Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Helen
Date: 02 Sep 25 - 01:45 PM

SRS & BWM, I echo your sentiments.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Raggytash
Date: 02 Sep 25 - 02:11 PM

"The National Guard pay is 11 dollars a day but they are deployed for 29 days at a time since 30 days would entitle them to housing assistance for their families. They can't be happy about that."

The facts:- https://usmilitary.com/national-guard-pay-chart/

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Donuel
Date: 02 Sep 25 - 05:59 PM

My source is a former General on MSNBC.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Donuel
Date: 02 Sep 25 - 06:05 PM

The National Guard is not happy, doing trash pick up.
Title 10 makes Guard members responsible for interfering with civilians' civil rights and is punishable by 2 years in prison. They are not allowed to do police work on civilians by law, even if the President orders them.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Donuel
Date: 02 Sep 25 - 06:18 PM

I wonder if Melania has sued Donald for a loss of consortium, which refers to the loss of rights and privileges due to the inability to participate in marital relations, often due to injury or wrongdoing.
I expect the opposite might have happened as well.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 02 Sep 25 - 09:16 PM

$11 is low even for anything, whatever their per diem pay might be, but regardless of that amount, the important thing is that Trump is indeed making the details for 29 days to stiff them from other benefits.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 02 Sep 25 - 11:58 PM

Stand Up for Science: Quack-o-grams Against RFK Jr.

"We are hand-delivering rubber ducks to House Representatives with a message to “Impeach the Quack.”
Bobby “The Quack” Jr is a threat to our health and he has to go. So, we are getting creative with a campaign"

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 03 Sep 25 - 12:10 AM

And a handful of states are in a bind about the next version of the COVID vaccine. Trump and Kennedy are practicing medicine without a license.

C.D.C. Uncertainty Upends Covid Vaccine Access at CVS and Walgreens
State laws and regulatory chaos are driving the country’s largest pharmacy chains to require prescriptions or hold back altogether unless a C.D.C. panel acts.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 03 Sep 25 - 12:19 AM

The once-daily newsletter Wall Street on Parade has almost disappeared completely, but this one appeared this morning:

It’s Time to Name the “Wall Street Financiers” in the Epstein Files

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Donuel
Date: 03 Sep 25 - 07:54 AM

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/weekly-covid-deaths


Other data puts the current weekly US Covid deaths at 250
or .5% per 100,000.
Death rates spike in January.

Depending on your State some heathy 40 year olds may be turned away from getting a covid vaccine at drug stores.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: The Sandman
Date: 03 Sep 25 - 10:07 AM

Robert Kennedy jnior is a threat to the drug industry

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 03 Sep 25 - 11:15 AM

He's a threat to the health of all Americans.

That's a good database, Donuel, thanks. The US record-keeping for much of that has faded away in the last couple of years.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: The Sandman
Date: 04 Sep 25 - 03:44 AM

A greater threat to the health of all Americans is lack of exercise, plus eating too much fast food.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Donuel
Date: 04 Sep 25 - 07:28 AM

There are people in the US with real moral courage who do keep their head down at times, but will blossom and prevail when the time is right. Things have been worse, although this last gasp of the Confederacy is as desperate and challenging as the battle of the bulge.

Remember, the actual majority owns the streets. The wealthy own the real estate.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 04 Sep 25 - 09:01 AM

Anyway…back to The Orange Rapist. Any news in the US about his health issues? Over here in the UK, it’s reported he’s suffering from ‘chronic venous insufficiency’ (or something along those lines - I’m not a doctor). Chronic venal over-sufficiency would probably be more appropriate.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 04 Sep 25 - 11:02 AM

You have that one right. There's a meme making the rounds today (when isn't there?) by former Federal Prosecutor Joyce Vance: "You don't need to have my 25 years of experience as a prosecutor to understand that people who fight this hard to hide something have something to hide. It's time to release the files."

Meanwhile, Mother Jones

So far, their work has not gone exactly as planned. Last week, the soldiers deployed to fight a “crime emergency” instead found themselves completing “beautification” duties on Capitol Hill and patrolling Krispy Kremes. Users on the r/NationalGuard subreddit were quick to give their colleagues a new nickname: National Guardeners.

