Elect a Clown, Expect the Circus

StillH2OEgger

It's really just a matter of time before we start seeing political rivals poisoned or falling out of fifth-story windows.

Gulfcoastguy

StillH2OEgger said:

It's really just a matter of time before we start seeing political rivals poisoned or falling out of fifth-story windows.

Are you sure that hasn’t already happened?

JohnInCarolina

Gulfcoastguy said:

StillH2OEgger said:

It's really just a matter of time before we start seeing political rivals poisoned or falling out of fifth-story windows.

Are you sure that hasn’t already happened?

You have an example in mind?

Canugghead

Gulfcoastguy said:

StillH2OEgger said:

It's really just a matter of time before we start seeing political rivals poisoned or falling out of fifth-story windows.

Are you sure that hasn’t already happened?

I may be way out in left field or 51st ST, taking a wild guess here, you meant the two assassination attempts? Hope I'm wrong.

Legume

Compared to January 6, 2021? Try again.

Botch

https://youtu.be/hiDq5ECnx7c?si=5pjDi7J5DE346qfK

lousubcap

Here's today's dump:

Two dozen Democrat-led states and cities yesterday filed lawsuits alleging that Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship for children born to parents who are not lawfully present in the U.S. or hold a temporary visa is unconstitutional. Devan Cole, Kara Scannell, Priscilla Alvarez, and Tierney Sneed report for CNN. 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials can now raid churches and schools to arrest undocumented immigrants, after the Trump administration scrapped a policy protecting sensitive spaces. April Rubin reports for Axios.

The Trump administration yesterday ordered all federal DEI employees to be placed on paid leave and all DEI websites and social media accounts to be removed by the end of today. Ashleigh Fields reports for the Hill.

Trump has sidelined at least 20 senior career DOJ officials while also shaking up key U.S. attorney offices in New York and Washington, D.C., sources say. Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez, and Kara Scannell report for CNN.

Then-staffers of Trump’s National Intelligence Director pick, former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, scrambled to contain political fallout from a “supposedly unplanned” three-hour meeting with Syria’s deposed dictator Bashar al-Assad in 2017, files uncovered by the Washington Post show. Jon Swaine and Ellen Nakashima report.

The former sister-in-law of Trump’s Defense Secretary nominee, Pete Hegseth, yesterday submitted an affidavit to senators accusing Hegseth of “abusive” behaviour toward his second wife. Hegseth denies the claims. Julie Tsirkin, Sarah Fitzpatrick, and Courtney Kube report for NBC News; Karoun Demirjian and Sharon LaFraniere report for the New York Times.

Federal health agencies must pause all external communications pending a Trump administration review, according to current and former officials. The planned duration of the pause is unclear. Lena H. Sun, Dan Diamond, and Rachel Roubein report for the Washington Post.

Trump yesterday announced the creation of a $100bn joint venture between OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle and the UAE state-backed company investor MGX to boost the U.S. AI sector. Sareen Habeshian reports for Axios.

Botch

^^^ One missing from your list: the Spanish version of https://whitehouse.gov was taken down today, according to one news source.  I haven't poked around that website in over 4 years, so I can't confirm/deny they even had a Spanish version before.  But it does sound par for the course.  

DoubleEgger

Perhaps we should have a contest to pick the date of Donnie and Elonia’s breakup. No way it makes it to Spring. 

Legume

Is that when Vance makes it into the news again?

lousubcap

Thursday's summary of the clown show:

The Justice Department yesterday ordered an immediate halt to all new civil rights cases or investigations and indicated it may back out of Biden-era police department monitoring agreements, two internal memos reviewed by the New York Times show. Glenn Thrush reports.

The Trump White House yesterday told three Democratic members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to resign or be fired, sources say. If successful, the move would paralyze the bipartisan watchdog agency that investigates national security surveillance activities that can intrude on individual rights. Charlie Savage reports for the New York Times. [Editor’s note: readers may be interested in Andrew Weissmann’s analysis of the move.] 

A link to the Weissmann article here: https://www.justsecurity.org/106738/trump-privacy-oversight-board-surveillance/.  

Trump on Tuesday revoked a decades-old executive order banning discrimination in federal contracting, the White House said in a memorandum yesterday. Dareh Gregorian reports for NBC News.

