^^^ messing up Trumps plans in that obviously the tariffs are doomed to put the US into a recession.

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https://x.com/feelmyhelpcomin/status/1856324921082728873?s=61&t=ncpdEcJLIN1zPASIYpgYDA

Trump to pay reparations to white people 🙄
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And people thought he wouldn’t be as extreme as last time.
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He’s going scorched earth
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We’re going to see exactly the same as we did with half of the Brexit voters from a lot of swing voting Americans, particularly I think those who voted for him because they thought he’d lower their taxes or deal with the southern border.

“Oh my god, why the hell has he done that [nonsensical/ discriminatory/ authoritarian/ uniquely millionaire-benefitting policy]?”

“Well, we did warn you. And he did literally tell you that he was going to do it…”

“Yeah, but I didn’t think that he’d actually do it!”
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Agreed, and just to really ‘Brexit’ it up I’m sure there will be many who blame the Dems for messing up Trumps plans rather than blame Trump.

Trump who now has the senate, the house and will stack the Surpreme Court for the next 50 years is the closest thing to a dictator the US has ever had. I was trying to think who could actually stop him from breaking laws or doing anything untowards as there’s literally no guardrails anymore. He’s unstoppable. And he’s going to make the education dumber and more pliable to far right politics than ever before.

I saw someone jokingly say that California, Portland and Washington should just leave the union and join Canada. You never know .. 😆
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Call me a caaant but a part of me wants him to do these things. Get it over with and see where we are at afterwards.

They’re referring to Musk and Ramaswamy’s work as a new ‘Manhattan Project’.

For those who aren’t aware, the Manhattan Project, like the Apollo Programme and the creation of Silicon Valley, were huge, centrally publicly run and publicly funded government projects, which (fantastically successfully) saw collectively many tens of thousands of public employees across departments co-ordinate and collaborate to deliver three of the most significant deliverables of the 20th century, period.

Last year, while running for president, Ramaswamy said he would fire more than 75% of the federal work force and close down several major agencies.

Doing this will render the US public sector so emaciated, talent-free and bereft of experience and capability that it won’t even be able to recognise and diagnose properly all of the gaps it needs to fill where the private sector is failing, let alone design the programmes of work required to fill them. Where it does, it won’t be able to properly tender for work, write contracts that guarantee the public is delivered successful and value for money outcomes, or monitor and control contractors.

It’ll cripple the US state, leaving it incapable of responding holistically and coherently to the biggest known (like climate change, threats from AI, federal infrastructure renewal, energy policy) and as yet unknown challenges *and* opportunities it faces.

In short, it won’t be possible for the US to design, let alone implement new Manhattan Projects or Apollo Programmes or Silicon Valleys. And of course, it will see the cancellation of hundreds and thousands of federal projects working to help keep the nation’s most vulnerable people homed, fed, educated, medicated, protected, defended and rehabilitated.

All it will actually do is allow Trump to further cut taxes for Musk, Bezos and other billionaires and multimillionaires. It’s another cynical wealth transfer in an already spectacularly unequal society which is probably a few short election cycles away from building guillotines.

comment by It’s time for some Lancashire hotPote, Ruben (U17054)
posted 4 minutes ago
They’re referring to Musk and Ramaswamy’s work as a new ‘Manhattan Project’.

For those who aren’t aware, the Manhattan Project, like the Apollo Programme and the creation of Silicon Valley, were huge, centrally publicly run and publicly funded government projects, which (fantastically successfully) saw collectively many tens of thousands of public employees across departments co-ordinate and collaborate to deliver three of the most significant deliverables of the 20th century, period.

Last year, while running for president, Ramaswamy said he would fire more than 75% of the federal work force and close down several major agencies.

Doing this will render the US public sector so emaciated, talent-free and bereft of experience and capability that it won’t even be able to recognise and diagnose properly all of the gaps it needs to fill where the private sector is failing, let alone design the programmes of work required to fill them. Where it does, it won’t be able to properly tender for work, write contracts that guarantee the public is delivered successful and value for money outcomes, or monitor and control contractors.

