rJ48h)

140 The @DOGE
team just discovered that FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants.

Crickets to Western NC.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2025 08:27 AM (QDum0)

141 Low income housing.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2025 07:45 AM (+4yJ5)

homeless vet housing
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at February 10, 2025 07:48 AM (nXhwP)

Temporary illegal immigrant housing and abattoir.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2025 08:27 AM (ExV1e)

142 > Which is itself a euphemism for child trafficking.
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When/if the lid gets blown off that... it'll make the billions spent on criminals, illegals and graft seem downright pedestrian in comparison.

And if it's DoGE doing the work they'd best name names.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 10, 2025 08:27 AM (Q4IgG)

143 On Saturday, Patrick Mahomes was the GOAT. One game later (a game in which he looked confused and inept) he’s not quite so good. The football gods are fickle

It was honestly a purely boring super bowl

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2025 08:28 AM (6RwsA)

144 There was even a lack of embarrassment among some USAID staffers about being associated with terrorist organizations."
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We have a word for lack of embarrassment. It's called "pride".
Posted by: ...

We have a word for associating with terrorists.

Treason.

And treason demands executions.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2025 08:29 AM (QDum0)

145 Katherine Long is the WSJ reporter who doxxed the DOGE guy that got him fired for sh*t he posted as a youth. Turns out she did time at USAID so she's an embed. How many other journalists are embeds, not just fellow travellers?

I'd take the bet that someone gave her this leak to print without her doing a stitch of independent investigation. JD got him reinstated.

All the Murdoch media properties are infected beyond redemption, Fox included, except some at the NY Post who continue to fight behind the lines.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 10, 2025 08:29 AM (Gqoy+)

146 Gazans vote for Hamas. Agreed that I'm not sure how a relocation would work as it would throw all of their rhetoric out the window ("you're removing us from our ancestral land!!!1!-/"). Where would they relocate to? There's a reason no one in the area wants them and it has nothing to do with keeping them on "their" land.

It's anti-semitism. Powers in the area know what Gazans are and are happy to keep them as Israel's problem where they can be an informal army there.

Gaza is the ghetto of the Middle East.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 10, 2025 08:30 AM (Z3lXG)

147
Catholic dont seem to agree with this idea:
Taxpayer money spent: $3,344,561,881.10
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 10, 2025 08:18 AM (gbOdA)

The Church, and its charities, should be supported by the free-will offerings of the faithful, not laundered money coerced from taxpayers.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2025 08:30 AM (dxSpM)

148 I see NJ has replaced it last corrupt senator with another bright light. Senator Kim, who has USAID ties, has said he'll shut the government if Trump continues with DOGE.
Senator Kim your offer is acceptable

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 10, 2025 08:30 AM (KXtU1)

149 I'm still amazed out how fast DOGE is moving through government, auditing everything. I know they've barely scratched the surface but they're getting through things quickly enough Democrats no sooner think they've got a talking point defense for one area, the lid is ripped off another.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 10, 2025 08:30 AM (tT6L1)

150 124 But, it was only a few children who were trafficked for sex!

I'm done tolerating their BS about "It was only a small amount" on any topic. We need to punch back against this and hard.

Ask a liberal if they would accept getting raped by an illegal since they are only one person. Ask them if they are fine with a gang taking over their neighborhood since it's a small area. And do not let them try to move the goalposts.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2025 08:30 AM (+4yJ5)

151 The U.S. alone protects Canada under the American North American nuclear shield and subsidizes NATO deadbeats like Canada by funding some 16% of the budget of the 32-nation alliance, as well as policing the international seas.

I bet the real number is closer to 33%.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 10, 2025 08:30 AM (gbOdA)

152 Crickets to Western NC.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2025 08:27 AM (QDum0)

Then, they are well-fed, ja?

Posted by: Klaus W Ef at February 10, 2025 08:31 AM (0eaVi)

153 It was almost like everyone decided they would not be rigging the game this year, but no one thought to tell the Chiefs that....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2025 08:31 AM (VoAdT)

154 Trump is going to destroy CBS's 60 Minutes:

https://tinyurl.com/2ve66vb8

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 10, 2025 08:31 AM (KTCHq)

155 And if it's DoGE doing the work they'd best name names.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 10, 2025 08:27 AM (Q4IgG)
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Not necessarily publicly outing people but, turning names over to the DOJ seems wise.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 10, 2025 08:31 AM (tT6L1)

156 It was honestly a purely boring super bowl
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2025 08:28 AM (6RwsA)

--

At our house we called it "The Super Dull."

Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 10, 2025 08:31 AM (Z3lXG)

157 71% of Pacific Palisades votes went to Kamala , however,
64% of Pacific Palisades votes went to Caruso in 2023.
Posted by: mr tmz at February 10, 2025 08:27 AM (rJ48h)

Kamala was running against icky fascist Trump. Caruso claimed he was a dem and probably called Trump names and agreed he was icky… so it’s entirely consistent

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2025 08:31 AM (6RwsA)

158
It was honestly a purely boring super bowl
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2025 08:28 AM (6RwsA)

But delightful. Deposuit potentes de sede

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2025 08:32 AM (dxSpM)

159 California's Teacher Of The Year going to peison for multiple pedo convictions? The Teachers Union responded by demanding more money, no doubt.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2025 08:32 AM (G7X+g)

160 143 On Saturday, Patrick Mahomes was the GOAT. One game later (a game in which he looked confused and inept) he’s not quite so good. The football gods are fickle

It was honestly a purely boring super bowl
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Before the game started, Mahomes was filmed just standing around. I said to my wife that he looks exhausted. She agreed (which is rare). Yep. He looked exhausted throughout four quarters of football, too.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 10, 2025 08:32 AM (Wg6v7)

161 10 Early...yaw....nnnn
Posted by: torabora

I almost never yawn, but did after reading this comment.

Posted by: Slept Well Too at February 10, 2025 08:32 AM (G5+As)

162 The Trump administration has canceled $4 billion in U.S. contribution to the UN’s Green Climate Fund (GCF) which gives taxpayer dollars to foreign nations to help them address “a rapidly changing world.”

This saves each taxpayer $25. That isn’t a lot by itself, but the savings

I am taking my 25 bux downtown!

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 10, 2025 08:33 AM (gbOdA)

163 Cali election numbers are HIGHLY suspect but the people in Cali obviously have a lot of culpability in their own predicament.

Posted by: eleven at February 10, 2025 08:33 AM (fV+MH)

164 A federal judge issued a ruling on Saturday ...
a) stop access of DOGE
b) 16 "democrat" state attorney generals
c) demand that all previously obtained Treasury scans be deleted
d) based on EX PARTE hearing (i.e. government not represented)

... this sounded way too much like a "Star Chamber" proceeding

Posted by: SMOD at February 10, 2025 08:33 AM (RHGPo)

165 147 +1

It's time to consider ending all government-directed "charity", including foreign aid.

Posted by: callsign claymore at February 10, 2025 08:34 AM (uvO3/)

166 It's fascinating how the same people who claim there's some hard wall between church and state in the Constitution have no problem with the money laundering and child sex trafficking through these groups.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You can only be a feminist in a 1st world patriarchy where men allow it at February 10, 2025 08:34 AM (gKpVx)

167 TechOperator
@TechOperator

The real Super Bowl is happening in Washington DC right now. It’s the Patriots vs The Stealers.

2:54 AM · Feb 10, 2025
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 10, 2025 08:09 AM (KTCHq)

I assume someone responded with "but they're both AFC".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2025 08:34 AM (ExV1e)

168 The Trump administration has canceled $4 billion in U.S. contribution to the UN’s Green Climate Fund (GCF) which gives taxpayer dollars to foreign nations to help them address “a rapidly changing world.”

This saves each taxpayer $25. That isn’t a lot by itself, but the savings

I am taking my 25 bux downtown!
Posted by: rhennigantx

Leave $5 at home. It's still only $20.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2025 08:34 AM (QDum0)

169 >>@MikeBenzCyber

>>2 days after USAID goes down Brazil finally ends its months-long censorship ban on Rumble.

>>Hmmm… it’s almost like everything I said about Brazil’s censorship apparatus being juiced by USAID cash and killing their USAID funding & network partnerships would lessen their grip…

In other news, Romania's president just resigned after a court had decided in December that the election to replace him was tainted by Russian interference, why does that ring a bell, and he was kept in office.

Shut off the money spigot and things happen fast.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2025 08:35 AM (LkLld)

170 145 Posted by: Ignoramus at February 10, 2025 08:29 AM (Gqoy+)
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See the link @70

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2025 08:35 AM (G7X+g)

171 In other news, Romania's president just resigned after a court had decided in December that the election to replace him was tainted by Russian interference, why does that ring a bell, and he was kept in office.

Shut off the money spigot and things happen fast.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2025 08:35 AM (LkLld)
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If I were Romania's president, I would have resigned while in another country.....

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 10, 2025 08:36 AM (tT6L1)

172 If the "appointed officials" are not granted unfettered access to data generated within their own organization, effectively rendering the Secretary position to a ceremonial role, why do the Democrats put up a fight during the nomination confirmation hearings?

Trump should note that the judge is not only usurping the legitimate power of the Executive, he is also shitting all over the Senate who confirmed the Treasury Secretary.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2025 08:36 AM (ExV1e)

173 Bass’ Chief Recovery Officer’s Son, Jacob Soboroff, Leads MSNBC Coverage of L.A. Fires

L.A. ‘Recovery Chief’ Steve Soboroff Agrees to Work for Free, After Grenell Exposes $500,000 Salary

That can't just be coincidence, can it? Not exactly Smith or Jones.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 10, 2025 08:37 AM (PQ+5a)

174 As I've said, these judges are primitive monkeys playing with a nuclear fire that will utterly destroy the entire flimsy temple they have built to themselves.

That one case they all love so, so damned much? Marbury v Madison?
Completely collapses in the face of a determined Executive.

Smarter judges from decades past understood that secret and kept well away from directly ordering the Executive on what to do.
No longer.

