America - The Official Thread

[UKMikey]

Pete doesn't react well to cross-questioning. From 11 Mar:

 

[McLaren]

Pete doesn't react well to cross-questioning. From 11 Mar:

Ah, so this is one of the tossers who has told the MAGA base to parrot that "tariffs are a negotiating tactic". A negotiation tactic at the cost of the stock market/economy, the citizens, & the allies, and he changes his mind so much (despite Pete playing blind, deaf, and dumb that) that other side can't trust and/or just ignores him and goes ahead with their own plans.

 

[TexRex]

Bookmark this the next time a Pastor or conservative gets caught with kids. Straight to the punishment phase, do not collect due process.

So the neat thing about denying them due process is they needn't have done anything at all. What are they gonna do, defend themselves in a court of law? Give a connie rat a name that sounds vaguely Venezuelan and declare them illegal. Start with Victoria there. Don't even have to change the first name. And the first and last letters of its surname can stay as well. Call it Victoria Sanchez. Boom, illegal.

 

[05XR8]

I guess we’ll find out if elections can indeed be bought in each state. Wisconsin has to send that message right up Muskrat’s pahtootie that elections can’t be bought.

 

[Fezzik]

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/30/politics/trump-third-term-methods/index.html

“There are methods which you could do it,” the president said when asked whether there are strategies on the table to allow him to seek another term. Welker mentioned a possible plan in which Vice President JD Vance would run in 2028 and then “pass the baton” to Trump. “Well, that’s one. But there are others too,” the president said, before refusing to elaborate.

This is what he talks about on the phone with his buddy Vlad. Deploying the full Putin playbook.

 

[Imari]

So the neat thing about denying them due process is they needn't have done anything at all. What are they gonna do, defend themselves in a court of law? Give a connie rat a name that sounds vaguely Venezuelan and declare them illegal. Start with Victoria there. Don't even have to change the first name. And the first and last letters of its surname can stay as well. Call it Victoria Sanchez. Boom, illegal.

Yep. Without due process it becomes literally the court of public opinion. And public opinion is pretty easy to dictate when disagreeing with the "authorities" would mean basically sticking your hand up to be disappeared to some torture chamber in El Salvador.

I guess we’ll find out if elections can indeed be bought in each state. Wisconsin has to send that message right up Muskrat’s pahtootie that elections can’t be bought.

It's gonna be tough. Musk can generate scams significantly faster than they can be litigated, and even if they do get to court somehow he has as much ability as anyone to stall and grind matters out. Notwithstanding the ability for allied politicians/judges to get him off the hook.

If he wants to buy elections bad enough, he can probably make it happen. At least for a few years. The system ultimately depends on those in power being willing (or able) to enforce the law.

 

[Blitz24]

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/30/politics/trump-third-term-methods/index.html

This is what he talks about on the phone with his buddy Vlad. Deploying the full Putin playbook.

All he needs is a Medvedev willing to look like a stooge to make it happen. Creating a prime minister role would basically allow it but it would be very risky as anyone with a brain could look at that as an impeachable action.

 

[Liquid]

an impeachable action.

There's no such thing without a senate willing to convict.

Spoiler

Spare the technicalities. You know the point being made.

 

[McLaren]

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/30/politics/trump-third-term-methods/index.html

This is what he talks about on the phone with his buddy Vlad. Deploying the full Putin playbook.

We could be stuck with him for technically 2 more terms since Vance could run for a 2nd term as well. Although, the odds of him living to 2032 have to be improbable.

 

[Blitz24]

We could be stuck with him for technically 2 more terms since Vance could run for a 2nd term as well. Although, the odds of him living to 2032 have to be improbable.

Vance probably would put a huge bullseye on his back too and he doesn't seem to be the sharpest tool in the shed.

 

[TexRex]

Vance probably would put a huge bullseye on his back too and he doesn't seem to be the sharpest tool in the shed.

But definitely still a tool.

 

[Dennisch]

Does he have stupid, white boots on, too?

 

[Tornado]

I know I know "it's only against the law if" but "you can't even be vice president if you have already been President twice" seems pretty cut and dried. And it's not like this is from some time where you have to interpret meanings of English so old that sometimes they wrote cursive "S" as a cursive "F." This was just from the 1940s.

 

[Blitz24]

I know I know "it's only against the law if" but "you can't even be vice president if you have already been President twice" seems pretty cut and dried. And it's not like this is from some time where you have to interpret meanings of English so old that sometimes they wrote cursive "S" as a cursive "F." This was just from the 1940s.

Simple. Find another pawn like Tim Scott or Nikki Haley.

 

[Fezzik]

He could be Speaker of the House though, right? So 3rd in line. Prez-whoever resigns, the VP is incapacitated somehow, boom up steps Trump to save the day.

(yes this is a West Wing storyline)

I don’t think there’s any law stopping a former President running for Congress (not sure he even needs to be in Congress), and that gets around the whole “elected” issue.

 

[Zero2Oblivion]

I'm going to go with Trump calling martial law (not Marshall Law) to prevent an election.

The US Constitution is setup in such a way to prevent this, as martial law doesn't give the president the ability to overrule/bypass Congress. If a president tries to use martial law to prevent an election, Congress should be able to immediately impeach. Should. Because if Congress is cowed/submissive or supportive to the president, they may not do that.

On the other hand, all of you lucky Americans currently have a president that doesn't seem to understand the US Constitution, and makes things up as he goes, so anyone's guess is plausible at this point.

