Trump's Policies Part 2

[Huckleberry]

 

[Huckleberry]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1893676454673522785

Hegseth says firing of top military lawyers was about making sure "they don't exist to be roadblocks to anything that happens."

 

[Bamaro]

Trump shakes up Pentagon, firing top general, nominating retired three-star
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General C.Q. Brown, and announced he would replace five other high level positions in an unprecedented shake-up of U.S. military leadership.

Trump will also replace the head of the U.S. Navy, a position held by Admiral Lisa Franchetti, as well as the air force vice chief of staff and judge advocates general for the Army, Navy and Air Force, the Pentagon said.

Trump did not explain his decision to replace Brown or say whether he would remain in the job until his successor is confirmed by the Senate.
Trump shakes up Pentagon, firing top general, nominating retired three-star

 

[tusks_n_raider]

Things are getting stupid real fast....

Bird Flu now Endemic in Cows

Dairy and Meat are about to go up.

We are going to be running out of affordable staples it seems.

Oh it's in rats now too.

You can feel the plague coming.

 

[jthomas666]

Trump cuts only school civil rights investigator based in Alabama, leaving families in limbo

Victoria DeLano was recently hired to examine civil rights complaints against Alabama schools.

www.al.com

 

[jthomas666]

Speak Up Before VA Health Care Is Gutted

While controversy swirls around last week's mass firing of 1,000 Department of Veterans Affairs' employees, a far greater threat to veterans' health care is going completely unnoticed.

www.military.com

 

[Huckleberry]

NYT gift link

In Trump’s Alternate Reality, Lies and Distortions Drive Change
Condoms for Gaza? Ukraine started the war with Russia? The president’s manipulations of the truth lay the groundwork for radical change.

The United States sent $50 million in condoms to Hamas. Diversity programs caused a plane crash. China controls the Panama Canal. Ukraine started the war with Russia.

Except, no. None of that is true. Not that it stops President Trump. In the first month since he returned to power, he has demonstrated once again a brazen willingness to advance distortions, conspiracy theories and outright lies to justify major policy decisions.

Mr. Trump has long been unfettered by truth when it comes to boasting about his record and tearing down his enemies. But what were dubbed “alternative facts” in his first term have quickly become a whole alternative reality in his second to lay the groundwork for radical change as he moves to aggressively reshape America and the world.



And yet Republicans/conservatives continue, against all evidence, to take him at his word. Not because they really trust him, but because they like what he's doing.

 

[crimsonaudio]

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I've been told repeatedly we're not a Christian nation.

Further, conflating forcing people to help others vs people doing so of their own volition is silly.

 

[Huckleberry]

I've been told repeatedly we're not a Christian nation.

We're certainly not, though those who support Project 2025 might have a different idea.

Further, conflating forcing people to help others vs people doing so of their own volition is silly.

Those weren't my words in that post. Everyone is free to interpret them as their conscience dictates.

 

[CrimsonJazz]

I've been told repeatedly we're not a Christian nation.

Further, conflating forcing people to help others vs people doing so of their own volition is silly.

Furthermore, why does it seem that most of the people who insist “Jesus was a socialist” are people who don’t believe in God anyway? That’s been my experience anyhow.

 

[Huckleberry]

Furthermore, why does it seem that most of the people who insist “Jesus was a socialist” are people who don’t believe in God anyway? That’s been my experience anyhow.

One doesn't have to be a Christian to find value in the moral teachings of Jesus, though I've encountered a number of believers for whom it seemed difficult.

 

[crimsonaudio]

One doesn't have to be a Christian to find value in the moral teachings of Jesus, though I've encountered a number of believers for whom it seemed difficult.

The point is that Christians are called to help people out of the overflowing goodness from their hearts - forcing people to do so is the antithesis of what giving to the needy is about.

 

[Huckleberry]

The point is that Christians are called to help people out of the overflowing goodness from their hearts - forcing people to do so is the antithesis of what giving to the needy is about.