It’ll cripple the US state, leaving it incapable of responding holistically and coherently to the biggest known (like climate change, threats from AI, federal infrastructure renewal, energy policy) and as yet unknown challenges *and* opportunities it faces.

In short, it won’t be possible for the US to design, let alone implement new Manhattan Projects or Apollo Programmes or Silicon Valleys. And of course, it will see the cancellation of hundreds and thousands of federal projects working to help keep the nation’s most vulnerable people homed, fed, educated, medicated, protected, defended and rehabilitated.

All it will actually do is allow Trump to further cut taxes for Musk, Bezos and other billionaires and multimillionaires. It’s another cynical wealth transfer in an already spectacularly unequal society which is probably a few short election cycles away from building guillotines.
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When I read things like these I just sigh at the missed opportunities of Europe to properly unite and become a force for progress and innovation.

I was watching an interview with Yanis Varoufakis who spoke about how nothing exciting is going on in Europe and it’s just a continent with potential but most of tye worlds innovations are happening in Asia and Silicon Valley. With the assumed downfall of the US in the coming decades it’s a great opportunity for Europe to unite, become self reliant militarily and economically and become the powerhouse it really should be.

Leave the US to be picked apart by the vultures.

I am however very much expecting much of Trumps plan to fall apart as the clash of egos and philosophies ignites in the next 12 months. MAGA are already losing their shiiit at Marco Rubio being appointed as he’s the antithesis to their antiwar ambitions. Who knew?

comment by It’s time for some Lancashire hotPote, Ruben (U17054)
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comment by Robben Amorim (U22716)
posted 53 minutes ago
https://x.com/feelmyhelpcomin/status/1856324921082728873?s=61&t=ncpdEcJLIN1zPASIYpgYDA

Trump to pay reparations to white people 🙄
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And people thought he wouldn’t be as extreme as last time.
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He’s going scorched earth
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We’re going to see exactly the same as we did with half of the Brexit voters from a lot of swing voting Americans, particularly I think those who voted for him because they thought he’d lower their taxes or deal with the southern border.

“Oh my god, why the hell has he done that [nonsensical/ discriminatory/ authoritarian/ uniquely millionaire-benefitting policy]?”

“Well, we did warn you. And he did literally tell you that he was going to do it…”

“Yeah, but I didn’t think that he’d actually do it!”
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Saw a video interview on Twitter yesterday with a Latino Trump voter who said he wasn't worried about some of his undocumented family members being deported because they work hard and They're not going to deport the 'good ones'.

Robb

I saw that Varoufakis video. He’s consistently excellent. All of his work that I’ve read is recommendable, but be sure to pick up his book Another Now. It’s required reading IMO.

Xavi

I am once again reminded of all of those Brexit voters living in Spain who were refused right to remain and rather than living 365 days on the Costa del Sol are now back in Luton, Peterborough and Scunthorpe for three quarters of the year

comment by It’s time for some Lancashire hotPote, Ruben (U17054)
posted 44 minutes ago
They’re referring to Musk and Ramaswamy’s work as a new ‘Manhattan Project’.

For those who aren’t aware, the Manhattan Project, like the Apollo Programme and the creation of Silicon Valley, were huge, centrally publicly run and publicly funded government projects, which (fantastically successfully) saw collectively many tens of thousands of public employees across departments co-ordinate and collaborate to deliver three of the most significant deliverables of the 20th century, period.

Last year, while running for president, Ramaswamy said he would fire more than 75% of the federal work force and close down several major agencies.

Doing this will render the US public sector so emaciated, talent-free and bereft of experience and capability that it won’t even be able to recognise and diagnose properly all of the gaps it needs to fill where the private sector is failing, let alone design the programmes of work required to fill them. Where it does, it won’t be able to properly tender for work, write contracts that guarantee the public is delivered successful and value for money outcomes, or monitor and control contractors.