Along with what Vance said, this would be no different than Biden ordering the judges to find Trump guilty before any trial or evidence.

We, the People, elected Trump. We did not elect these judges.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2025 08:37 AM (L96d0)

175 Shut off the money spigot and things happen fast.

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(looks around for antifa protests)

Wait a minute...

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You can only be a feminist in a 1st world patriarchy where men allow it at February 10, 2025 08:37 AM (gKpVx)

176 Catholic dont seem to agree with this idea:
Taxpayer money spent: $3,344,561,881.10

Now you have the real motivation why "Pope" Frankie gushes about the greatness of invading the US with hostile foreigners.

Its has always been about the money.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2025 08:38 AM (a4flb)

177 So Christian "ministries" are going to go broke if they can't get government money . That makes them an official religion by definition , a clear violation of the 1st amendment. Thx for letting us know "ministries"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 10, 2025 08:39 AM (KXtU1)

178 @149

>>I'm still amazed out how fast DOGE is moving through government, auditing everything. I know they've barely scratched the surface but they're getting through things quickly enough Democrats no sooner think they've got a talking point defense for one area, the lid is ripped off another.

Well, this could have been done previously but would have taken much more time, the difference now is AI, you can millions of lines of database entries and query them with human like questions.

It's what I do with proposals, I'll feed an AI a 1000 page proposal, I'll ask it to create a RACI, create a Responsibility Matrix of all trades and integrators, create a summary of everyone's scopes, create a timeline, and pipe all of the results to a pdf.

The chat bot can do this in less than 5 minutes.

So that's how they are doing this so quickly.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2025 08:39 AM (XV/Pl)

179 Looking for Judicial relief is pointless when the Judiciary is corrupted and the entire system is gamed against you.

Time for a Constitutional reckoning. Take it directly to the people. It may be time for -US- to start picketing judge's houses.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 10, 2025 08:39 AM (Z3lXG)

180 >>If I were Romania's president, I would have resigned while in another country.....

Fun fact: the Palace of the Parliament building in Bucharest is the heaviest building in the world and the 3rd largest administrative building in the world. Thing is frigging massive and very ornate.

Ceaușescu really embraced the communist dictator thing.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2025 08:40 AM (LkLld)

181 Oregon officials found the state DMV’s “motor voter system” had registered more than 300 noncitizens to vote since 2021.

Secretary of State Lavonne Griffin-Valade ordered limited audits of the issue, finding more than 1,500 potentially ineligible

Oregon DMV processed more than 54,600 registrations for voters of “unknown citizenship.”

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 10, 2025 08:40 AM (gbOdA)

182 Trump and Musk are doing God's work. The reckoning is long past due. Pedal to the metal, boys.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 10, 2025 08:40 AM (yB3bD)

183 What offends me the most about this USAID stuff is how Americans and what is best for us is not even 1st, 2nd, 3rd or even 10th in the conversation.

The Democrats defense that we reap 2nd or 3rd or whatever level benefits is not just tenuous but indistinguishable from doing nothing.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2025 08:41 AM (L96d0)

184 L.A. ‘Recovery Chief’ Steve Soboroff Agrees to Work for Free, After Grenell Exposes $500,000 Salary

Translation of "Work For Free":

$500,000 is peanuts compared to the kick-backs, bribes and grift that the position of "Recovery Chief" offers.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2025 08:41 AM (a4flb)

185 Leave $5 at home. It's still only $20.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2025 08:34 AM (QDum0)

I was gonna a get a beer afterwards

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 10, 2025 08:42 AM (gbOdA)

186 According to the OPM employee—who evidently has a penchant for campy 1990s action movies and/or Sandra Bullock—the buyouts and emails are “being deployed in hopes of dismantling the federal government.” She continues, claiming: “We at OPM are just as frustrated, confused, and traumatized as the rest of America.”
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"The rest of America", in her world, extends about as far as Potomac, Md

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2025 08:43 AM (g6xZU)

187 @184

>>$500,000 is peanuts compared to the kick-backs, bribes and grift that the position of "Recovery Chief" offers.

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, let a man be in charge of doling out taxpayer funds for rebuilding efforts and he will be up to his eyeballs in yachts and caviar for life.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2025 08:43 AM (XV/Pl)

188 It's what I do with proposals, I'll feed an AI a 1000 page proposal, I'll ask it to create a RACI, create a Responsibility Matrix of all trades and integrators, create a summary of everyone's scopes, create a timeline, and pipe all of the results to a pdf.

The chat bot can do this in less than 5 minutes.

So that's how they are doing this so quickly.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2025 08:39 AM (XV/Pl)
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Interesting and thank you for the explanation.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 10, 2025 08:43 AM (tT6L1)

189 ... picketing judge's houses...

That is a delicate euphemism for "tar and feathers".

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2025 08:44 AM (a4flb)

190 It will be a different ballgame when the 1st asshole commie goes to jail….

Hopefully soon very soon

Posted by: Wardo at February 10, 2025 08:44 AM (uxYge)

191
I remember when COVID relief bills were before Congress and when you multiplied the promised benefit by the number of recipients, it was just a fraction - and not a majority fraction - of the total appropriation.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2025 08:45 AM (dxSpM)

192 I love hearing Dems say they are willing to work with Trump on cutting waste and fraud. The people aren't going try a kick the football anymore, Lucy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 10, 2025 08:45 AM (KXtU1)

193 Well, time to walk the pooch.

Later!

Thanks again, J.J.!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 10, 2025 08:46 AM (tT6L1)

194 Ceaușescu really embraced the communist dictator thing.
Posted by: JackStraw

Mussolini had a pretty gnarly dictator thing going also:

https://t.ly/gjFpB

Posted by: Tonypete at February 10, 2025 08:46 AM (WXNFJ)

195 The Super Bowl of dog shows, The Westminster Dog Show, will be held tonight and tomorrow at Madison Square Garden on Fox Sports 1 & 2.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 10, 2025 08:46 AM (NpAcC)

196 @188

>>Interesting and thank you for the explanation.

I used to take copious notes during meetings and calls.

No I largely rely on AI to take notes.

This way you can actually be engaged in the call instead of taking notes.

It's like having you're own personal stenographer who can also do data analysis.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2025 08:46 AM (XV/Pl)

197 Taxpayer money spent: $3,344,561,881.10
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Communism is expensive

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2025 08:47 AM (hydQt)

198 195 The Super Bowl of dog shows, The Westminster Dog Show, will be held tonight and tomorrow at Madison Square Garden on Fox Sports 1 & 2.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 10, 2025 08:46 AM (NpAcC)

It always disappoints me.. They always pick some small fru-fru dog..

Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2025 08:48 AM (VE6XX)

199
The Super Bowl of dog shows, The Westminster Dog Show, will be held tonight and tomorrow at Madison Square Garden on Fox Sports 1 & 2.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 10, 2025 08:46 AM (NpAcC)

The Westminster Kennel Club show of football games was played yesterday.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2025 08:48 AM (dxSpM)

200
Gunther Eagleman™
@GuntherEagleman
The FBI is leaking information on ICE Raids. - Fox News.

People have to go to jail.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 10, 2025 08:49 AM (NpAcC)

201 Gunther Eagleman™
@GuntherEagleman
The FBI is leaking information on ICE Raids. - Fox News.

People have to go to jail.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 10, 2025 08:49 AM (NpAcC)

It's why they are trying to hold up Patel

Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2025 08:50 AM (VE6XX)

202 Ask a liberal if they would accept getting raped by an illegal since they are only one person.

Too many of them would say they're okay with that. Ask them about being raped by an unattractive, white citizen.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2025 08:50 AM (ExV1e)

203 This judge's overreach is so egregious, Trump cannot afford to "let the process play out."

His only play is to to state, "We are appealing the illegal order.
In the meantime, I have directed employees of Treasury to continue as I, the Chief Executive of the Executive Branch, have previously ordered.
Any employee failing to comply with my orders will be fired."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2025 08:50 AM (L96d0)

204 The anti-work ethic mentality is largely rooted in misguided compassion, the desire not to punish those who skip school, disrupt the classroom, or are unwilling to work hard for good grades.
How American Education Promotes Sloth
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How can any article about education fail to mention that academia has become merely a leftard crankout chamber, and that to succeed one is expected to parrot phony leftardisms and falsehoods and shun anything else including truth and actual academic pursuit?

Who gives a shit about people rejecting that? Half are lowlifes, sure, but the other half are probably your best thinkers.

Posted by: ... at February 10, 2025 08:50 AM (H7qcR)

205 SCOTUS overturning Marbury vs Madison seems unlikely on its surface.

Power possessed is rarely surrendered.

Posted by: davidt at February 10, 2025 08:51 AM (i0F8b)

206 Let he who without USAID funds be the first to apply for more USAID funds! After all, it is better to get then to give and remember who is and remain blessed.
You see, I love the lawd. You understand what I'm sayin'? I love the lawd. And if lovin the lawd is wrong, I don't wanna be right. But I love money more! I'm gonna pray for ya. And I want you to hold onto God's unchangin hand. Cause it helped Joshua fight the battle of Jericho. Yes! It helped Daniel get out the lion's den. It helped Gilligan get off the island. It helped me apply for USAID money and get paid! Lawd!

Posted by: Mariann Budde, Fake Ass Bishop and Closeted Homosexual at February 10, 2025 08:52 AM (y7KuV)

207 201 Gunther Eagleman™
@GuntherEagleman
The FBI is leaking information on ICE Raids. - Fox News.

So someone is leaking that they're leaking... One good Ham and egger ?

Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2025 08:52 AM (VE6XX)

208
It always disappoints me.. They always pick some small fru-fru dog..
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2025 08:48 AM (VE6XX)

It's historically been a "Terrier show". But a Bloodhound won in 2022, a Standard Poodle in 2020, a GSD in 2017 and a Scottish Deerhound in 2011.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2025 08:52 AM (dxSpM)

209 165 147 +1

It's time to consider ending all government-directed "charity", including foreign aid.
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Its instructive to notice we became a world power by being the last to join a war and bringing enough to win them fast. When's the last time we did that?