The joke shows an undercurrent of dissent within the Guard after Trump unleashed members on major American cities. Alex, a National Guard recruiter from one of the states that sent troops to DC who requested anonymity to speak freely, told Mother Jones that the DC mission has deterred potential recruits and pushed already-disillusioned soldiers to their breaking points.

“I think people have hit their limit. This is an encroachment on everything we signed up for, and it feels like a violation,” said Alex. “They just see us as little toy soldiers to put on the street to show some muscle. There’s no clear mission or understanding of that mission.”

And akin to the 29-day deployments (not mentioned here) is this:

In order to receive retirement benefits, National Guardsmen generally need to acquire at least 20 “good years” of service. This means committing some time to the National Guard each month. Often, this takes the form of practice drills. But, shortly after the DC deployment, Alex said, they received instructions not to drill for the rest of the fiscal year (which ends September 30).

“It generally gets like this at the end of the fiscal year, money’s always tight, but not to the point where I’m not able to drill,” Alex said. Without additional drills, some will not be able to log a “good year” toward retirement. Alex put it succinctly: “I’m missing work for the army because the state ran out of money because they decided to send military police to DC.”

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Donuel
Date: 04 Sep 25 - 11:05 AM

The little valves inside veins that ensure one-way blood flow can get old and break down, allowing blood to flow with gravity, leaking into extremities like the feet and ankles. Combined with neuropathy, one is prone to misteps on stairs. I heard Trump may no longer board Air Force One by the tallest stairs but by the lower cargo stairs. I have noticed he has a death grip on the handrails.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Donuel
Date: 04 Sep 25 - 11:27 AM

The Guard has good reasons to be pissed off. The lowest pay of 11 bucks/hr is below McDonald's 15. Besides, they are often on duty for 10 hour days but paid for less. The food is nothing to brag about.

Only ICE is making most of the arrests.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 04 Sep 25 - 02:45 PM

Anyway, is the old bastard dead yet?

TBH, I’m not persuaded there’s anything wrong with him (apart from his self-inflicted obesity) - I’m pretty certain it’s all another distraction tactic, to draw attention away from his inclusion in the Epstein Files/List and his unsavoury, if not downright illegal,activities at Pædo Island and elsewhere in the Epstein empire.

I guess time will tell…

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Helen
Date: 04 Sep 25 - 04:43 PM

The orange one has looked a bit pale and pasty-faced in the last few photos and videos I have seen. My bet is on a heart condition. Is there a medically recognised cognition called McDonalds-itis or junkfooditis?

I read about this earlier this week:

Eating chips three times a week linked to higher risk of type 2 diabetes, study finds

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 04 Sep 25 - 05:28 PM

I’ve had T2 since gall-bladder problems buggered my pancreas back in 2006, so I guess I can eat chips as often as I like now? ;-)

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Helen
Date: 04 Sep 25 - 05:39 PM

Er, no!! :-D

I think Trump doesn't like to admit that he is sick so I doubt that he would use that as a smokescreen to deflect attention away from the Epstein business.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 05 Sep 25 - 12:43 AM

The man is vile. Judge, Jury, Executioner
When one man is all three, democracy is on the brink

The article describes Trump's very busy weekend, in which he tried to, during dead of night, send 600 minors in foster care back to Guatemala (a judge stopped it from happening) and then he decided to blow a boat to smithereens in the Caribbean - suggesting it was bad guys smuggling drugs. But that isn't how they are stopped, the Coast Guard usually apprehends them. The boat was 2000 miles distant from the US.

To be clear, one small boat with 11 people and no apparent weapons on board, located more than 2000 miles from the United States, was considered a threat by the president — a threat so imminent he chose to use immediate lethal force. And that lethal force has obliterated any and all evidence.

Trump was so pleased with the mission he posted on social media a video of the boat being hit by a U.S. strike.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 05 Sep 25 - 07:56 AM

”Er, no!! :-D”

Spoilsport! ;-) :-)

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Helen
Date: 05 Sep 25 - 02:00 PM

BWM, eat the rainbow, man! :-)

I am very sure that the orange one doesn't.

