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badgerx16

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Trump has introduced his tariffs under the National Emergencies Act. Under that Act, Congress has the power to declare the "emergency" has ended, and if a motion is so proposed it has to be debated within 15 days.

Knowing that many Republicans are actually ideologically opposed to tariffs the Democrats have announced they will submit just such a motion, thereby forcing the Republicans into a choice they really don't want to make.

To counter this, and avoid this moral dilemma, the Republicans have passed their own resolution, declaring that the remainder of the 119th Congress will count as 1 day.

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aintforever

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Politics over there is completely fucked. I don’t usually take much notice of it but had a look on X the other day and it’s polarised to the point where rational debate is just impossible. Trump could literally say anything and some people will support it because it’s their side, and vice-versa. It’s like the Brexit situation we had here but on steroids.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Trumps whole stance on Ukraine is shaped by the fact that Biden supported Kiev. Whatever the Democrats thought and did has to be wrong, actual facts are irrelevant. I guess they have always had the two party thing over there but I expect the whole thing has been turned toxic by social media.

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revolution saint

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  On 12/03/2025 at 15:07, badgerx16 said:

Trump has introduced his tariffs under the National Emergencies Act. Under that Act, Congress has the power to declare the "emergency" has ended, and if a motion is so proposed it has to be debated within 15 days.

Knowing that many Republicans are actually ideologically opposed to tariffs the Democrats have announced they will submit just such a motion, thereby forcing the Republicans into a choice they really don't want to make.

To counter this, and avoid this moral dilemma, the Republicans have passed their own resolution, declaring that the remainder of the 119th Congress will count as 1 day.

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Presume they'll just get paid for a single day then?

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spyinthesky

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  On 12/03/2025 at 15:51, aintforever said:

Politics over there is completely fucked. I don’t usually take much notice of it but had a look on X the other day and it’s polarised to the point where rational debate is just impossible. Trump could literally say anything and some people will support it because it’s their side, and vice-versa. It’s like the Brexit situation we had here but on steroids.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Trumps whole stance on Ukraine is shaped by the fact that Biden supported Kiev. Whatever the Democrats thought and did has to be wrong, actual facts are irrelevant. I guess they have always had the two party thing over there but I expect the whole thing has been turned toxic by social media.

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I reckon you are right that because Biden supported Ukraine and the Kiev Govt wouldnt give up any info on Hunter Bidens Lap Top, Trump has the hump.

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Gloucester Saint

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  On 12/03/2025 at 19:30, spyinthesky said:

I reckon you are right that because Biden supported Ukraine and the Kiev Govt wouldnt give up any info on Hunter Bidens Lap Top, Trump has the hump.

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There’s been quite a few interviews with long-time US commentators connected with the GOP (or some used to be) on Times Radio expounding this exact line of thinking. Add in what your hear from the likes of Bolton and Scaramucci who have actually worked for Trump about everything going back to being purely about Trump, and it makes more sense than conspiracy theories about Agent Trump.

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badgerx16

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Donnie's latest word salad from his random word selector, with the Irish Taoiseach sat beside him - "The EU was set up to take advantage of the United States*.

 

 

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badgerx16

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Net approval ratings at this stage of their Presidencies;

Average score +27 points, Trump 2025 +1, Trump 2017 -8. The only one he is better than is himself.

Specifically on the economy, the thing he was elected to "fix";

Average +15, Trump 2017 +8,  Trump 2025 -4.

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Weston Super Saint

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I'm genuinely struggling to think of any American products that I use.  The closest I can get is my Gillette razor, but that can be replaced with plenty of alternatives. I don't think there is anything else, certainly nothing that I can't live without.

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whelk

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  On 13/03/2025 at 15:06, Weston Super Saint said:

I'm genuinely struggling to think of any American products that I use.  The closest I can get is my Gillette razor, but that can be replaced with plenty of alternatives. I don't think there is anything else, certainly nothing that I can't live without.

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Grow it out Weston

revolution saint

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  On 13/03/2025 at 15:06, Weston Super Saint said:

I'm genuinely struggling to think of any American products that I use.  The closest I can get is my Gillette razor, but that can be replaced with plenty of alternatives. I don't think there is anything else, certainly nothing that I can't live without.

