posted February 11, 2025 02:09 AM            

quote:

---

Originally posted by Randall:
JD Vance is correct. He is stating that the courts have no authority to question a President when he is acting under his legitimate power as president. The President IS the Executive branch--a co-equal branch of government.

---

You know exactly what they’re doing, and it isn’t good.

posted February 11, 2025 02:11 AM            

quote:

---

Originally posted by PlutoWasHere:
We’re getting to the point. All fingers are pointing in this direction. I agree we’re not fully in the territory yet, but they are on the threshold of crossing the line.

---

posted February 11, 2025 02:34 PM            

quote:

---

Originally posted by Randall:
At what point? At the point of discovering and eliminating all the fraud and waste in this bloated government?

---

posted February 12, 2025 01:50 AM            

quote:

---

Originally posted by Randall:
What barriers? Why are you so against getting rid of government waste? If this huge deficit isn't reduced, our country cannot survive. We are spending more interest on the national debt than we are spending on national defense. That cannot be sustained. Which corporations?

The truth is that Dems are just upset that their gravy train is coming to an end.

---

posted February 15, 2025 07:51 AM            

quote:

---

Originally posted by PlutoWasHere:
We’re getting to the point. All fingers are pointing in this direction. I agree we’re not fully in the territory yet, but they are on the threshold of crossing the line.

---

posted February 15, 2025 07:53 AM            

quote:

---

Originally posted by BlueRoamer:
Musk is a drug addict and was clearly intoxicated during the inauguration.

His movements were a very clear Sieg Heil.

Musk has Trump under his full control at this point.

Anyone whos capable of denying that motion was a Sieg Heil is themselves displaying Nazi behavior.

The US is now controlled by an unapologetic Nazi, bravo American electorate.

---

posted February 16, 2025 05:04 AM            

Trump is already justifying breaking the law by quoting a famous dictator. And again there are clear links with extreme right fascist ideology.

http://www.tbsnews.net/world/trump-if-it-saves-country-its-not-illegal-1069456?amp

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_who_saves_his_country,_violates_no_law

posted February 16, 2025 09:05 AM            

quote:

---

Originally posted by Randall:
What laws has he broken? How many judges have issue with anything he has done? One has already reversed position (on the legality of the federal payout). Why are Dems so adamant against stopping waste, fraud, and abuse? What are they hiding?

---

They aren’t against those things. Republicans are!!

posted February 16, 2025 09:06 AM            

quote:

---

Originally posted by PlutoWasHere:
“He who saves his country, violates no law.”
This is a quote from Napoleon Bonaparte, the French general that became a dictator and crowned himself as emperor in 1804. It is often used by far right movements to excuse unethical actions. The Norwegian terrorist Anders Breivik, used this quote as justification for his mass shooting in 2011.

Trump is already justifying breaking the law by quoting a famous dictator. And again there are clear links with extreme right fascist ideology.

http://www.tbsnews.net/world/trump-if-it-saves-country-its-not-illegal-1069456?amp

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_who_saves_his_country,_violates_no_law

---

posted February 16, 2025 10:44 AM            

quote:

---

I am absolutely heartbroken and completely devastated to have lost my dream job of an Education Park Ranger with the National Park Service this Valentine’s Day.

Access to my government email was denied mid-afternoon and my position was ripped out from out under my feet after my shift was over at 3:45pm on a cold snowy Friday. Additionally, before I could fully print off my government records , I was also locked out of my electronic personal file that contained my secure professional records.

Please know and share this truth widely:

I am a father, a loving husband, and dedicated civil servant.

I am an oath of office to defend and protect the constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic.

I am a work evaluation that reads “exceeds expectations."

I am the "fat on the bone."

I am being trimmed as a consequence of the popular vote

I am a United States flag raiser and folder

I am my son's "Junior Ranger" idol

I am of the place where I first told my spouse I loved her

I am a college kid’s dream job

I am the smiling face that greets you at the front door

I am your family vacation planner

I am a voice for 19 American Indian cultures

I am the protector of 2500 year old American Indian burial and ceremonial mounds

I am the defender of your public lands and waters

I am the motivation to make it up the hill

I am a generational cycle breaker

I am the toilet scrubber and soap dispenser

I am the open trail hiked by people from all walks of life

I am the highlight of your child’s school day

I am the band aid for a skinned knee

I am the lesson that showed your children that we live in a world of gifts- not commodities, that gratitude and reciprocity are the doorway to true abundance, not power, money, or fear.

I am the one who taught your kid the thrush’s song and the hawk’s cry.

I am the wildflower that brought your student joy

I am the one who told your child that they belong on this planet. That their unique gifts and existence matters.

I am an invocation for peace

I am gone from the office

I am the resistance

But mostly I'm just tired.

I am tired from weeks of being bullied and censored by billionaires

I am tired of waking up every morning at 2am wondering how I am going to provide for my family if I lose my job

I am tired of wiping away my wife’s tears and reassuring her that things will be ok for us and our growing little family that she's carrying.

Things are not ok. I am not ok. (This is the second time in under five years a dream job I worked has been eliminated. Now I may need to uproot my FAMILY again.)

Stay present, don't avert your gaze.
Until our paths cross down the trail,
Fare thee well.

Ranger Brian💚

---

posted February 16, 2025 11:21 AM            

quote:

---

Originally posted by Randall:
What laws has he broken? How many judges have issue with anything he has done? One has already reversed position (on the legality of the federal payout). Why are Dems so adamant against stopping waste, fraud, and abuse? What are they hiding?

---

He can do all of that within the law. He can investigate, audit and purge all the wasteful spending he wants, but he has to do it legally. He’s not above the law. The issue is not that he has broken the law (yet), but that he claims that he is above the law.

posted February 16, 2025 11:42 AM            

quote:

---

Originally posted by teasel:
They aren’t against those things. Republicans are!!

---

posted February 16, 2025 11:45 AM            

quote:

---

Originally posted by PlutoWasHere:
He can do all of that within the law. He can investigate, audit and purge all the wasteful spending he wants, but he has to do it legally. He’s not above the law. The issue is not that he has broken the law (yet), but that he claims that he is above the law.

I’m not a democrat, in my country we do not have the same political polarization as the U.S. And as a government employee myself, I believe accountability is one of the most important qualifications to work for the government. It is the people’s money, and all the checks and balances need to be in place. However, this is not the motivation for Trump and Musk. They have personally beef with several government organizations and a target amount of savings to reach so they can continue the tax cut for the wealthiest 10%. The conflict of interest is obvious. Everything combined, they’re not saving the money for the people, they’re stealing it to give to the rich.

---