The Florida prosecution of Trump has been dismissed:
This was the most perilous of all 4 Trump cases.
There’s something that the Afghan withdrawal, the Secret Service actions last week and this prosecution share. They were done in a bumbling, incompetent way. Leaving aside Trump, this is bad for all of us because people in charge of government services seem utterly incapable.
We know what this looks like in a private company: you bring in a temporary management guy, whose job is to go in, find all the dead-weight employees, and fire them. Mass layoffs. Then, everybody hates that guy, you pay him handsomely, and he moves on to clean house at some other company. Then you hire a shiny new manager with no baggage from the layoffs, and a bunch of fresh employees.
I think government employees do everything possible to make sure this can’t happen to government jobs, so they can keep hiring their friends, relatives, and political allies. I’ll hire your incompetent nephew if you’ll hire my idiot goddaughter, that way it’s not nepotism…
It’s also the darn quotas with their absolutely insane insistence in bringing people into jobs where they can’t possibly be any good. Why do women need to be USSS agents? Really, why? For going undercover, OK. But for bodyguard work? It’s deeply dumb. And it’s like that with everything. It’s almost a reflex to be happy when you hire a minority and uncomfortable when you don’t. It’s being implanted into our heads.
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Eh, there *should* be at least some female USSS agents specifically for female protectees, for specific privacy-sensitive stuff. Not replacing dudes, but in addition. No business on Trump detail though. No way those ladies were held to the same physical, training, vetting standards as the men on that team.
I’m generally against women in roles like this, but I do agree that there needs to be at least a few. For example, men should not enter women’s bathrooms and such, so if a VIP is a woman, there really needs to be female agents that can go with her.
That being said, part of the job of agents like the USSS is to physically block any bullet from hitting the VIP while an attack is ongoing while the VIP is outside of cover. Note the debacle from over the weekend. I hold nothing against her, but that female agent should not have been assigned to Pres. Trump. She was shorter than him, but was expected to shield him while they got him off the stage.
What I would like to know is who was running the show for the USSS. You have to accept that there will be a certain laxness in guard duty when years go by without anything major happening. However what I can’t accept is that out of the two buildings outside the rally, but within rifle range, one of the roofs was not being watched. I am not going to accuse anyone, as I know perfectly well mistakes do happen. However I have heard that several folks brought up the the local police on site, and the USSS agents on site that they had seen someone heading to the roof, minutes before and were ignored.
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At least one of the female agents also looked quite overweight with a bad coordination. She’d be much happier in a desk job than running around in the heat, doing physically strenuous stuff.
I’m an overweight, uncoordinated woman myself, and the last thing I want in life is to do this kind of a job. It’s unnecessary danger both for her and whomever she’s guarding.
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“Why do women need to be USSS agents?”
It’s the mortgage crisis all over again….. idiot economists (but I repeat myself) looked at traditional default rates and thought “Hey! If we give more mortgages without requiring downpayments we can make tons of money!”
The problem of course was that downpayments were a proxy for ‘willing and able to keep up payments’ and if you remove that you get a lot of people with no hope of keeping up payments getting shafteed with mortgages they can’t keep up with. End result: everybody’s worse off…. lessons learned: none!
That’s how DEI works… “the white/asian guys in this field are sooo competent” the thinking goes, if we just get a bunch of women and non-asian minorities into the field they’ll be competent too! Yay! Equity!
It looks remarkably stupid when you put it down in black and white but that seems to be the thinking (largely unconscious). I haven’t seen any counter evidence that that’s the logic driving DEI for…. a long time now.
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Oh, it was very quick. Trump appointed judge Cannon in November of 2020, after losing the election. So it took 4 years.
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Oh, sure. Government bureaucracy has only been handing out safe jobs to well-connected people over more-qualified candidates for four years. This absolutely never happened before Trump.
Got it.
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Fight Fight Fight
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That’s a good one. 😁😁😁
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Fight Fight Fight. Pelosi Schiff and Nadler attempted to impeach Trump over his refusal to intervene in the Ukraine/Russian war. Bunk on the SS corruption which attempted to pull another Kennedy Kennedy King assassinations & Bay of Pigs — Vietnam war of imperialism.
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That’s not remotely true. Trump did intervene immediately after he was elected and in a very positive way. Why are you libeling him like this? It’s a complete lie that he’s a Putin asset.
Even Usha isn’t. She’s a Soros asset.
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Fact. Trump the only US President who did not take America to war in the 21st Century. The US involvement in the Ukraine/Russian war did not begin when Biden became President.
Fight Fight Fight. Pelosi Schiff and Nadler attempted to impeach Trump over his refusal to intervene in the Ukraine/Russian war. Bunk on the SS Federal bureaucrat government corruption\National debt. This government within the Government, it continuously attempts to pull onother Kennedy Kennedy King assassinations & Bay of Pigs — Vietnam war of imperialism, which defines the Pax American Empire – US exceptionalism dogma theology.
