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The gist of this unattributed quote is that Trump’s supporters don’t measure his success by what he does FOR them, but rather by what he does AGAINST the people they dislike. The age old “others” as the common enemy theme. Over the years, I’ve asked family members, friends, and others to list his policies that have benefitted them directly and how that benefit manifested. That has proved challenging, so I’m throwing the question out to a wider audience. I’m not looking to argue here, I’m only interested in whatever information his supporters may provide. Thanks in advance.

That stands to reason because he manages to score a ton of goals in the absolute INcorrect situation.

People need to read ‘Project 25’ and then they will know the agenda and the means to carry it out.

Yep, it’s the same old debate on allocation of tax revenues and I can respect that. But when it comes to the well being of my fellow citizens devastated by a disaster, there can be no quibbling, imo. Not every state can “up their game” enough to effectively mitigate certain disasters. YMMV, however.

Go Bandits!

Pegula was absolutely correct that the answers were in that room. They were just all wrong answers.

I have no problem if the federal government simply moves the funds to local authorities, which they already do as well. My concern is that when Trump says to get rid of it and let the states handle it (which they also already do with their own emergency response organizations), that he intends to cut off those critical federal funds. And I suspect he wants to cut off the funding given that he and others in his orbit have already put forth the idea of placing conditions on those funds as it is.

What I’m getting at here is that this policy would hurt a large swath of Trump’s constituents. Those states are poor and simply don’t have the tax base to mitigate big disasters over and above what they’re prepared to do currently nor would they be inclined to raise taxes high enough to fund their own disaster management organizations. And most states already have their own emergency management organizations, anyway. But there are times when a huge federal infusion of disaster aid is required. As for the rest of it, I disagree with your take on FEMA and how effective it’s been over the years. They’re mitigating disasters that nobody pays much attention to most of the time.

Not to mention that states typically harder hit by disasters are often those red states that already take in far more federal dollars than they contribute in taxes.

But not for Clinton or Obama. UNPHUCKINGBELIEVABLE.

By silencing critical health agencies and threatening to eliminate FEMA, this administration is a threat to the health and safety of the American people; a clear and present danger to the citizenry. And we are only five days in.

Problem is that there just doesn’t seem to be a SO bad for the powers that be. It’s like TP got so used to digging deep for shale to frack that he just can’t relate to how deep the bottom for his hockey team really is.

I’m curious, instead of brown, I wonder what color Trump will choose for his shirts.

They’re effectively cancelling science already. Just the way the fanatical, fundamentalist right wants it to be.

Well, I don’t have any immigrant children, so I’m good. (sarcasm off) The words of Martin Niemoller that I linked in the 14th Amendment thread are proving to be prophetic. This country’s leadership is bereft of humanity.

Sorry, I’m too busy trying to find a heart to look for a spine.

Another major embarrassment and he’s only two days in. These organizations are the preeminent organizations of their kind in the world and to muzzle them is to negatively impact the vital information shared by scientists across multiple disciplines worldwide. But Trump doesn’t want to be undone by another pandemic, so it’s best to just silence them. Silencing is key though. Just like 1930s Europe. He just might break that 53 day mark after all.

Says the one who has misread and ascribed ill intent to several of my previous posts in this forum, without ever asking for an explanation and yet, when one was given, still felt the need to miss the point and insist I was calling for violence. Try taking your own good advice.

That’s the goal of Vance and others in this administration. He and his billionaire oligarch friends are big supporters of Curtis Yarvin’s philosophy and it’s no accident that several elements of it can be found in the Project 2025 manifesto.

Why yes, yes it is.

Damn right he’s shifting the conversation. I’d like to know when, in the face of the left’s “questioning modern day application of the second Amendment” a left leaning president had the audacity to issue an executive order in violation of it.

The issue of children born in the US from both non-citizen parents was settled by the SCOTUS in 1898 in US vs. Wong Kim Ark. But given how the corrupt right wing members of the current SCOTUS enjoy stripping pre-established rights, it wouldn’t surprise me at all if they overturned that 1898 precedent as well. The White House will polish this turd seven ways to Sunday as evidenced above.

In that case, you can’t call a 7 point lead a “one score” margin, either. But I get what you’re saying and that’s why I like to refer to the number of possessions instead. For instance, an eight point lead is a one possession game, etc.

The words below by Martin Niemoller, German pastor, former German naval officer in WWI, former supporter of the Nazi regime, and former anti-Semite is pertinent in today’s climate. We can just insert the different groups we seek to marginalize today, from gays to immigrants or any “other” we can think of. First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me

Darn, no Gilligan’s Island to watch tonight instead so … Hogan’s Heroes it is! Which is entirely appropriate because this team should all be sent to the Russian front.