Streamer,

Assuming your source is correct, then thank you for pointing out that Trump isn't the leader in EOs. However, that doesn't mean that Trump isn't acting like a dictator. He's consolidated executive power by rendering the GOP Congress into spineless jellyfish - those Republicans who disagree with him won't stand up to him. Trump, through his useful idiot Noem, is turning ICE and HS into a Gestapo police force. By not bothering with warrants - which the law requires - the number of citizens arrested continues to climb. Trump wants to use the military - in violation of federal law - to police cities. It's speculation on my part at this point, but I think he wants to use military policing to control elections in 2026 and 2028. We'll see.

I agree that Congress truly screwed up with SS back in the late 70s when they borrowed from it to supplement the General Fund to reduce national debt increases via promisory notes. It was mismanagement then and remains so, but it's what we're stuck with as a nation. I wouldn't mind a constructive fix. I think it should be put in its own separate fund - or "lock box" - as Bill Clinton referred to it. And there it should be managed by a separate entity like the federal Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) is, where Congress can't touch it. The TSP was created during the Reagan years, and it's been working out very well for federal and military employees.

Federal courts continue ruling against Trump, but Trump just keeps on breaking the law because he doesn't want a "nation of laws," which has defined the US, he wants a nation that kow tows to Trump as the only law. Trump has the DOJ so screwed up it will take years to fix, and then only with successive Democratic administrations - which is dependent on ever having free and fair elections again, which again remains speculative.

Another day, another criminal pardon by Trump, this time his crypto buddy who accepted the Trump family's World Liberty Financial crypto. And did you see the list of donors to Trump's new East Wing ballroom? Corksoakers all.

And what about the Trump/Hegsgeth gambit of blowing up boats they claim are transporting narcotics to the US? With zero evidence revealed. What's the probability that this is all a lie? A lot closer to 100% than 0% unless some clear, cogent, and convincing evidence is revealed.

Congratulations on voting democracy out and autocracy in. I can only hope it bites all Trump voters where it hurts - like the American soybean farmers and cattlemen who voted Trump. The banquet of face eating leopards continues to grow!

I agree with some of what you say regarding some actions taken by the administration such as the questionable lighting up the alleged drug boats instead of interception and seizure. This administration is sending a clear message that drug running is going to dealt with using lethal force. Also used to tweak Maduro's nose. It seems very disingenuous given America's extreme thirst for illicit drugs.

You say:

"those Republicans who disagree with him won't stand up to him. Trump, through his useful idiot Noem, is turning ICE and HS into a Gestapo police force. By not bothering with warrants - which the law requires"

A misnomer that the left (Media, ha) has used as a talking point is that search warrants are required when ICE agents are detaining people based on "Reasonable Suspicion" . Even Washington state law allows for reasonable suspicion detention as long as it is based on the facts and circumstances that would lead an officer to believe a crime as been or will be committed. Remember also that Federal officers follow federal law, not state laws and their restrictions. Blue state laws are usually more restrictive on limiting what police officers are allowed to do. Federal agents have obtained search warrants to raid businesses, etc.

I would love federal troops in crime ridden cities but I fail to see how they can help given the restrictions on their use. It's a waste of time and money. Now if martial law was declared in the high murder rate areas, maybe a round up/crack down would work for a minute. I wouldn't get too paranoid about their use to intimidate the voting process. We have little in person voting here anyway

I also disagree with the narrative that illegals are harmless immigrants that do no harm. When they take resources without an equal return, and have little regard for laws and rules, I have a problem with it. We really need their labor but we have failed to exercise any meaningful control of it. I do believe a more secure border is a good start to get things under control.

While I am at it on this stormy day, lets look at the homeless debacle in this state. It is good to see some progress in how cities are dealing with it. But we really need laws to be able to take control of the some of the feral people that won't accept help. It would be for their own good and the well being of the rest of society that tries to maintain a quality of life. Build more facilities to keep them involuntarily if that is required after they are triaged.

Salmo,


My multiple sources provided the same response and spending 30 seconds researching it would give you the same response. You incorrectly stated in another thread Trump had the most executive orders and insinuated it was a reason for your belief in him being a dictator. You were clearly wrong about that fact and also wrong in assuming he is a dictator.