Make America Great Again, bring our boys home from Europe. Pull the US out of the Nato alliance. The USSR ceased to exist in 1991. Follow up Roe vs Wade States Rights by dismantling the all the post Civil War Federal bureaucracies, illegal 4th Branch of the Federal government, and restore Universal States Rights freedoms to bureaucratically regulate all Trade and Commerce as set out in the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution. Close the Federal Reserve and restore Andrew Jackson’s free banking economy.
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Noise. Religious mantras do not = much less define TRUTH. Fact. Palestine 1922 to 1948. R.I.P.
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You have single-handedly turned me into a Palestine supporter. Keep doing exactly what you are doing. It’s working great.
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So you support Arab terrorism. Congratulations.
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But only thanks to you, eh? It’s entirely your doing. I was opposed before you put in all the work.
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Ya make me into a scape goat. What a disgusting blood libel. The apple never falls far from the tree.
I have now achieved greater clarity of my thoughts.
Taxation without Representation, the Prime Cause which ignited the American Revolutionary War. Fact. Trump the only US President who did not take America to war in the 21st Century. The US involvement in the Ukraine/Russian war did not begin when Biden became President.
Fight, Fight, Fight. Pelosi Schiff and Nadler attempted to impeach Trump over his refusal to intervene in the Ukraine attempt to join the Natio alliance. Both Napoleon and Hitler invaded Russia through the Ukrainian planes. The US would not permit a Russian Army stationed on the Mexican/American border.
Bunk on the SS (secret service) example: of illegal Federal bureaucratic corruption\National debt. This government within, this concealed non-elected bureaucratic puppet-master Government, it continuously attempts to pull other Kennedy, Kennedy, King assassinations & Bay of Pigs — Vietnam – wars of imperialism. Which defines the Pax American Empire – US exceptionalism, dogma theology; also known as the American “Manifest Destiny”.
Which usurps the Government by and for the People and clandestinely replaces this ‘form of democracy’ with the substance of bureaucratic red-tape tyranny.
Make America Great Again, bring our boys home from Europe. Pull the US out of the Nato alliance. The USSR ceased to exist in 1991. Follow up the Roe vs Wade: States Rights victory, by dismantling all the post-Civil War Federal establishment bureaucracies. Those illegal post Civil War, 4th Branch of Federal government carpet-bagger aristocratic Lords! And restore Universal States Rights freedoms – to bureaucratically regulate all intra-State Trade and Commerce.
As set out through the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution as established by our Founding Fathers. Close the Federal Reserve and restore Andrew Jackson’s free banking economy. Herein raises from the dead the Great American economic experiment, which our Founding Fathers therein rejected the European economic model. By which European Central Governments determine total market-monopoly domination over domestic and international markets.
Specifically, where European Central Governments, they establish: “to Big to Fail” Corporate Monopolies – together – and in conjunction with their hand-in-glove bureaucracies. The latter up-root the revolutionary political philosophy of citizens rights. Government imposed non-elected bureaucracies restore the Lord/serf counter-revolutionary feudalism model.
These bureaucratic institutions, serve to protect all Government established monopolies. Similar to how economic tariffs imposed upon foreign competition products protects domestic markets domination. Establishment of these many and multiple bureaucratic institutions, they remove all public or even legislative power accountability. These non-elected bureaucratic ‘Lord’ aristocrats impose decrees and operate with almost total independence from elected Officialdom. In short, they establish the rule of a shadow government.
Even a Head of State might lack the power to fire these non-elected bureaucrat ‘Over-Lords’. Despite their self-serving total incompetence, they enjoy almost no accountability or responsibility for their red-tape laws.
Remember please the model set by American revolutionaries at the Boston Tea Party! Where American revolutionaries rejected the British monopoly of Tea; and therein initiated the American revolution against Crown’s autocratic rule over the American people. As exemplified by George III’s attempts of taxation without Representation. Non-elected bureaucrats, their red-tape laws and regulations, likewise qualify as taxation without representation.
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Nobody owes you anything. If you aren’t on my side, I’m not on yours.
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Yes its so difficult to be both a woman and brain dead. Unlike you i continually edit what I write.
Taxation without Representation, the Prime Cause which ignited the American Revolutionary War. Fact. Trump the only US President who did not take America to war in the 21st Century. The US involvement in the Ukraine/Russian war did not begin when Biden became President.
Fight, Fight, Fight. Pelosi Schiff and Nadler attempted to impeach Trump over his refusal to intervene in the Ukraine attempt to join the Natio alliance. Both Napoleon and Hitler invaded Russia through the Ukrainian planes. The US would not permit a Russian Army stationed on the Mexican/American border.