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 10, 2025 08:52 AM (Wg6v7)

210 Just read the "vile new low" article.

Burn in hell, Hamas.

Posted by: pookysgirl, seething at February 10, 2025 08:53 AM (Wt5PA)

211 ass’ Chief Recovery Officer’s Son, Jacob Soboroff, Leads MSNBC Coverage of L.A. Fires

L.A. ‘Recovery Chief’ Steve Soboroff Agrees to Work for Free, After Grenell Exposes $500,000 Salary

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Small price to pay for the billions he plans to embezzle or funnel to flailing left, no ?

Posted by: runner at February 10, 2025 08:53 AM (g47mK)

212 I like cats.

Posted by: eleven at February 10, 2025 08:53 AM (fV+MH)

213 I love hearing Dems say they are willing to work with Trump on cutting waste and fraud. The people aren't going try a kick the football anymore, Lucy

Translation of "Work With":

"Make all kinds of "demands" (aka "threats") requiring DOGE to be disbanded and the members incarcerated J6 style; all funding restored plus "convenience fees" to compensate for the "Pain and Suffering"™ of those effected; promises to not do it again, and the Democrats vow to think about appointing a committee composed of jurists of their choosing to research and define the parameters of which a possible limited audit, complete with Democrat oversight, on selected sub divisions of a smaller set of departments."

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2025 08:53 AM (a4flb)

214 It was honestly a purely boring super bowl
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2025 08:28 AM (6RwsA)
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At our house we called it "The Super Dull."
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 10, 2025 08:31 AM (Z3lXG)

My neighbor across the street had a watch party and there was much hooting and hollering so I assume they were all for the winning team. At least this year my from lawn is not littered with detritus from the party.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2025 08:53 AM (ExV1e)

215
It's historically been a "Terrier show". But a Bloodhound won in 2022, a Standard Poodle in 2020, a GSD in 2017 and a Scottish Deerhound in 2011.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2025 08:52 AM (dxSpM

Rare but occasionally.. Lot's of "Politics" there I think

Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2025 08:53 AM (VE6XX)

216 How can any article about education fail to mention that academia has become merely a leftard crankout chamber,

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You left out "reliable voting bloc and make-work industry with few real expectations beyond showing up for 9 months out of the year"

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You can only be a feminist in a 1st world patriarchy where men allow it at February 10, 2025 08:54 AM (gKpVx)

217 MSG is a crap venue for dog show people.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 10, 2025 08:54 AM (Y1sOo)

218 Robert Spencer: The leftist lust for violence appears yet again.
Democrat Leader Wants Leftists to Fight Trump’s Policies ‘in the Streets’
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Sounds insurrection-y, Hakeem.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2025 08:54 AM (++MYW)

219 PDTS should just call a special session of congress and lay out the out of control graft and fiscal irresponsibility, and provide a bare bones operating budget for only the most essential agencies to get their houses in order. Then shut down the government until congress passes a budget.

Closing the FBI and firing all of the SES would be helpful too.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at February 10, 2025 08:55 AM (luW68)

220 218 Robert Spencer: The leftist lust for violence appears yet again.
Democrat Leader Wants Leftists to Fight Trump’s Policies ‘in the Streets’
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Sounds insurrection-y, Hakeem.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2025 08:54 AM (++MYW)

Sounds like a call for Antifa...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2025 08:55 AM (VE6XX)

221 Hunter effectively running the US Govt? Meh. Nothing about the Biden fake-Presidency can surprise me anymore. I'm not even outraged. No one could do worse than Joe's Handlers were doing.

Will any real insider write a tell-all? Only if the DNC and Soros approve.

Posted by: Gref at February 10, 2025 08:56 AM (aBgBM)

222 205 SCOTUS overturning Marbury vs Madison seems unlikely on its surface.

Power possessed is rarely surrendered.
Posted by: davidt at February 10, 2025 08:51 AM (i0F8b)

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Marbury v Madison is only upheld because the executive agrees to it.

It's a usurpation.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 10, 2025 08:57 AM (GBKbO)

223 It always disappoints me.. They always pick some small fru-fru dog..
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2025 08:48 AM (VE6XX)
*****
I'm partial to cocker spaniels.
Would like to see a big ole Newfoundland win it.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 10, 2025 08:57 AM (NpAcC)

224 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2025 08:50 AM (ExV1e)

I really doubt anyone wants to be raped unless that's a hard euphemism for bondage games between sex partners. It just is part of virtue signaling to think the best of all people who are ethnic minorities instead of judging individuals by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin. There's also some magical thinking in there "It will never happen to me" which is aided if one lives in gated communities.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2025 08:57 AM (o/1Jv)

225 ... yachts and caviar for life.

I believe the style guide recommends hookers and blow.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2025 08:58 AM (ExV1e)

226 Closing the FBI and firing all of the SES would be helpful too.

Democrats would immediately respond by completely defunding the Secret Service.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2025 08:58 AM (a4flb)

227 According to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem:

The FBI is so corrupt. We will work with any and every agency to stop leaks and prosecute these crooked deep state agents to the fullest extent of the law.
___________________________
Wait until she finds out about the FBI inciting Jan 6. It'll blow her mind.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2025 08:58 AM (AL/qL)

228
MSG is a crap venue for dog show people.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 10, 2025 08:54 AM (Y1sOo)

The breed competition is at the Javits Center, the groups and Best in Show are at MSG.

Were you entered when benching was at MSG? My heavens, what a horror! I said the place combined the creature comforts of the Black Hole of Calcutta with the hospitality of the Bataan Death March. Still, it was a thrill to set foot on the green carpet.

Lacey in the Hound Group, handled by Her Majesty, in 2004:

https://soyaraborzoi.com/LaceyGroupWestminster.jpg

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2025 08:58 AM (dxSpM)

229 Had a bloodhound puppy come clobber me once. Attacked from out of nowhere.

Cute little dude.

Posted by: eleven at February 10, 2025 08:59 AM (fV+MH)

230 a brutal double misgendering delivered in a single sentence!

Do you add or subject when doing double misgenderings?

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 10, 2025 08:59 AM (gbOdA)

231 Luke 12:2
This is what I'm holding onto today.
It says "nothing will remain hidden(paraphrased) "what ever Musk or Trump need will be revealed to them!

Posted by: Chillin the most at February 10, 2025 08:59 AM (5r2Iw)

232 The horrifying implications of the judge's order, is that there is literally no limit or restraint on what a judge can order.

He can order a secretary of state to certify his preferred candidate as winner regardless of the election outcome.
He can order a prosecutor to charge his political enemies.
He can order the treasurer to disburse funds to his friends.
He can order the IRS to assess a 100% tax on you.

All under the expansive universe of "take care."

Instead of a dictator of one, he will create an unelected, unaccountable dictator of thousands.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2025 08:59 AM (L96d0)

233 I tired to watch Godfather II this weekend. It sucked.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 10, 2025 09:00 AM (Wg6v7)

