TRUMP today at the gathering of generals at Quantico:
And this:
“Trump noted that he brags that "we have the strongest military anywhere in the world," then falsely added, "You never heard Biden say that. You never heard him say anything, but you never heard him say – did we ever hear him say, ‘We have the strongest military.' He doesn't say that."
In fact, Biden repeatedly said the US has the world's strongest military.
To cite just one example, Biden said in a 2023 speech about democracy: "Our US military – and this is not hyperbole; I've said it for the last two years – is the strongest military in the history of the world. Not just the strongest in the world – in the history of the world."
Biden sometimes made the same point using slightly different language. In the last week of his presidency, in January 2025, he told a Defense Department audience, "You are simply the greatest fighting force in the history of the world – in the history of the world. That's a fact. That's not hyperbole, that's a fact."
YAHOO NEWS: "Trump warns he will starve NYC of funds if Mamdani elected as mayor"
So, where are Skud, - FJ, Joe Conservative, and other Trumpers from WYD commenting on an American president threatening to withhold federal funds from a city, and from a man who may be elected mayor of that city, because the President of the United States doesn’t want the people to elect their own mayor? Where is the outrage from the Americans who have heard that an American president will punish the people of New York City unless they vote for whom he wants as mayor of their city?
I have never heard in my lifetime a POTUS financially threaten a city unless the voters of that city vote for HIS candidate.
Where is the outrage? Why have Trump supporters and others remained quiet while this authoritarian threat comes from the mouth of a convicted felon and adjudicated sexual assaulter?
This is how fascist regime‘s operate!
Shaw...How about a president telling Microsoft to fire an employee, Lisa Monaco, or face federal sanctions?
ReplyDeleteIt's a new world and it's the world the folks like -FJ, Joe C and even Skud apparently want. Since they voted for Trump and his enablers.
You mean that federal laws that impose gay rights and non-discrimination policies shouldn't be enforced in Republican districts? Who knew?
ReplyDeleteI certainly think that the federal government, and not the cities or states, is responsible for immigration policy implementation and enforcement, don't you? Does Antifa have a veto over those federal immigration policies in Oregon? S
Gay rights are human rights. We shouldn’t have to make people treat our gay brothers and sisters as equals, but in some cases it is necessary there are people in this country who hate what they don’t understand and who’ve been taught by certain religions that being gay is an insult to their god. That’s not “ imposing” gay rights, that’s teaching people the tenets of, in many cases, their own religion: “ Love one another.” AFAIK, Jesus didn’t preach “ Love one another, except the gays, trans, and people who don’t look like you.”
DeleteI will respond to your incorrect post. I am not a trump supporter but I do support leaders who are competent and that is the reason I did not vote in the last selection. I do not visit or post on WYD but I guess I should start since it seems like they have an important message.
ReplyDeleteDemocrats have yet to understand that trump says a lot of things just to get in the news and make him the target of the democrats. They spend all their time hating him while doing nothing for the American people except support violence and criminals.
As to NYC, the president does not have the power to withhold funds that are due but he can certainly get attention. If the voters elect a socialist who wants to give everything away and create government grocery stores even though the government can't run anything that is their prerogative and the results are theirs to own.
"Democrats have yet to understand that trump says a lot of things just to get in the news and make him the target of the democrats. They spend all their time hating him while doing nothing for the American people except support violence and criminals."
DeleteSkud sounds like a damn Nazi, falsely accusing and scapegoating those who oppose Trump as supporting violence and criminals.
TRUMP IS A GODDAMN CRIMINAL!!! He PRAISED and PARDONED his J6 THUGS!!!
Skud is a fascist who defends and supports a draft-dodging CRIMINAL president. He has no conscience like the rest of MAGA.
Skud, you do understand that the Democrats have no power to “ do” anything for the American people. The American Fascist Party ( formerly known as the Republican Party) holds all levers of power in this country. And everything that happens to the economy, American people, and our democracy is on them. The AFP is fully responsible for the good, the bad, and the ugly. And so far, it’s been bad and ugly!
ReplyDeleteMs. Shaw, The democrats have the power to shut the government down because they did not get their way to increase spending by a trillion dollars. That seems to be the LL answer to everything, spend more, require less and hate trump.
