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Trump administration 2024-2028

Oldgateboatdriver said:
Some of those articles are also dangerous for many people down the chain. Kidnapping and extra-judicial killings (whether murder or war crime) do not excuse anyone down the chain of command that ordered and then executed it just because the original high-up who first ordered it is found guilty. If it sticks to Hegseth, then the JAG and criminal investigation services of the military would see it as cases to be investigated and prosecuted through the chain of command.
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Good
 
ytz said:
Massie is also one of the few that is actually a strictly constitutional Republican that actually believes in it and has principles. And the balls to call out Trunpian populists.

I enjoyed his Press Conference right after the filing:
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There isn't exactly a shortage of constitutionalists in the Republican party, and plenty in the Republican caucus, but most of them take setbacks gracefully. That's part of what people miss about the old comity-and-decorum Republicans. Massie starts acting like a mini-Trump, and that's good?

I have maintained for years that the deterioration of behaviour among conservatives was an inevitable reaction to decades of Charlie Brown football politics and generally obnoxious behaviour from progressives, progressives having moved on from mere incivility to assassination porn and whatnot for several years now. Most people on this site thought it was objectionable - two wrongs not making a right, etc. I guess that fence is toppling and its OK to cheer that kind of stuff on; the measure of deplorability is its political valence. I've maintained, also for years, that a faction can't be permitted to reap political advantage indefinitely from bad behaviour; game theorists call the strategy tit-for-tat. Good to see more people leaning toward recognizing this.
 
HavokFour said:
How many times has he claimed victory now?

Add another.

www.aljazeera.com

After meeting with Qatar PM, Trump declares Iran war ‘effectively over’

Iranian officials dismissed Trump's latest remarks as 'fake news' after the US president suggested keeping 'status quo'.
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That’s why there still are 2 carrier groups there and 2 more nearby. Looks as if preparing for an escalation, no doubt Pete wants to take the attention off of impending impeachment hearings.
 
Regarding why the Epstein Files weren't released during the Biden administration.


The Epstein case was still an OPEN criminal investigation during the Biden administration. They had an open grand jury ... And even after Maxwell's conviction, the case was on appeal -- anyone in law enforcement knows you don't open your case file when it's still under appeal. There were still victims going to the FBI with new information. That changed when Trump's DOJ reviewed the files and closed the case in July.
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mariomike said:
Regarding why the Epstein Files weren't released during the Biden administration.
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Legal requirements for release don't preclude leaks. (That's why they're called "leaks".) Again, the Trump Rule: anything that can damage Trump will be leaked, particularly when Democrats hold the information. Nothing leaked, so high probability nothing substantially incriminating exists.
 
Retired AF Guy said:
So Hegseth gets a reprieve. Eleven Democrats didn't show up to vote and Republicans stuck together.

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Only name of the 11 that doesn't surprise is Haley Stevens, her political career is already over.

Wouldn't have made much of a difference, current Senate makeup would have stopped it cold. January will be when we start seeing any potential action.
 
HavokFour said:
Only name of the 11 that doesn't surprise is Haley Stevens, her political career is already over.

Wouldn't have made much of a difference, current Senate makeup would have stopped it cold. January will be when we start seeing any potential action.
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Meh. Hegseth’s a clown, but Congress is a circus. Doubt it would matter much at this juncture. Massie’s on his way out and chucking shit. Not that I disagree with him, but this is a political exercise, and politicians gonna politick.
 
Foot soldier... brilliant

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New statue titled The Foot Soldier was installed on the National Mall just two days before Veterans Day

A new statue mocking Donald Trump was installed on Washington’s National Mall on Monday, this time poking fun at bone spurs that the US president was diagnosed with, which allowed him to defer the Vietnam war draft.

Just two days before Veterans Day, the gilded statue – titled The Foot Soldier – appeared near the National Gallery of Art’s Sculpture Garden. Created by the Secret Handshake, a group of anonymous artists, the statue depicts Trump sitting down while rubbing his bare foot.

“We honor the service and sacrifice of our commander in chief, Donald J Trump. He’s a soldier in spirit who marched to the front lines of dodging the draft, armed with a perfect diagnosis of bone spurs,” a plaque on the statue reads.

The art piece refers to allegations that Trump dodged the Vietnam war draft in 1968 by receiving a diagnosis of bone spurs in his heels after he graduated from college.

“We salute a leader who knows you can’t spell sacrifice without ‘I,’ and a warrior who reminds us that sometimes when you’re called to stand up, it’s best to just sit down and rest your feet,” the plaque read.

“Toey”, a 6ft-tall mascot of a toe suffering from bone spurs, stood next to the art installation serving as an interactive element, the Secret Handshake said in a statement.

“Draft dodger? I hardly know her,” a person dressed as Toey told the Washington Post. “I’m the biggest toe. The hugest toe. Huge. Hugest toe. Largest toe that anyone’s ever seen.”

Trump has faced draft-dodging allegations since his first term. In 2018, the New York Times published an article accusing a foot doctor in Queens of doing “a favor” for Trump’s father by diagnosing Trump with bone spurs. In 2019, Michael Cohen, a former lawyer for Trump, told Congress that the president deliberately avoided the draft.

David Ingle, a spokesperson for the White House, said in a statement: “Trump Derangement Syndrome is a sick and incurable disease that has rotted the brains of these Democrat activists. President Trump will never waver in fighting for and protecting the American people.”

The Secret Handshake has also erected statues making fun of Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and Trump’s remodeling of the Lincoln bathroom during a government shutdown.

Last year, the anonymous group of artists created Best Friends Forever, a statue that showed Trump holding hands with Epstein. In March, the Secret Handshake installed a statue called King of the World, which depicted Trump holding Epstein in a Titanic-inspired pose.

The Foot Soldier and Toey will be at the National Mall through Veterans Day, the Secret Handshake said.
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www.theguardian.com

US authorities remove Trump-Epstein statue from National Mall

Interior department says National Park Service removed statue of pair holding hands because of incorrect permit
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