Enter The Trump Kakistocracy…

[Insipid]

2 hours ago, scoobdog said:

At the very least, this is going to put a damper on how quickly he can mobilize more troops.  Just goes to show that the whole purpose of these endeavors is optics and political theater - a facade.

Trump has no understanding of logistics. It is quite obvious he has no idea what the hell he is doing, and one doesn't even need to dig deep beneath the surface. Of course, that doesn't mean he still can't do stupid dangerous things.

[tsar4]

 

[tsar4]

Nailed the hands...

 

 

[scoobdog]

21 minutes ago, Insipid said:

Trump has no understanding of logistics. It is quite obvious he has no idea what the hell he is doing, and one doesn't even need to dig deep beneath the surface. Of course, that doesn't mean he still can't do stupid dangerous things.

The stupidest and ultimately fatal things he's done is nominating idiots to do work they're not qualified to do.  Magicians put a ton of time and effort into their illusions - one of the things I like about Penn and Teller's:  Fool Us is that even though they're almost never fooled, they both show appreciation for the effort burgeoning talent magicians put into their acts.  As all we all watch the political world, we can see the lack of effort that the likes of Noem, Hegsreth, Patel, and Bessent put into the policies they implement.  Musk was likewise exposed as a fraud because the inattention to detail he put into his DOGE endeavors refuted the image he had created for himself while highlighting the similar poor workmanship in his new cars.  More than just lacking knowledge, there is a fundamental lack of earnestness that permeates everything Trump touches and, perhaps not surprisingly, that's why Terry Moran's comment on Stephen Miller is so important.  That man is a ghoul, but, as Moran pointed out, he believes in what he's doing.

We're in a transitional phase with Trump and his monstrosity.  The initial shock-and-awe approach was meant to be an opening salvo.  He wanted his mindless flunkies to see that he had the power to implement his agenda and he had enough backing from the courts to suggest that his illegal actions could still work if his team believed in the common cause.  That was only meant to give his fledgling demons the space to put their organizational skills to use and get the base mobilized to do their bidding.  We're at the point where it's becoming clear that Trump's lieutenants aren't up to the task, and his bombastic tactics are going to start having diminishing returns.  It's also no coincidence that this is all happening before the senate vote on his Big Beautiful Cluster-Fuck - one last show of strength as it were.  Noem strong arming Sen Padilla might not have any impact on the vote itself, but it is emblematic of the tenuous relationship Trump has with the legislature.  If the bill does not survive the Senate vote and has to go back to Congress,  we'll start to see Trump's power unravel.

[1pooh4u]

Pilot dies practicing aerial maneuvers for Trump’s vanity bday bash

 

[katt_goddess]

22 hours ago, 1pooh4u said:

 Where did you learn that? I don’t believe it. Chimpanzees might fight for resources but I don’t think they hold court or kill each other specifically because of resource hoarding 

a real fun fact about chimpanzees is that the prefer cooked food to raw and use tools to cook their food 

Live Science, BBC News, NPR. I fell down a hole reading about chimps eating monkeys [ they eat the brains and livers first while they are fresh... ] and they will gang up and kill their own kind too. I can't remember exactly where I read about hoarded resources being considered a strong trigger for killing though. I'm supposed to be on pain meds but they don't work so I'm just reading things until I get sleepy. 

But all that reminded me that this thread is a continuing battle cry to eat the rich. 

[tsar4]

4 hours ago, tsar4 said:

[molarbear]

Well

Another major boundary was crossed today 

https://archive.ph/VsWt1

 (NYT Article with paywall, so it should be readable through this link)

Marines detained someone today

Our Military has shown it will work side by side with police to detain US citizens on US soil

Womp wooooomp

Dafuq happened to the Marine Corps? They were founded before America to fight Tyranny. Not *Checks notes 

arresting fellow veterans 

[scoobdog]

2 hours ago, molarbear said:

Well

Another major boundary was crossed today 

https://archive.ph/VsWt1

 (NYT Article with paywall, so it should be readable through this link)

Marines detained someone today

Our Military has shown it will work side by side with police to detain US citizens on US soil

Womp wooooomp

Dafuq happened to the Marine Corps? They were founded before America to fight Tyranny. Not *Checks notes 

arresting fellow veterans 

And he was apologetic too.

[tsar4]

This is great!

 

 

[tsar4]

[tsar4]

Drove past a house that had been flying a Trump flag, it's been replaced with a Smiley flag.  Started thinking about all the houses I pass that had left up Trump placards on their lawns well after the election, those have disappeared too.  Either people are waking up (hopefully) or the city stepped in and made them take them down.

[discolé monade]

^ i would say the latter