(As an aside and totally off-topic, I can highly recommend making fries from the orange-fleshed sweet potatoes called kumera. Marinate the cut pieces with olive oil and some spices e.g. paprika, ras el hanout etc, put some cornflour on just before frying to give them a bit of crunch. Yummo! and good for your health.)

Sorry, back to the topic:

Republicans and Democrats grill RFK Jr on vaccine policies in fiery Senate hearing

"In short: Democrats and Republicans have grilled US Secretary of Health Robert F Kennedy Jr on his recent vaccine policies in a fiery Senate hearing.

"Senators contrasted Mr Kennedy's policies with Donald Trump's successful first-term pandemic initiative to speed up vaccine development.

"Mr Trump has expressed support for Mr Kennedy, saying he has a 'different take' on vaccines."

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 05 Sep 25 - 06:18 PM

His take is to dismantle science as we know it. Time to get rid of him, and the horse he rode in on.

There are competing hearings this week, equally important - the Epstein survivors are threatening to name names. Kennedy needs to stop firing people and making medical decisions for millions of people. He got an earful yesterday.

All of this chaos because of Donald Trump.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Donuel
Date: 06 Sep 25 - 12:34 PM

Robert Kennedy Jr. is the grim RFKer.
He was a very sickly child.
He is brain-damaged now.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Helen
Date: 06 Sep 25 - 03:58 PM

And unfortunately Donuel, those characteristics of RFK Jr are combined with being born and raised into a family with a tradition of using their skills, knowledge and beliefs to work for the good of the nation. RFK Jr doesn't understand that his own specific skills, knowledge and beliefs are undermining the good of the nation.

This old song is becoming relevant again:

AU Sign in Barry McGuire - Eve Of Destruction

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Donuel
Date: 06 Sep 25 - 04:21 PM

His mom, Ethel, was a piece of work. Can you blame her? A couple of other Kennedy kids had misadventures in their cars after taking Ambien. Kerry crashed into the guard station obliviously at the Capitol building while sleep driving. RFK Jr. wins the whacky prize among his cousins.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 07 Sep 25 - 04:39 AM

Heather Cox Richardson on FB yesterday (posted here in full for the benefit of non-FB-ers)…

”September 6, 2025 (Saturday)

Today the social media account of President Donald J. Trump posted an AI-generated image of Trump as if he were Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore from the 1979 film Apocalypse Now in front of the Chicago skyline with military helicopters and flames and the caption “Chipocalypse Now.” Kilgore loved the war in Vietnam in which he was engaged; his most famous line was “I love the smell of napalm in the morning.”

Over the image, Trump’s social media post read: “‘I love the smell of deportations in the morning…’ Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR.” The words were followed by three helicopter emojis, symbols the right wing uses to represent former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet’s goons’ disappearing political opponents by pushing them out of helicopters.

Although it has become trite to speculate about what Republicans would say if a Democratic president engaged in the behavior Trump exhibits daily, this open attack of the president on an American city is a new level of unhinged. Mehdi Hasan of Zeteo wrote: “The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, not a metaphorical one, on a major American city, and one governed by his political opponents.” He added, accurately: “In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.”

Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker called attention to the gravity of Trump’s post: “The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn’t a strongman, he’s a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.” Under the words “Know your rights, Illinois,” and “Stay safe and stay informed,” the governor’s social media account posted information about Americans’ rights in both English and Spanish.

Trump’s threats against American citizens are outrageous, but they also feel desperate. Trump’s popularity is tanking, the economy is faltering, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is facing a chorus of calls to resign or be fired, and the American people are taking to the streets. Thousands of people turned out today in Washington, D.C., for the “We Are All D.C.” march to protest the presence of troops in the city, and in Chicago for the “Chicago Says No Trump No Troops” protest. The protests are notable for the seas of signs the peaceful protesters carry.

