Enter The Trump Kakistocracy…

[Master-Debater131]

Gaetz isnt getting to 50 to be confirmed. This nomination will be the first one pulled back by Trump when its clear, by Christmas, that he wont get to 50.

[Sieg67]

On 11/6/2024 at 12:46 AM, Jman said:

I’m fully expecting Trump to concede to the 25th amendment in exchange for a full pardon.  A Dem controlled House probably accepts it just to be done with the orange man.

Trump is an idiot with a fragile ego. I don't think that's going to happen. 

I think he's going to try to go full scorched earth.

[Jman]

32 minutes ago, Master-Debater131 said:

Gaetz isnt getting to 50 to be confirmed. This nomination will be the first one pulled back by Trump when its clear, by Christmas, that he wont get to 50.

God I hope so.  

[naraku360]

1 hour ago, Raptorpat said:

uh ok?

 

Somehow they manage to be the most anti-age of consent administration to date.

[Master-Debater131]

4 minutes ago, Jman said:

God I hope so.  

Theres already articles, and a whole lot of chatter, in right-wing media saying this pick is doomed.

Even some trumpers are saying its 4d chess because Democrats will focus on killing this and others will said through.  Trying to say hes a sacrificial lamb.

[Top Gun]

4D chess? The only board game Trump understands is Hungry Hungry Hippos.

[Master-Debater131]

 

[katt_goddess]

Chess everywhere else on the planet - 

 

Chess at Mar-A-Lardo -

[naraku360]

21 minutes ago, Top Gun said:

4D chess? The only board game Trump understands is Hungry Hungry Hippos.

They do have to replace the balls with something edible.

Choking hazard.

[Raptorpat]

 

[Belize]

 

[katt_goddess]

17 minutes ago, Belize said:

 

Drumpf finally got a puppy. 

Unfortunately they are notoriously germy little shits and it sounds like this one has gotten used to table scraps.

Better not let Noem in the same room. 

[rpgamer]

This feels like a good time to remind MD of this gem.

On 11/2/2024 at 4:50 PM, Master-Debater131 said:

Im pretty happy knowing I dont side with this kind of depraved action by the government. Says a whole lot about someone if your OK with this kind of thing.

Oh well, keep on enjoying killing small animals I guess.

Tell the joke again about how you don't side with animal killers.

[1pooh4u]

Gaetz doesn’t seem to think he’ll not get confirmed. He resigned from congress effective “immediately”

https://nypost.com/2024/11/13/us-news/matt-gaetz-resigns-from-congress-effective-immediately-after-trump-taps-him-as-ag/?utm_campaign=iphone_nyp&utm_source=pasteboard_app

[PenguinBoss]

3 hours ago, katt_goddess said:

That's definitely one way to avoid your own looming sex trafficking and pedophilia investigations...

I guess nominating Diddy would've been a bit too on the nose.

[Raptorpat]

35 minutes ago, 1pooh4u said:

Gaetz doesn’t seem to think he’ll not get confirmed. He resigned from congress effective “immediately”

https://nypost.com/2024/11/13/us-news/matt-gaetz-resigns-from-congress-effective-immediately-after-trump-taps-him-as-ag/?utm_campaign=iphone_nyp&utm_source=pasteboard_app

Johnson seems to think it's early enough to schedule a special before January

[Master-Debater131]

 

[Belize]

I think this has more to do with Gaetz's resignation. 

Also...

 

 

[1pooh4u]

10 minutes ago, Raptorpat said:

Johnson seems to think it's early enough to schedule a special before January

Good luck with that, I guess?  Do these people have to be replaced by other republicans?  If not let Trump take all of them. If yeah,  then fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[Belize]

In any event, House Democrats are going to end up with 214 or 215 seats, 3-4 fewer than a majority. Meaning Republicans can't afford to lose any. 

[1pooh4u]

Turns out Mike Johnson has begged Trump to not poach anymore members from congress. I guess the seat doesn’t have to go to a member of the GOP. In NY Hochul has to call a special election 

[naraku360]

1 minute ago, 1pooh4u said:

Turns out Mike Johnson has begged Trump to not poach anymore members from congress. I guess the seat doesn’t have to go to a member of the GOP. In NY Hochul has to call a special election 

I hope Trump ignores him.