234 I like cats.
Posted by: eleven at February 10, 2025 08:53 AM (fV+MH)
~~~~~

https://tinyurl.com/3yunpuc7

Posted by: IrishEi at February 10, 2025 09:00 AM (3ImbR)

235 I love the idea that Trump, after having been made public enemy #1 for 8 years and regaining the presidency, after hiring Elon Musk to do a hostile takeover of the executive branch, is going to agree to slow down.

He knows this is for everything.

He understands how much of the left (and establishment right) is propped up by federal grants and largesse.

He knows that, at worst, these illegal judicial orders are speedbumps.

His legal team is obviously heavily invested in the idea that the chief executive is chief executive, and they're daring higher levels of the justice system to face him down.

I just keep thinking back to the order on the pause of USAID funding freeze. It lasted, like, 5 days. If that. I honestly only remember the order. I don't remember if it was rescinded. It might have been. Didn't matter. USAID funding has been gutted, 97% of the staff put on admin leave, and it's been moved under an actual cabinet secretary. Judicial muckery didn't even slow it down.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 10, 2025 09:00 AM (GBKbO)

236 The nice thing about this Super Bowl is we didn't have to see much of Tay Tay.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 10, 2025 09:01 AM (Wg6v7)

237 Good morning Hordelings!

Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2025 09:01 AM (GxisR)

238 237 Good morning Hordelings!
Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2025 09:01 AM (GxisR)

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What's so morning about it, huh?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 10, 2025 09:01 AM (GBKbO)

239 SCOTUS overturning Marbury vs Madison seems unlikely on its surface.

It doesn't require SCOTUS to overturn it. It only requires the Legislative/Executive branches to ignore their rulings. Their only enforcement mechanism is the willingness of the others to be directed by them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2025 09:01 AM (ExV1e)

240
Good morning Hordelings!
Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2025 09:01 AM (GxisR)

Did you bring donuts?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2025 09:02 AM (dxSpM)

241 I'm curious about the monies DoGE is exposing. Are these running totals or what was "spent" last FY?

Because I'd like to know what the expenses looked like in 2020 - 24 on a yearly basis.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 10, 2025 09:02 AM (Q4IgG)

242 You left out "reliable voting bloc and make-work industry with few real expectations beyond showing up for 9 months out of the year"
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You can only be a feminist in a 1st world patriarchy where men allow it at February 10, 2025 08:54 AM (gKpVx)

It is the Admin side that is ridiculous.
I bet most school districts are 60/40 admin to teachers.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 10, 2025 09:02 AM (gbOdA)

243 @232

>>All under the expansive universe of "take care."

Unfortunately, this is how things work and it's how Democrat Presidents actions have been held in check, although they typically just ignore most of the rulings, it has from time to time, stymied their actions.

I would just make an expedited request for relief to the SCOTUS.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2025 09:02 AM (XV/Pl)

244 223 It always disappoints me.. They always pick some small fru-fru dog..
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2025 08:48 AM (VE6XX)
*****
I'm partial to cocker spaniels.
Would like to see a big ole Newfoundland win it.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 10, 2025 08:57 AM (NpAcC)
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"Best in Show" is in my regular movie rotation. I reckon it's not all that far wrong.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 10, 2025 09:02 AM (LxER7)

245 Dueling judges … find a judge to order trump not to follow the first judges order….

Posted by: Wardo at February 10, 2025 09:02 AM (uxYge)

246 Remember Samantha Power? You can tell she's a Person of Interest by the jobs she's held. Most recently as head of USAID, appointed in 2021 by Joe Biden, ISYN. She's tied to a lot of shenanigans, including Ukraine.
If I were Pam Bondi, I'd squeeze Samantha until she squeeled like a pig.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 10, 2025 09:03 AM (Gqoy+)

247 176 Now you have the real motivation why "Pope" Frankie gushes about the greatness of invading the US with hostile foreigners.

We're going to need another schism but this time we burn the heretics after we subdue them.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2025 09:03 AM (+4yJ5)

248 243 Unfortunately, this is how things work and it's how Democrat Presidents actions have been held in check, although they typically just ignore most of the rulings, it has from time to time, stymied their actions.

I would just make an expedited request for relief to the SCOTUS.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2025 09:02 AM (XV/Pl)

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Let's give Biden's legal team their due.

They didn't ignore rulings.

They slightly rewrote orders a few months after rulings had declared the very idea illegal.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 10, 2025 09:03 AM (GBKbO)

249 Will any real insider write a tell-all? Only if the DNC and Soros approve.

It will require someone not of The Party to do a complete top to bottom audit of the USG, run it through AI, and generate a report on who ran what when and how they spent money, wrote EOs and directed/ran operations.

Personally, I think the common denominator is dark spiritual forces, their common allegiance to the Prince of Darkness and their tolerance for being lied to by demons. That is, the epicenter is Hell, and these braindead, immoral, insane, souless creatures are merely vessels of demonic influence.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2025 09:04 AM (a4flb)

250 What's so morning about it, huh?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 10, 2025 09:01 AM (GBKbO)

You wouldn't get it

Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2025 09:04 AM (GxisR)

251 How much of that $59 million to the hotels was going to end up in Chuck Schumer's re-election campaign fund?

How much in the DNC?

$100,000?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 10, 2025 09:04 AM (GBKbO)

252 250 What's so morning about it, huh?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 10, 2025 09:01 AM (GBKbO)

You wouldn't get it
Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2025 09:04 AM (GxisR)

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This hurts deep, man.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 10, 2025 09:04 AM (GBKbO)

253 Sefton et al:

US taxpayer funded BBC has an article titled -

Being a Furry is like Wearing a Superhero Cape

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2025 09:05 AM (tiJAF)

254 Did you bring donuts?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2025 09:02 AM (dxSpM)

Bran muffins. Enjoy!

Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2025 09:05 AM (GxisR)

255 MAGA Melts Down Over Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl Halftime Performance. It was a night of pearl-clutching for many prominent conservatives Sunday night as they objected to yet another hip-hop performance at a major sporting event.

Lamar seemingly predicted the backlash with the inclusion of acerbic actor Samuel Jackson, who introduced the rapper to the crowd and exclaimed: “Too loud, too reckless, too ghetto. Mr. Lamar, do you really know how to play the game?”

Right-wing commentators Eric Daugherty and Benny Johnson took their criticism to the extreme, describing the performance as “Black nationalist” and calling Lamar a “mumbling pagan Satanic cultist.”

Lamar really cleaned up his lyrics for the Superbowl performance. But conservatives still complained they couldn't understand him. And yet they were sure whatever he was saying, it was "Black Nationalist" in nature.

The people I was with didn't understand it. I thought it was awesome. It was a sustained and brilliant push-back to what's happening. I don't even understand rap and loved it.

I was pretty sure they would hate it. It wasn't white. Didn’t look like an episode of Hee-Haw.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 10, 2025 09:06 AM (JCZqz)

256 His legal team is obviously heavily invested in the idea that the chief executive is chief executive, and they're daring higher levels of the justice system to face him down.

Best of all, tell the DOGE to keep on keeping on and, if needed, pardons for everyone. Thanks, Joe.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2025 09:06 AM (ExV1e)

257 Not even bagels.

Posted by: eleven at February 10, 2025 09:06 AM (fV+MH)

258
Bran muffins. Enjoy!
Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2025 09:05 AM (GxisR)

Bran muffins? You may as well have brought broccoli.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2025 09:06 AM (dxSpM)

259 SCOTUS overturning Marbury vs Madison seems unlikely on its surface.

It doesn't require SCOTUS to overturn it. It only requires the Legislative/Executive branches to ignore their rulings. Their only enforcement mechanism is the willingness of the others to be directed by them.

-

This.

Pennsylvania in the 2020 election. Easy as that.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You can only be a feminist in a 1st world patriarchy where men allow it at February 10, 2025 09:07 AM (gKpVx)

260 The people I was with didn't understand it. I thought it was awesome. It was a sustained and brilliant push-back to what's happening. I don't even understand rap and loved it.

Pretty much says it all.....

Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2025 09:07 AM (VE6XX)

261 A good friend of mine (I was his scuba instructor...) is a political consultant. He's often said to me that there's so much money in the current system, so much so that it defies imagination, that a populist movement is pretty much doomed.

I foolishly thought he was talking about donations, corporate support, etc. After the past month, I finally get what he was saying.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 10, 2025 09:07 AM (PzXaK)

262 I tired to watch Godfather II this weekend. It sucked.
Posted by: Pudinhead at February 10, 2025 09:00 AM (Wg6v7)

Say, what do you think of the nerve of them japs, them slanty-eyed bastards, eh? Dropping bombs on our own backyard on Pop's birthday here.

Posted by: Santino at February 10, 2025 09:08 AM (y7KuV)

263 It doesn't require SCOTUS to overturn it. It only requires the Legislative/Executive branches to ignore their rulings. Their only enforcement mechanism is the willingness of the others to be directed by them.

Well, to shut the damned Left up for a few minutes, or at least redirect their hate back towards Trump, PDJT just needs to write blanket pardons for all alleged federal crimes committed since the DOGE Inquisition started, all the way up to the day DOGE declares "It is Finished".

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2025 09:08 AM (a4flb)

264 It's hard to understate the implications of this judge's order.
In short, it is the complete end of the Constitution, the republic and democratic will.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2025 09:09 AM (L96d0)

265 I watched two Denzel Washington movies this weekend: Equalizer and Equalizer 2…. I really enjoyed. Unrealistic as hell but the Washington character is portrayed as one of only a tiny number of non-corrupt CIA agents and he’s a good guy and pretty much the rest of the CIA are awful murderous thugs; so that part is accurate. And he helps people who need help using Liam Neeson type “particular skills”…. Entertaining

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2025 09:09 AM (ANuwa)

266 What the Executive and the Legislature have liked most about Marbury vs Madison is that it removes responsibility and accountability.

"We can't do anything about it! Our hands are tied!"

Congress surrendering this excuse is as likely as SCOTUS surrendering its assumed supremacy.

Posted by: davidt at February 10, 2025 09:10 AM (i0F8b)

267 I was pretty sure they would hate it. It wasn't white. Didn’t look like an episode of Hee-Haw.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 10, 2025 09:06 AM (JCZqz)

Well, HOOWWW-DYY!

Just how old is the dem shill?

Posted by: LASue at February 10, 2025 09:10 AM (lCppi)

268 >>I was pretty sure they would hate it. It wasn't white. Didn’t look like an episode of Hee-Haw.

My two favorite SB halftime shows that I can remember were Prince and Bruno Mars and my all time favorite National Anthem was Whitney Houston.

And last I checked I'm pretty white.