And then, with Congress back in session, there is the resurgence of the issue of Trump’s appearance in the Epstein files. Last week, the White House warned Republicans that voting to release the Epstein files “would be viewed as a very hostile act to the administration.” Yesterday, Trump reiterated his claim that the agitation for the release of the files is a “Democrat HOAX…in order to deflect and distract from the great success of a Republican President.”

Also yesterday, lawyers for the Justice Department asked a federal judge to keep the names of two associates who received large payments from Epstein in 2018 secret. Days before the payments, the Miami Herald had started to examine the sweetheart deal Epstein got in 2008. One associate received a payment of $100,000, and the second received $250,000. As part of his plea deal, Tom Winter of NBC News reports, Epstein got a guarantee that the associates would not be prosecuted.

Last night, Trump hosted the inaugural dinner of what the White House is calling the “Rose Garden Club” in the newly-paved White House Rose Garden, telling those assembled that they were there because they are loyal to the president. “You’re the ones that I never had to call at 4:00 in the morning,” Trump told them. “You are the ones that have been my friends, and you know what I’m talking about."

Yesterday, talking to reporters about the Epstein files, House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said that Trump was “an FBI informant to try to take this stuff down.” The idea that Trump was secretly working to bring Epstein down is common fare among conspiracy theorists, but as Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo suggests, Johnson’s embrace of it might well be an attempt to spin material in the files before it becomes public.

Marshall notes that journalist Michael Wolff, who interviewed Epstein at length during Trump’s first presidency, says that Epstein suspected it was Trump who told the authorities about his systemic sexual assault of girls. But if so, Marshall explains, this is damning rather than exonerating.

It’s pretty well known that Trump and Epstein had a falling out in 2004 after Trump went behind Epstein’s back to buy an estate in South Florida that Epstein wanted. But at the time, Trump was headed toward bankruptcy, and it was not clear where he was getting the money to buy the estate.

Marshall calls attention to a recent interview in which Wolff said that Epstein suspected Trump was laundering money for a Russian oligarch—and indeed, Trump did flip the property to a Russian oligarch for a profit of more than $50 million a few years after buying it—and threatened to sue Trump, bringing the money laundering to light. At that point, the Epstein investigation began.

According to Wolff, Epstein believed Trump had notified the police about what was going on at Epstein’s house, which he knew because he was a frequent visitor. Marshall speculates that Johnson mentioned that Trump was an informant because that information could well be in the files the Department of Justice has, and they’re trying to spin it ahead of time to make it sound like Trump was a hero.

But both Wolff and Marshall note that if indeed Trump turned the FBI onto Epstein, it shows he knew what was taking place at Epstein’s properties.

Johnson’s claim that Trump was an FBI informant suggests Trump’s team is worried that as more and more people get access to the files, it will be increasingly difficult to hide what’s in them. Trump's demand for Republicans’ loyalty suggests that at least some of them are starting to recalculate it. And that, in turn, might have something to do with why he is putting troops in the streets.”

Trump and his cohort show, once more, what pond-life scum they really are.

Original HCR FB post here…

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Donuel
Date: 07 Sep 25 - 10:49 AM

One reason I post here is that it is not Facebook.

There are many examples of Trump's cons and corruption that are ignored by the Justice Department, while the con men involved are ousted from their political appointments inside various agencies. Ergo you won't always find a link to their million-dollar crimes.
Some are as amateur as steering millions to a spouse by way of fake employment. I have yet to include these specific examples in my posts.
Just know they exist.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 07 Sep 25 - 11:41 AM

”One reason I post here is that it is not Facebook.”

Your choice. And why I post the text in full, as well as provide a link to the FB piece.

I believe it’s very important to post links to sources, otherwise readers are perfectly justified in assuming it’s just ‘more made-up shit’. Wouldn’t you agree?

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 07 Sep 25 - 11:54 AM

Heather Cox Richardson posts in several venues and can be read without subscribing to FB. I pulled up her Substack account, but for some reason it is all displaying in Spanish at the moment. Time for some trouble-shooting.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Donuel
Date: 07 Sep 25 - 12:58 PM

I would agree with your "made up shit" scenario as often as I might agree with Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Whatever you do to educate yourself is better than nothing, so I agree with that, as long as you have the means to avoid becoming cult-like.

