Traitor Watch - The 45 & 47 Thread

[Pocket]

We were both guys in the Civil War; that's why it was a civil war.

And World War I was just a huge dick-waving contest between rulers who were hopelessly out of touch about the realities of modern warfare, and who adopted a good-guy-bad-guy narrative after the fact. We would have stayed out of it if one of those rulers hadn't made the dumb mistake of waving their dick at us. The narrative that there were good guys and bad guys was made up after the fact by the side that happened to win, as is often the case.

 

[Axaday]

We were both guys in the Civil War; that's why it was a civil war.

And World War I was just a huge dick-waving contest between rulers who were hopelessly out of touch about the realities of modern warfare, and who adopted a good-guy-bad-guy narrative after the fact. We would have stayed out of it if one of those rulers hadn't made the dumb mistake of waving their dick at us. The narrative that there were good guys and bad guys was made up after the fact by the side that happened to win, as is often the case.

I get that take. Still, didn't the US enter to help our better friends?

 

[Pocket]

We entered because we caught Germany sending a telegram to Mexico saying "Hey, come fight on our side and if we win, we'll do a victory lap around the US and win you back the land they just took from you." I don't think we particularly cared about anyone on the other side of the pond at that point.

 

[Deathy G1]

Trump administration settles with Maine over funding freeze after dispute over trans athletes

Proud to be a Mainer. Dirigo!

 

[KidTDragon]

Do you need some Visine, Mr. Trump? You seem to be blinking a lot.

 

[Ironbite4]

This is what happens. You stand up to him, he backs down. Every hugging time. He's the softest man in the room.

Ironbite-why anyone capitulates to him I don't understand.

 

[Pocket]

Because it's not him they have to worry about; it's his brownshirt army.

 

[wonko the sane?]

He's also a petty, mean, vindictive person. So he's backing down now; but using the MASSIVE LEVER of the US presidency to lean on them later. He'll break every deal that gets made: and use the threat of that as additional leverage against individuals.

 

[Rhinox]

Trump is a wargames scenario. The only way to win is to not play. Unfortunately, we blew that ******* chance in November.

 

[KidTDragon]

The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fall

The Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggesting that others across the South should be eliminated.

apnews.com

Because our schools' biggest problem isn't ever-shrinking budgets, it's the unnecessary burden of having to treat everyone equally.

 

[Paladin]

i'll be damned; he actually answered honestly.

Trump, asked if he has to 'uphold the Constitution,' says, 'I don't know'

Trump said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that he’s following lawyers’ advice as he tries to execute rapid deportations, arguing that giving immigrants due process is time-consuming.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[wonko the sane?]

Nope, he's still lying. But it's a weak lie. constitution stands between him and the kingdom he desperately wants: so he will kill it as soon as it's viable.

 

[Ironbite4]

The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fall

The Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggesting that others across the South should be eliminated.

apnews.com

Because our schools' biggest problem isn't ever-shrinking budgets, it's the unnecessary burden of having to treat everyone equally.

You know at first I was kinda angry myself at this. Like is this the beginning of the end of segregation for schools in the South? Are we seeing the first salvos shot at Brown vs. Board of Education? Then I kept reading.

The Trump administration called the Plaquemines case an example of administrative neglect. The district in the Mississippi River Delta Basin in southeast Louisiana was found to have integrated in 1975, but the case was to stay under the court’s watch for another year. The judge died the same year, and the court record “appears to be lost to time,” according to a court filing.

“Given that this case has been stayed for a half-century with zero action by the court, the parties or any third-party, the parties are satisfied that the United States’ claims have been fully resolved,” according to a joint filing from the Justice Department and the office of Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill.

Ironbite-I'm all for sounding alarms when Trump et al does things but I'm not sure this is something to be screaming about.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

We will Make Alcatraz Great Again.

 

[abates]

Adam Schwarz (@adamjschwarz.bsky.social)

The White House are such big Star Wars fans that they gave Trump a red lightsaber while trying to claim he's the good guy.

bsky.app

I am sure that picture was AI generated, so yet another thing that AI somehow gets right.

 

[Axaday]

I would have imagined him with a Kowakian monkey-lizard and a little bowl of frogs, but this is an interesting take.

 

[Ironbite4]

We will Make Alcatraz Great Again.

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/05/trump-alcatraz-prison-rebuild-reopen

Ironbite-in case anyone wants to know what in hell is going on.

 

[abates]

Did an Alcatraz movie play on Fox on Saturday night?

 

[Rhinox]

I assume he either saw The Rock or he met Michael Bay who told him he couldn't have Optimus so he's settling.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

The man does love movies yet tends to wildly miss the point, so it's possible that this is exactly what happened.