DeleteNow the democrats have to deal with a government shut down that they caused.
Nope. Maybe leave your bubble and understand that THE AMERICAN FASCIST PARTY ( formerly known as the Republican Party) controls all the levers of power in America. This shutdown belongs to Trump’s administration.
DeleteThe rightwing fascists of Amerika never fail to show who and what they are.
ReplyDeleteTheir ignorance, disrespect for the Constitution (rule of law), their misogyny, racism, and white supremacy fully define their beliefs and agenda.
Either America rids itself of their ideology and returns to decency and equality or the fascists succeed in killing America and insuring it's Amerika for several generations if not longer.
Authoritarian movements and dictators NEVER relinquish power willingly. They always end in violence after their oppression creates the resolve to oust them by force.
Skud would be popular at the Mother Ship.
ReplyDeleteHe understands. All the MAGAts understand. And they're reveling in tat fact.
ReplyDeleteskud said nothing about the GOP clawing back millions of dollars in the Huge Honking Ugly Bill which did help the American people, specifically citizens in red districts and states but hey, it's the do nothing Dems mantra from him every time. And skud admits they didn't vote? Well, that explains a lot and yes skud, by not voting for the Black Lady you hate with a passion bordering on obsession (your names for her continually evolve indicating more than a few minutes of your attention to the matter) yes, you voted for Trump. Also, you parrot every MAGA (very pro Trump) talking point as if you'd been coached. Might want to take inventory on your biases there before attempting to distance yourself from the disaster that is Trump in the comment section.
ReplyDeleteJoe Conservative would be singing a different toon if their demographic was under attack. But of course that one poem (They came for... in case you need the prompt) was composed for the Joe Conservatives of the time and it's still pertinent today.
So, trolls addressed, lets see if I can add to the conversation in a meaningful manner.
First and foremost on my brain is our blog host Shaw who in a comment on another post wished they could do more, or words to that effect. Shaw, every day I come here not only to read with glee the insanity our trolls provide but mostly to see what thoughts are on your mind. Added bonus is just being on this site I remember past posts and past activities you shared and just like that I'm no longer bed bound but I'm helping with goats or I'm on vaca at the shore. All imagined of course but my imagination is powerful and I can meditate on an imagined sea shore with the best of them. None of that would happen if I didn't 'know' you. I am grateful everyday you and this blog are a part of my life.
That said (yeah, my emotions may have been showing), moving forward?
Lots of ideas of how to come back from all this but first we have to survive the fascist regime doing their dead level best to destroy our country one brick at a time.
At the time of my writing this our government is shut down with the GOP blaming the Dems for not accepting their place as second class citizens. Dems just wanted to reinstate healthcare coverage for citizens which were ended by the GOP's horrible bill (undocumented folks don't qualify for subsidies which the GOP knows but continues to lie about - hey skud, any opinion on the lies told by the GOP? Oh, yeah, in your opinion only the Dems are lying all the time. putz) but hey, both sides? Trump told the Dems he didn't need them (Dems need to fuck off is how his press secretary stated it). Well, he needs them as scapegoats so there is that.
I'm not sure the GOP thought this through - we already have almost a million folks fired through DOGE, another estimated million to be furloughed (750K+ is the number in the news) so what do they think these folks are going to do with all that unscheduled time? And those numbers of humans without a job don't factor in contractors and all the ripples of restaurants, grocery stores, and other immediate service needs establishments that will no longer have the income from millions of past customers.
I know by Trumps words that he's hoping WeThePeople will riot as an excuse to call in the military for reals this time. I know he said on the record he wanted to use blue cities as target practice.
To counter that nutjob and his dreams of grandeur I found this nugget in my swim in the internets that the kids are organizing and holding classes for citizens as how to avoid physical confrontation with law enforcement (seriously I watched a clip where the leader is giving the instruction to remain an arm length way while filming and the attendees repeated the instructions back - brilliant). So the kids are organized, they are teaching all who want to learn... something tells me this government shut down will be filled with unintended consequences. Couldn't happen to a more deserving regime.
Grey, By all means support the democrats as they want to spend another trillion dollars without any stipulations how it is spent. Yes the cuts can be significant but are avoidable under certain conditions.