Will the Supreme Court agree with Trump tariffs or find them illegal like the lower courts? Its not like sports betting where there are reasoned odds. It may be a matter of extortion or actual constitutional interpretation.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 07 Sep 25 - 02:08 PM

To make SRS happy - Heather Cox Richardson. Substack, 6/9/25

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 07 Sep 25 - 02:44 PM

There you go! Posting the Spanish version wouldn't have been helpful. :)

RFK, Jr. isn't the only one trashing US science. A Resounding Rejection of the US DOE’s Sham “Climate Science” Report

From the Union of Concerned Scientists:

The comment period for a sham “climate science” report commissioned by the US Department of Energy closed earlier this week and the verdict is in: the scientific community has overwhelmingly and resoundingly rejected the report. In addition to its deeply flawed content, which is rife with inaccuracies and disinformation aimed at downplaying the risks of climate change, many have also called out the shoddy, secretive, and potentially unlawful process used to draft it.

Read the rest at the link.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 07 Sep 25 - 03:29 PM

”There you go! Posting the Spanish version wouldn't have been helpful. :) “

No Spanish version when I Googled it, SRS, just the English version. Mind you, you’re in Tejas and a lot closer to México than me - maybe that has something to do with it? ;-)

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 07 Sep 25 - 03:43 PM

There was some kind of glitch going on in my browser with the Substack window. I've seen this happen occasionally, it could be that a referring link defaulted to a Spanish version.

This week is the anniversary of when Donald Trump suddenly owned the tallest building in Manhattan. That's what he was thinking about while everyone else watched in horror. Boatlift - An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Donuel
Date: 08 Sep 25 - 08:15 AM

The dread pirate Trump blew up a boat in international waters.
It probably was carrying drugs but due process is such a bother compared to summary executions.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Donuel
Date: 08 Sep 25 - 08:23 AM

Democrats say the crime rates are down in some big cities, but they do not admit that murders are up. Half-truths are as bad as bald-faced lies. The left is handing this issue to Trump on a platter.

US children are still dying from gunfire, as their leading cause of death.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: The Sandman
Date: 08 Sep 25 - 11:05 AM

Since when have the Democrats been of the left?Biden Clinton Obama are establishment politicians.The Democrats have done nothing to control or alter gun laws.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 08 Sep 25 - 11:59 AM

Because they haven't doesn't mean they didn't try. Clinton banned assault weapons successfully for years, but that expired and was never renewed.

Meanwhile, Trump's ICE folks are totally off the rails (still): South Koreans feel betrayed by workforce detentions at Georgia Hyundai plant

Since battery-operated cars are clean energy and the oil and gas folks hold sway in D.C., it's no surprise that someone decided to put a crimp in that operation.

The Trump administration has made a series of workplace raids to fulfill its mass deportation agenda, but this was the Homeland Security agency’s largest yet at a single site, and targeted Georgia, a symbol of bilateral cooperation where many large South Korean businesses operate and plan future investments.

Particularly stunning is that this raid came only weeks after South Korea promised to pour hundreds of billions of dollars into U.S. investments as part of a tariff deal, and days after Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung held their first summit meeting in Washington on Aug. 25.

“The way that Trump is pressuring the Korean government and inflicting damages on its people is very rough and unilateral,” said Kim Taewoo, former head of Seoul’s Korea Institute for National Unification. “Can this be forgotten easily in South Korea? In a long-term perspective, it won’t be good for U.S. national interests as well.”

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 08 Sep 25 - 12:04 PM

There is a looming government shutdown - the last time, Schumer blinked, and I've heard an essay from Ezra Klein that says he can see why it happened then. But now there is nothing to lose except have a story ready to tell the public about the GOP failures and let it shut down.

Distrust clouds Democratic strategy amid shutdown battle with GOP

House Democrats are hanging their hopes on party leaders in the Senate to block any government spending bill crafted solely by the GOP, but there’s plenty of distrust between the chambers hovering over the debate.