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Yeah I don't think I buy much American products but there's loads of sort of products and services such as:
 Amazon, Netflix (plus other streaming), Exxon, Microsoft, probably pretty much every social media excluding TikTok, Apple, eBay, 

For the record I don't actually use much of the above - just trying to list American goods and services outside of the usual grocery type purchases.

badgerx16

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Donnie on Social Media; "The Radical Left Lunatics are trying to illegally boycott TESLA".        ( How is a boycott illegal ? )

"Ontario just announced a 25% surcharge on "electricity", of all things, and your not even allowed to do that.".     ( Why is electricity in quotation marks, and why are they not allowed to do it ? )

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Gloucester Saint

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  On 13/03/2025 at 17:39, badgerx16 said:

Donnie on Social Media; "The Radical Left Lunatics are trying to illegally boycott TESLA".        ( How is a boycott illegal ? )

"Ontario just announced a 25% surcharge on "electricity", of all things, and your not even allowed to do that.".     ( Why is electricity in quotation marks, and why are they not allowed to do it ? )

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Illiterate garbage, and he should have considered the consequences before kicking off tariffs and supporting the far right overseas. 

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  On 13/03/2025 at 17:39, badgerx16 said:

Donnie on Social Media; "The Radical Left Lunatics are trying to illegally boycott TESLA".        ( How is a boycott illegal ? )

"Ontario just announced a 25% surcharge on "electricity", of all things, and your not even allowed to do that.".     ( Why is electricity in quotation marks, and why are they not allowed to do it ? )

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  On 13/03/2025 at 18:01, Gloucester Saint said:

Illiterate garbage, and he should have considered the consequences before kicking off tariffs and supporting the far right overseas. 

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It's astounding that he thought other nations would just roll over and have their tummy's tickled. He talks of reciprocal tariffs, but whines when his are met with reciprocation. 

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whelk

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The only positive thing that has come from this shit show is that Tesla will be fucked in Europe forever. As for those disgusting trucks, you might as well have a sunscreen (remember them?) saying I’m a massive cunt

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whelk

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  On 13/03/2025 at 18:09, egg said:

 

It's astounding that he thought other nations would just roll over and have their tummy's tickled. He talks of reciprocal tariffs, but whines when his are met with reciprocation. 

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USA can be a cultural wasteland and will become even worse without sophisticated European goods

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whelk

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  On 13/03/2025 at 17:39, badgerx16 said:

Donnie on Social Media; "The Radical Left Lunatics are trying to illegally boycott TESLA".        ( How is a boycott illegal ? )

"Ontario just announced a 25% surcharge on "electricity", of all things, and your not even allowed to do that.".     ( Why is electricity in quotation marks, and why are they not allowed to do it ? )

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They should make the electricity tariff 200% for a laugh 

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badgerx16

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A Judge in California and another in Maryland have instructed Federal agencies to reinstate workers dismissed through DOGE's purges.

 

Donnie has also issued Executive Orders targeting two law firms, one associated with Hillary Clinton's Presidential election campaign, and the other associated with one of the prosecutors who drew up legal cases against Trump. Both firms are deemed to be risks to national security, although another Judge has revoked the Order against the first firm.

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badgerx16

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Trump corrupt ?.......No way.......

( From the Wall Street Journal );

 

Representatives of President Trump’s family have held talks to take a financial stake in the U.S. arm of crypto exchange Binance, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that would put Trump in business with the firm that pleaded guilty in 2023 to violating anti-money-laundering requirements.

At the same time, Binance’s billionaire founder, Changpeng Zhao—who served four months in prison after pleading guilty to a related charge—has been pushing for the Trump administration to grant him a pardon, people familiar with the matter said. Zhao, widely known as CZ, remains Binance’s largest shareholder.

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badgerx16

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Following Trump's declaration of war on diversity in the military, Arlington National Cemetary has removed from it's website Information and educational material relating to non-white and female service personnel buried there.

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Gloucester Saint

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  On 15/03/2025 at 23:25, badgerx16 said:

Following Trump's declaration of war on diversity in the military, Arlington National Cemetary has removed from it's website Information and educational material relating to non-white and female service personnel buried there.

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It truly is becoming a fascist as well as racist country, the Israel fig leaf to attempt to disguise that fact doesn’t wash either.

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rallyboy

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  On 15/03/2025 at 23:25, badgerx16 said:

Following Trump's declaration of war on diversity in the military, Arlington National Cemetary has removed from it's website Information and educational material relating to non-white and female service personnel buried there.

