Caesar of Bread
Ronald Reagan's #1 Hater
5 days until Trump gets in office. I'm so freaking scared for myself and other trans youth in America.
Trump In Charge: Wrecking Ball
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Trump Is Walking Back His Biggest Campaign Promises Before Taking Office
From lowering the costs of groceries to ending the war in Ukraine "in 24 hours," the president-elect is backpedaling on the things he said he would do.WASHINGTON — Donald Trump made lots of big promises on the campaign trail about what he would do as president.
But in the weeks since he won the election, Trump and his transition team have been quietly walking back some of his most significant commitments — a reflection of how unrealistic they were to begin with.
Details here:
Trump Is Walking Back His Biggest Campaign Promises Before Taking Office
From lowering the costs of groceries to ending the war in Ukraine "in 24 hours," the president-elect is backpedaling on the things he said he would do.
You could've at least given us a cole's notes of the article.Trump Is Walking Back His Biggest Campaign Promises Before Taking Office
From lowering the costs of groceries to ending the war in Ukraine "in 24 hours," the president-elect is backpedaling on the things he said he would do.
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump made lots of big promises on the campaign trail about what he would do as president.
But in the weeks since he won the election, Trump and his transition team have been quietly walking back some of his most significant commitments — a reflection of how unrealistic they were to begin with.
Details here:
Trump Is Walking Back His Biggest Campaign Promises Before Taking Office
From lowering the costs of groceries to ending the war in Ukraine "in 24 hours," the president-elect is backpedaling on the things he said he would do.www.huffpost.com
Anyway, what's certain is his leadership has already effected ramped-up border security efforts on the parts of both Canada and Mexico, as well as a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, all before even getting into office.
Quite possibly the best President since Teddy Roosevelt, maybe Lincoln.
I was too busy reading an exciting part of The Robots of Gotham. Bed time now maybe tomorrow.
Cloud_Strife
Deity
You realize cis kids undergo the same procedures as well, or does it only become "mutilation and chemical castration" when applied to trans kids?
There's just so much bigotry inherent in this post, a swipe at kids with disabilities, comparing the fact that trans kids exist to a "political agenda" is just insane.
You've made no effort to understand our community and you're repeating rhetoric that has it's basis in homophobic arguments spouted by people like Anita Bryant, a disgusting bigot now suffering in the fires of hell
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There's just so much bigotry inherent in this post, a swipe at kids with disabilities, comparing the fact that trans kids exist to a "political agenda" is just insane.
You've made no effort to understand our community and you're repeating rhetoric that has it's basis in homophobic arguments spouted by people like Anita Bryant, a disgusting bigot now suffering in the fires of hell
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EnglishEdward
Deity
So you believe in the devil, interesting.
Narz
keeping it real
I'm saying the issue (and all the blowback from the right) can go away if you remove gender from it. Gender is a social construct, so what's it got to do w sports?
Sports are separated because otherwise it wouldn't be fair for physical reasons, why throw gender into the mix?
No one's saying that. You can play sports to do whatever.
I think I get what you are saying, but I don't think the specific comparison lines up that well.
When "the cause" is something that you've signed up to potentially die for and you are facing actual death for it... your "agreement" with the cause and/or lines chosen, has a very different meaning and a very different value than when you are more like a passive, casual and/ or indirect observer of the cause playing out... free to agree or disagree with both the cause, as well as the "lines chosen".
In other words... its apples-to oranges
On a (thread) related note... I guess maybe that's part of why so many have been willing to jettison their prior professed principles, positions, etc., to get onboard the Trump train. Its alot easier to throw rocks or tomatoes at the train when you haven't got a ticket for a seat on it and little or no stake in where its headed.
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Broken_Erika
Play with me.
Trump names Gibson, Stallone and Voight Hollywood ambassadors
US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed three film stars to be special ambassadors tasked with promoting business opportunities in Hollywood."It is my honor to announce Jon Voight, Mel Gibson, and Sylvester Stallone, to be Special Ambassadors to a great but very troubled place, Hollywood, California," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
"They will serve as Special Envoys to me for the purpose of bringing Hollywood, which has lost much business over the last four years to Foreign Countries, BACK—BIGGER, BETTER, AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE!"
All three celebrity figures have recently been associated with Trump and his election campaign. It is unclear what their roles will involve.