Luckily, ignoring people he should listen to is effortless to him.

Edited November 14, 2024 by naraku360

[Raptorpat]

23 minutes ago, 1pooh4u said:

Good luck with that, I guess?  Do these people have to be replaced by other republicans?  If not let Trump take all of them. If yeah,  then fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

House seats can only be filled via special elections, Senate seats have temporary appointments depending on the individual state. But the reality is that these House seats are all dark red seats almost guaranteed to go red, so it's a temporary inconveniece.

The caveat is that post-Dobbs, the highest propensity voters who are most likely to follow all the news and participate in special elections are disproportionately Democratic. So there may be surprises.

[Raptorpat]

... ohhh

[1pooh4u]

14 minutes ago, Raptorpat said:

... ohhh

Yeah he never wanted Gaetz to get the confirmation he just wanted to give him a get out of jail free card

[Insipid]

good news

https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/s/PpkRqu3KrF

[Sieg67]

57 minutes ago, Insipid said:

good news

https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/s/PpkRqu3KrF

Everyone knew it was going to happen but not this soon.

I wonder if Trump will toss him to the side like everybody else who has lost their usefulness to him.  If so, will Musk turn on him?
You know he has to have some dirt on Trump but he'd also likely be implicating himself.

Edited November 14, 2024 by Sieg67

[discolé monade]

nice title. 

Trump's early personnel choices have included several hawkish voices on China in senior positions, such as U.S. Representative Mike Waltz as national security adviser.

[CountFrylock]

The empire of trump 

[_lost_username_]

18 hours ago, Raptorpat said:

uh ok?

 

He picked a guy who is one of the most hated by his colleagues in the House. It’s like a middle finger to Kevin McCarthy who dragged his balls through gravel and glass to get Trump to love him. 
 

I don’t see this bringing together the House Republican factions that hate each other worse than Democrats. 
 

The one hope I see in the Trump appointments from the House is that Trump voters tend not to show up when he’s not on top of the ticket. But if you have a district that’s willing to elect Gaetz multiple times, they’re probably already predisposed to electing sacks of shit to office.

[Jman]

And apparently RFK is getting the Health and Human Services secretary job.

Please don’t let the Senate confirm this.  Please.  He’s the absolute worst mix of ignorant and evil.

Edited November 14, 2024 by Jman

[1pooh4u]

15 minutes ago, Jman said:

And apparently RFK is getting the Health and Human Services secretary job.

Please don’t let the Senate confirm this.  Please.  He’s the absolute worst mix of ignorant and evil.

This is insanity 

[1pooh4u]

When the kids are dying of measles and polio makes a big comeback that Trump vote won’t be looking so good not to mention everyone losing teeth once fluoride is taken out of the drinking water. It’ll be good times. Exactly the kinda shit chaos goblins were hoping for 

[Jman]

 

If those same Senators will tell RFK to go fuck himself, I might not be desperately scrambling for a job with an international bank to get a work visa.  
 

Then again, it would be some fucked up shit if the blue states keep the health requirements in place.

[_lost_username_]

24 minutes ago, Jman said:

And apparently RFK is getting the Health and Human Services secretary job.

Please don’t let the Senate confirm this.  Please.  He’s the absolute worst mix of ignorant and evil.

I really think that he’s dead in the water. Trump may not get his wish for recess appointments if he keeps pushing names like this. Republicans still want power after he is gone and allowing the people he’s named go through is tantamount to potential political suicide for every Republican that didn’t win in a lopsided MAGA state. 
 

I really thought he’d deep six RFK after the election because I thought he’d actually be too crazy even for Trump but I guess Trump is nuttier than even his 2020 version.

[_lost_username_]

39 minutes ago, Jman said:

 

If those same Senators will tell RFK to go fuck himself, I might not be desperately scrambling for a job with an international bank to get a work visa.  
 