Partisan politics at play. It is common for each major party to align itself as closely as possible with one another within the party to try and maintain consistency across each party. There will always be some disagreements, but more commonly cohesion, and it definitely isn’t a function of Trump’s actions or his “dictatorness.”

ICE isn’t out there arresting citizens bruh. The only citizens being arrested are for obstruction because your party is fully of blue-haired, rainbow, crazies that interfere with the arrest and deportation of illegal immigrants. Trump has the authority through the Insurrection Act to do this, and use the national guard in cities as it relates to being a national security threat. It’s 100% in response to failed Democrat Policies and their planned and deliberate intent to allow for illegal immigration.

The DOJ was screwed up long before Trump took office, corrupted with people that have strong alliances to the deep state, primarily with the Democratic Party. How did Trump screw up the DOJ when he was the one targeted for phony investigations and indictments during an election time? Classified documents case, election interference, Russia Collusion, etc. How do you explain all these bogus BS attacks on Trump when Biden and Dems were more culpable on similar matters with no investigations, if he supposedly had them in his back pocket?

Something needs to be done to secure our elections. Why are voters in certain states not required to show ID to vote and coincidentally those states also take in large numbers of illegals? It isn’t democracy when American’s wishes are diluted by Democrats allowing illegals into the country as a bribe for their subsequent fraudulent votes. That’s more consistent with autocracy than anything Trump has done and you must have a few screws loose if you are unable to see it. Voter passports? No!!! Vaccine Passports? YES!!! People don’t forget.


Streamer

It's beyond funny that the Pedophile-in-chief, who campaigned on releasing the Epstein files is scrambling at breakneck speed to prevent the release of those files. Quite the move to bring ding-bat Congresswoman Bobert into the Situation Room to persuade her to unsign the Discharge Petition. The irrelevance being that the Situation Room - that allows no recording devices - is where issues of vital national security are discussed.

Can't imagine why Trump is trying to hide it. Everyone, save a few MAGA-tards, already knows full well that the president is a rapist and pedophile. No one is shocked or amazed by the information coming out in these files. Unless they've been living under a rock.

Trump has steadfastly and falsely maintained that foreign countries pay for tariffs. But today he signed an executive order ending tariffs on beef, coffee, bananas, cocoa, and other commodities from certain countries to lower prices after voters said they are concerned about the economy. Representative Richard Neal (D-MA), the highest-ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, said the administration was “putting out a fire that they started and claiming it as progress.”

And yesterday Trump called for the execution of members of Congress who advised members of the military that they should and must refuse illegal orders. These Congress members were exercising their 1st Amendment right of free speech. Only a wannabe dictator like Trump would call for executing members of government who disagree with him.

Not only is it within the first amendment to say that but they were simply stating the law. You get executed for simply stating the law?

Congratulations to the Trump and MAGA supporters for electing the Liar in Chief, Dictator in Chief, Pedophile in Chief, and Murderer in Chief.

Release the Epstein files! If 1,000 FBI agents have to be assigned to reviewing and redacting sensitive information, it can only mean that Trump is the most often referenced name in those thousands of pages. Release the files already!

Last week Trump said he had no problem releasing the video of the second missile strike on Sept. 2 on the suspected drug trafficking boat. When asked by a reporter this week why the administration hadn't released the video, Trump claimed he didn't say that. For sh!t's sake, Trump has to know he is on videotape saying exactly that. So now the lying sack o' sh!t is backpedaling on an obvious war crime.

Comes now the Trump administration threatening sanctions on the International Criminal Court because they've heard rumblings that in 2029 the president, VP, and Defense Secretary, and other administration officials may be prosecuted for murder and war crimes. Hah, hah! What is it they say; if you can't do the time, don't do the crime. Did these administration imbeciles really think there wouldn't be blow back for committing murder on the high seas?

Just because Trump designated alleged drug traffickers as "narco terrorists" doesn't make them so. Prior to Jan. 20, 2025 when the U.S. became the nation of Trumpian whims, the U.S. proudly was a nation of laws. Sane people think the nation should still be. The 87 murder victims of the Trump administration may or may not have been trafficking drugs. If they were transporting drugs, that makes them criminals, not terrorists. Since the Trumpians have provided exactly zero evidence that the boats they attacked were carrying drugs, sane people won't assume they were even criminals. Sure, they might have been, but how could we know, when all we have to go on are the allegations of the most lying administration in U.S. history?

