The Trump Presidency 2.0
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Art 1 Sec 4 summarized: States run elections, but Congress can step in and set nationwide standards. Trump's EO on the matter will force Congress to step in and set nationwide standards. How that is "Exective overreach" I am not grasping. To your bolded- it's not the 50th time. It's the 162nd time since Trump took office, and that doesn't count the times we "cried" about lawfare specifically aimed at Trump himself. I am happy to agree with your framing that people complain about lawfare constantly; I reject your premise that it isn't happening and highlighting it when it does happen isn't "crying about it"- that's super close to a pro-statist position, although I am about 99.99% sure that's not your intent.
In this 84/16 issue, like all of the other 80/20 issues this administration has addressed- when that fight does happen, it'll do 2 things.
1. It'll force an examination of our voter processes and the interpretation of Art 1 Sec 4 in the courts, hopefully at the Supreme Court. As our favorite dementia-ridden president of all time said, "No amendment is absolute." This applies equally across all of our systems of checks and balances now. As I have said fiftyleven times, the legal challenge is the point. In a durable representative democracy, there should be a healthy tension and push-pull between the three branches. Our government was designed to be cumbersome, slow to change, and representative of the will of the people. In October '24, not even a plurality but an overwhelming majority of American's (84%) support voter ID laws. It's the will of the people- Fiat voluntas populi. The lawsuit by Jeffries is defiant of the people's will, plainly put.
2. It will expose those (individual citizens, elected representatives, and States) who resist this initiative as misunderstanding the founders' clearly stated intent and how far we as a nation have strayed from it. I want the legal challenge. I want a vote on record. I want to know every person who doesn't want voter ID laws and for what reason. I want more discussions like the one we are having, with the output of forcing people (yourself included) to make a clear and full-throated assertion on one side or another, as opposed to chucking spears from the sideline.
In no world did the framers of the Constitution foresee a president advertising and supporting illegal immigration, opening the border to 10-15 million illegal immigrants with a promise of non-citizens not only to drain American tax payers of their money through social support programs they aren't entitled to, let alone that same president flying those illegals to the interior in the dark of night with the (seeming) intent to then allow those folks to vote in any election.
All of that aside, technology and process changes, our rights (and the concurrent responsibility of our elected officials to protect those rights) do not. Citizens vote. Non-citizens don't. You show an ID proving your citizenship, the ballots are tallied quickly, and the results are available immediately. That's the intent of our voting process, laid out by the founders. We have drifted away from that intent in many regards (birthright citizenship, Chevron deference, OSHA's vaccine mandate, teachers' union closing schools nationwide, the EPA and their wide-ranging authority). Voting is just the issue at hand. People will argue and resist the method and ignore the intent, which I think is what's happening here.
I'll ask you directly, @Salt USMC - do you support the lawsuit brought by Jeffries et al? Not from an "ackshually, the law is this" standpoint to bemoan the actions of the admin, but do you support the actual intent of the lawsuit? To prevent voter ID, allowing non-citizens vote in elections? Do you think our current electoral system reflects the intent of the framers and their aspirational goal for the experiment of America? Do you support voter ID for elections?
God that child is unbearable. Also- THAT'S NOT THE STORY OF SNOW WHITE. Nowhere close.
Snow White was just some cute kid living with the evil queen stepmother when a wacky mirror tells the queen that the kid is gonna be hotter than her. Snow White bounces, does some housework for some diametrically challenged bros all hanging out together in some weird bro pile, then the queen makes her eat a poisoned apple and goes into a coma, then some prince commits non-consensual life saving procedures cause he thinks Snow White looks like an angel when she sleeps, then she wakes up, and the queen gets struck by lightning. Movie over. That's the whole plot.
JD Vance crying about lawfare.
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757
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Cambodia texting the White House after getting hit with a 49% reciprocal tariff pic.twitter.com/2nW7goIjkx
— litquidity (@litcapital) April 2, 2025
Lawfare isn't happening; it's righteous judges standing up for America and the Constitution. It's not coordinated and most certainly isn't funded by anyone nefarious. That's for sure. It's just that Trump is stupid and a threat to democracy. That's what it is.
Kraut783
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So, I am planning on retiring in one year and 10 months....this Tarif crap fucking up the economy is pissing me off....
FIX IT!
FIX IT!
Well, you know- give it more than a day. Macroeconomics isn’t a turnkey solution- and it’s only a loss if you panic sell.
The stock market is a visual representation of the feelings of oligarchs. It’ll be fine. Or it won’t. But at least we are all having fun!!
Topkick
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I understand the frustration. We are all feeling it. I spoke with a cashier at WalMart today and she just about broke down in tears during our conversation. Said she is trying so hard, working overtime to pay the bills. Well, eggs were 5.00 and gas was 3.50 before Trump, and its only been about two months, so I'm still hopeful it'll improve. But it's not going to happen yesterday.
Everything is going to depend on the response by the other world leaders. If they cave, our economy will skyrocket. If they hold fast and we do too, it gets a lot more interesting...
Our government has shrugged it off and isn’t going to return fire. There’s a feeling that the 10% with be marked down in the short term due to our mutual defence commitments and our critical minerals. There’s a high probability of internal US prices increasing as everyone is aware of.
As for our other impacted products, we’ll sell elsewhere as they’re good quality.
As for our other impacted products, we’ll sell elsewhere as they’re good quality.
We're retaliating, even though we're not on the list and the auto tariffs don't really count against our cars because they are already compliant with the current trade agreement. We're retaliating because the Liberal's need all the Boomers angry at Trump, for their votes. That is the only thing they are concerned about in polling.
I paid 3.00 for a dozen eggs on Monday, $2.69/gallon today.
Topkick
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I'm optimistic but I paid 5.19 for eggs and 3.29 for gas today at WalMart, cheaper than Kroger or Meier here. Gas was down to 2.49 but shot back up.
Kraut783
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lol, agree.....not touching anything, just a touch concerned.
ThunderHorse
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Paid $20.00 for 5 dozen at Costco last Friday. Guess I'll pop a look at the grocery tomorrow and see if things have changed, but I'm gonna say y'all are seeing outlier prices. Maybe your market didn't have a bunch of hens killed by Jill.
Maybe I should buy some more Amazon. I haven't touched my Schwab account in a long ass time. Just been on autopilot with fidelity funds.
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Careful touching your Schwab; you'll get hairy palms, then go blind.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/...ing-distributing-pirated-software-2025-04-02/
I’m conflicted on this. On the one hand, if the person is talented with a computer, I’m happy they work for the Government and are doing the right things now. On the other hand, he’s never paid for his crimes and has decided to turn his life around for the good of society.
I’m conflicted on this. On the one hand, if the person is talented with a computer, I’m happy they work for the Government and are doing the right things now. On the other hand, he’s never paid for his crimes and has decided to turn his life around for the good of society.
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I knew a guy in college who had a similar experience to this.
He and a buddy of his got into hacking and decided to start poking around at the college their prep-school fed into. Turns out the amateurs found a backdoor and decided to change one of the digital signs on campus to say something pithy at like 2 in the morning as a joke.
Being amateurs, they didn't cover their tracks well enough and the next thing they knew, they got hauled into the provost's office and were given and ultimatum. Having just turned 18 the options were, 1) Work for us or 2) Law enforcement gets involved. Both picked option 1 lol.
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