It’ll cripple the US state, leaving it incapable of responding holistically and coherently to the biggest known (like climate change, threats from AI, federal infrastructure renewal, energy policy) and as yet unknown challenges *and* opportunities it faces.

In short, it won’t be possible for the US to design, let alone implement new Manhattan Projects or Apollo Programmes or Silicon Valleys. And of course, it will see the cancellation of hundreds and thousands of federal projects working to help keep the nation’s most vulnerable people homed, fed, educated, medicated, protected, defended and rehabilitated.

All it will actually do is allow Trump to further cut taxes for Musk, Bezos and other billionaires and multimillionaires. It’s another cynical wealth transfer in an already spectacularly unequal society which is probably a few short election cycles away from building guillotines.
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Music to the ears of all who don't like the USA.

When Alex Jones confronted Trump’s new Secretary of State Marco Rubio

https://x.com/rpsagainsttrump/status/1856405156796985853?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw

Saw as well his new defence secretary is a Fox news commentator and former veteran who has no experience in any government role, who also previously campaigned to have any US soldier convicted of war crimes to be pardoned.

comment by Robben Amorim (U22716)
posted 2 hours, 26 minutes ago
comment by It’s time for some Lancashire hotPote, Ruben (U17054)
posted 4 minutes ago
They’re referring to Musk and Ramaswamy’s work as a new ‘Manhattan Project’.

For those who aren’t aware, the Manhattan Project, like the Apollo Programme and the creation of Silicon Valley, were huge, centrally publicly run and publicly funded government projects, which (fantastically successfully) saw collectively many tens of thousands of public employees across departments co-ordinate and collaborate to deliver three of the most significant deliverables of the 20th century, period.

Last year, while running for president, Ramaswamy said he would fire more than 75% of the federal work force and close down several major agencies.

Doing this will render the US public sector so emaciated, talent-free and bereft of experience and capability that it won’t even be able to recognise and diagnose properly all of the gaps it needs to fill where the private sector is failing, let alone design the programmes of work required to fill them. Where it does, it won’t be able to properly tender for work, write contracts that guarantee the public is delivered successful and value for money outcomes, or monitor and control contractors.

It’ll cripple the US state, leaving it incapable of responding holistically and coherently to the biggest known (like climate change, threats from AI, federal infrastructure renewal, energy policy) and as yet unknown challenges *and* opportunities it faces.

In short, it won’t be possible for the US to design, let alone implement new Manhattan Projects or Apollo Programmes or Silicon Valleys. And of course, it will see the cancellation of hundreds and thousands of federal projects working to help keep the nation’s most vulnerable people homed, fed, educated, medicated, protected, defended and rehabilitated.

All it will actually do is allow Trump to further cut taxes for Musk, Bezos and other billionaires and multimillionaires. It’s another cynical wealth transfer in an already spectacularly unequal society which is probably a few short election cycles away from building guillotines.
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When I read things like these I just sigh at the missed opportunities of Europe to properly unite and become a force for progress and innovation.

I was watching an interview with Yanis Varoufakis who spoke about how nothing exciting is going on in Europe and it’s just a continent with potential but most of tye worlds innovations are happening in Asia and Silicon Valley. With the assumed downfall of the US in the coming decades it’s a great opportunity for Europe to unite, become self reliant militarily and economically and become the powerhouse it really should be.

Leave the US to be picked apart by the vultures.
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There’d be potential to head hunt some of America’s best and brightest that may not want to live in Trump’s America as well.

Timothy West

Another PMQs today, Kemi was awful in her first one but there's a new leader bounce in the polls

Let's see how she gets on today

https://x.com/guardian/status/1856659228649271588?s=61&t=ncpdEcJLIN1zPASIYpgYDA

The Guardian have bailed on Twitter

After Nigel Farage asks question at PMQs, Keir Starmer says: “I’m glad to see the honourable member making a rare appearance back here. After so much time in America recently, I was half expecting to see him in the immigration statistics”.

