Thanks, but I can’t claim credit for that; I think I got it from Tennessee Brando or some such similar content creator.
I’m surprised that the opposition to this crazy ass regime has not already tried; it seems so intuitive to me.
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Oh, yeah. Nobody does user/case testing these days. Just release it and let the users find the bugs for you.
“Who are the users, again?”
(not /s)
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They’re dealing with Librarians; they have no idea what they’re up against.
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I was going out to lunch with a colleague who worked at a government-funded but otherwise private entity. I don’t remember where it was, but it was somewhere inexpensive like a Panera or Subway or something.
I tried to buy their lunch just to be nice and they refused to accept because they didn’t want that to be considered influence or bribery thus jeopardizing their funding. That really stuck with me.
Meanwhile Trump gets a fucking plane and Republicans are all like lol you go girl.
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Anything I am given over $20 in value is taxed and anything over $5 in value has to be reported. I don’t think I could even accept anything over $50, which is what a meal is often at a convention or whatever.
It’s always annoyed me that while these rules are extremely hard and fast for lower ranked people, the higher ups flaunt them, at best.
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Just like the whole Signalgate thing. Anybody else would be shipped off to the brig and dishonorably discharged if not worse. Hegseth and his cronies on the other hand are rewarded for their courage and transparency.
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Well, I don’t want them crashing. That area is way too pretty and too easily catches on fire. 
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This middle east trip is pure unadulterated lunacy. Someone from CPB should ask him if he has anything to declare when he lands back in the US.
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I stand partially corrected.
It was Pissed Off Bartender, but his take was ‘Pumpkin Spice Palpatine,’ so I guess I can take half credit:
“Coppertone Coward” is also pretty great.
‘Yee Haw, FTL’ indeed…
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Pusillanimous Pus Bucket
(Especially when bone spurs come up.)
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According to the filing, Nate Cavanaugh, a DOGE staffer with the General Services Administration, sent an email addressed to the two board members not targeted by Trump asking for a meeting just before the initial court hearing in the CPB case.
“I would like to learn more about the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and discuss getting a DOGE team assigned to the organization,” Cavanaugh wrote in an email dated April 29.
An April 30 response from CPB’s executive vice president and general counsel Evan Slavitt reiterated the organization’s stance that federal law states that CPB “will not be an agency or establishment of the United States Government.”
“Accordingly, neither DOGE, the GSA, nor any other component of the executive branch has any role supervising or having any activity relating to CPB,” Slavitt wrote.
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I read someone who suggested he’s basically using a definition that came out of a Supreme Court case that dealt with a very specific type of corruption, and that this made about as much sense as using the definition of “mail fraud” for “fraud.” I.e. “No one mailed anything, so it isn’t fraud!”
Yeah, I really can’t imagine how Trump’s corruption problem could possibly be described as slumbering in any way. It’s been awake and lively for the last 8+ years, never even taking a small nap…
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“I convince my followers the problem is now magically solved”
This is easier for Trump because the “problem” was usually made up by him in the first place. Paul Krugman just had a post about the various unrealities that Trump comes up with, that become the basis for his policies, and his followers just go along with it. E.g. that under Biden there was a violent crime wave, when it was at nearly 65 year low (and also that there was an immigrant crime wave, when immigrants commit far fewer crimes than native born Americans), that there was an energy crisis, when the US was producing more energy than it was using…
So that means when he fails to achieve his promises (the impossibility of increasing oil drilling while also decreasing prices), and in fact ends up doing the opposite of his stated goals, it doesn’t matter to his supporters because none of it was real anyways.
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Reich thinks what may finally be too much for most USians is Tramp’s insatiable greed.
Polls show all these are tanking Trump’s popularity.
But one thing almost all Americans are firmly against — even many loyal Trumpers — is bribery. And Trump is taking bigger and bigger bribes.
On Sunday it was reported that he’s accepting a luxury Boeing 747-8 plane worth at least $400 million from the Qatari royal family, for use during his presidency and for his personal use afterward.