In a statement, Gibson, 69, said he received the news "at the same time as all of you and was just as surprised.
"Nevertheless, I heed the call. My duty as a citizen is to give and help and insight I can."
Gibson, who recently lost his home in the Los Angeles wildfires, added: "Any chance the position comes with an Ambassador's residence?"
The Braveheart and Mad Max star had publicly endorsed Trump in a video released shortly before November's election. He also criticised Vice-President Kamala Harris, who was Trump's Democratic rival in the presidential race.
Stallone, 78, best known for playing the titular character in the Rocky franchise, introduced Trump at Mar-a-Lago for his post-election victory speech.
He compared the president-elect to America's first leader, calling him the "second George Washington".
"Without him, you can imagine what the world would look like?" he said.
He added that Washington - who was president from 1789 to 1797 - didn't realise he would change the world when he defended his country.
Voight, 86, who starred in Midnight Cowboy and Pearl Harbor, is a long-time supporter of Trump and has called him the greatest president since Abraham Lincoln.
It's been a difficult few years for Hollywood with the Covid pandemic, multiple labour strikes, and competition with streaming services.
Lucas Shaw, a long-time Hollywood analyst, does not believe the new envoys can do much to help the struggling industry.
"He [Trump] sees them as allies, and he can use them to talk about change in Hollywood, but I don't imagine you're going to have John Voight and Sylvester Stallone and Mel Gibson trying to figure out how to restore the cable bundle, or make streaming more profitable, or figure out how to make China import more Hollywood movies," he said.
Trump's relationship with Hollywood has been fraught with tension and controversy.
The entertainment industry was partly responsible for bringing Trump back to prominence with his reality show, The Apprentice, as it bolstered his image as a savvy businessman, Mr Shaw told the BBC.
Trump's ascent to the White House changed the dynamic, putting him at odds with the politics of much of the industry.
"Hollywood tends to donate to and support Democrats more than Republicans, and so it serves as an effective industry for him to criticise," said Mr Shaw.
It is also easy to "portray as these rich fat cats who don't have your interests in mind".
In August 2019, during his first term, Trump criticised the film industry as "racist" and accused it of creating "very dangerous" movies.
His comments stemmed from controversy ahead of the release of the film The Hunt, an action-horror about a group of elites who hunt people for sport.
Speaking outside the White House, he said that Hollywood was doing a "tremendous disservice to the country" by producing content that incites violence and division.
The following year, Trump took aim at the Academy Awards for selecting South Korean film Parasite as best picture.
He questioned how a foreign film could win the top honour and suggested it was undeserving.
Trump's stance on immigration, climate change, and social justice has drawn sharp criticism from major celebrities, and he has faced the ire of stars like Meryl Streep and Robert De Niro.
Some of his policies have also targeted Hollywood, including a push to end tax breaks for film production in certain states.
The announcement of his special ambassadors for Hollywood comes just four days before his inauguration in Washington DC on 20 January.
Los Angeles - the heart of the entertainment industry - is currently struggling to contain deadly wildfires that have destroyed thousands of homes and buildings and left many businesses struggling to recover.
Damages are estimated at approximately $250bn (£204bn).
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg44wpzx12o
Trump taps the leader of his personal detail to run the US Secret Service
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to pick his current Secret Service detail leader, Sean Curran, to be the new director of the United States Secret Service, according to multiple sources familiar with the decision.
For the past four years, Curran has led Trump’s detail and is known to have a close, personal relationship with the president-elect, sources said. Several sources, however, also raised significant concerns that Curran lacks the managerial experience to run an agency as large and complex as the Secret Service. On Trump’s detail, Curran supervised about 85 people. He has never managed the kind of budget or operations of the Secret Service.
Further, multiple sources point out that Curran has never held a position at the agency’s headquarters and is not a member of the Senior Executive Service, which comprises the highest ranks in the service. Curran would replace acting Director Ronald Rowe, who had lobbied for the job after Kim Cheatle resigned after the first assassination attempt on Trump’s life at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July. In September, another man in Florida set up a “sniper’s nest” outside of Trump’s golf club as part of an apparent second assassination attempt on Trump. Curran’s ascent is atypical due to his rank and lack of headquarters experience. Other former agents who later became directors rose through the agency’s headquarters, such as Mark Sullivan and Jim Murray, and were already members of the Senior Executive Service.