The Trump administration yesterday sent home approximately 160 civil servants working for the National Security Council amid a “full review” screening their commitment to Trump’s agenda, sources say. Zeke Miller and Aamer Madhani report for AP News; Ellen Nakashima and John Hudson report for the Washington Post.

President Trump’s acting agency chiefs yesterday called on government employees to report anyone continuing to do diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) work in defiance of a Trump executive order, threatening “adverse consequences” against those who do. Brittany Gibson and Marc Caputo report for Axios.

Trump is preparing to send around 10,000 troops to the U.S. southern border to assist Border Patrol in implementing orders to shut off asylum access, according to a briefing document seen by the Washington Post. The order directs border agents to block entry on grounds that migrants have passed through countries where communicable diseases are present. Nick Miroff, Dan Lamothe, Maria Sacchetti, and Marianne LeVine report. [Editor’s note: Readers may be interested in Mark Nevitt’s analysis of the declaration of a national emergency on the southern border.]

The Justice Department on Tuesday directed federal prosecutors to investigate and potentially bring criminal charges against officials who do not cooperate with Trump’s mass deportation plans, a document obtained by the Washington Post shows. Maria Sacchetti and Jeremy Roebuck report.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will refer to foreign nationals as “aliens” following an order from the agency’s leadership, according to an internal memo obtained by Axios. Stef W. Kight reports."

DoubleEgger

The party of law and order. Backing the Blue is such a line of sh!t. 

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/22/trump-pardons-jan6-clemency

StillH2OEgger

DoubleEgger said:

Perhaps we should have a contest to pick the date of Donnie and Elonia’s breakup. No way it makes it to Spring. 

The over/under is Valentine's Day. You can already cash the Ramaswarmy ticket if you're holding one of those.

Canugghead

https://youtu.be/96arLUC_hwY?si=mx3cG7n1xGX3JKwG

JohnInCarolina

JohnInCarolina

DoubleEgger

JohnInCarolina

WildmanWilson said:

DoubleEgger said:

The party of law and order. Backing the Blue is such a line of sh!t. 

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/22/trump-pardons-jan6-clemency

Well, perhaps the Jan. 6 committee should not have destroyed all the evidence. 

It seems strange that you use the word “destroyed” when the evidence is still publicly accessible.  I do not think that word means what you think it means.

JohnInCarolina

JohnInCarolina

WildmanWilson said:

JohnInCarolina said:

WildmanWilson said:

DoubleEgger said:

The party of law and order. Backing the Blue is such a line of sh!t. 

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/22/trump-pardons-jan6-clemency

Well, perhaps the Jan. 6 committee should not have destroyed all the evidence. 

It seems strange that you use the word “destroyed” when the evidence is still publicly accessible.  I do not think that word means what you think it means.

• the Jan 6 committee destroyed evidence.
• the Jan 6 committee did not allow any witness testimony of those charged.
• the Jan 6 committee were all preemptively pardoned (guilty of something)
• a proven FACT that Liz Cheney witness tampered.

But, that’s seems good enough to throw all of them in jail to rot I suppose…..

Yes, you are right.

lousubcap

Here's the latest clown show summary:

Trump on Friday fired at least 12 Inspectors General, independent watchdog officials created by Congress to root out abuse and illegality within federal agencies. The firings breached a law requiring presidents to give Congress 30 days’ advance notice before removing any inspector general, along with reasons for the firing. Maggie Haberman, Charlie Savage, and Annie Karni report for the New York Times.

The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to pause action in pending cases dealing with student loans and the environment. Justin Jouvenal, Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, and Maxine Joselow report for the Washington Post.

Half a dozen senior career Justice Department officials have been reassigned to a new DOJ unit aimed at stopping sanctuary cities from resisting Trump's immigration plans, officials said. Ken Dilanian and Ryan J. Reilly report for NBC News.

The State Department Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement, which funds the removal of unexploded ordnance worldwide, asked all organizations it funds to cease their operations “effective immediately,” according to its surprise Saturday statement. John Ismay reports for the New York Times.

The Department of Homeland Security on Friday invoked a never-used-before authority to permit the federal government to deputize any state or local law enforcement officer to have the same powers as an ICE or Border Patrol agent.

