The Frankish Reich

And that's not the worst of it. He also nominated a CHILDLESS 59 YEAR OLD WOMAN to be his Attorney General. How can such a barren cat lady understand us?

Funny how the Italian far right definitely recognizes the "Roman salute." https://www.unionesarda.it/en/world/musk-gives-roman-salute-twice-at-trump-inauguration-controversy-ensues-k7a9op2m And I love the "its his autism" excuse.

I follow the general rule that all legislation named after a person is almost always bad.

Funny how the "Ruling Global Elites" seemed to be perfectly ok with the speech. Markets up about 1% today. That's the way to stick it to the man!

Sorry, Roundy. So Mr. JDHillFan: would you say it is kind of important that the Secretary of Defense know something about what ASEAN is and what it does?

Indeed. As Trump is known to say: Where's my Black?

I'll call your Trump and raise you a Hegseth.

Welcome back @JDHillFan. Respect for not updating your screen name fanboy reference. Six months in exile?

As an aging guy who still has his own real hair ... WTF? Bezos went full shaved head, attempted to distract with the fake boob girlfriend. Zuck has a full wig. Musk had the hair plugs. Trump has everything (plugs/scalp reduction/combover). Only Pichai stands there confident in his own scalp.

Right on top of things! Pretty sure the "i" in BRIC stands for Italy? The "b" for Britain?

And about girls vs. boys: the work Jonathan Haidt has done about the damaging effects of social media on middle school age girls is pretty compelling. It's not a stretch to say that social media is a cause of depression/anxiety (even suicide) in girls, although somehow it doesn't impact career prospects as much as "new media" (including gaming) does for boys. Neither one is a good thing.

What I saw as a dad of kids moving through middle school and teenage years: girls become addicted to social media; boys become addicted to the video game world. Of course, not all of them. But way too many. Mostly it's self-regulating - they manage to integrate social media/gaming into their lives in a way that is not damaging to their prospects. Girls seem to do better at this than boys. I don't know why, but researchers seem to think it is because social media (unlike gaming) tends to be centered around their social circles in high school rather than as a solitary activity or one that involves a network of distant gaming "friends."

Video game addiction. Seriously, that's my #1 reason for why boys are falling behind.

Looks like she hit a vein.

⬆️ So lame. So obvious. So sad, my Irish Lass doppelganger.

I don't see a Nazi salute. Much more Mussolini than Hitler in my opinion. I think that makes it o.k.?

And she was on Medicaid, then benefited from Obamacare, both assisting greatly with her recovery. Now you know the rest of the story.

Oh, I'll be amping it up soon. So will the courts.

Trump slow swaying with Melania to Elvis's Dixie/Battle Hymn medley thing. Never the wrong time to bemoan the failure of that great Dixie cause.

Hey, I'm the grammar and spelling cop round here.

I wouldn't be surprised. Vivek made what used to be called a Kinsley Gaffe: when a politician inadvertently speaks the truth. He said that there are too many Americans more concerned about who's the prom king and queen than who's the valedictorian, and until that changes we're going to need to import intellect. We know Elon believes this too, but come one, you can't say that ...

Could you then explain to me who the phrasing of this EO will clarify things? I just gave you a few ways they could've done it, but they chose a totally circular definition. It simply won't advance their agenda because it is so poorly drafted. The only thing they've accomplished is to change the conversation from "define woman" to "define female."

Well there's an epic fail. Circular argument. Other side: Yes. And a "female" is a person whose gender identification is as a woman." I don't know why he didn't go with a chromosomal thing, or "has/doesn't have a penis," or at least "is a person registered by authorities as of the female sex at birth, such designation not having been officially changed by a registrar of vital records in the jurisdiction of that person's residence" Maybe nobody really has a handle on that "define woman" thing. Or maybe I need to volunteer to help these Trumpies with that whole law thing.

As your self-appointed legal pundit, allow me to call your attention to: 1. Lawsuits challenging "DOGE" for failing to follow rules relating to special government commissions, etc. Specifically, open information laws. 2. Lawsuits challenging the shutdown of CBP One, which Trump seems to be proposing as a way of ending the ability of someone arriving at the border (or even crossing the border?) completely, in violation of the Refugee Act and our treaty obligations. More to come! Injunction-a-thon!

Last I looked the "person close(st) to Trump" was none other than Elon.