Then again, it would be some fucked up shit if the blue states keep the health requirements in place.

Many of the sitting GOP know that Trump voters don’t turn out in midterms. If they allow the shit to pile out of the outhouse hole, they’re gone. If they piss off Trump now, they know he’ll have to get over it to  prevent getting castrated in 2026.

[_lost_username_]

I think one thing to mull is that Trump is going to be a lame duck president. He doesn’t have to worry about being re-elected but many Republicans do. They got to look at winning again in 2026 and 2028. Since Trump accomplished what he wanted, he’s probably not going to give a shit what happens to the party now. He just wants to stay out of prison and make money.

In his heart, he would rather be at parties with Lady Gaga and other people he sees as the “real elites.” It probably kills him that he’s surrounded by people he secretly hates. The dude was at his happiest when he was invited to party with stars and the liberal old money families. Being cast out really eats him.

[Belize]

 

[katt_goddess]

22 hours ago, 1pooh4u said:

Gaetz doesn’t seem to think he’ll not get confirmed. He resigned from congress effective “immediately”

https://nypost.com/2024/11/13/us-news/matt-gaetz-resigns-from-congress-effective-immediately-after-trump-taps-him-as-ag/?utm_campaign=iphone_nyp&utm_source=pasteboard_app

So, let me get this straight.

The guy who has been using his position as an active congressman to avoid getting dragged away to jail for the things he's already known to have done is now a civilian, effective immediately?

Fire up the hibachi, it's roasting time - caveman flavored. 

[_lost_username_]

35 minutes ago, katt_goddess said:

So, let me get this straight.

The guy who has been using his position as an active congressman to avoid getting dragged away to jail for the things he's already known to have done is now a civilian, effective immediately?

Fire up the hibachi, it's roasting time - caveman flavored. 

You don’t think he’s expecting a pardon? He is one of the Mark-Lagos crowd that is part of Trump’s personal Greek choir after all.

[katt_goddess]

2 minutes ago, _lost_username_ said:

You don’t think he’s expecting a pardon? He is one of the Mark-Lagos crowd that is part of Trump’s personal Greek choir after all.

If he gets hits now though, he'll still have almost two months of clenching his cheeks in a jail somewhere before that can happen.

IF it happens. 

Drumpf has the mental capacity of a goldfish if it isn't about him personally and/or he can make rage noises over it. He didn't pardon Epstein after all and that guy supplied the party. 

[Belize]

 

[Jman]

36 minutes ago, Belize said:

 

Anyone feeling buyers remorse?

Every accusation is a confession.  Just hire some regular neocons.  These people have me missing the neocons!

[1pooh4u]

2 hours ago, Belize said:

 

Birds of a feather. How many people, including Trump, have SA against them?  At least 3 off the top of my head 

[Master-Debater131]

On 11/13/2024 at 2:43 PM, Master-Debater131 said:

Gaetz isnt getting to 50 to be confirmed. This nomination will be the first one pulled back by Trump when its clear, by Christmas, that he wont get to 50.

Called it.

All we are waiting for is the official pull of the nomination. Hes not getting the job.

[Master-Debater131]

Colorado's Democratic governor cheers RFK Jr. pick for HHS

https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2024/11/14/jared-polis-democrat-governor-rfk-jr-hhs

"What he's saying: Kennedy "will help make America healthy again by shaking up HHS and FDA," Polis said in a Thursday statement on X. "What I'm most optimistic about is taking on Big Pharma and the corporate ag oligopoly to improve our health."

The intrigue: Polis appeared aware that his statement would be controversial. He asked people to dive deeper into the issues "before you mock him or disagree."

• In a subsequent social media post, Polis backtracked, saying he "will hold any HHS secretary to the same high standard of protecting and improving public health.""

 

For all the pearl clutching at RFK, this actually is a pick that easily could have bi-partisan support. RFK is very skeptical of Big Pharma and their ability to hide from lawsuits, thinks the Gov should be able to negotiate prices, and thinks Americans should be able to import drugs from Canada. All points that a lot of Liberals make.

