Traitor Watch - The 45 & 47 Thread

[The Mighty Mollusk]

Wonder how long until it starts to tarnish and peel the gold plating off.

 

[KidTDragon]

I don't know, but I'm sure all the urine is going to speed up the process.

 

[KidTDragon]

The Heritage Foundation's plans to brainwash America's youth are in full swing:

U.S. Department of Education, AFPI, TPUSA, Hillsdale College, and Over 40 National and State Organizations Launch America 250 Civics Coalition

The U.S. Department of Education, alongside the America First Policy Institute, Turning Point USA, Hillsdale College, and more than 40 leading national and state-based organizations today announced the launch of the America 250 Civics Coalition.

www.ed.gov

 

[Pocket]

Wonder how long until it starts to tarnish and peel the gold plating off.

It honestly doesn't even look like real gold in the photos, more like gold colored spraypaint. Though that might just be suboptimal lighting conditions.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

Knowing him, he probably ordered solid gold, had the builders make it hollow copper with gold spray paint, and pocketed the difference. And then probably hid the Epstein files inside or something.

 

[Dekafox]

So the NYT lawsuit was struck because the lawyers used 80 pages of the 85 page filing to butter up Trump.

Judge Steven D. Merryday (a George H.W. Bush appointee) of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, said the president’s 85-page complaint was unnecessarily lengthy and digressive. He criticized Mr. Trump’s lawyers for waiting until the 80th page to lodge a formal allegation of defamation, and for including, ahead of it, dozens of “florid and enervating” pages lavishing praise on the president and enumerating a range of grievances.

"As every lawyer knows (or is presumed to know), a complaint is not a public forum for vituperation and invective — not a protected platform to rage against an
adversary. A complaint is not a megaphone for public relations or a podium for a passionate oration at a political rally or the functional equivalent of the Hyde Park
Speakers’ Corner.

"This complaint stands unmistakably and inexcusably athwart the requirements of Rule 8. This action will begin, will continue, and will end in accord with the rules of procedure and in a professional and dignified manner. The complaint is STRUCK."

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flmd.447437/gov.uscourts.flmd.447437.5.0.pdf

 

[wonko the sane?]

Yeah, and the judge gave trump 28 days to file again with a much shorter, and very much to the point brief.

 

[Dekafox]

Huh, wonder what techbro pissed him off this time.

WSJ - President Trump plans to add a $100,000 fee to H-1B visa applications in the administration’s latest crackdown on a system it says is used by tech companies to avoid hiring American workers.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-to-add-100-000-fee-to-h-1b-visas-e41ffe48?reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

No paywall break this time, they've got my usual provider blocked atm.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

I wonder how much Elon regrets that one tweet.

I'll give Miller this one. This is something that needed to happen.

 

[NovaSaber]

https://archive.is/fL59f

The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
The study, which was conducted by the National Institute of Justice and hosted on a DOJ website was available there at least until September 12, 2025, according to an archive of the page saved by the Wayback Machine. Daniel Malmer, a PhD student studying online extremism at UNC-Chapel Hill, first noticed the paper was deleted.
“The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs is currently reviewing its websites and materials in accordance with recent Executive Orders and related guidance,” reads a message on the page where the study was formerly hosted. “During this review, some pages and publications will be unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.”
Shortly after Donald Trump took office he issued an executive order that forced government agencies to scrub their sites of any mention of “diversity,” “gender,” “DEI,” and other “forbidden words” and perceived notions of “wokeness.” The executive order impacted every government agency, including NASA, and was a huge waste of engineers’ time.
We don’t know why the study about far-right extremist violence was removed recently, but it comes immediately after the assassination of conservative personality Charlie Kirk, accusations from the administration that the left is responsible for most of the political violence in the country, and a renewed commitment from the administration to crack down on the “radical left.”

 

[Stepwise]

Hopefully there are other archived copies of that study.

 

[Dekafox]

Trump urges justice department to prosecute political opponents

The president expresses frustration that "nothing is being done" and calls on Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate his opponents.

www.bbc.com

 

[Dekafox]

After cuts to food stamps, Trump administration ends government's annual report on hunger in America

The Trump administration is ending the federal government’s annual report on hunger in America, saying it had become “overly politicized″ and ”rife with inaccuracies.″ The decision comes two and a half months after President Donald Trump signed legislation sharply reducing food aid to the poor.

apnews.com

Vibes of "If we don't test, there's no infections!"

 

[KidTDragon]

"Vibes", nothing. It's the same damn song.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

Republicans have two main responses to problems they caused. If they can't find someone to blame, they put their fingers in their ears and pretend it's not happening.

 

[Dekafox]

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/19/nx-s1-5545764/trump-antifa-domestic-terrorist-organization

And they're continuing to push the "tylenol is autism" thing now. Guessing RFK tried it once, it didn't work for him, therefore it's "fake medical news"

Anti-vaccine groups melt down over RFK Jr. linking autism to Tylenol

“THIS WAS NOT CAUSED BY TYLENOL” Kennedy’s anti-vaccine group retweeted.

arstechnica.com

On the plus side, maybe it means they're going to step back on the vaccine blocking?

 

[KidTDragon]

More likely it means that Johnson & Johnson's lawyers are going to start shopping for bigger houses.

 

[wonko the sane?]

Bigger houses on the riviera.

 

[Anonymous X]

Donald Trump tells UN meeting London wants "to go to sharia law" - BBC News

President Trump tells the United Nations London has "been changed" and has a "terrible mayor".

www.bbc.co.uk

So the Orange Abomination is attacking mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan for mostly existing as a non-white elected official. Very obviously racially motivated (and he seems unaware that mayors in Britain don’t control immigration laws).

 

[Pocket]

I wonder if there were people in the 1800s claiming Disraeli wanted to force England to go kosher.