"Paleontologists have discovered an ankylosaur that is epic even by the high standards set by this family of giant walking tanks. Partial remains of Spicomellus—the oldest known ankylosaur, dating back 165 million years—reveal that the dinosaur had much more elaborate body armor than later generations, including a collar of bony spikes up to three feet long, and fused tail vertebrae indicating an early tail weapon. "
davidd hope you're getting rich timing the market!
So the media bends the knee, cancelling a comedy show that was critical of the President, paying tribute to the President by way of settlement hoping they can merge and grow. Congress voluntarily gives up their only power to the executive branch? "You want to rescind law and funding? Yes sir!" and the Supreme court tells a Democrat President, "no you don't have the authority to offer loan relief" but tells a Republican President, "yes you have the authority to dismantle lawfully enacted Departments if you pretend you're not, you're just firing everybody. But we won't say why, it's our special secret docket." The executive branch is unchecked by the three (incl. press) other branches now.
There's not even negative news about him anymore. Whatever.
What gets my goat right now is that Trump can have some good ideas. We should cut waste, we should secure the border, we should address unfair trade practices. But man, he's just busting things up with a sledgehammer, when all these other appropriate tools are right there. Take a beat, listen to experts.
He's scrambling eggs that we can't unscramble. Not in our lifetimes. And he doesn't even have to. He could still enrich himself without doing so much needless damage. Then he's just going to die and leave his mess with us.
I'm still waiting on davidd to reply with some things we have to look forward to over the next four years. Without any such guidance it looks like:
Admit Canada as a new state to the United States.
Purchase Greenland from Denmark.
Re-acquire the Panama Canal.
Create tariffs against Canada, Mexico, China and the EU. These other countries will pay the tariffs this time, and will make the US richer and prices will come down.
Massive deportation of undocumented immigrants and their families.
Double H1-B visas for a massive increase of immigrants because Americans are too lazy and uneducated to work.
Advance towards our common goal of colonizing Mars.
This is esp. for davidd. It's quite possible the UnitedHealthcare CEO murderer wasn't Republican. This may be your best opportunity to write another screed about murderous Liberals, and to be correct about it this time.
It's also possible that contempt for the wealthy who make their money on the backs of the suffering and dying crosses party affiliation. That would be interesting.
As everyone is aware, thousands of people are pouring through Mexico and Canada, bringing Crime and Drugs at levels never seen before. Right now a Caravan coming from Mexico, composed of thousands of people, seems to be unstoppable in its quest to come through our currently Open Border. On January 20th, as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products coming into the United States, and its ridiculous Open Borders. This Tariff will remain in effect until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country! Both Mexico and Canada have the absolute right and power to easily solve this long simmering problem. We hereby demand that they use this power, and until such time that they do, it is time for them to pay a very big price!
Some Libs think this claim and this plan are fundamentally flawed in multiple ways. davidd , do you have any thoughts on this plan? Is that how Tariffs work? You charge other countries, and they can then easily solve immigration problems?
In letters to Kamala Harris, voting-security experts Duncan Buell and Stephen Spoonamore point to signs the 2024 election was "willfully compromised". Trump should reject Harris's concession, call for both a full investigation of criminal activity and demand hand recounts in all seven swing states.
That is, unless he's planning on indefinitely suspending the 2028 federal election.
"As Mike Masnick points out, the hypocrisy from Elon Musk about collusion between tech and government is staggering ... There never was an anti-conservative bias on social media - but now there's active collusion between the owner of X and the Trump administration, to the extent that he's actually got a formal role in it. X is a clear threat to democratic values"
Maybe there never was before, and never will again be such a moment for fresh changes in the American Government. The Republican party has just won control of the Executive, Legislative, Judicial branches and of the press. (There is no meaningful non-Conservative Fourth Estate. There is nothing but X, Joe Rogan, Fox and Breitbart. While theoretically there is "freedom of speech", in practice, a successful press can only endorse Trump. The strongest dissent is "Umm, we won't endorse anybody, because nobody trusts us anyway, so don't think too hard about it, please don't shut us down President Trump.")
There's going to be a peaceful transfer of power, and there will be no checks or balances or guardrails to slow things down. The president already has immunity for his actions in office, and he can grant himself and his associates further immunity, as desired. There are no standards of decency or practice to get in the way, and there will be no consequences for any actions.
davidd , what do you want to see happen? What will make America great again?
I'll start with some of my fears, so you can respond, but you're invited to reply with the good things that'll happen now with an entirely united country.
The Supreme Court will be further filled with young lying amateur Trump loyalists, not Judges with years of experience and a consistent and just record.
davidd , from this 404Media.co post. (If you have an account with them, use this link instead.)