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Post by Merge on Nov 13, 2024 1:31:32 GMT
The right wing:
1. Parents should be able to make choices about their kids' healthcare! If they choose, they should be able to decline all vaccines and let their child die of measles.
2. Parents should not be able to pursue treatment for their child's gender dysphoria. The government has to step in and ban pediatric gender dysphoria treatments because parents can't be trusted to do the right thing for their child.
Make that make sense.
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Post by Merge on Nov 13, 2024 2:37:45 GMT
Oooh, this is a good one. Dump’s new Secretary of Defense is Pete Hegspeth, a Fox News anchor. He served in the army and has spent the rest of his career as a talking head. And famously, he doesn’t believe in germs because he can’t see them. Said he hasn’t washed his hands in 10 years. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/11/12/politics/pete-hegseth-secretary-of-defense |
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Post by aj2hall on Nov 13, 2024 2:45:40 GMT
Project 2025 again. Trump can deny it all he wants but he keeps appointing key authors in his cabinet Tom HomanDemocratic Wins Media
BREAKING: Jessica Tarlov just slammed Donald Trump for lying to the American people by claiming to not know what Project 2025 is and then hiring its author, Tom Homan. Make sure every American sees this. |
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Post by mollycoddle on Nov 13, 2024 2:46:14 GMT
Good grief, after Hegspeth, I can’t wait to see who gets AG. I read that Mike Lee-a real Trump ball kisser, is a possible pick.😖
I suspect that Trump got the least objectionable ones out of the way first. Now we’re on to the worst of the bunch. I wonder if they will have to sing a song of praise for Dear Orange at Cabinet meetings?
It’s gonna be a long 4 years.
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Post by aj2hall on Nov 13, 2024 2:48:27 GMT
Oooh, this is a good one. Dump’s new Secretary of Defense is Pete Hegspeth, a Fox News anchor. He served in the army and has spent the rest of his career as a talking head. And famously, he doesn’t believe in germs because he can’t see them. Said he hasn’t washed his hands in 10 years. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/11/12/politics/pete-hegseth-secretary-of-defenseI posted a little about him in the Misc political thread. He sounds like a complete moron. I know he served in the military, but since when does being a host on Fox qualify a person for Secretary of Defense? In comparison, Lloyd Austin has decades more experience. |
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Post by aj2hall on Nov 13, 2024 2:50:55 GMT
The right wing: 1. Parents should be able to make choices about their kids' healthcare! If they choose, they should be able to decline all vaccines and let their child die of measles. 2. Parents should not be able to pursue treatment for their child's gender dysphoria. The government has to step in and ban pediatric gender dysphoria treatments because parents can't be trusted to do the right thing for their child. Make that make sense. Also 3. Women should not be able to make decisions about their own body. The government has to step in because women can't be trusted to make their own decisions with the advice of a health care provider. |
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Post by Merge on Nov 13, 2024 2:59:31 GMT
Oooh, this is a good one. Dump’s new Secretary of Defense is Pete Hegspeth, a Fox News anchor. He served in the army and has spent the rest of his career as a talking head. And famously, he doesn’t believe in germs because he can’t see them. Said he hasn’t washed his hands in 10 years. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/11/12/politics/pete-hegseth-secretary-of-defenseI posted a little about him in the Misc political thread. He sounds like a complete moron. I know he served in the military, but since when does being a host on Fox qualify a person for Secretary of Defense? In comparison, Lloyd Austin has decades more experience. Well, Mattis and Esper, who held the position in Trump's first administration and were qualified on paper, were not sufficiently servile. Both have said that Trump is not fit to sit in the Oval Office. They had knowledge and experience that made them reluctant to go along with all of Trump's idiot notions. If you recall, that made Trump mad - he was said to have wanted "the kind of generals Hitler had." I'm sure Hegspeth will be just the bootlicker Trump is looking for. Next up - Jeanine Pirro for AG? Tucker Carlson for Secretary of the Interior? |
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Nov 13, 2024 3:03:41 GMT
Don't any of these people have enough sense to recognize that they aren't qualified for these positions?