He also is a huge champion against processed food, and thinks Obesity is our biggest health crisis.

He gets a lot of shit, but hes also pretty spot on with a lot of whats causing health problems in this country. Ultra processed foods, artificial sweeteners and colors, all sorts of chemicals in our food. These are generally bad for you. Im very excited to see what he can do to help fight back on these problems.

[1pooh4u]

20 minutes ago, Master-Debater131 said:

Colorado's Democratic governor cheers RFK Jr. pick for HHS

https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2024/11/14/jared-polis-democrat-governor-rfk-jr-hhs

"What he's saying: Kennedy "will help make America healthy again by shaking up HHS and FDA," Polis said in a Thursday statement on X. "What I'm most optimistic about is taking on Big Pharma and the corporate ag oligopoly to improve our health."

The intrigue: Polis appeared aware that his statement would be controversial. He asked people to dive deeper into the issues "before you mock him or disagree."

• In a subsequent social media post, Polis backtracked, saying he "will hold any HHS secretary to the same high standard of protecting and improving public health.""

 

For all the pearl clutching at RFK, this actually is a pick that easily could have bi-partisan support. RFK is very skeptical of Big Pharma and their ability to hide from lawsuits, thinks the Gov should be able to negotiate prices, and thinks Americans should be able to import drugs from Canada. All points that a lot of Liberals make.

He also is a huge champion against processed food, and thinks Obesity is our biggest health crisis.

He gets a lot of shit, but hes also pretty spot on with a lot of whats causing health problems in this country. Ultra processed foods, artificial sweeteners and colors, all sorts of chemicals in our food. These are generally bad for you. Im very excited to see what he can do to help fight back on these problems.

Just fuckin no. His push to remove heavily processed foods aside, he’s a terrible pick. Anti vaccine. Anti science. You and your governor sound really fuckin dumb.  

[Raptorpat]

remember when michelle obama wanted to make food healthier and mike bloomberg wanted to reduce the consumption of soda

[1pooh4u]

Just now, Raptorpat said:

remember when michelle obama wanted to make food healthier and mike bloomberg wanted to reduce the consumption of soda

Omg what a shit show that was. The right went bananas 

anyone objectively saying RFKJ is a good pick is an idiot. I’m sorry but it’s true. He’s right about one thing. The rest is a mess of bullshit and anti science. More people need to know about his adventures in Harlem when he used to cop heroin.  Asshole is claiming a lot more time away from drugs than he actually has. I know this because in the mid and late 90s I was in rehabs and detoxes with people who used to see him up there all the time. 

[Jman]

29 minutes ago, Master-Debater131 said:

Colorado's Democratic governor cheers RFK Jr. pick for HHS

https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2024/11/14/jared-polis-democrat-governor-rfk-jr-hhs

"What he's saying: Kennedy "will help make America healthy again by shaking up HHS and FDA," Polis said in a Thursday statement on X. "What I'm most optimistic about is taking on Big Pharma and the corporate ag oligopoly to improve our health."

The intrigue: Polis appeared aware that his statement would be controversial. He asked people to dive deeper into the issues "before you mock him or disagree."

• In a subsequent social media post, Polis backtracked, saying he "will hold any HHS secretary to the same high standard of protecting and improving public health.""

 

For all the pearl clutching at RFK, this actually is a pick that easily could have bi-partisan support. RFK is very skeptical of Big Pharma and their ability to hide from lawsuits, thinks the Gov should be able to negotiate prices, and thinks Americans should be able to import drugs from Canada. All points that a lot of Liberals make.

He also is a huge champion against processed food, and thinks Obesity is our biggest health crisis.

He gets a lot of shit, but hes also pretty spot on with a lot of whats causing health problems in this country. Ultra processed foods, artificial sweeteners and colors, all sorts of chemicals in our food. These are generally bad for you. Im very excited to see what he can do to help fight back on these problems.

His vaccine skepticism caused a measles outbreak in Samoa resulting in 83 dead.  Mostly children.

Fuck him and fuck the brain worm for not finishing him off.