 

[TheCracker]

I'm going to go with Trump calling martial law (not Marshall Law) to prevent an election.

The US Constitution is setup in such a way to prevent this, as martial law doesn't give the president the ability to overrule/bypass Congress. If a president tries to use martial law to prevent an election, Congress should be able to immediately impeach. Should. Because if Congress is cowed/submissive or supportive to the president, they may not do that.

On the other hand, all of you lucky Americans currently have a president that doesn't seem to understand the US Constitution, and makes things up as he goes, so anyone's guess is plausible at this point.

But as Trump proved during his previous term, impeachment dont mean **** anymore.

 

[Tornado]

He could be Speaker of the House though, right? So 3rd in line. Prez-whoever resigns, the VP is incapacitated somehow, boom up steps Trump to save the day.

(yes this is a West Wing storyline)

I don’t think there’s any law stopping a former President running for Congress (not sure he even needs to be in Congress), and that gets around the whole “elected” issue.

You have to be eligible for the office of the presidency to begin with. Again, recognizing "it's only against the law if"; but that's why if Trump forced his sycophants in the House to make Musk the Speaker or something Musk still couldn't be President. It would just skip him and go to Marco Rubio.

 

[Blitz24]

You have to be eligible for the office of the presidency to begin with. Again, recognizing "it's only against the law if"; but that's why if Trump forced his sycophants in the House to make Musk the Speaker or something Musk still couldn't be President. It would just skip him and go to Marco Rubio.

Unless they completely ignore the constitution (which they have no problem doing anyways), there aren't many avenues he can use to get himself back into office. His only options are to use his children as candidates and have them select him as VP (I mean, Donald Jr would probably gladly do it), use Vance or one of his other useful idiots (that's why they are there) or try to prevent another election. The problem is that even making sure he can't run without finding loopholes requires someone in Congress to stand up and say so. That might be a huge ask.

 

[TB]

Grouchy Marx mustache and a name change to Conald I. Srump.

 

[dylansan]

Bit of a mixed bag of stuff I wanted to share:

Documents show the criteria being used to deport traffic people to El Salvador:


Musk is desperate to defeat Susan Crawford in Wisconsin's Supreme Court Race. Apparently this is above board but handing out bottled water to voters regardless of political affiliation is forbidden.

Rubio and Hegseth begin dismantling United States Institute of Peace



If you're wondering what Harris is up to lately:

 

[Northstar]

For all the bad stuff Trump has been doing he is doing some good, the fake media just wont report it! Just look at this, would Kamala have been able to get 3 nations that historically can't stand each other to work together? I think not!

 

[TexRex]

An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison

The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.

www.theatlantic.com

Like the way a black hole has exponentially stronger pull the closer matter gets to it, I feel like the more people harmed by the rat--not rando nutcases that want attention but those that have suffered legitimate civil injury--the more inevitable it is that it gets put down. The "spaghettification" effect but for assassination. It's "he who saves his country breaks no law" or whatever that masturbatory Napoleon garbage was, except obviously not the way the bitch intended.

And it will be just and right and good and I'm thankful that I got my knee replaced because I'm gonna want to dance a jig and I'll bake a cake to commemorate the event that I desperately hope is covered widely and from many angles so that I can watch it as a montage on repeat.

 

[Scaff]

The Dead Kennedys have updated their Facebook profile picture in the finest way, I'm posting a link as it's very AUP unfriendly, and the comments are full of people simping for Musk and Trump in the most hilarious ways imaginable. Apparently Musk and Trump are real punk and these bozzos have never realised that the DKs have spent 50 years warning of the rise of American fascism.

Serious Language Warning

 

[McLaren]

The Dead Kennedys have updated their Facebook profile picture in the finest way, I'm posting a link as it's very AUP unfriendly, and the comments are full of people simping for Musk and Trump in the most hilarious ways imaginable. Apparently Musk and Trump are real punk and these bozzos have never realised that the DKs have spent 50 years warning of the rise of American fascism.

Serious Language Warning

"Raging for the machine", like these dumb ***** don't know Trump is the machine's leader now....

 

[TheCracker]

"Raging for the machine", like these dumb ***** don't know Trump is the machine's leader now....

Not only that, but that machine now has a worrying lack of checks and balances keeping it under control.

 

[UKMikey]

The Dead Kennedys have updated their Facebook profile picture in the finest way, I'm posting a link as it's very AUP unfriendly, and the comments are full of people simping for Musk and Trump in the most hilarious ways imaginable. Apparently Musk and Trump are real punk and these bozzos have never realised that the DKs have spent 50 years warning of the rise of American fascism.

Don't tell me those assholes took the "kill the poor" thing seriously? Talk about April fools.

 

[Blitz24]

An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison

The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.

www.theatlantic.com

And it will be just and right and good and I'm thankful that I got my knee replaced because I'm gonna want to dance a jig and I'll bake a cake to commemorate the event that I desperately hope is covered widely and from many angles so that I can watch it as a montage on repeat.

I'm surprised there hasn't been a lawsuit filed and fast-tracked for this. Even more than any of the defamation suits, this seems like a slam dunk loss for Trump and his administration.

 

[UKMikey]

I'm surprised there hasn't been a lawsuit filed and fast-tracked for this. Even more than any of the defamation suits, this seems like a slam dunk loss for Trump and his administration.

His thralls will only see the words "immigrant" and "The Atlantic" and ignore everything else.

 

[nk4e]

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/04/new-u-s-navy-aircraft-carrier-to-be-named-uss-musk/

I hope it's fake.