Listening to someone recite unintelligible words is not my idea of entertainment and anyone thinks it is is a poseur.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2025 09:10 AM (LkLld)

269 It's hard to understate the implications of this judge's order.
In short, it is the complete end of the Constitution, the republic and democratic will.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2025 09:09 AM (L96d0)

---

The sheer scale of the money and power involved will not be impeded by a 200+ year old scrap of paper or an election.

It's wrong, yes. In the words of Sean Connery in The Untouchables...."What are you prepared to do?"

Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 10, 2025 09:10 AM (PzXaK)

270 Say, what do you think of the nerve of them japs, them slanty-eyed bastards, eh? Dropping bombs on our own backyard on Pop's birthday here.
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That's The Godfather movie. Santino got mowed down at a toll booth. Godfather II came next. It really sucks.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 10, 2025 09:11 AM (Wg6v7)

271 It's historically been a "Terrier show". But a Bloodhound won in 2022, a Standard Poodle in 2020, a GSD in 2017 and a Scottish Deerhound in 2011.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Ankle-biters should be excluded on principle. No one would watch a Super Bowl featuring midgets, would they?

Posted by: Devil Dog, Hound From Hell at February 10, 2025 09:11 AM (G5+As)

272 I tired to watch Godfather II this weekend. It sucked.
Posted by: Pudinhead at February 10, 2025 09:00 AM (Wg6v7)

I still don't get that movie. Part I is one of my favorites.

Posted by: ... at February 10, 2025 09:11 AM (H7qcR)

273 Which tin-pot judicial ruling are we talking about?

Not the one from Delaware that is making companies flee like well rats from a sinking ship because on Girl Boss Judge decided to own that chud called Elon Musk is it?>

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2025 09:11 AM (tiJAF)

274 Bran muffins? You may as well have brought broccoli.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2025 09:06 AM (dxSpM)

Might be some in the muffins.

Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2025 09:11 AM (GxisR)

275
As Europe crumbles under the weight of Muslim immigrants, whose ideological stance and numbers combine to destroy a civilization built on Judeo-Christian values, its original inhabitants must prepare for submission or flight.

It's an imposition, but I'm willing to take in any Oktoberfest waitresses who are fleeing Germany.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2025 09:11 AM (dxSpM)

276 "Best in Show" is in my regular movie rotation. I reckon it's not all that far wrong.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 10, 2025 09:02 AM (LxER7)
******
I love that movie. It never gets old.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 10, 2025 09:11 AM (NpAcC)

277
It doesn't require SCOTUS to overturn it. It only requires the Legislative/Executive branches to ignore their rulings. Their only enforcement mechanism is the willingness of the others to be directed by them.

-

This.

Pennsylvania in the 2020 election. Easy as that.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You can only be a feminist in a 1st world patriarchy where men allow it at February 10, 2025 09:07 AM (gKpVx)

Order? What order?
*big ballz*

Posted by: LASue at February 10, 2025 09:12 AM (lCppi)

278 Happy birthday, JJ.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 10, 2025 09:12 AM (ufFY8)

279 > It's hard to understate the implications of this judge's order.
In short, it is the complete end of the Constitution, the republic and democratic will.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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If true, and I'm not arguing it, you'd think there would be a bit more "concern" on the parties involved, no?

Specifically some of our circumspect legal eagles, political misfits and so on. Instead there's a lot of huffing and puffing from the traditional "conservative" chattering class.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 10, 2025 09:13 AM (Q4IgG)

280
"Best in Show" is in my regular movie rotation. I reckon it's not all that far wrong.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 10, 2025 09:02 AM (LxER7)

It's an exaggeration. But not much of one.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2025 09:13 AM (dxSpM)

281 >>@Ghostofcynthia

>>Trump Administration Files Emergency Motion to Vacate Treasury’s Restraining Order — Asserts ‘No Court Can Sever Presidential Supervision Mandated by Article II’

Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2025 09:13 AM (LkLld)

282 Midgets, Super Bowl?

Peter Dinkletoes getting piledrived by a 300lb linebacker?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2025 09:13 AM (tiJAF)

283 Best in Show is great.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 10, 2025 09:14 AM (BS+3q)

284 What would Trump 1.0 without giant protests all the time have been like?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 10, 2025 09:14 AM (GBKbO)

285 233 If you think Godfather 2 is bad, Godfather 3 is a seven layer burrito of disappointment with a side of failure fries.

Posted by: callsign claymore at February 10, 2025 09:14 AM (uvO3/)

286 In regards to the NY judge Trump should issue an EO that recognizes the ruling will be limited to the judge's district. The entirety of the country is not subject to every schmoe with a gavel.

Posted by: Minuteman at February 10, 2025 09:14 AM (xMDeR)

287 "It's an exaggeration. But not much of one.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh"

I used to think South Park was absurdism.

I don't think that anymore.

Posted by: eleven at February 10, 2025 09:14 AM (fV+MH)

288 Happy Monday!!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 10, 2025 09:15 AM (Cki93)

289 Our local weather forecast say rain and ice in areas, which will be slicker than bull's snot.

G*d bless Texas!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 10, 2025 09:15 AM (a3Q+t)

290 Is There A Problem With Colorado State University And Its Nipah Virus Research?

************

1. I doubt that a virus with 40% case mortality rate really needs any gain of function enhancements.

2. And CSU has a renowned School of Veterinary Medicine so the imported bats will probably receive better medical care than the students get.

3. And theirBSL-3 level viral research facility will function as well as their Division 1 football team.

4. And their collaboration with EcoHealth Alliance has been terminated.

5. And they are Aggies, which speaks for itself.

So I totally don't see any concerns.

Posted by: muldoon at February 10, 2025 09:15 AM (/iMjX)

291 Breaking: Hawaiian judge has just declared gravity unconstitutional .

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 10, 2025 09:15 AM (2xLsW)

292 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
MSNBC: "Blacks will be impacted most by Trump's gutting of the bureaucracy"

https://tinyurl.com/3wshhppn

Posted by: redridinghood at February 10, 2025 09:15 AM (NpAcC)

293 Something interesting to think about....

How many people out there received USAID money and do NOT know about it...?

When that spigot gets turned off, those people will lose their jobs with NO idea about the underlying issues. It will just be easier to blame Trump for the "poor economy" and "high unemployment" with USAID grifters more than eager to goad them into outrage.....

Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 10, 2025 09:15 AM (PzXaK)

294 Midgets, Super Bowl?

Peter Dinkletoes getting piledrived by a 300lb linebacker?
Posted by: Anna Puma

Women can't play in men's sports. 😳

Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2025 09:16 AM (QDum0)

295 233 I tired to watch Godfather II this weekend. It sucked.
Posted by: Pudinhead at February 10, 2025 09:00 AM (Wg6v7)

You are in a vast minority of opinion. The only thing I don't like about it was Diane Keaton. But it's outstanding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2025 09:17 AM (x0n13)

296 Leftists en masse to reject their beliefs, and shibboleths to defect

++++

El Gato Malo had a good take on this on substack. Link rejected here see: "Substack 1776 20 dismantling the aristocracy Essentially" the ability to defect will depend on how un-redeemable one's actions have been.

Posted by: Smellslikevictory at February 10, 2025 09:17 AM (jPdyB)

297 286 In regards to the NY judge Trump should issue an EO that recognizes the ruling will be limited to the judge's district. The entirety of the country is not subject to every schmoe with a gavel.
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SoDiNY is a profoundly self interested Court District interested in only the right people residing in NY. Don't do business there. Its a rigged game.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 10, 2025 09:17 AM (Wg6v7)

298 I saw Schmoe With A Gavel open for Toad the Wet Sprocket at the Meadowlands in '94.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 10, 2025 09:17 AM (LxER7)

299 Good morning, Doof. I have a line on some top shelf Metarrica concert tees from their And Justice for Arr shows in Japan. Interested?

Posted by: callsign claymore at February 10, 2025 09:17 AM (uvO3/)

300 >>Trump Administration Files Emergency Motion to Vacate Treasury’s Restraining Order — Asserts ‘No Court Can Sever Presidential Supervision Mandated by Article II’
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2025 09:13 AM (LkLld)
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This. But John Roberts likes to let all the non-partisan judges have a go in their proper order before smacking them down. Lets hope this time is different.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2025 09:17 AM (0NgNZ)

301 293 Something interesting to think about....

How many people out there received USAID money and do NOT know about it...?

When that spigot gets turned off, those people will lose their jobs with NO idea about the underlying issues. It will just be easier to blame Trump for the "poor economy" and "high unemployment" with USAID grifters more than eager to goad them into outrage.....
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 10, 2025 09:15 AM (PzXaK)

=======

Flip side:

The number of people who live in DC who's entire lives are fed-adjacent. Every dollar from local government is tied to fed spending either through direct funding (like home rule) or taxation of fed workers.

That's their perception of fed spending: It holds everything up.

Imagine the terror of realizing that it might end. Imagine the myopic vision affecting your analysis of the country as a whole. I think some of these analyses are honest (but still wrong) in assuming that the country just collapses with any pullback on fed spending. From their little corner of America: it's 100% true.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 10, 2025 09:17 AM (GBKbO)

302
This is one instance where Trump should absolutely ignore the judge. How many divisions do you have judge? A president or his appointed treasury secretary can’t look at treasury records is so absurd and ridiculous in its face it needs to be ignored… and that judge should be impeached and convicted. And fast… lightning fast to send a message to other hacks in black

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2025 07:32 AM (6RwsA)

1000X this.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2025 09:18 AM (VwHCD)

303 A random factoid by Fox News during the early part of the Super Bowl When the commentators were searching for something to say...

They compared the average height and weight of a defensive line between Super Bowl I and today. They marveled at how today's average is 100 lbs more just as some linebacker with an overhanging belly walked on camera.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 10, 2025 09:18 AM (PzXaK)

304 There a version of Godfather where all the scenes from 1 and 2 are put together chronologically. It’s interesting to watch that way.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 10, 2025 09:18 AM (2xLsW)

305 285 233 If you think Godfather 2 is bad, Godfather 3 is a seven layer burrito of disappointment with a side of failure fries.
Posted by: callsign claymore at February 10, 2025 09:14 AM (uvO3/)

*blows whistle and throws flag*
Illegal Procedure
Diluting Mexican Heritage Foods
Loss of down and forfeiture of game.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 10, 2025 09:19 AM (gbOdA)

306 304 There a version of Godfather where all the scenes from 1 and 2 are put together chronologically. It’s interesting to watch that way.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 10, 2025 09:18 AM (2xLsW)

======

Coppola cut that together for a television presentation.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 10, 2025 09:19 AM (GBKbO)