Trump just can’t resist. He’s been salivating over the plane for months. It’s bigger and newer than Air Force One — and so opulently configured that it’s known as “a flying palace.” (No report on whether it contains a golden toilet.)
Apparently he’s been talking about the plane for months. In February, he toured it while it was parked at Palm Beach International Airport.
He’s tried to redecorate the White House into a palace but that’s not nearly as satisfying as flying around the world in one, especially once he’s left the White House (assuming he will).
Attorney General Pam Bondi said it’s perfectly legal for him to accept such a bribe, er, gift.
Hello?
The U.S. Constitution clearly forbids officers of the United States from taking gifts from foreign governments. It’s called the “emoluments clause.” (See Article I, Section 9.)
Anyone viewing Bondi as a neutral judge of what’s legal and what’s not when it comes to Trump can’t be trusted to be a neutral judge of Bondi. Recall that she represented Trump in a criminal proceeding. Presumably he appointed her attorney general because he knew she’d do and say anything he wanted.
Oh, and she used to lobby for Qatar.
So, what does Qatar get in return for the $400 million plane? What’s the quid for the quo?
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This week Trump takes the first overseas trip of his second presidency. He’ll land in Saudi Arabia today, followed by a visit to Qatar, and then to the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E).
That’s a big boost for Qatar right there.
Trump also just did what Qatar has been wanting done for years — announcing that the Persian Gulf (as it’s been known since at least 550 B.C.) will henceforth be known as the Arabian Gulf.
Trump’s company has just announced a new golf resort in Qatar, reportedly partnering with a company owned by the royal family.
Qatar is also pushing the Trump regime to lift sanctions on Syria.
The payback could be any number of things. The only certainty is that you and I and other Americans won’t necessarily benefit.
This week’s trip to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the U.A.E. is as much a personal business trip for Trump and his family businesses as a diplomatic trip.
Eric Trump, who officially runs the family business, has just announced plans for a Trump-branded hotel and tower in Dubai, part of the U.A.E.
The Trump family’s developments in the Middle East depend on a Saudi-based real estate company with close ties to the Saudi government. Saudi Arabia has a long list of pressing matters before the United States, including requests to buy F-35 fighter jets and gain access to nuclear power technology.
Trump’s family crypto firm, World Liberty Financial, announced that its so-called “stablecoin” — with Trump’s likeness all over it — will be used by the U.A.E. to make a $2 billion business deal with Binance, the largest crypto exchange in the world. The deal will generate hundreds of millions of dollars more for the Trump family.
I had assumed that Trump’s undoing would be his unquenchable thirst for power. It may yet be, but I’m beginning to think his insatiable greed will do him in. America’s Grifter-in-Chief knows no bounds.
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The example I used to give, which is so very sadly now dated, was the classified documents case.
Trump took them, refused to give them back, flaunted he had them to random people in his club and stored them in the toilet. After years of politely asking, he was fairly politely raided (with minions literally trying to hide/destroy stuff while FBI slowly walked around), charged, case was eventually dismissed and he was free the entire time, threatening the judge and everyone else. These documents ranged from merely classified to top secret to special access and sensitive compartmented information, which is so secret you’re supposed to only keep it in special bug-proof areas.
A kid leaks some classified information on Discord to impress his friends. A week after, the FBI raided his home, he was dragged out (on video) and arrested by dozens of armed agents. Two helicopters were also there, one of which provided all the video we’ve seen. He was locked up, without bail, for 11 months, before pleading guilty and being sentenced on 6 counts and received 16 years in jail. Additionally, 15 other people around him were also arrested, fired, and charged. This material was classified and certainly dangerous to hand out, but it was orders of magnitude less than what Trump had.
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Did any of those articles above account for the tariffs? I’d love to see that receipt!
I’m thinking someone should encourage him to dress up for his birthday parade. After all, other authoritarian “strong men” wear uniforms, right? All he needs is to believe it would be a real crowd-pleaser, since he loves attention…
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Waving toys in front of a toddler. What are the odds that Trumpy gushes about why we dont have mobile McDonald’s? Maybe Saudi Arabia will gift him one to put on the White House grounds next to his ear-shot-off statue and used car dealership flagpole.
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