The Trump administration on Friday night directed the heads of federal agencies to "take action to terminate" staffers of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) and “environmental justice” offices. Emily Peck reports for Axios."

DoubleEgger

The new administration said to hell with clean drinking water. These folks are nuts. 

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/feds-no-longer-planning-cleaning-up-harmful-forever-chemicals-drinking-water/KB6UVGFWCNHLFB3FOJCU3OODHY/

lousubcap

Today's clown show summary:

"The White House budget office yesterday paused all federal grants, loans, and other “financial assistance” until at least mid-February, according to a memosent to government agencies, which left the scope of the affected institutions unclear. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said the move “blatantly disobeys the law” in light of the Congress’ allocation of the funding. Chris Cameron reports for the New York Times.

Acting Attorney General James McHenry yesterday fired more than a dozen officials who worked on Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigations into President Trump, citing a lack of trust that the officials will “assist in faithfully implementing the President’s agenda.” Perry Stein reports for the Washington Post. 

The U.S. Attorney for Washington D.C., Ed Martin, has opened an internal investigation into the DOJ’s use of an obstruction law to prosecute Jan. 6 Capitol attack rioters, saying its use was a “great failure” of the office, according to an email obtained by the New York Times. Alan Feuer and Eileen Sullivan report. 

The State Department staff should observe the “spirit” of the Trump administration’s rollbacks of diversity initiatives in its public messaging,according to a directive that will likely prohibit the agency from openly observing Black History Month. Alexander Ward reports for the Wall Street Journal.

Trump yesterday fired all three Democrats on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, bringing the board’s work to a standstill. Rebecca Beitsch reports for the Hill. 

Trump yesterday issued an executive order calling for the Pentagon to adopt updated policies on the medical standards required for military service, citing the U.S. military’s “afflict[ion] with radical gender ideology to appease activists.” Dan Lamothe, Missy Ryan, and Alex Horton report for the Washington Post. 

Trump’s firing of Inspectors General raises “an existential threat with respect to the primary independent oversight function,” Mark Grenblatt, the former Inspector General of the Interior Department, said yesterday. Charlie Savage reports for the New York Times."

fishlessman

and he still has time to golf.....

JohnInCarolina

fishlessman said:

and he still has time to golf.....

I’d make time for it too if millions of taxpayer dollars were going into a club I owned.  Might as well take advantage of the chumps who voted for you, and piss off the ones who didn’t!  

fishlessman

JohnInCarolina said:

fishlessman said:

and he still has time to golf.....

I’d make time for it too if millions of taxpayer dollars were going into a club I owned.  Might as well take advantage of the chumps who voted for you, and piss off the ones who didn’t!  

joes working days were 10 to 2, when he worked

CPFC1905

Good to see the big ticket items being dealt with early, like the name of part of the Atlantic Ocean and a mountain.   Hope that real estate deal for Greenland gets done, because that's been on everyone's mind too.  What's left? Afetrall Ukraine was sorted within a day of inauguration, as promised. 

JohnInCarolina

fishlessman said:

JohnInCarolina said:

fishlessman said:

and he still has time to golf.....

I’d make time for it too if millions of taxpayer dollars were going into a club I owned.  Might as well take advantage of the chumps who voted for you, and piss off the ones who didn’t!  

joes working days were 10 to 2, when he worked

I see that Biden Derangement Syndrome persists, even after he's left office.   That's a shame.  I hope you get the help you need soon.  

fishlessman

JohnInCarolina said:

fishlessman said:

JohnInCarolina said:

fishlessman said:

and he still has time to golf.....

I’d make time for it too if millions of taxpayer dollars were going into a club I owned.  Might as well take advantage of the chumps who voted for you, and piss off the ones who didn’t!  

joes working days were 10 to 2, when he worked

I see that Biden Derangement Syndrome persists, even after he's left office.   That's a shame.  I hope you get the help you need soon.  

you would have to go back to carter to find a president that didnt take so many vaca/ personal/ half days. i guess i have jimmy carter derangement syndrome

fishlessman

CPFC1905 said:

Good to see the big ticket items being dealt with early, like the name of part of the Atlantic Ocean and a mountain.   Hope that real estate deal for Greenland gets done, because that's been on everyone's mind too.  What's left? Afetrall Ukraine was sorted within a day of inauguration, as promised. 

next week we colonize the uk