Delete-Most Medicaid recipients between ages 19 and 64 will need to work, volunteer, or attend school for at least 80 hours a month.
I assume you don't think the government is bloated and full of waste. I humbly disagree. We have the most corrupt and inefficient government corruption can buy. People don't like change but sometimes it is for the good, unless of course it is a republican who does it.
Why is there no accountability associated with massive give-a-ways. Now your response to tax cuts to the wealthy is valid but it does not give additional income breaks just deductions. I understand your reaction to tax cuts for the rich and I also understand that congress makes tax policy and they refuse to do anything about it. Why is that, hint, they are part of the wealthy class and it would affect them. Anything that affects the efforts of congress people to increase their wealth goes nowhere.
We The People should be We The Peasants because we do have a ruling class
which I are not part of. I can't speak to your status on the ruling class.
Michael Tomasky: "This isn’t about Obamacare subsidies. I mean, sure: They are part of the discussion. But there is something much more vital at stake here. This shutdown is happening because the aforementioned party of dictatorship wants it to happen so it can destroy the federal government and vastly reduce the number of things it does for people. It’s happening because Donald Trump’s Republican Party is depraved."
DeleteIn a Washington Post news story over the weekend: “If Congress fails to fund the government next week, the White House is preparing for a shutdown that would reflect the purest version of President Donald Trump’s vision for the federal government, guided by White House budget director Russell Vought, an architect of the controversial Project 2025 playbook for Trump’s second term.”
What that means, as the Post article and other news stories have sketched out, is massive layoffs in many departments and agencies, with the hope of making as many as possible permanent. The Trump White House wants to cut the State Department by 84 percent, the Department of Housing and Urban Development by 43 percent, and the Labor Department by 35 percent. If the government shuts down Tuesday night, it wants to furlough as many people as it can get away with.
Except, of course, in two areas: immigration enforcement and defense. There, it’s party time. Immigration enforcement funding, as you may recall, grew by bajillions in the big, ugly bill, with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (whose usual budget is around $9 billion) a whopping $75 billion more—$30 billion to round people up and $45 billion to keep them in camps. As for defense spending, the Pentagon had requested $848 billion for Fiscal Year 2026. The bill sends the Pentagon more than $1 trillion." --Michael Tomasky
For skud: In Trumplandia, a bloated government is fine so long as the bloat is in areas the convicted felon and his lackeys approve of.
Whatever good the old republican party might have accomplished and all the good the Biden administration most certainly accomplished has been all but washed away by the new American Fascist Party of tRump and Fiends.
ReplyDeleteAmerica has become Amerika, so, plan for the very many darker days that stand in front if us.
Ms. Shaw, What is the function of the federal government. Hint, protect the US citizens and deliver the mail. We know they don't do a good job delivering the mail and now they have another opportunity show their strength in running grocery stores in NYC. Creating restrictions for citizens lives should be up to the state's.
ReplyDeleteAs to Les's response that biden did a great job, he is the reason we need the money to deport all those fine illegals he let in and the wars started because they knew he was asleep at the wheel.
Skud has shown us he agrees with Charlie Kirk's racism and now shows us how MAGA he really is with Trump typical fascist scapegoating, "wars started because they knew he was asleep at the wheel".
DeleteSkud agrees with Trump that Putin's invasion of Ukraine is "Biden's war", even though Putin sends a big FU to the Draft-dodging CRIMINAL president.
Skud will IGNORE this:
"US deportations under Biden surpass Trump's record"
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c36e41dx425o
US immigration authorities last year deported the largest number of undocumented immigrants in nearly a decade, surpassing the record of Donald Trump's first term in office.
More than 271,000 immigrants were deported from the US over the last fiscal year, according to a report released by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency on Thursday.
I proudly support DEI, Dreamers, Liberty, Equality, and Respect for ALL (except tRump and his fascist regime who deserve none), and observing reality as it is, not as those in power attempt to condition people to believe by constantly lying to them as the tRump regime and his New American Fascist Party do.
ReplyDeleteFor cons I guess ignorance truly IS bliss. Given what skud, Joe con, -FJ, Thersites, Rattrapper, et all worldview consists of. A rascist and misogynistic path back to our less enlightened and more unethical past