Is any government assistance to the needy to be considered coercion? If you don't want the government to be in the business of helping others, then don't elect people who will use it in that way. Apparently that's what has happened. I look forward to seeing Trump-supporting Christians demonstrate the fullness of their hearts as they assume the now vacant role of healing the sick, feeding the hungry, and sheltering the homeless.

 

[CrimsonJazz]

One doesn't have to be a Christian to find value in the moral teachings of Jesus, though I've encountered a number of believers for whom it seemed difficult.

I agree with both your points. CA is right, though. Yeah, a fragment of our taxes does help people and that is the exact reason why charity is so hard to get now. The attitude being, “hey, I pay my taxes; I’ve done my part.” Biblically, however, they have not.

 

[tusks_n_raider]

Furthermore, why does it seem that most of the people who insist “Jesus was a socialist” are people who don’t believe in God anyway? That’s been my experience anyhow.

I believe Jesus was a real person just not that he was the 'Son of God'.

He was the 'Sun of God', but I'd have to get real esoteric to explain what that means.

He was a High level Magus and possessed knowledge that was usually only shared with and passed along the Royalty of his age/time.

When things were said like 'He walked on water' or 'Turned water into Wine' that's just coded language for turning the uninitiated into the initiated.

Literally giving Royal knowledge to Peasants.

Of course these are my views and ones mileage might vary.

I do admire his teachings a good bit though and we'd all be better off if Christians actually followed them instead of warping and twisting interpretations to fit conservative mindsets and agendas.

 

[crimsonaudio]

Is any government assistance to the needy to be considered coercion?

Unless tax dollars are optional, then yes.

That doesn't mean I'm against government assistance (I'm not), I just don't consider it following the teachings of Christ, outside of "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's..."

 

[rjtide]

Its started already. I just heard Tim Moore (R-NC) say the trump tax cuts paid for themselves to the tune of 1T and should be continued and maybe increased.
Everybody likes the idea of paying less taxes but sometimes, like now, it makes zero sence.

I agree. Though I already pay A LOT in taxes I don’t want a tax cut. We’re in debt to the tune of 30 some odd trillion dollars….let the tax cuts go…..spend less at the federal level and let’s start getting back to some measure of fiscal responsibility as a nation

 

[CrimsonJazz]

I believe Jesus was a real person just not that he was the 'Son of God'.

He was the 'Sun of God', but I'd have to get real esoteric to explain what that means.

He was a High level Magus and possessed knowledge that was usually only shared with and passed along the Royalty of his age/time.

When things were said like 'He walked on water' or 'Turned water into Wine' that's just coded language for turning the uninitiated into the initiated.

Literally giving Royal knowledge to Peasants.

Of course these are my views and ones mileage might vary.

I do admire his teachings a good bit though and we'd all be better off if Christians actually followed them instead of warping and twisting interpretations to fit conservative mindsets and agendas.

Interesting take and one with which I am unfamiliar. But to your last point, I agree that conservatives do, in fact, twist scripture just like the progressives do. And this is why even though it is completely unconstitutional, I do support the notion of “separation of church and state.” I firmly believe that the church needs to be protected from influence from the state just as the state shouldn’t be influenced by religion.

 

[Bamaro]

Things are getting stupid real fast....

Bird Flu now Endemic in Cows

Dairy and Meat are about to go up.

We are going to be running out of affordable staples it seems.

Oh it's in rats now too.

You can feel the plague coming.

No problem. Bleach, bright lights and Invermectin.

 

[crimsonaudio]

I agree. Though I already pay A LOT in taxes I don’t want a tax cut. We’re in debt to the tune of 30 some odd trillion dollars….let the tax cuts go…..spend less at the federal level and let’s start getting back to some measure of fiscal responsibility as a nation

Heck, as I've said here before - we're likely going to need more tax revenue to make the US economy healthy long-term. I believe that's our duty to the next generations.

Just don't ask for more until we see real, substantive cuts.