307 Instead there's a lot of huffing and puffing from the traditional "conservative" chattering class.

Look, I'm not going to suggest that they're functionally retarded, but they do have a vested interest in the system remaining fundamentally the same as it has been. Lots of money floating around, things generally getting consistently worse, lots of stuff for them to observe with concern.

They're controlled opposition, just like they've always been.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2025 09:19 AM (ExV1e)

308 ow

Posted by: Black Orchid at February 10, 2025 09:19 AM (Pv3Rg)

309 You are in a vast minority of opinion. The only thing I don't like about it was Diane Keaton. But it's outstanding.
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Yeah, I found Diane Keaton a ridiculous character in GF. Apolonia had really nice tits. Diane, not so much.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 10, 2025 09:19 AM (Wg6v7)

310 That's The Godfather movie. Santino got mowed down at a toll booth. Godfather II came next. It really sucks.
Posted by: Pudinhead at February 10, 2025 09:11 AM (Wg6v7)

It's actually at the end of GF 2...when Michael sits all alone, all alone reminiscing.

Posted by: Santino at February 10, 2025 09:20 AM (y7KuV)

311 DISCLAIMER: My father and two uncles, four of my brothers (one of whom finished Veterinary school there), one of my daughters, her husband, and so far one of my grandkids are CSU alums so I am allowed to rag on that school as a matter of family rivalry. I will fight anybody else casting aspersions.

😎

Posted by: muldoon at February 10, 2025 09:20 AM (/iMjX)

312 The traditional conservative chattering class is in full panic mode because USAID money is all that keeps them afloat.

Even some of the radical left on YouTube who are 'popular' are now yattering about being out on the street at any moment.

It is glorious to witness.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2025 09:21 AM (tiJAF)

313 How many people out there received USAID money and do NOT know about it...?

+++

Not worried. It will be all the right lefties. No money to protest, no NGO cash for illegals, No DIE grift...

Posted by: Smellslikevictory at February 10, 2025 09:21 AM (jPdyB)

314 Did the Hawaiian judge say Elon can’t look at treasury data as well as the secretary? I mean I can sort of see the case for Elon. He’s not an “official” government employee or whatever. But how the fuck can the secretary of a US agency not have access to his own agency’s data?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 10, 2025 09:21 AM (2xLsW)

315 eagles won guys

all the ads sucked except maybe 2

but who cares

they set fire to a kermit puppet?

Posted by: Black Orchid at February 10, 2025 09:21 AM (Pv3Rg)

316 Diane Keaton's character was a dumbass baby killer.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 10, 2025 09:21 AM (ufFY8)

317 Tay, Tay didn't have a very good night yesterday LOL...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2025 09:21 AM (VE6XX)

318 In regards to the NY judge Trump should issue an EO that recognizes the ruling will be limited to the judge's district. The entirety of the country is not subject to every schmoe with a gavel.
Posted by: Minuteman at February 10, 2025 09:14 AM (xMDeR)

I recall SCOTUS saying that during his first term so he'd still be pretending judges are philosopher-kings but it wouldn't cause the entire political world's heads to explode.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2025 09:21 AM (ExV1e)

319 314 Did the Hawaiian judge say Elon can’t look at treasury data as well as the secretary? I mean I can sort of see the case for Elon. He’s not an “official” government employee or whatever. But how the fuck can the secretary of a US agency not have access to his own agency’s data?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 10, 2025 09:21 AM (2xLsW)

======

Elon is an official executive employee.

He's employed by the Department of Government Efficiency, a rebrand of the Department of Digital Services which was started under Obama and turned into a political appointment under Biden.

Elon just isn't taking a salary.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 10, 2025 09:22 AM (GBKbO)

320 287 "It's an exaggeration. But not much of one.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh"

I used to think South Park was absurdism.

I don't think that anymore.
Posted by: eleven at February 10, 2025 09:14 AM (fV+MH)

Babylon Bee has made almost 100 predictions that are now true.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 10, 2025 09:22 AM (gbOdA)

321 I good point I saw made was, suppose you are out to dinner and the check comes for $500.
Shocked, you ask for an itemization to see what you were charged for.
The waiter, acting offended, tells you not to worry, everything was accounted for and you were properly charged.

That's the Democrats, demanding we not look into how they were spending our money while holding out their hand for the credit card.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2025 09:22 AM (L96d0)

322 305 That's outrageous! We haven't even had the tepid half-time show packed with occult symbols and trans dancers!

Posted by: callsign claymore at February 10, 2025 09:22 AM (uvO3/)

323 Babylon Bee has made almost 100 predictions that are now true.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 10, 2025 09:22 AM (gbOdA)

And that was just last week!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 10, 2025 09:23 AM (LxER7)

324 Elon is an official executive employee.

He's employed by the Department of Government Efficiency, a rebrand of the Department of Digital Services which was started under Obama and turned into a political appointment under Biden.

Elon just isn't taking a salary.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 10, 2025 09:22 AM (GBKbO)

Elon was given TS be Biden in 21 or 22 needed for work with rockets.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 10, 2025 09:23 AM (gbOdA)

325 317 Tay, Tay didn't have a very good night yesterday LOL...

It was glorious!

Posted by: Black Orchid at February 10, 2025 09:24 AM (Pv3Rg)

326 That's their perception of fed spending: It holds everything up.

Imagine the terror of realizing that it might end. Imagine the myopic vision affecting your analysis of the country as a whole. I think some of these analyses are honest (but still wrong) in assuming that the country just collapses with any pullback on fed spending. From their little corner of America: it's 100% true.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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The richest counties in the U.S., and all of it via laundered money.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You can only be a feminist in a 1st world patriarchy where men allow it at February 10, 2025 09:24 AM (gKpVx)

327 DC area economy will be hardest hit.
I hope these grifting fuckers can pay their mortgages.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 10, 2025 09:24 AM (ufFY8)

328 Sometimes when you are on youtube
Search for Musk explains he cannot hire illegals or greencards and in some case only US citizens.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 10, 2025 09:24 AM (gbOdA)

329 I was shocked to learn Alvin Bragg had a security clearance.

what did he divulge for one free box of donuts?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2025 09:24 AM (tiJAF)

330 The number of people who live in DC who's entire lives are fed-adjacent. Every dollar from local government is tied to fed spending either through direct funding (like home rule) or taxation of fed workers.

That's their perception of fed spending: It holds everything up.

Imagine the terror of realizing that it might end. Imagine the myopic vision affecting your analysis of the country as a whole. I think some of these analyses are honest (but still wrong) in assuming that the country just collapses with any pullback on fed spending. From their little corner of America: it's 100% true.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 10, 2025 09:17 AM (GBKbO)

I live here. A significant chunk of people are not politically aware. It's more like "oh, Charles has a very important job running an investment firm" or "Chase is a partner in a law practice." No thought as to anything other than that. If Cameron loses his job, it's because of the "bad economy that is impacting millions of Americans." The federal spending concept just doesn't enter into their calculus.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 10, 2025 09:24 AM (PzXaK)

331 I tired to watch Godfather II this weekend. It sucked.
Posted by: Pudinhead at February 10, 2025 09:00 AM (Wg6v7)

I saw a Craig Ferguson show over the weekend where he recommended that the young people in his audience watch "A Clockwork Orange" and told them it was a comedy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2025 09:24 AM (ExV1e)

332 I was pretty sure they would hate it. It wasn't white. Didn’t look like an episode of Hee-Haw.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 10, 2025 09:06 AM (JCZqz)

Dear DU dipshit
My daughter is Chinese American, raised by boring white people. She likes Kendrick Lamar. She watched the halftime show and said..... " it was boring and underwhelming, he cleaned it up to the point that it didn't make sense. If they want clean, they should have gotten someone else to perform instead"
Now you there in the DU can go fuck your hateful self.
Regards
Mayhem

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at February 10, 2025 09:24 AM (4XwPj)

333 Good morning, Doof. I have a line on some top shelf Metarrica concert tees from their And Justice for Arr shows in Japan. Interested?
Posted by: callsign claymore at February 10, 2025 09:17 AM (uvO3/)

Sure! I have a similar one from Rorraparooza

Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2025 09:25 AM (GxisR)

334 The half time show had an eerie Soviet feel to it.

Posted by: But that's just me at February 10, 2025 09:25 AM (04aBi)

335 OK, I'm in the DC area economy.

How am I grifting?

Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 10, 2025 09:25 AM (PzXaK)

336 Samantha Power quadrupled her net worth at USAID to now over $30M.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 10, 2025 09:25 AM (gbOdA)

337 330 I live here. A significant chunk of people are not politically aware. It's more like "oh, Charles has a very important job running an investment firm" or "Chase is a partner in a law practice." No thought as to anything other than that. If Cameron loses his job, it's because of the "bad economy that is impacting millions of Americans." The federal spending concept just doesn't enter into their calculus.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 10, 2025 09:24 AM (PzXaK)

======

I did mention the commentary specifically.

I never asserted that DC normies think like that.

But, it does add another dimension:

WaPo talking about hard job times in DC, driving narrative of how bad things are in DC and creating the implication that everything is bad everywhere.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 10, 2025 09:26 AM (GBKbO)

338 Didnt watch the big game. But I saw that clip of one of the chiefs coming off the field to shake OrangeMan’s hand. Obvious white supremacist who’s black.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 10, 2025 09:26 AM (2xLsW)

339 Elon was given TS be Biden in 21 or 22 needed for work with rockets.

To quote the Babylon 5 episode By Any Means Necessary: "You should never hand someone a gun unless you are sure where they will point it."

Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2025 09:26 AM (+4yJ5)

340 >>Breaking: Hawaiian judge has just declared gravity unconstitutional .

Overturned the laws of physics, eh?
Not so settled after all!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 10, 2025 09:27 AM (Cki93)

341 Ahoy! Admiral Kristol, having been defunded by The DOGE Boys, has announced that the next Bulwark Cruise will be on the Hudson River Day Line. If ticket sales prove anemic, he will instead use the Circle Line.

Posted by: Cruise To Nowhere at February 10, 2025 09:27 AM (G5+As)

342 Who is that manly, dried-up-looking thing Bill Nye is pointing to in the led pic?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2025 09:27 AM (J2vNu)

343 CSU used to be Colorado A&M, with a long standing Aggie tradition.

Posted by: muldoon at February 10, 2025 09:27 AM (/iMjX)

344 eagles won guys

all the ads sucked except maybe 2

but who cares

they set fire to a kermit puppet?
Posted by: Black Orchid at February 10, 2025 09:21 AM (Pv3Rg)

Bill Belichick appeared in a stupid Dunkin ad looking fat… right next to his hot 24-year-old girlfriend. He’s 73…. Having money apparently doesn’t hurt your allure with the fairer sex

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2025 09:28 AM (i5Vkf)

