Looking at the octogenarian Democrats, I think simply they aren't understanding just what Trump is really doing to the Republic. How do they suppose that Trump will be reigned in? But Republicans saying "That's too far"??? — ssu

At this point anyone who's still supporting the Republican party ought be considered in the same light as an outright supporter of a fascist regime.

That’s right, Crossfire hurricane and now a new one, Arctic frost, which we’re just learning about. It looks like it all ties into the electors scheme case, the Jack Smith case, those “crimes” you keep mentioning though can never detail.

According to emails this case may have been instigated by an anti-Trumper named Timothy Thibault, a political agent who resigned in disgrace after whistleblowers accused him of shielding Hunter Biden. It was later found he was sharing sensitive info using FBI emails (and nude photos of his girlfriend), and also that he violated the Hatch Act. That’s just some of the routine rot cut from that agency, which you defend.

Imagine coming to an internet philosophy forum to promote propaganda that everyone laughs at, day after day.

Senators Justin Eichorn, Eric Lucero, Steve Drazkowski, Nathan Wesenberg, Glenn Gruenhagen take creepiness to another level (Mar 18, 2025):
SF 2589 as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) — jorndoe

MAGA Republicans advocating for American interests in a nutshell.

At this point anyone who's still supporting the Republican party ought be considered in the same light as an outright supporter of a fascist regime. — fdrake

MAGA hats might be viewed in a different light in twenty years from now, but that doesn't mean a thing today.

Notice how easy it seems to be to put the lid on for example the university students.

First it was Trump posts and fear from the "libtards":

The guidance is especially timely after an early morning Truth Social post from President Trump threatening to stop federal funding for “any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests,” and proposing that “agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came.”

“It is disturbing to see the White House threatening freedom of speech and academic freedom on U.S. college campuses so blatantly. We stand in solidarity with university leaders in their commitment to free speech, open debate, and peaceful dissent on campus,” said Cecillia Wang, legal director of the ACLU and co-author of the letter. “Trump’s latest coercion campaign, attempting to turn university administrators against their own students and faculty, harkens back to the McCarthy era and is at odds with American constitutional values and the basic mission of universities.”

According to the ACLU, the White House is attempting to pressure university officials to target immigrant and international students, faculty, and staff, including holders of non-immigrant visas and lawful permanent residents or others on a path to U.S. citizenship, for exercising their First Amendment rights.

Then it was actual deportations and the university faculties doing just as Trump wanted them to do:

On Sunday, Brown University sent a campus-wide email advising faculty, students and other community members on visas or permanent residency status to postpone personal international travel for spring break, which runs from March 22 to 30. Columbia University and Cornell University released similar guidance on their website this past week. At the end of last year, several institutions warned international students to return to the U.S. before President Donald Trump took office.

"We understand that many in our community are feeling a great deal of uncertainty and anxiety as news media share reports of federal deportation actions against individuals who are non U.S. citizens," Russell C. Carey, executive vice president for planning and policy and interim vice president for campus life at Brown, said in the email that was shared with USA TODAY by the university.

I assume that this above is the consequence from the deportation of Rasha Alawieh, a Lebanese physician.

Of course, when it comes to terrorism and drug trafficking, the harsh "due process" is already there. But the fact really isn't to go with the "due process" stuff, but show just how quickly something can be done and judges and "due process" can stand away. Tom Homan, Trump's border czar, stated this attitude quite well.

MAGA hats might be viewed in a different light in twenty years from now, but that doesn't mean a thing today. — ssu

If they are, it will be due to the sheer incompetence of the Republican party. The party's goals and priorities are clear.

Imagine coming to an internet philosophy forum to promote propaganda that everyone laughs at, day after day. — Mikie

Unfortunately, the science of marketing psychology shows how effective constant hammering of bullshit actually is for indoctrinating others... though attempting it on a philosophy forum might be a tall order.

It is market research.

You can't "trigger the Libs" unless you know what sets them off. Back in the heyday of Breitbart and Red State, participants would boast of visiting other sites to do that sort of thing. They have become more careful since then.

Marketing? I’m sure it has led to lots of sales.

While the brilliant theories of those who have gotten everything wrong until now are fun, no, it’s for the pure joy of rubbing reality in the faces of those who would otherwise refuse it.

Billions, probably trillions spent, and what does the US have to show for it?

You repeat the same stories and when they are challenged in detail, you retreat until you can proffer them again.

You support a self-described authoritarian whose exercise of a "unitarian Executive" contradicts your claim to being a Libertarian who views all of government to be an infringement upon your freedom.

You often point to the corruption of the global system of transactions but never acknowledge your team's role in that regard.

You copy and paste X tweets like you were working for the man.

I’ve never claimed to be a libertarian. You claimed I read Breitbart, without evidence. You believed and spread the same lies as Joe Biden that Trump praised neo-Nazis, claimed your cousins did as well, and have yet to thank me for rubbing your face in the reality. You just make stuff up, so it continues to be quite easy to dismiss it all as wild imaginings

I’ve never claimed to be a libertarian. — NOS4A2

So, what does the name mean to you? There are your posts about denying a "social contract".

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to reinstate tens of thousands of fired federal employees across six agencies, calling their terminations “unlawful.”