Behind House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), House Democrats were virtually united against a Republican spending bill in March, only to watch angrily as Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and a small group of upper chamber Democrats backed the bill, sending it to President Trump’s desk.

With another shutdown deadline looming at month’s end, House Democrats are delicately predicting a different outcome this time, arguing that the political environment has changed so drastically over the past six months that Schumer has almost no choice but to oppose a GOP spending bill negotiated without Democratic input.

“The world has literally changed since that occurred,” Rep. Donald Norcross (D-N.J.) said. “He made a calculated risk and it did not turn out well. I don’t think he’ll make that mistake twice.”

“I think they hold the line,” echoed Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.). “The American people have expressed themselves clearly and loudly that they want us to fight back at all levels. And if, in fact, we engage in a shutdown, it would be a Republican shutdown, because they’re the ones that are making it difficult for anybody to reach an agreement with these egregious cuts.”

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Rain Dog
Date: 08 Sep 25 - 01:10 PM

"Since when have the Democrats been of the left?Biden Clinton Obama are establishment politicians.The Democrats have done nothing to control or alter gun laws."

Sandman,most of us this side of the water, including myself, have little knowledge of the US system of government. I have to say that i was surprised recently when meeting with my American cousin & her husband & friend, that they said i had more understanding of the political system in the US than a lot of the citizens.

I should add of course, that quite a few people here in the UK don't understand our own system.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Helen
Date: 08 Sep 25 - 02:55 PM

Rain Dog, I was friends with an American couple who lived here in Oz for two years, about 30 years ago. I was surprised to hear the man say that he had learned more about US politics and social issues while living here than he had ever known at home because our media coverage was more comprehensive.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: The Sandman
Date: 08 Sep 25 - 04:55 PM

Sandman,most of us this side of the water, including myself, have little knowledge of the US system of government". quote
Raindog it is not rocket science
I understand it well enough to realise that the gun lobby has considerable influence, with the result that gun laws do not get changed,

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 08 Sep 25 - 05:13 PM

No surprise here, from a Substack blog called The Big Picture: The MAGA Lifestyle Influencer Bait And Switch
Alt-right women posing as lifestyle content creators are virtual sleeper cells for MAGA sexist politics

Women like Clark—who hosts the Culture Apothecary podcast under the umbrella of Charlie Kirk’s conservative youth organization Turning Point USA—are part of a growing movement of far-right or alt-right women who use seemingly innocuous lifestyle and wellness content to draw unwitting women into their fandoms. What happens next is a bait and switch.

Once they’re on the MAGA creator’s feed, the unsuspecting audience is fed a much more serious and indoctrinating type of content alongside the casual lifestyle fare. Take for example, as in Clark’s case, the idea that women who prioritize their babies’ sleep might really just hate their husbands, or that it’s funny to insult people worried about getting the measles, no need to get vaccines for your children(!), or that you really might want to consider just prioritizing serving and obeying your husband as a lifestyle tip. One troubling recent video, billed as a “wife school” episode, is titled “How to Nag Less and Let Him Lead.”

Pardon me while I go out and pick okra in my front-yard garden and try later, when I have extra to give away, to convince my GOP neighbors to dump Trump. Hopefully it can work both ways.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: The Sandman
Date: 08 Sep 25 - 05:27 PM

Some live in Cloud Cuckoo Land.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: Donuel
Date: 08 Sep 25 - 07:59 PM

Trump has promised a Blitz on Chicago. "THE MIDWAY BLITZ" Is the name of the ICE operation.

The way ICE is rounding up groups of Latino residents is identical to the laws that the Ku Klux Klan used to round up black people.

Hyundai employees and advisors were frog-marched to deportation on the premise that foreign companies may not keep the technical know-how away from American citizens. Stilly had some other plausible reasons. Note that there was no raid on the Mercedes factories.
Trump has not inspired other foreign companies to establish factories in the US as he had hoped.

Tariff problems have caused suicides in the farming community already.

Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
From: The Sandman
Date: 09 Sep 25 - 03:35 AM

According to the new york times, the signature in epsteins book resembles trumps hand writing