Joe Ferguson forever

of course he loves this. The news cycle was a reason for this act. More sinister is the announcement that all protests may be subject to military actions. re constitutionalists and states rights, maga's support what ever is convenient (moral relativism). Consistency is not important.

too it took me posting it twice for you to actually read it. Keep living in your bubble. re the 85% that favored democracy, 31% are consistent with that statement. The o54% are either schizophrenic or lying. You can't support authoritarianism and democracy simultaneously. Perhaps they don't understand the words. And about that "law and order" maga's pretend to respect: https://www.yahoo.com/news/legal-issues-raised-trump-sending-031916485.html

just wait til they come to Charlottesville. Oh wait, they already did. I bet UVA is on their list of elite universities to attack.

read it again https://www.usnews.com/news/u-s-news-decision-points/articles/2024-09-11/survey-high-american-support-for-authoritarianism-as-trump-harris-clash are you among the 57%? I'll bet many here are...

You may be correct and if so we're in very dangerous territory. In this poll 57% of Americans agreed with the idea of authoritarianism. Right up there with China at 60% How did we get here? How can people who cried "freedom" over a vax be ok with authoritarianism? Totally inconsistent. But it appears that's where we are and where we are headed. https://www.usnews.com/news/u-s-news-decision-points/articles/2024-09-11/survey-high-american-support-for-authoritarianism-as-trump-harris-clash

And you know this how? We were out with a moderate couple last night who were appalled. Small sample but I'll bet there are many centrists like this.

yes, the election proved that. It didn't prove that most approve of military force against protesters. I'm sure a poll will tell us soon if that's true.

So the only way to solve this is to have soldiers with automatic weapons patrol the streets? Immediately go nuclear? bs. and btw, you are clearly deep red maga... Then it's radical to criticize or be disturbed by these images? No, it's radical to blindly accept them.

yes, this doesn't look at all like a military operation in downtown LA! If you're not worried about your freedom now, you're stupid. But you all were worried about a vaccine. So automatic weapons on the street of LA are no threat to you. MAGA's idiocy is unbounded.

but Jan 6 was just fine...

nothing to see here... https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-uses-epstein-s-lawyer-as-human-shield-against-musk-s-really-big-bomb/ar-AA1GfttG Trump had a long, documented relationship with Epstein through the late 1980s to the early 2000s and appears in numerous photographs alongside him and his convicted partner, Ghislane Maxwell. In a 2002 interview, Trump even praised Epstein as a “terrific guy.” In 2017, Epstein described himself to author Michael Wolff as Trump’s “closest friend for 10 years,” although the pair appear to have had a falling out in the early 2000s. “He’s a horrible human being,” Epstein later said of the president in the same interview.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/los-angeles-ice-raids-spark-protests-fear-outrage-our-community-is-under-attack/ar-AA1GfpRF This doesn't look like America. It looks like fascism.

no surprise his biz and billions in contracts at jeopardy. but it's too late. His posts are everywhere for all to see. the image is done.

both trump and musk are bad guys.

I don't think he really believes it. he's just doing his job of spreading bs for rubes. then again, perhaps he's a rube. With all these posts he's getting as fat as his hero unless he posts while doing spin classes or on a treadmill...

seems the street is back to betting on musk. https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TSLA/

definitely worth the watch.

So this is good news for the fat, orange pervert! you guys can spin shite into gold. Or at least try to. Unfortunately, the files will never be released while trump is prez.

Everyone trump touches is diminished. Or are they? https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/the-dark-maga-conspiracy-where-musk-destroys-trump-and-democracy/ar-AA1GceZh interesting read about the tech bros conspiracy to take over the government. More plausible than most conspiracies. We are perhaps not far off from seeing the Dark MAGA conspiracy theory involving Musk come to life. It goes like this: A secret cabal of tech bros was plotting to usurp Trump and turn the United States into a giant company run by a CEO they would install in his place. The whole concept started to gain traction after JD Vance was chosen as Trump’s running mate. Vance wasn’t Trump’s choice. Donald wanted Fox News host Maria Bartiromo. Musk wanted Vance, and so did PayPal founder Peter Thiel. Their multi-million-dollar campaign war chest was dependent on the choice that Trump got pushed into. According to the “Dark MAGA” or “Dark Enlightenment” theory, Vance was groomed by Silicon Valley billionaires as Trump’s successor. He was their man in government. He was their sleeper. The theory has its roots in Musk and Thiel’s involvement in PayPal, the company that launched their fortunes. Other PayPal executives went on to lead other tech firms as part of a so-called “PayPal Mafia.”

except the bill doesn't cut the deficit. It makes it much worse.

I think we can "cut" medicare and medicaid by going to single payer and insuring everyone at a lower level with more out of pocket costs based on income. Have businesses pay premiums to single payer program for each employee which is what most do now. Allow a tiered system where individuals can pay more to get more. As it is now, Medicaid is a platinum program now that pays 100% of just about everything. Putting Algorithms in place and strict formularies for meds and procedures/surgery would save billions. Have a national formulary that negotiates on behalf of the entire system for drugs. I think cutting defense spending would also make sense. Seems like we are building up excess capability perhaps to fight with our creditors if put comes to shove. It's really anti theatrical of the non engagement philosophy of maga to spend so much for offensive capability rather than defense.

what if you were are retired doc who needs back surgery? Getting old is not for wimps. But I'm improving my bridge game, my putting and owning the maga's here.

I'm not, nor ever will be president. Important distinction, dumbass.

they're worse in that D's would not give huge tax breaks to the rich nor would they cut programs like medicaid for the poor.

to be fair, trump thinks "grabbing by the pu$$y" is funny...