The Trump thread

[Astro What]

However, I think on balance Biden was right to do this.

When you have a president and his cult members vowing to go after people when there is zero evidence of wrong-doing that they have any influence over then yes, they are a valid use. If the idiots are so assured that they have evidence, let them put it before a criminal court. All they want to do is have a political circus like they did with the Biden impeachment. Get their soundbites in and feel like they have done something without ever being able to prove what they have claimed. Seems since around 2016 that has been the GOP mantra.

 

[Astro What]

It's a mistake to brush these things off. No, there's something behind it alright.

Evidence without proof is just gossip.
And the same as with the allegations in the Trump 2020 "big steal", this will wash out the same. The issue is that each side is having to try and make excuses on why they lost.
It never could be because at the time of running the candidates offered were shitty, just one less so than the other.

 

[Retro]

I think we're going round in circles here. I'm just saying don't simply brush it off, but make a mental note of it, as Trump has said things before in an offhand manner that turned out to be true. This guy loves hinting and winding everybody up as they try to guess. Classic fucking troll and now he's the president. Again.

As far as those candidates, we've been over that before. I'll just briefly summarize what I said earlier that had the Dems fielded better candidates, it wouldn't have been close, so any possible cheating could not have taken place. I've said myself that it's possible that there was no cheating and explained why and that we'll now never know for sure since it wasn't investigated when the window of opportunity was open a couple of months ago.

 

[Retro]

Why the hell did Trump pardon this guy? Looks like it's simply because the people who nailed Ulbricht were also after Trump so he wants to get back at them. He's absolutely mad.

US President Donald Trump says he has signed a full and unconditional pardon for Ross Ulbricht, who operated Silk Road, the dark web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold.

Ulbricht was convicted in 2015 in New York in a narcotics and money laundering conspiracy and sentenced to life in prison.

Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that he had called Ulbricht's mother to inform her that he had granted a pardon to her son.

Silk Road, which was shut down in 2013 after police arrested Ulbricht, sold illegal drugs using Bitcoin, as well as hacking equipment and stolen passports.

"The scum that worked to convict him were some of the same lunatics who were involved in the modern day weaponization of government against me," Trump said in his post online on Tuesday evening. "He was given two life sentences, plus 40 years. Ridiculous!"

Trump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht

Trump said he had called Ulbricht's mother to let her know he had granted her son a full pardon.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Mars]

Trump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht

Trump said he had called Ulbricht's mother to let her know he had granted her son a full pardon.

www.bbc.co.uk

To pardon this convicted scum is the stuff of nightmares, and the nightmare has just begun....I find it too stressing to even contemplate the nxt 4 years of this madman's rule.

 

[Retro]

So, one of the first things that Trump did was pardon 1500 violent Jan 6 insurrectionists, spitting in the face of law and order and in the faces of those policemen and women who took the brunt of it and were seriously injured, some even to the point of committing suicide merely days later. All because these people supported his insurrection and did his bidding. Trump acting like a mob boss, much?

Here, Glenn Kirschner explains it all in great detail, with evidence and you can see the raw disgust and upset that he feels at what Trump has done, taking the situation personally. I couldn't agree more with him.

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@Geffers I'd be grateful if you could please watch this video and then let me know how you feel about Trump doing this as I'd be interested to know. I suspect I know how you'll reply, but I'd like to actually know for sure, if you wouldn't mind.

@Astro What I know you follow all of BTC's videos, but not if you follow Glenn's so I know this will interest you.

 

[Retro]

Everyone, as much as it pains me, I've now renamed this thread from "The Trump downfall thread" to "The Trump thread" as clearly taking this guy down for his many crimes doesn't seem to be humanly possible due to his wealth and corruption. Even that bullet boosted him rather than putting an end to his tyranny once and for all. The only thing that will eventually do it is ill health and / or death due to Father Time. That's a guarantee, but it will take too long, unfortunately.

 

[Retro]

Yet another thing against the ordinary person that Trump has signed off on: revoked anti-discrimination laws that employers have to abide by when hiring someone.

Ordinary people of colour, disabled etc are gonna be in a world of hurt over this and all the other bad things that Trump is doing. At least this one doesn't affect me here in Blighty, but I've got friends in America whom this will affect.

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump said he had revoked a six-decade-old executive order designed to combat workplace discrimination and promote affirmative action among federal contractors, undoing a labor standard that stretches back to the presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson.

The rule Trump nuked, Executive Order 11246, forbade federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity. It granted the Labor Department the power to enforce its provisions through a contracting standards office.

Trump Revokes Workplace Discrimination Rules Enacted By LBJ In 1965

The new president just unwound a landmark anti-discrimination measure implemented amid the height of the Civil Rights Movement.

uk.yahoo.com

@Geffers please have a read of this article and let me know if you think that this is a good idea. Don't just quote Trump's take on it, but let us know your own opinion on this. I'd really like to know.

 

[Astro What]

Actually, the only two things it "endangers" are decisions based upon sexual orientation or gender identity. And that is only at the federal level. States can have their own laws that provide protections and that are pursued under state tort actions. The Federal government (and courts) have no control over them. Even the SC has to give higher notice of the state law vs no federal protection. Federal does not trump (pardon the pun) state law unless it goes against established federal law.
Under federal jurisdiction, the rest are already protected by established law. Disabilities are protected by another section of established law.