Bunk on the SS (secret service) example: of illegal Federal bureaucratic corruption\National debt. This government within, this concealed non-elected bureaucratic puppet-master Government, it continuously attempts to pull other Kennedy, Kennedy, King assassinations & Bay of Pigs — Vietnam – wars of imperialism. Which defines the Pax American Empire – US exceptionalism, dogma theology; also known as the American “Manifest Destiny”.
Which usurps the Government by and for the People and clandestinely replaces this ‘form of democracy’ with the substance of bureaucratic red-tape tyranny.
Make America Great Again, bring our boys home from Europe. Pull the US out of the Nato alliance. The USSR ceased to exist in 1991. Follow up the Roe vs Wade: States Rights victory, by dismantling all the post-Civil War Federal establishment bureaucracies. Those illegal post Civil War, 4th Branch of Federal government carpet-bagger aristocratic Lords! And restore Universal States Rights freedoms – to bureaucratically regulate all intra-State Trade and Commerce.
As set out through the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution as established by our Founding Fathers. Close the Federal Reserve and restore Andrew Jackson’s free banking economy. Herein raises from the dead the Great American economic experiment, which our Founding Fathers therein rejected the European economic model. By which European Central Governments determine total market-monopoly domination over domestic and international markets.
Specifically, where European Central Governments, they establish: “to Big to Fail” Corporate Monopolies – together – and in conjunction with their hand-in-glove bureaucracies. The latter up-root the revolutionary political philosophy of citizens rights. Government imposed non-elected bureaucracies restore the Lord/serf counter-revolutionary feudalism model.
These bureaucratic institutions, serve to protect all Government established monopolies. Similar to how economic tariffs imposed upon foreign competition products protects domestic markets domination. Establishment of these many and multiple bureaucratic institutions, they remove all public or even legislative power accountability. These non-elected bureaucratic ‘Lord’ aristocrats impose decrees and operate with almost total independence from elected Officialdom. In short, they establish the rule of a shadow government.
Even a Head of State might lack the power to fire these non-elected bureaucrat ‘Over-Lords’. Despite their self-serving total incompetence, they enjoy almost no accountability or responsibility for their red-tape laws. Democracy dies with the non-elected bureaucrats enjoy a “democratic majority population” over private citizens who work in private industry occupations.
Remember please the model set by American revolutionaries at the Boston Tea Party! Where American revolutionaries rejected the British monopoly of Tea; and therein initiated the American revolution against Crown’s autocratic rule over the American people. As exemplified by George III’s attempts of taxation without Representation. Non-elected bureaucrats, their red-tape laws and regulations, likewise qualify as taxation without representation.
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What, you are now a woman? Decided to trans yourself in your dotage?
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Not into body mutilation. I opposed my daughter getting her ears pierced. But conceded in the end to her siblings demands on this score. Sucks being a old maid Clarissa.
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There is something seriously wrong when he gets charged and impeached so many times with so few actual results and convictions. It really starts driving home the point that this is nothing more than a political witch hunt. Democrats have ruined any credibility they had by bringing some many impeachments and chargers and having only, possibly the least consequential, stick.
True. There’s nobody to vote for because both sides are weak and not serious.
Let’s try to wait it out. The American people have got to get tired of this circus show.
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Most people I talk with in real life, as well as most people I see discussing online are in disbelief these are our two options. Apparently the “best” the current political machinery can offer.
The Republican/Democrat duopoly must end, or at least be weaken before we can start having people on the ballot who have our best interests at heart.
Rank choice voting, open primaries, etc. I think would be a good start. Anything at all that weakens the duopoly is a good start.
Absolutely. I agree completely. Both parties have been catering to their lowest denominator, and the result is sad.
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Ah, the intricate steps of political theater! Is this a grand masquerade or a necessary part of the democratic dance floor? And do you think politicians secretly practice their moves in front of the mirror?
The Bureaucratic Breakdance: And then there’s bureaucracy—the ultimate breakdancing crew. They pop, lock, and shuffle papers. Sometimes they’re so busy shuffling that justice gets lost in the shuffle.
Every politician has a personal DJ—someone who remixes their narrative. “I did not have political relations with that scandal!” they declare, while doing the moonwalk away from the truth.
The Impeachment Foxtrot: Ah, impeachment—the constitutional two-step. It’s like a legal tango where Congress puts on its dancing shoes and investigates. Impeachment doesn’t automatically mean removal from office; it’s more like a stern finger-wagging. And yes, it’s happened a few times in history. But convictions? Well, those are rarer than a unicorn riding a rainbow. 🦄🌈
The Charge Waltz: Charges get flung around like confetti at a political carnival. Some are serious, some are frivolous, and some are just plain bizarre. It’s like a game of “Pin the Scandal on the Politician.” But remember, charges don’t necessarily mean guilt. They’re more like opening moves in a high-stakes chess match.
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