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Post by Restless Spirit on Nov 13, 2024 3:13:06 GMT
While I was young I missed measles and mumps. Had chicken pox, whooping cough, scarlet fever quarantine signs and all. Measles at 20, very sick, Rubella at 22, not so sick. Never caught mumps although I was with my cousin the whole time she had them. I know my DS had chicken pox and Rubella, don't remember what else. Vaccines are life savers! I am a baby boomer. I was 5 yrs old and in kindergarten when a contracted measles, mumps & chicken pox, at the same time. I was quarantined in our family room, while my siblings had to stay upstairs. The room was kept dark and cool because I was delirious with fever. I was so, so ill - itchy and burning up with fever. I had long hair and remember begging my mother to cut off my hair. She finally chopped my hair off into a hideous pixie, but I didn’t care. I distinctly remember when I got ill. It was a few days before Valentine’s Day. I wanted to go to my class Valentine party so badly. I was so ill that I was not able to return to school until after Easter - more than 2 months later. No child in the US should ever have to endure that in today’s world of modern medicine. |
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Post by Merge on Nov 13, 2024 3:20:40 GMT
Don't any of these people have enough sense to recognize that they aren't qualified for these positions? Dunning Kruger syndrome is the first job requirement for the Trump White House. |
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Post by Merge on Nov 13, 2024 3:33:58 GMT
Oooh, this is a good one. Dump’s new Secretary of Defense is Pete Hegspeth, a Fox News anchor. He served in the army and has spent the rest of his career as a talking head. And famously, he doesn’t believe in germs because he can’t see them. Said he hasn’t washed his hands in 10 years. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/11/12/politics/pete-hegseth-secretary-of-defenseI posted a little about him in the Misc political thread. He sounds like a complete moron. I know he served in the military, but since when does being a host on Fox qualify a person for Secretary of Defense? In comparison, Lloyd Austin has decades more experience.  Word of the day, apparently. |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Nov 13, 2024 3:54:03 GMT
While I was young I missed measles and mumps. Had chicken pox, whooping cough, scarlet fever quarantine signs and all. Measles at 20, very sick, Rubella at 22, not so sick. Never caught mumps although I was with my cousin the whole time she had them. I know my DS had chicken pox and Rubella, don't remember what else. Vaccines are life savers! I am a baby boomer. I was 5 yrs old and in kindergarten when a contracted measles, mumps & chicken pox, at the same time. I was quarantined in our family room, while my siblings had to stay upstairs. The room was kept dark and cool because I was delirious with fever. I was so, so ill - itchy and burning up with fever. I had long hair and remember begging my mother to cut off my hair. She finally chopped my hair off into a hideous pixie, but I didn’t care. I distinctly remember when I got ill. It was a few days before Valentine’s Day. I wanted to go to my class Valentine party so badly. I was so ill that I was not able to return to school until after Easter - more than 2 months later. No child in the US should ever have to endure that in today’s world of modern medicine. Liked as in I acknowledge your post.. glad you survived. |
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Post by Just T on Nov 13, 2024 4:01:24 GMT
Oooh, this is a good one. Dump’s new Secretary of Defense is Pete Hegspeth, a Fox News anchor. He served in the army and has spent the rest of his career as a talking head. And famously, he doesn’t believe in germs because he can’t see them. Said he hasn’t washed his hands in 10 years. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/11/12/politics/pete-hegseth-secretary-of-defenseI posted a little about him in the Misc political thread. He sounds like a complete moron. I know he served in the military, but since when does being a host on Fox qualify a person for Secretary of Defense? In comparison, Lloyd Austin has decades more experience. This canNOT be for real. He's making a Fox News host the Secretary of Defense? WTAF THIS is how he is going to make America sooooooo great? I can't even believe this. How in the world can anyone think this is okay? |
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Post by Gennifer on Nov 13, 2024 4:26:53 GMT
Oooh, this is a good one. Dump’s new Secretary of Defense is Pete Hegspeth, a Fox News anchor. He served in the army and has spent the rest of his career as a talking head. And famously, he doesn’t believe in germs because he can’t see them. Said he hasn’t washed his hands in 10 years. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/11/12/politics/pete-hegseth-secretary-of-defenseWhat woman is letting that hand anywhere near her vagina after hearing that? |
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Post by micheley on Nov 13, 2024 4:48:35 GMT
“I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait,” Trump said. “When you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab ’em by the pussy. You can do anything.”
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Post by ntsf on Nov 13, 2024 4:56:57 GMT
as I said 10 pages back.. invest in land for cemeteries.... I got chicken pox, measles as a kid.. no fun. my kids were all vaccinated as possible.
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Post by aj2hall on Nov 13, 2024 12:27:35 GMT
I posted a little about him in the Misc political thread. He sounds like a complete moron. I know he served in the military, but since when does being a host on Fox qualify a person for Secretary of Defense? In comparison, Lloyd Austin has decades more experience. This canNOT be for real. He's making a Fox News host the Secretary of Defense? WTAF THIS is how he is going to make America sooooooo great? I can't even believe this. How in the world can anyone think this is okay? He just gets worse and worse, the more I hear about him. Regrettably, they’re only getting started. I’m sure there will be picks I dislike even more. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-12-2024Hegseth lobbied Trump to intervene in the cases of service members accused of war crimes, and he cheered on Trump’s January 6, 2021, rally. He became popularly known after accidentally hitting a man with an ax on the Fox & Friends show in 2015. Then, in 2019, he regained notoriety when he volunteered that he had not washed his hands in ten years because he does not believe germs are real. Hegseth has said women do not belong in combat and has been vocal about his opposition to the equity and inclusion measures in the military that he calls “woke.” |
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Post by aj2hall on Nov 13, 2024 12:30:08 GMT
There’s more. I can’t believe people voted for this heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-12-2024Trump’s demonstration of his plans just before Senate Republicans have to choose their leader seems an attempt to jam those who might stand against him into his camp. And yet, the Framers of the Constitution believed that the Senate would be the key guardrail to stop the rise of an autocrat who would destroy democracy and install himself as a king. They expected that the determination of senators to guard their own power would protect the nation. Almost two hundred and fifty years into their experiment, we’re about to find out if they were right. |
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Post by Merge on Nov 13, 2024 13:28:58 GMT
Ah yes, he's nominated the puppy killer from South Dakota for head of DHS. That tracks.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Nov 13, 2024 15:07:35 GMT
I agree with the nurse. It should ALWAYS and should have always been a choice. are you okay with that choice leading to a return of diseases that used to regularly kill children that have all but been eradicated thanks to vaccines? Like Polio, diphtheria, etc? I'm sure the World Health Organization will have a few things to say about this when/if it happens... eradicating disease is kind of a good thing for the entire world, isn't it? "America is the greatest country in the world." What a laugh. Makes me sick. America is RAPIDLY becoming a third-world country, as evidenced by pretty much every poll / survey out there. eta: the 'greatest country' should want to help ALL of its citizens, not just the select few / upper class / richest. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Nov 13, 2024 16:08:40 GMT
I posted a little about him in the Misc political thread. He sounds like a complete moron. I know he served in the military, but since when does being a host on Fox qualify a person for Secretary of Defense? In comparison, Lloyd Austin has decades more experience. Well, Mattis and Esper, who held the position in Trump's first administration and were qualified on paper, were not sufficiently servile. Both have said that Trump is not fit to sit in the Oval Office. They had knowledge and experience that made them reluctant to go along with all of Trump's idiot notions. If you recall, that made Trump mad - he was said to have wanted "the kind of generals Hitler had." I'm sure Hegspeth will be just the bootlicker Trump is looking for. Next up - Jeanine Pirro for AG? Tucker Carlson for Secretary of the Interior? I read somewhere that possibly Aileen Cannon was up for AG. Quid pro quo much? |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Nov 13, 2024 16:10:49 GMT
Ah yes, he's nominated the puppy killer from South Dakota for head of DHS. That tracks. Little kids at risk!! |
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Post by katlady on Nov 13, 2024 16:52:42 GMT
Secretary of Defense needs Senate confirmation. Hopefully there are enough sane senators to vote Nay!
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Post by Merge on Nov 13, 2024 16:53:51 GMT
are you okay with that choice leading to a return of diseases that used to regularly kill children that have all but been eradicated thanks to vaccines? Like Polio, diphtheria, etc? I'm sure the World Health Organization will have a few things to say about this when/if it happens... eradicating disease is kind of a good thing for the entire world, isn't it? "America is the greatest country in the world." What a laugh. Makes me sick. America is RAPIDLY becoming a third-world country, as evidenced by pretty much every poll / survey out there. eta: the 'greatest country' should want to help ALL of its citizens, not just the select few / upper class / richest. Don't think for a moment that this isn't all tied in to Republicans' desire to end public schools. No public schools, no entity requiring kids to be vaccinated before attendance, vaccination rates drop, and disease spreads. And somehow it will be Democrats' fault. |
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Post by Merge on Nov 13, 2024 16:54:41 GMT
Secretary of Defense needs Senate confirmation. Hopefully there are enough sane senators to vote Nay! LOL. There are not. With Elon threatening to fund a primary challenger for anyone who goes against the Trump agenda, they will all fall in line quite nicely. |
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Post by katlady on Nov 13, 2024 16:58:24 GMT
Secretary of Defense needs Senate confirmation. Hopefully there are enough sane senators to vote Nay! LOL. There are not. With Elon threatening to fund a primary challenger for anyone who goes against the Trump agenda, they will all fall in line quite nicely. I hope that man gets deported. But then, he could still influence our politics from a far, so I guess it doesn’t matter. |
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Post by used2scrap on Nov 13, 2024 16:59:18 GMT
Secretary of Defense needs Senate confirmation. Hopefully there are enough sane senators to vote Nay! That’s why Trump already asked them to do recess appointments instead. Regardless I’m sure they’ll rubber stamp his picks. |
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Post by micheley on Nov 13, 2024 16:59:46 GMT
Does anyone else think his picks - cabinet, judges, whatever - are going to be installed rather than confirmed?
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Post by hopemax on Nov 13, 2024 17:07:35 GMT
I expected a lot of “acting” titles right off the bat. One of the things they learned the first time around. If they can get the Senate to abdicate their “advise and consent” responsibilities, and make recess appointments they’d go with that too.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Nov 13, 2024 17:08:16 GMT
Does anyone else think his picks - cabinet, judges, whatever - are going to be installed rather than confirmed? Right, just like he had all of those “acting” secretaries last time, because none of the losers he picked would get enough approval to actually be confirmed. |
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