But wait! That's not enough! Now Trump has seized an oil tanker that left a Venezuelan port. Under what authority? There is none! The new Pirates of the Caribbean is the U.S. Navy. That's enough to make Navy veterans vomit.

Hi Salmo.

Yes, hello Salmo!

I find it funny that Salmo continues to make crazy assertions without any basis. Pedophile in chief? Do you you have any evidence he is a pedophile? Trump clearly loves adult women and isn’t a kiddie sniffer like the guy you voted for… the real pedophile.

Bro… you seriously need to take a break from the boomer box and have your internet privileges confiscated. You’re harming himself with BS media consumption. You can be taken more seriously when you address my points in my previous post instead of choosing to ignore them.


Streamer

What crazy assertions? If Trump isn't a pedophile, then why is he protecting the Epstein files and not releasing them? As FBI Director Kash Patel said last year, the files aren't being released because of who is in them. There are photos of Trump with young girls on his lap, but it's true, there is no evidence released that he actually raped 14 year olds. But would you put it past him?

And are you ready to deny that Trump ordered murders? Which is what the missile strikes in the Caribbean are if not also war crimes.

Supporting Trump is supporting fascism, full stop; there is no other way to interpret that support.

How do you like Trump's new National Security Strategy (NSS)? Not a single unkind word about Russia or Putin. In fact Putin says this NSS is very much aligned with his (Russia's) interests. Trump wants to undermine the United Nations and NATO. Small minded people might think that's just putting America first. Whereas people with more than half a brain know that an America without allies is a weaker America. Congratulations China! Trump's gonna' help you win!

Lol. Salmo definitely was asleep the past 4 years. As if we didn't get 4 years of president weekend at Bernie biden acting creepy and sniffing children on live tv. Salmo loves diddy partys and supports narcoterrorism and the freeflow of drug distribution around the globe. Heard it on cnn last night. Must be true.

Also goes by Mr. Rosie O’Donnell...

Spoon, if you think Biden is more of a sexual predator than Trump is, then you must limit your information intake to FOX news.

You're making sh!t up saying I support narcoterrorism. The purpose of terrorism is to instill or create fear in a targeted group or population. For instance, the 9/11 attackers committed terrorism by using commercial airliners as bombs, killing a few thousand an creating enough fear in most of the American population to totally change flying with a new agency, TSA.

Drug cartels are just trying to make money, and trafficking illegal drugs is highly profitable. I postulate that Trump is the narcoterrorist by bombing what he alleges are drug carrying boats in hopes that they stop doing it because they fear getting killed. Although illegal, that's not a bad plan if in fact those boats really are carrying drugs. Remember, Trump inc. has refused to produce a single shred of evidence that the boats really are carrying drugs. And if they are carrying drugs, that makes the perps criminals, not narcoterrorists. So it's still illegal to blow the boats out of the water, even if it looks like a cool video game to you. If those boats are carrying drugs, let the USCG interdict them the regular way, like they did last week. Then prosecute and imprison them, so your lord and savoir Trump can pardon them a few weeks or months later, since pardoning criminals is what he does.

Lol. Making stuff up. That is what you do here on the regular Sammy. We actually got to see biden act creepy on TV, on every news station. And how many Americans have died from fentanyl, bad coke/meth, that came from overseas? Id imagine a hell of alot more than 9/11. Right? Then you get designated as a narcoterrorist group and get blown sky high. And you think the us wants to waste taxpayer dollars on imprisoning narcoterrorists, just to pardon them, by trump? That makes a lot of sense Sammy o'Donnel. Reread your last paragraph, you sound either supportive or confused. I cant tell.

Im pretty sure the us knows whats on those boats already. There's only 2 groups of people that operate in international waters on vessels like those. Cartels and pirates. Both should be met with the strongest force this world has ever seen. Im a critic of trump too salmo, but im proud to have a president that is fighting the war on drugs. We've lost too many brothers and sisters from it.