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The best part about Trump's speech was his calling them out on this.
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The best part about Trump's speech was his calling them out on this.
Remember in 8 Mile where B. Rabbit opened his final freestyle by painting Papa Doc (who later went on to be a PJ and then Captain America, blessup) into a corner by making fun of himself, breaking the 4th wall and telling the audience he couldn't actually rap if he didn't have anything to say about Rabbit? And Papa Doc froze? "Everybody from the land of the free, put your hands up and follow me! Notice while these dems sit tough, notice not one had their hand up!"
That's what the president did. He painted the Dems into a corner by telling America "they won't stand for anything good I do because they hate me, and by extension, they hate YOU."
Then, he paraded objectively good things time and time again- and when that camera had the faces of democrats sneering at cancer survivors and grieving mothers, the American public could see who these people are.
My feelings on the SOTU aren't changed, it's all a show- but this was the Trump show.
"Fuck this speech, I'm outtie... now take to CNN and complain to 23% of the country about me."
ThunderHorse
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No idea, but when we went to the Readiness model in 2017 (whatever that is) in the Army as I was leaving active service, readiness went down.
This... this is a masterpiece. It's as if someone put together the best snark, satire, and pop fiction references of Box and AWP, took out the Nickleback, and produced... this.
ThunderHorse
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So this is now fully confirmed: Hegseth halts US offensive cyberoperations against Russia
I read a story just this morning saying the opposite. Let me see if I can find it.
edit:
Pentagon denies reports Hegseth ordered halt in cyber operations against Russia
https://thehill.com/policy/technolo...ered-halt-in-cyber-operations-against-russia/
This... this is a masterpiece. It's as if someone put together the best snark, satire, and pop fiction references of Box and AWP, took out the Nickleback, and produced... this.
So apparently President Trump threatened Hamas again recently?
I mean, I'm all for it. Give back our hostages or our military is going to start doing house calls.
But don't say things like this, unless you mean it.
I mean, I'm all for it. Give back our hostages or our military is going to start doing house calls.
But don't say things like this, unless you mean it.
ThunderHorse
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Yeah so apparently the same day we did a thing about Ukraine we supposedly did a thing with Israel...I had a few friends subtweeting/subposting about that without context.
I'm going to give my right hand a break, the left hand GF could use a few dates.
Well, this was interesting. New Zealand's high commissioner to the UK got fired over a comment he made about the president of America.
Top New Zealand diplomat fired for what he said about Trump
I'll be honest, if that was the extent of the shenanigans I'm not sure that's what I'd consider a fireable offense. But maybe the now-former diplomat had a long-running case of TDS and this was just the last straw.
At the same time though, imagine losing your prestigious and presumably well-paying international-level job simply because you couldn't not insult the leader of your country's most important ally.
...at least the Finnish foreign minister had enough sense to not jump on the anti-Trump bandwagon:
Hm, imagine that, not going out of your way to insult someone that your country is probably going to need something from real soon.
Top New Zealand diplomat fired for what he said about Trump
I'll be honest, if that was the extent of the shenanigans I'm not sure that's what I'd consider a fireable offense. But maybe the now-former diplomat had a long-running case of TDS and this was just the last straw.
At the same time though, imagine losing your prestigious and presumably well-paying international-level job simply because you couldn't not insult the leader of your country's most important ally.
...at least the Finnish foreign minister had enough sense to not jump on the anti-Trump bandwagon:
Hm, imagine that, not going out of your way to insult someone that your country is probably going to need something from real soon.
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if this is true wow it’s a new sunken low Trump Planning On Canceling Legal Status For 240,000 Ukrainians Who Fled War With Russia, Report Says
If Ukraine is short of bodies and they are snatching guys off the street. Send those that meet the draft guidelines home. I don't agree with a blanket removal, lots are legitimate war refugees (women and children, families). But any young single women and men, should be sent home to fight.
Or if a peace agreement can be met, there's no reason to stay. Go rebuild your country.
Except that not how it's worked since WWII. I'm sure there are some one-offs, but if you're granted asylum, you stay. That's the point of granting asylum.
Or, alternatively, "Trump refuses deserters, Ukraine in Dire Need of Fighters".
I thought these brave nationalist Ukrainians were worthy of our praise because of their willingness to fight for their country?
We have to get you to a position here and off the sidelines. It's easy to critique (we know, Orange Man is bad and my morals aren't); it's a bit harder when you sign your name to something.
If you want Ukraine to keep fighting, they need people. Zelensky doesn't want peace; he said he wants to fight forever until Russia is no more. America isn't down with that. To keep fighting, Zelensky needs fighting-age males. We all have to make hard choices, and if Zelensky is to be believed, he needs men. These "temporary protected status" males should stop working in the US, stop taking our resources, and return home and fight for their country.
OR, and this jives well with the 6-10M Ukrainians that have fled since 2022- we admit that Ukrainians are overwhelmingly "over" this whole thing and we need to find a way to end the war. Those two positions are mutually exclusive.
From the article- "The Department of Homeland Security designates countries for Temporary Protected Status if their residents are unable to return home safely. The acting Homeland Security secretary can designate a country for TPS if the country has an ongoing armed conflict, an environmental disaster, an epidemic or other “extraordinary and temporary conditions.” (Bolded is mine).
Do you think they can't return safely? I can post as many Instagram thot pages of people partying 7 nights a week in Kiev as you'd like. OR do you think they don't want to go home because goon squads are kidnapping males of all ages to head to the meat grinder?
I get it, America is awesome, Ukraine sucks, war sucks, you don't want to go home, but Trump isn't focusing on just Ukraninians, it's everyone on TPS and by extension people that are here illegally.
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I support Ukraine in their fight to defend themselves and believe in aiding them with equipment. The Ukrainians should have extended their draft, but kicking out men, women, and children after granting them asylum is nothing more than a bully tactic from Trump. To me, it’s a terrible act with no justification.
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