U.S. District Judge William Alsup ruled that the Trump administration must immediately reinstate all of the probationary employees it fired from the departments of Defense, Treasury, Agriculture, Energy, Interior and Veterans Affairs.

The mass firings of federal workers were a “sham” effort by the Office of Personnel Management ― the human resources agency of the federal government ― to skirt laws in order to drastically reduce the size of the federal workforce, Alsup said. ....

The White House has already signaled it will appeal the ruling.

“A single judge is attempting to unconstitutionally seize the power of hiring and firing from the Executive Branch. The President has the authority to exercise the power of the entire executive branch — singular district court judges cannot abuse the power of the entire judiciary to thwart the President’s agenda,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. — Judge Orders Trump To Reinstate Thousands of Fired Employees At 6 Agencies

This is another example of the use of amorphous terms such as 'The President's Agenda' to rationalise actions that Federal Judges have found illegal and unconstitutional on various grounds. Here, what has happened is that the Federal OPM (Office of Personnel Management) database was used by DOGE to send a mass email to thousands of employees firing them on the grounds of 'performance', when no review of performance had been taken into account. Furthermore the Judge ruled that the OPM is itself not the hiring or firing agency for these positions, which is properly the agencies themselves:

More than 5,000 probationary employees who were fired from the Department of Agriculture got their jobs back last week, after a government employee oversight board found they were illegally terminated. The decision by that panel, the Merit Systems Protection Board, came after it had restored the jobs of six federal employees at other agencies who had been similarly and haphazardly fired by the Trump administration.

Both of those decisions came down after Alsup ruled earlier this month that OPM had no authority to direct federal agencies to fire their employees — something it had been doing for weeks — and that its actions likely were illegal. That ruling led to OPM abruptly walking back its directive to agencies to fire people, and instead contorting its previous guidance to suggest it had been up to agencies all along to fire people.

and

In several instances, the President has scrambled to rehire federal employees he had just fired ― not because of a court order, but because it turns out we need experts on things like nuclear weapons, bird flu and park management.

Last week, more than 180 probationary employees who were fired from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were reinstated.

In an email with the subject line, “Read this e-mail immediately,” these dozens of previously fired CDC workers were told they could return to work “after further review and consideration.”

“We apologize for any disruption that this may have caused,” read the email.

These cases, and the Venezualan expatriation flights, are the real frontlne of the confrontation between Trump and the Judiciary. It's perfecly obvious that Trump views the law and the judiciary as impediments to his imperial will and as sources of irritation and frustration on those grounds.


'The Doctor Will See You Now'

“Rubbing your faces in reality!”

(“Reality” = the stupid Tweets I happen to like today.) Hey, whatever brings one joy. I get to have the joy of laughing at them, so it’s a win-win.

So, what does the name mean to you? There are your posts about denying a "social contract".

I find it a ridiculous idea. It’s neither social nor a contract.

Admittedly, some have too big a forehead to rub anything in.

People! We’re living in a new Renaissance! Brought about by the casino-bankrupting reality TV star!

It’s REALITY! Why are you all laughing?

the pure joy of rubbing MY reality in the faces of those who would otherwise refuse it — NOS4A2

Fixed.

Reality, brought to you by Twitter.

Spreading those realities, one tweet at a time. Gives great joy to your average mental patient too.

Fixed

Isn’t that ironic. You had to change and bold my words to your liking.

Isn’t that ironic. You had to change and bold my words to your liking. — NOS4A2

Your reality involves searching for things like videos of weird individuals inserting their fingers in their ass and wiping them on Teslas, which you then post on a philosophy forum and joyfully call reality. In your reality, that incident captures the essence of the backlash against Musk.

Reflect on that for a minute.

Unfortunately, the science of marketing psychology shows how effective constant hammering of bullshit actually is for indoctrinating others... though attempting it on a philosophy forum might be a tall order.

Like herding cats.

Reflect on that for a minute.

I’ll pass.

Your reality involves searching for things like videos of weird individuals inserting their fingers in their ass and wiping them on Teslas, which you then post on a philosophy forum and joyfully call reality. — praxis

Please don’t encourage self-reflection. It’s not like this is a philosophy forum…

Anyway — Please let him just continue. It almost always guarantees a laugh whenever I check.

I’ll pass. — NOS4A2

Excellent!

I can’t imagine the reality for someone who has shrilled so relentlessly over the years for any politician, much less for one like Trump.

Anyway — Please let him just continue. It almost always guarantees a laugh whenever I check. — Mikie

This feels like animal abuse... poor animal going through the motions of trained behavior, like a circus animal that only the oblivious audience can appreciate.

Ouch, domestic terrorism. Strong language. But if you look at pictures of these people you get a sense that mental illness is the root of their problems.

Yes, when the second-in-command Elon Musk's cars are vandalized, it's the job of the US Attorney General Pam Blondi to act and make the charges! :snicker:

Why don't the Republicans make it into law that every democrat thinking of buying a new car has to buy a Tesla? At least Donald could make an executive order of that. Because Elon needs help!!!!!



Still proudly wearing that MAGA hat when you go to the supermarket in Canada, NOS? :wink: