Traitor Watch - The 45 & 47 Thread

[Paladin]

Trump shut down program to end human waste backing into Alabama homes, calling it 'illegal DEI'

A $26 million federal program to help residents of Lowndes County, Alabama, who have dealt with inadequate sewage systems for decades was stopped by an executive order.

www.nbcnews.com

"DEI" apparently means black people should have to live in raw sewage.

 

[Rhinox]

So he's killing the toy industry wholesale. Now he's ******* with video games. Literally the only things that help me keep my goddamn sanity.
I am going to need Luigi to get Mario on the goddamn phone and take care of this because I'm tired. I don't have much in this ******* world.

And I swear, if I have to deal with one more ******* bootlicker on my public social media boards spouting Newsmax or OAN propaganda I'm going to get myself a ban.

 

[wonko the sane?]

I would point you to flint michigan and tell you that we already knew that.

 

[Axaday]

FB friend:My auto mechanic friend reports that he knows a snowbird who's in Florida and who had gas stations refuse to sell gasoline to him because they saw his Canadian license plate. They believe EVERYTHING Trump says, and they're angry at Canadians for flooding the US with Fentanyl and stealing $200 billion from American taxpayers every year like Trump says.

It is difficult to believe that a gas station employee would notice a license plate and difficult to believe that if they did, they would go stop a customer in time to not sell them gasoline.

But I have noticed lately that it is hard to put your shoe down without smooshing Canadian Fentanyl, so I guess I see why they'd be so sensitive.

 

[Anonymous X]

Darkly hilarious that a at a certain other forum, even mention of tariffs is banned, because mere mention of it angries up the blood. I just despair that I share an interest with a load of wretched manchildren who can’t cope with facing real-life issues.

 

[NovaSaber]

Hegseth Gets Hit With Awkward Fact-Check After Bragging About Ending 'Woke' Program

Not so fast, Pete.

www.comicsands.com

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was swiftly fact-checked after he claimed in a post on X that he'd ended the "woke" Women, Peace & Security (WPS) program because it was an initiative created by the Biden administration.

But there's a major problem with Hegseth's claim: It was President Donald Trump—not former President Joe Biden—who signed the Women, Peace and Security Act into law in October 2017, following bipartisan support in Congress.

The legislation, rooted in a United Nations initiative, gained strong backing on Capitol Hill. Then-Representative Kristi Noem, now Homeland Security Secretary, was one of its original authors, and current Secretary of State Marco Rubio co-sponsored the Senate version.

 

[Ironbite4]

They're so great aren't they?

 

[KidTDragon]

If they were capable of shame, this would be hilarious.

 

[Axaday]

Hegseth Gets Hit With Awkward Fact-Check After Bragging About Ending 'Woke' Program

Not so fast, Pete.

www.comicsands.com

!!!

 

[KidTDragon]

House Republicans block vote to probe Hegseth's Signal use

"Consequences, shmonsequences." - the new GOP motto

 

[wonko the sane?]

!!!

Look, if they did all their research before running their mouths: they wouldn't have any time for drug or alcohol abuse.

 

[Rhinox]

another day another insane bit of bullshit.

Trump declares May 8 as 'Victory Day' for World War II: 'Going to start celebrating our victories again!'

President Trump announced plans to designate May 8 as World War II "Victory Day" and Nov. 11 as World War I "Victory Day," stating that we are "going to start celebrating our victories again."

www.yahoo.com

In addition, he's apparently trying to rename Veteran's day. Such a classy hug.

Oh, and he's trying to EO his way into removing Harvard's tax exempt status.

 

[Corvus]

Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting.

apnews.com

This Executive Order came 56 years to the DAY that Fred Rogers plead his case for continued PBS funding to a senate subcommittee containing politicians that contained some empathy, decency, and integrity. They listened as Mr. Rogers made it clear that PBS was important, and also how much he cared about children, their feelings, their lives and their education the world over.

Today's cadre of politicians would not hesitate to interrupt, deride, decry, and ultimately deny him the funding he was pleading for, all while FOX and Newsmax mocked and insulted him on-air (FOX once called Mr. Rogers "evil", after all). Meanwhile, the POTUS and other politicians and pundits would absolutely torch him on social-media. They'd absolutely call him a far-left wing lunatic and probably a groomer. Unlike the people sitting on that subcommittee 56 years ago, they have no decency, or integrity, or empathy, nor do they have any shame.

Fred Rogers has been dead for 22 years now, and it shames me to say that I'm glad he's not alive to see what this country has become.

 

[KidTDragon]

In addition, he's apparently trying to rename Veteran's day. Such a classy hug.

What does he want to change it to, "Suckers and Losers Day"?

 

[Rhinox]

What does he want to change it to, "Suckers and Losers Day"?

Victory Day. Because all we do here in Trump's America is win.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

Victory Day is already a holiday, although only Rhode Island still recognizes it. (Because it was originally Victory Over Japan Day and everyone else realized it was probably in bad taste to celebrate nuking two cities.)

 

[Deathy G1]

I don't see this reported in many places yet. It's worth keeping an eye on:

Trump Allies Sue John Roberts To Give White House Control Of Court System

Close allies of President Trump are asking a judge to give the...

talkingpointsmemo.com

Close allies of President Trump are asking a judge to give the White House control over much of the federal court system.

In a little-noticed lawsuit filed last week, the America First Legal Foundation sued Chief Justice John Roberts and the head of the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts.

The case ostensibly proceeds as a FOIA lawsuit, with the Trump-aligned group seeking access to judiciary records. But, in doing so, it asks the courts to cede massive power to the White House: the bodies that make court policy and manage the judiciary’s day-to-day operations should be considered independent agencies of the executive branch, the suit argues, giving the President, under the conservative legal movement’s theories, the power to appoint and dismiss people in key roles.

 

[Pocket]

It is a little strange that neither D Day, V-E Day, nor V-J Day are recognized as national holidays in the US. I've said before that World War II was literally the only war the US has ever fought were they were unambiguously the good guys. Maybe the issue is that there are too many dates to choose from as the one that matters enough to be the holiday's actual date.

Do any European countries observe V-E Day or D Day as national holidays? I feel like they would.

 

[Dekafox]

https://www.reuters.com/investigations/these-judges-ruled-against-trump-then-their-families-came-under-attack-2025-05-02/

 

[Axaday]

I've said before that World War II was literally the only war the US has ever fought were they were unambiguously the good guys.

What is different with WW1?

And we HAVE to have been the good guys in the Civil War.