However, Curran’s rank fails to capture the responsibility of running Trump’s detail – even during years when Trump was neither president nor candidate. After leaving office, Trump’s risk level far outpaced his position as simply “a former.” A source familiar told CNN that Curran was active in pushing for more security resources for Trump, and later rushed to the stage as gun fire erupted around him at the Butler rally. While his heroism in the face of crisis is indisputable, his leadership leading up to the Butler rally has come under scrutiny.
A blue-ribbon panel commissioned by the Department of Homeland Security recommended a leader with outside experience to serve as Secret Service director, and a major overhaul of operations and attitude. In its report, the panel wrote that it found “evidence that Secret Service personnel, including those associated with the protection of former President Trump, viewed themselves as operating under an informal mantra of, effectively, ‘do more with less,’ which is inconsistent with achieving excellence or “no fail” in the Service’s protective mission.” Further, the panel found “an insufficiently experienced-based approach by the former president’s detail regarding its selection of agents to perform certain security critical tasks.”
Curran’s name has been circulated for weeks as a possible contender for director. Even while other names were floating as replacements, Rowe initiated sweeping changes and personnel moves. Some of Rowe’s changes included the creation of an Aviation and Aerospace Division to manage the agency’s drone and counter-drone strategies, and Operational Communications and Integration Division to direct radio and other communications. It’s unclear if Curran will maintain Rowe’s changes. As Curran steps into his new role, he will be surrounded by leadership gaps. The assistant director positions for the Office of Protective Operations and Office of Professional Responsibility are vacant.
Other top-level jobs including deputy director and assistant director of field operations have acting – not permanent – personnel.
Akka
Moody old mage.
Unsurprised by how it won't come to pass, somewhat surprised that he's low-key admitting it already.Trump Is Walking Back His Biggest Campaign Promises Before Taking Office
From lowering the costs of groceries to ending the war in Ukraine "in 24 hours," the president-elect is backpedaling on the things he said he would do.
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump made lots of big promises on the campaign trail about what he would do as president.
But in the weeks since he won the election, Trump and his transition team have been quietly walking back some of his most significant commitments — a reflection of how unrealistic they were to begin with.
Details here:
Trump Is Walking Back His Biggest Campaign Promises Before Taking Office
From lowering the costs of groceries to ending the war in Ukraine "in 24 hours," the president-elect is backpedaling on the things he said he would do.
tjs282
Stone \ Cold / Fish
So let me get this right: Trump's tapping the guy who failed to prevent an amateur sniper from taking a shot at a former President, for the top job at the Secret Service?!? 
Narz
keeping it real
Trying to get a cultural victory.
Homeboy's like a little kid if the kid got to be president, first create a Space Force, then assemble a bunch of superhero actors. People will go for an interesting villain over a boring hero and Harris was about as boring as it gets.
Be curious to run stats on mentions on this forum, Trump was likely getting 20 to 1 or higher before presidential campaign even started.
Ordnael
Emperor
There was probably a lot of wishful thinking involved...I know I kinda was wishful about the US getting a, somewhat, decent person to run it...but against a headless chicken like Harris campaigning about what she would do when she could've been doing while still in office killed it. Trump won almost by default, his adversary never really showed up.
US Supreme Court upholds law banning TikTok
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to rescue TikTok on Friday from a law that required the popular short-video app to be sold by its Chinese parent company ByteDance or banned on Sunday in the United States on national security grounds - a major blow to a platform used by nearly half of all Americans.The justices ruled that the law, passed by an overwhelming bipartisan majority in Congress last year and signed by Democratic President Joe Biden, did not violate the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment protection against government abridgment of free speech. The justices overturned a lower court's decision that had upheld the measure after it was challenged by TikTok, ByteDance and some of the app's users.
"There is no doubt that, for more than 170 million Americans, TikTok offers a distinctive and expansive outlet for expression, means of engagement, and source of community. But Congress has determined that divestiture is necessary to address its well-supported national security concerns regarding TikTok's data collection practices and relationship with a foreign adversary," the court said in the unsigned opinion.
The court added that "we conclude that the challenged provisions do not violate petitioners' First Amendment rights."
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-upholds-law-banning-tiktok-2025-01-17/
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