345 Aside from the fact that HeHaw had been on tV for what-20 years or more I I don't know. I didn't watch it. For my own psychological well being I generally skip over comments from DU.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2025 09:28 AM (42Vb+)

346 OK, I'm in the DC area economy.

How am I grifting?
Posted by: WitchDoktor

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This is a question similar to illegals vs immigration.

If you're not laundering money via political connections / NGOs or a non-essential employee doing non-essential things then you probably aren't.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You can only be a feminist in a 1st world patriarchy where men allow it at February 10, 2025 09:29 AM (gKpVx)

347 How am I grifting?
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 10, 2025 09:25 AM (PzXaK)

I am referring to the bureaucrats that will be affected by the gubmint slashing. If entire departments are nine X decimated, this will have a visible effect on the DC economy.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 10, 2025 09:29 AM (ufFY8)

348 Due to unforeseen cash issues, this year's cruise with Read Admiral Billi Cristol will be aboard the S.S. Minnow.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2025 09:29 AM (tiJAF)

349 >>Samantha Power quadrupled her net worth at USAID to now over $30M.

Power is one of Obama's besties and has been at the center of the corruption for well over a decade. It was revealed during the Russia collusion scam that she was responsible for hundreds of unmasking requests for no particularly good reason including on General Mike Flynn.

She was deep into the Ukraine color revolution and was been using USAID to fuel regime change around the globe during the Biden administration. She is full on evil and so is her dirtbag husband.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2025 09:29 AM (LkLld)

350 334 The half time show had an eerie Soviet feel to it.
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I likened it to a Tarzan Movie. WTF?

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 10, 2025 09:29 AM (Wg6v7)

351 Ok who took a part of a donut
I mean WTFO
Take a whole donut or not
WTF do you even do with part of a donut
I wanted a donut not a part and if I eat this part then do I then take a part of another whole
*contemplates decisions*
*looks a watch*
Well fuck now my break is over and I did not get either a donut or coffee

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 10, 2025 09:29 AM (gbOdA)

352 So DU thinks only blacks people listen to rap? 🤣

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 10, 2025 09:29 AM (2xLsW)

353 (Raises hand)
Posted by: Lindsey Graham, Closeted Homosexual
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He flew on AF1 with Trump to the Super Bowl.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2025 09:30 AM (L96d0)

354 But it does give some idea of the Democat Dundetheads if they're talking about HeHaw. They are not young people.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2025 09:30 AM (42Vb+)

355 335 OK, I'm in the DC area economy.

How am I grifting?
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 10, 2025 09:25 AM (PzXaK)

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Where did I even imply that?

All business around DC is a knock-on from government business. There's no other industry. It's government work or work to support government work directly or indirectly (service industry stuff).

Without DC, it's a swamp until someone builds a factory.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 10, 2025 09:30 AM (GBKbO)

356 Completely off topic but I would like the so-called Palestinian flag banned. It's the same as flying the Nazi flag.

Posted by: Shy lurker aka Northernlurker at February 10, 2025 09:30 AM (kTd/k)

357 349 She is full on evil

And it shows on her face.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2025 09:30 AM (+4yJ5)

358 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at February 10, 2025 09:30 AM (fwDg9)

359
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Posted by: rhennigantx at February 10, 2025 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

360 To quote the Babylon 5 episode By Any Means Necessary: "You should never hand someone a gun unless you are sure where they will point it."
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2025 09:26 AM (+4yJ5)

Now you tell me.
- Director of Alec Baldwin movies

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 10, 2025 09:31 AM (2xLsW)

361 Pardoned Criminal Jamie Raskin Threatens Class-Action Lawsuit of All Americans Against Trump Administration and Elon Musk Over Alleged Data Breach

Posted by: SMOD at February 10, 2025 09:31 AM (RHGPo)

362 >>WaPo talking about hard job times in DC, driving narrative of how bad things are in DC and creating the implication that everything is bad everywhere.

You have to understand that DC is a small, incestuous town. People who, say, work in the media are dating/married to people in federal government, defense contrracting, NGOs, lobbying, etc.. That Congressperson you like may be married to the head of a climate-obsessed activist NGO, or an exec at Fannie Mae, and so on. So when you see someone in DC claiming the sky is falling over one of Trump's cuts, it's almost a near certainty that's because a relative or close friend/beloved former colleague was hit by it.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 10, 2025 09:31 AM (Cki93)

363 NoVa has a significant tech presence. Some of it is govt related but a lot of it isn’t.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 10, 2025 09:32 AM (2xLsW)

364 Locally, if DOGE cuts $100B from beltway bandit graft, this area is going to really take it on the chin. I'm not super sanguine about the medium term future of the economy of DC and burbs, but it will eventually survive.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at February 10, 2025 09:32 AM (pZ64F)

365 If they wait for this bullshit to work through the courts, then Trump has lost.

They need to ignore absurd rulings

Posted by: heya at February 10, 2025 09:33 AM (nYOyr)

366 362 +1 DC is a horrible town with the spiritual dynamics of a HP Lovecraft story.

Posted by: callsign claymore at February 10, 2025 09:33 AM (uvO3/)

367 Ok who took a part of a donut
I mean WTFO
Take a whole donut or not
WTF do you even do with part of a donut
I wanted a donut not a part and if I eat this part then do I then take a part of another whole
*contemplates decisions*
*looks a watch*
Well fuck now my break is over and I did not get either a donut or coffee

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 10, 2025 09:29 AM (gbOdA)

They should fed into a woodchipper.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 10, 2025 09:34 AM (IGf0A)

368 American Airlines flight delayed over Wi-Fi hotspot named ‘There is a bomb on the flight’

Posted by: SMOD at February 10, 2025 09:35 AM (RHGPo)

369 ======

Where did I even imply that?

All business around DC is a knock-on from government business. There's no other industry. It's government work or work to support government work directly or indirectly (service industry stuff).

Without DC, it's a swamp until someone builds a factory.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 10, 2025 09:30 AM (GBKbO)

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Well, it wasn't directed at you but I'll respond anyway. This sounds a lot like the one drop rule. Let's take an example. Ben's Chili Bowl. Started up in SW. Not a hotspot of government activity.

Internet main lines whatever run through the Tech Corridor. And so on. Grift?

My job. I work on various tech projects for academia and private business. We actually do build things.

The rhetoric is getting a little extreme IMO.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 10, 2025 09:37 AM (PzXaK)

370 The latest talking point is the Trump and Doge will send the economy into a Depression.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2025 09:39 AM (42Vb+)

371 >>362 +1 DC is a horrible town with the spiritual dynamics of a HP Lovecraft story.

YES. Lived in NoVA and never stopped being amazed by the behind the scenes connections. You'd see some Wash Post Style section photo of a Senator out to dinner at a fancy restaurant with his wife, the top lobbyist for whatever, his buddy who's head of an NGO and wife, who's at NPR.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 10, 2025 09:40 AM (Cki93)

372 Re: Marbury v. Madison. Great interview of Mark Levin on Rush Limbaugh talking about it from 2006:

But where everything really changed, at least the impetus, was in the election of 1800 when John Adams and the Federalists got their political clocks cleaned by Thomas Jefferson and the Republicans. Adams lost the presidency. The Federalists lost both houses of Congress, but there was a big period of time back then between the time the new president came in and the old one left. It was March.

And so during that time, Adams decided that he’s going to try and make sure at least the Federalists have some say. So he tried to ram through some judges, which he did through the lame duck Federalist Senate, 16 of them, one of them being Marbury. He named his secretary of state, who was John Marshall, chief justice, and got him confirmed about five or six weeks before he left office, and so one of those judges challenged Jefferson, who said, “You know, I don’t have to put up with this. I’m not going to appoint these judges,” and he ordered his secretary of state, Madison, to sit on them and not appoint them.

https://bit.ly/2NKP0pC

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 10, 2025 09:42 AM (P5BPp)

373 Mark Levin on Marbury v. Madison continued:

So you have this lawsuit, and it comes before the Supreme Court, and who’s the chief justice? John Marshall. John Marshall was also a political confidante of Adams’ over the years and a footnote, he was a distant cousin of Jefferson’s and they were frequently political adversaries in Virginia.

So the bottom line is this case comes before the court — and let me cut to the chase. Marshall uses the occasion of the case to basically announce — and, of course, I paraphrase — he says, “You know what? When it comes to constitutional issues, we’ll basically have the final say here, folks. I just want to make that clear, that somebody has to do it, and we’ll do it,” and Jefferson went nuts.

And for the rest of his life he was the biggest critic of what he considered a seizure of power by the Supreme Court. He called it “the despotism of an oligarchy” way back in 1820, and since then it’s gotten worse!

https://bit.ly/2NKP0pC

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 10, 2025 09:42 AM (P5BPp)

374 - @249 UDUP

Likely willowed but,,, nailed it.

Posted by: TeeJ at February 10, 2025 09:44 AM (hM2Rg)

375 Democrats Threaten Government Shutdown as Trump Exposes $100B in Fraud and Waste

Posted by: SMOD at February 10, 2025 09:45 AM (RHGPo)

376 The FBI is so corrupt. We will work with any and every agency to stop leaks and prosecute these crooked deep state agents to the fullest extent of the law. https://t.co/HNW1ujf0Gd

— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) February 9, 2025

Posted by: SMOD at February 10, 2025 09:46 AM (RHGPo)

377 As long as I'm ranting, the majority of DC is a poverty ridden crap stained toilet. I don't think they are all grifters. Shit, they are happy to get a couple of meals a day.

Even in Georgetown. Walk down the C&O canal path and count how many panhandlers are looking for handouts.

Schools suck, jobs are scarce. There are places here where you JUST DO NOT GO. The scene from Adventures in Babysitting (?) comes to mind when she was taking a taxi to a sketchy area and the cab driver said "Lady, even *I* wouldn't get out here."

Is there grift and shit. Of course. Is it the defining characteristic of the town. Maybe in some spots but I'd argue not the majority. To say it is would be the same as a blanket statement on the other side of the fence by the media blaming job losses due to USAID dismantling is the case with the country at large.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 10, 2025 09:46 AM (PzXaK)

378 That's The Godfather movie. Santino got mowed down at a toll booth. Godfather II came next. It really sucks.
Posted by: Pudinhead at February 10, 2025 09:11 AM (Wg6v7)

Ran Godfather II in a first run theater when I worked part time as a projectionist back in the 70's. A wonderfully structured movie. Great script, terrific acting, and wonderful cinematography. Many movies need to be seen on the big screen, with no distractions or interruptions. Both Godfather movies fall under that criteria.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at February 10, 2025 09:49 AM (dgRL6)

379 So, back to the original question. Am I a grifter because I may sell tech to a private company that has customers whose fathers were E-3s in the US Navy?

Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 10, 2025 09:50 AM (PzXaK)

380 So, back to the original question. Am I a grifter because I may sell tech to a private company that has customers whose fathers were E-3s in the US Navy?
Posted by: WitchDoktor

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Again, probably not.

But I suspect there are going to be a lot of non-grifters who realize they were contracting for people who were laundering massive amounts of federal dollars. Like a taxi driver picking up a bank robber, the taxi driver isn't doing anything wrong, but there might be an interruption in the day and the customer's money to pay the fare might not be available before the trip is over.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You can only be a feminist in a 1st world patriarchy where men allow it at February 10, 2025 09:57 AM (gKpVx)

381 Ran Godfather II in a first run theater when I worked part time as a projectionist back in the 70's. A wonderfully structured movie. Great script, terrific acting, and wonderful cinematography. Many movies need to be seen on the big screen, with no distractions or interruptions. Both Godfather movies fall under that criteria.
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That's "The Ghost and the Darkness" for me.
Big screen, surround sound -- fantastic.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2025 09:57 AM (L96d0)

382 "379 So, back to the original question. Am I a grifter because I may sell tech to a private company that has customers whose fathers were E-3s in the US Navy?
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 10, 2025 09:50 AM (PzXaK)"

The world doesn't revolve around you, you know. And I call BS: the majority of money changing hands in DC isn't just grift, it's grift for people who have skullfucked our economy, currency, and society, and have greatly impinged on our civil rights in order to keep it rolling. No one is going to throw a pity party here because you dislike our characterization of the federal govt or it's cancerous asshole of a capital.

Posted by: heya at February 10, 2025 09:58 AM (nYOyr)

383 Posted by: heya at February 10, 2025 09:58 AM (nYOyr)

If you don't live here than your broad opinion of the place means exactly dick.

If you don't know me then your opinion is similarly shit.

As for your statement about the world revolving around me, fuck off.

And in case I wasn't clear...shut the fuck up, monkey boy.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 10, 2025 10:01 AM (PzXaK)

384 Again, probably not.

But I suspect there are going to be a lot of non-grifters who realize they were contracting for people who were laundering massive amounts of federal dollars. Like a taxi driver picking up a bank robber, the taxi driver isn't doing anything wrong, but there might be an interruption in the day and the customer's money to pay the fare might not be available before the trip is over.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You can only be a feminist in a 1st world patriarchy where men allow it at February 10, 2025 09:57 AM (gKpVx)

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And I think that was my original point. Many people here aren't conscious of where the money is coming from. To them they are just a cab driver or a laundry worker or someone who sells tourist tee shirts. And if they lose their jobs, are they going to go into a detailed analysis of where their customers went? Prob not, they'll just blame Trump.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 10, 2025 10:03 AM (PzXaK)

385 " it was boring and underwhelming, he cleaned it up to the point that it didn't make sense..."

I have nothing whatsoever against writers using obscenities. But if the only way your prose makes "sense" or is impactful is via those obscenities, then the writing itself is shallow, lazy, corporate bullshit marketed as teenage rebellion.

Posted by: front toward enemy at February 10, 2025 10:09 AM (TIizU)

386 The world doesn't revolve around you, you know.

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yep. Was thinking the same thing. In the private sector we prepare for the when, not if business life isn't fair. We also know that no one cares about our problem, because life isn't fair, who doesn't get a turn, and no one wants to listen to a lack of resilience. We also know complaining about the bad hand counts against us in the eyes of prospective employers. A lot of us out here are thinking: So some people in the DC bubble, that think it can't happen to them, get to experience normal business life. Maybe some blame Trump for life being unfair. So what. Keep cutting, auditing and do what ya got to do DOGE!

Posted by: Smellslikevictory at February 10, 2025 10:23 AM (jPdyB)

387 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

>OPM.gov, Open Government data, Federal Agencies list. Note that all sub agencies/bureaus or sub elements of the U.S. Treasury Department are cabinet level, none are "Independent," and that employment levels of each are also given.

Elon's "Titans" (my tag of the groups looking for fraud, theft, waste and abuse within the Federal government) can likely setup search parameters utilizing the agency's Organizational Chart & also the Budget-in-Brief (2025) available through home dot treasury dot gov, and also through the multitude of available audits, reports including: OIG (dot treasury dot gov) "Audit and Evaluation Reports; CRS's (Congressional Research Service) lengthy listing of "Treasury" reports; White House briefing memorandum, EOs, etc., and the Bureau of Financial Services' Financial Report(s) of the United States Government.

However, how the US State Department also interfaces with US Treasury could be very interesting, i.e., The Office of International Labor and Corporate Social Responsibility (DRL/ILCSR), a division within the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL).

Continued -

Posted by: L - No nic, another day at February 10, 2025 10:55 AM (NFX2v)

388 It has a Responsible Business Conduct team (RBC) to support responsible business practices and manages the Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy (ACIEP) and the Secretary of State's annual Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) program.

>December 2016, the US issued its 1st National Action Plan (NAP) on Responsible Business Conduct (RBC).

>Also see. state dot gov '2024 US Government National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct,' and CSIS dot org, 'Updates on the Release of the U.S. National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct,' Published April 8, 2024.

Besides the US Treasury, the above Plan also 'touches' the US DOL, DFC, and EXIM and has 'roles" for the USDA, USAID (energy transition planning), and more.

A web.
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Amazing how many "independent" Federal agencies there are now, i.e., the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

It's an independent bureau (agency) within the Federal Reserve System, which is part of the Federal Executive branch.

>Congressional Research Service, The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Budget: Background, Trends, and Policy Options December 9, 2024.

Excerpts follow -

Posted by: L - No nic, another day at February 10, 2025 10:55 AM (NFX2v)

389 Congressional Oversight - (In part) "Because of the structure of the CFPB’s budget, congressional oversight is limited compared to congressionally appropriated agencies."

Other Proposed Changes. In part, "Other proposals would generally leave the CFPB under the Federal Reserve funding structure but modify the CFPB’s budget in other ways."

>Norton Rose Fulbright, 'Supreme Court rules CFPB funding structure is lawful,' May 2024 (Reading this article is suggested.)

BTW, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) works with other federal agencies including the FTC, DOJ, Federal Reserve, SEC, FDIC, HUD, National Farm Credit Administration, DOT, and USDA. (Another web)

Lastly, can't wait for DOGE to begin detailed examination of Medicare/Medicaid. The blue states with unlimited abortion, home healthcare service businesses in every strip mall, and much medical debt forgiveness should also prove to be fascinating.

Posted by: L - No nic, another day at February 10, 2025 10:55 AM (NFX2v)

390 Just go in with military and forcible remove everyone from the Treasury Department who will not leave willingly, and then prosecute them for treason. You work for Trump and the US citizenry now, assholes, not Soros.

Posted by: The_Hoser at February 10, 2025 11:02 AM (3qNLt)

391 yep. Was thinking the same thing. In the private sector we prepare for the when, not if business life isn't fair. We also know that no one cares about our problem, because life isn't fair, who doesn't get a turn, and no one wants to listen to a lack of resilience. We also know complaining about the bad hand counts against us in the eyes of prospective employers. A lot of us out here are thinking: So some people in the DC bubble, that think it can't happen to them, get to experience normal business life. Maybe some blame Trump for life being unfair. So what. Keep cutting, auditing and do what ya got to do DOGE!
Posted by: Smellslikevictory at February 10, 2025 10:23 AM (jPdyB)

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If that's what the two of you got out of what I was saying, then I don't know what else to tell you other than you entirely missed the fucking point.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 10, 2025 11:03 AM (PzXaK)

392 Employers Would Rather Hire AI Than Gen Z Graduates: Report

Posted by: SMOD at February 10, 2025 11:04 AM (RHGPo)

393 "refugees experiencing social or psychological difficulties, including emotional trauma resulting from war and/or sexual or gender-based violence; survivors of torture; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) refugees; refugees who are HIV positive; populations with physical disabilities or other medical conditions.”
These are the "preferred communities" being brought into the country by the Episcopalians. Sounds like that is going to be helpful for the taxpayers.

Posted by: brindle at February 10, 2025 11:17 AM (WEfxx)

394 "Now We Know Who was Running the Country for Joe Biden."

I continue to believe Robert Hunter Biden, son of the former President, is/was CIA.

No one 'outside' of Federal agencies has had such public access as he, and possibly Pelosi's eldest daughter, but I'm willing to be proven wrong.

Posted by: L - No nic, another day at February 10, 2025 11:20 AM (NFX2v)

395 393. Sounds like that is going to be helpful for the taxpayers.
Posted by: brindle

Local County taxes just went up 23.4%. Because there was such howling, and potential hardship for the increase, the Real Estate Tax Deferral Program was developed. "This upcoming program will allow eligible residents to defer increases in their real estate taxes, providing a measure of financial relief."

The increase in real estate tax which may be deferred is that amount over and above the property tax paid in 2024 which results from a millage increase. It does not include an increase caused by a change in the assessed value of a specific property.

The amount deferred becomes a prior lien in favor of the County upon the property (as for other real estate tax liens). Unless voluntarily repaid earlier, the annual real estate tax deferral granted under this program is due upon the sale or transfer of the property, or upon the death of the claimant.

It's that just great on the County's part?

Posted by: L - No nic, another day at February 10, 2025 11:25 AM (NFX2v)

396 #9: "This is one instance where Trump should absolutely ignore the judge."

No. That provides a line of defence/attack to the left *and the judge*. Better would be for Bessent to say that since he cannot review the data on who is getting a check, he cannot fulfil his sworn duty to see that the law is faithfully upheld.
Accordingly, NO checks will be issued until this issue is resolved.... Sometime around the beginning of April....
Not one check will issue from the Treasury while the Secretary, duly appointed and confirmed by the advice and consent of the Senate, is not allowed nor legally capable of over-seeing who is getting a check. This restriction will of course, include the judiciary, ALL of it, lock stock judge and clerk, who will not receive a check, due to this injunction...

Posted by: Dyspeptic Curmudgeon at February 10, 2025 01:01 PM (gYfPj)

397 The same Ronald Reagan that gave amnesty, created both Carb and the Calif Coastal Commission? Yea, he was the first Rino, not Conservative at all. Conservative compared to Soviet Russia, ok...

Posted by: Fisht at February 10, 2025 02:07 PM (BHEHK)

398 Tell UNESCO to Go sell Pencils on Broadway to raise their Money

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at February 10, 2025 04:37 PM (wGqjj)

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