Trump Takes Next Symbolic Step Toward Dictatorship.

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20 Sep 2025, 4:06 pm

Just when you thought Trump wasn't serious about embracing his role as Dear Leader:

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20 Sep 2025, 5:38 pm

Nobody should have to deal with that. :roll:
Perhaps he's taking cues from Led By Donkeys? Only difference is he's skipped the bit where he's buddying up to Epstein.



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20 Sep 2025, 7:13 pm

Nothing shocks me anymore with this administration.


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20 Sep 2025, 7:33 pm

At least the portraits of Che in Havana serve a purpose.


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20 Sep 2025, 7:37 pm

Am still dumbfounded that even the Republicans in Congress has not caught on to this guys act. ? Hope we can successfully get another solid political party installed in the Government here. Not that the actual shadow government, would EVER let that happen.

Okay , now I wonder, do I buy a copy of WW2 germanys hitlers, " Mein Kampf" book he wrote or Chinas Chairman Mao's "Little Red Book". Somebody tell me which is politically correct please?
On topic of giant banners of USA 's leader , Where are the Indians ? with their bow and Flamming arrows,when needed?


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20 Sep 2025, 8:34 pm

Jakki wrote:
Am still dumbfounded that even the Republicans in Congress has not caught on to this guys act. ? Hope we can successfully get another solid political party installed in the Government here. Not that the actual shadow government, would EVER let that happen.

Okay , now I wonder, do I buy a copy of WW2 germanys hitlers, " Mein Kampf" book he wrote or Chinas Chairman Mao's "Little Red Book". Somebody tell me which is politically correct please?
On topic of giant banners of USA 's leader , Where are the Indians ? with their bow and Flamming arrows,when needed?


Congressional Republicans are wise to Trump. It's just that they're scared sh*tless of MAGA supporters taking to the streets and airwaves against them. And then there are those Republicans who are all for flirting with authoritarianism.


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20 Sep 2025, 8:50 pm

Vance , would likely be a seriously bad replacement , if Rump took a bow , out of office. He is the very essence of Evangelical control freaks . Possibly make Rump look like a saint, if you have listened to his past rhetoric/ speeches.
This stuff has been building for awhile. Rump follows the Bush families playbook. As patriot act was not patriotic ,
but damaged civil rights, and used destruction of Iraq as a cover for their actions . So effects of tyranny , maybe felt.
Rule book for Presidents, : when in doubt start a War, to get your name into the history books.And distract from real
intent regarding your controlling your populace..


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21 Sep 2025, 8:00 am

Kraichgauer wrote:
Jakki wrote:
Am still dumbfounded that even the Republicans in Congress has not caught on to this guys act. ? Hope we can successfully get another solid political party installed in the Government here. Not that the actual shadow government, would EVER let that happen.

Okay , now I wonder, do I buy a copy of WW2 germanys hitlers, " Mein Kampf" book he wrote or Chinas Chairman Mao's "Little Red Book". Somebody tell me which is politically correct please?
On topic of giant banners of USA 's leader , Where are the Indians ? with their bow and Flamming arrows,when needed?


Congressional Republicans are wise to Trump. It's just that they're scared sh*tless of MAGA supporters taking to the streets and airwaves against them. And then there are those Republicans who are all for flirting with authoritarianism.

And most of all primarying them.


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21 Sep 2025, 8:01 am

Trump publicly pushes Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute his political foes

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President Donald Trump exerted public pressure Saturday night on Attorney General Pam Bondi, saying it was time for the Justice Department to take action against a number of his political foes.

Alongside the extraordinary demand to prosecute his adversaries, the president also named his former defense attorney, now a senior White House aide, to replace the head of a key prosecutor’s office he forced out a day earlier.

"We can’t delay any longer, it’s killing our reputation and credibility. They impeached me twice, and indicted me (5 times!), OVER NOTHING. JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW!! !" Trump said in a Truth Social post.

He said people were complaining that "nothing is being done" and name-checked some public officials with whom he's tussled: former FBI Director James Comey, Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff of California, and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Comey led the investigation into Trump’s possible ties to Russian leadership, which concluded that Trump’s campaign did not collude with Russian operatives.

Schiff, while a member of the House, led the first impeachment of Trump during his first term.

James brought a successful civil suit against Trump in 2022 that accused him of overvaluing assets, including real estate, in loan applications. The suit’s financial penalty against Trump was later voided.

In a follow-up post an hour later, Trump praised Bondi.

"Pam Bondi is doing a GREAT job as Attorney General of the United States," he wrote.

Trump also complained about former acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Erik S. Siebert, who was tasked with looking into mortgage fraud allegations against James. Siebert resigned from office on Friday, though Trump contradicted this in his post — saying he fired Siebert.

Trump, who did not name Siebert in the post, lamented that the former acting U.S. attorney had the support of Virginia’s two U.S. senators — both Democrats.

“We almost put in a Democrat supported U.S. Attorney, in Virginia, with a really bad Republican past,” he wrote.

In a follow-up Truth Social post, Trump said he was naming Lindsey Halligan as his nominee to replace Siebert.

He lauded Halligan, who serves as special assistant to the president and senior associate staff secretary. Halligan is also Trump’s point person in making changes to the Smithsonian museums.

He told Bondi in the post that "Lindsey Halligan is a really good lawyer, and likes you, a lot."

"She will be Fair, Smart, and will provide, desperately needed, JUSTICE FOR ALL!" Trump said in the post.


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21 Sep 2025, 8:24 am

I think at this point it's safe to say that "mostly peaceful protests" aren't working.



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21 Sep 2025, 5:13 pm

Happy International Day of Peace, everyone. :roll:



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21 Sep 2025, 5:19 pm

Ain't he dead yet? :roll:


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21 Sep 2025, 7:35 pm

I am all for removing the "natural born citizen" requirement for the presidency, so that Zohran Mamdani can run.


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21 Sep 2025, 11:11 pm

anybody else here wish they could emigrate to someplace civilized?



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21 Sep 2025, 11:47 pm

auntblabby wrote:
anybody else here wish they could emigrate to someplace civilized?


I know I said before that running away from our homeland isn't the answer buuutttt....

I really wish I could afford to live in Japan, even though they don't really like immigrants either at least they're not rounding them up and locking them in cages like animals. Plus Japan is a very beautiful country with a rich culture and plenty of fun things to do.

Here in the states I live in the ass end of nowhere where there's nothing to do. :?



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22 Sep 2025, 12:23 am

auntblabby wrote:
anybody else here wish they could emigrate to someplace civilized?


I'd rather have insane idiots emigrate to somewhere they'd like better, like Russia.


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