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A disgraceful and insulting rewriting of history that will please white supremacists.

Trump has show everyone who he really is - the US should be ashamed.

 

 

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badgerx16

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  On 16/03/2025 at 08:54, Gloucester Saint said:

I don’t usually like posting articles from Guardian/Observer as it’s an inverse Daily Mail but this has it spot on https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/15/honeymoon-is-over-trump-ukraine-war-tariffs 

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I liked this article as well

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/08/being-putins-stooge-wont-win-trump-a-peace-prize-the-order-of-lenin-though-is-in-the-bag

Especially as Donnie has again come out with his "Zelensky was foolish to pick a fight with somebody bigger than him" line.

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cloggy saint

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  On 15/03/2025 at 23:25, badgerx16 said:

Following Trump's declaration of war on diversity in the military, Arlington National Cemetary has removed from it's website Information and educational material relating to non-white and female service personnel buried there.

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And now this, it's fucking disgraceful.     https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/16/defense-department-black-medal-of-honor-veteran

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badgerx16

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Donnie has suggested that the Department of Justice investigate CNN and MSNBC because they report negatively about him, and doing.so is "illegal".

Strange how he has repeatedly over the last few years whined about the "politicisation" and "weaponisation" of the DoJ against him by Biden and the Democrats, but can't see the irony.

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Gloucester Saint

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  On 16/03/2025 at 22:19, cloggy saint said:

And now this, it's fucking disgraceful.     https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/16/defense-department-black-medal-of-honor-veteran

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That is absolutely vile. Of all things they’ve done since January, that ethically, morally, on a pure human being level is the most disgusting. Pure white supremacy, anyone from a minority who voted for this should make an apology to Charles C Rogers’s family and a donation for a memorial wherever he lived. That’s the sort of behaviour the KKK are known for. 

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Gloucester Saint

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  9 hours ago, badgerx16 said:

Donnie has suggested that the Department of Justice investigate CNN and MSNBC because they report negatively about him, and doing.so is "illegal".

Strange how he has repeatedly over the last few years whined about the "politicisation" and "weaponisation" of the DoJ against him by Biden and the Democrats, but can't see the irony.

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America is on the precipice here as a democratic nation. It’s a serious doubt whether they can make it to the mid-terms with that status intact, if those elections don’t happen we are looking at the country breaking up. 

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Gloucester Saint

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  8 hours ago, badgerx16 said:

At what point can we start referring to the USA as a fascist dictatorship ?

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There’s still some way to go but the omens are not positive at all. The mid-terms happening freely and fairly in Nov 2026 are the acid test for me. If not, Americans are going to have to go to civil war with the GOP. A tanked economy might be a driver.

What I suspect might happen is that some of the movers and shakers behind the Lincoln Project might be joined by GOP alumunus and corporate backers outside of Trump and the Demi’s circles to form a shadow pro-business, centre right party which can build in parallel and replace MAGA over time. GOP might end up like the BNP and National Front in this country as a defunct party, but probably a white supremacist sect rather than de-registered. 

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Tamesaint

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  7 hours ago, Gloucester Saint said:

There’s still some way to go but the omens are not positive at all. The mid-terms happening freely and fairly in Nov 2026 are the acid test for me. If not, Americans are going to have to go to civil war with the GOP. A tanked economy might be a driver.

What I suspect might happen is that some of the movers and shakers behind the Lincoln Project might be joined by GOP alumunus and corporate backers outside of Trump and the Demi’s circles to form a shadow pro-business, centre right party which can build in parallel and replace MAGA over time. GOP might end up like the BNP and National Front in this country as a defunct party, but probably a white supremacist sect rather than de-registered. 

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Something similar happened in America in the 1850s. The old Whig party disappeared and was superceded by the Republican party. 

Civil war shortly followed. 😕

 

sadoldgit

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  On 16/03/2025 at 08:54, Gloucester Saint said:

I don’t usually like posting articles from Guardian/Observer as it’s an inverse Daily Mail but this has it spot on https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/15/honeymoon-is-over-trump-ukraine-war-tariffs 

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Sorry Gloucester but I can’t let this pass. The Mail is an odious far right propaganda sheet. The Guardian and Observer might be centre/left leaning, but let’s not pretend that they are a centre/left version of the Mail.

The Mail has now become to the Middle Classes what The Sun used to be to the Working Classes - a purveyor of red meat to feed their prejudices.

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