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posted about 2 hours ago
comment by Robben Amorim (U22716)
posted 2 hours, 26 minutes ago
comment by It’s time for some Lancashire hotPote, Ruben (U17054)
posted 4 minutes ago
They’re referring to Musk and Ramaswamy’s work as a new ‘Manhattan Project’.

For those who aren’t aware, the Manhattan Project, like the Apollo Programme and the creation of Silicon Valley, were huge, centrally publicly run and publicly funded government projects, which (fantastically successfully) saw collectively many tens of thousands of public employees across departments co-ordinate and collaborate to deliver three of the most significant deliverables of the 20th century, period.

Last year, while running for president, Ramaswamy said he would fire more than 75% of the federal work force and close down several major agencies.

Doing this will render the US public sector so emaciated, talent-free and bereft of experience and capability that it won’t even be able to recognise and diagnose properly all of the gaps it needs to fill where the private sector is failing, let alone design the programmes of work required to fill them. Where it does, it won’t be able to properly tender for work, write contracts that guarantee the public is delivered successful and value for money outcomes, or monitor and control contractors.

It’ll cripple the US state, leaving it incapable of responding holistically and coherently to the biggest known (like climate change, threats from AI, federal infrastructure renewal, energy policy) and as yet unknown challenges *and* opportunities it faces.

In short, it won’t be possible for the US to design, let alone implement new Manhattan Projects or Apollo Programmes or Silicon Valleys. And of course, it will see the cancellation of hundreds and thousands of federal projects working to help keep the nation’s most vulnerable people homed, fed, educated, medicated, protected, defended and rehabilitated.

All it will actually do is allow Trump to further cut taxes for Musk, Bezos and other billionaires and multimillionaires. It’s another cynical wealth transfer in an already spectacularly unequal society which is probably a few short election cycles away from building guillotines.
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When I read things like these I just sigh at the missed opportunities of Europe to properly unite and become a force for progress and innovation.

I was watching an interview with Yanis Varoufakis who spoke about how nothing exciting is going on in Europe and it’s just a continent with potential but most of tye worlds innovations are happening in Asia and Silicon Valley. With the assumed downfall of the US in the coming decades it’s a great opportunity for Europe to unite, become self reliant militarily and economically and become the powerhouse it really should be.

Leave the US to be picked apart by the vultures.
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There’d be potential to head hunt some of America’s best and brightest that may not want to live in Trump’s America as well.
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Gabriel Gatehouse "The Coming Storm" on BBC Sounds, that'll give you a guide to what to expect.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001324r

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After Nigel Farage asks question at PMQs, Keir Starmer says: “I’m glad to see the honourable member making a rare appearance back here. After so much time in America recently, I was half expecting to see him in the immigration statistics”.


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lol, that’s actually smart from Keith

NEW: Donald Trump will attempt to block the UK’s decision to cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius

[@Independent]

BREAKING: Donald Trump suggests he MIGHT run for a third term in 2028. Here's what he just told House Republicans: "I suspect I won't be running again unless you say he's so good we've got to figure something else out."
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Well there you have it

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NEW: Donald Trump will attempt to block the UK’s decision to cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius

[@Independent]
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Why's he getting involved in our sovereignty?

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comment by Onana what's my name? (U14210)
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NEW: Donald Trump will attempt to block the UK’s decision to cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius

[@Independent]
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Why's he getting involved in our sovereignty?
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I think he's saying it just to look strong on foreign policy. The deal is already done

comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
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comment by Onana what's my name? (U14210)
posted 2 minutes ago
NEW: Donald Trump will attempt to block the UK’s decision to cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius

[@Independent]
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Why's he getting involved in our sovereignty?
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Because he’s anti-sovereignty.

comment by The Welsh Xavi (U15412)
posted 20 minutes ago
BREAKING: Donald Trump suggests he MIGHT run for a third term in 2028. Here's what he just told House Republicans: "I suspect I won't be running again unless you say he's so good we've got to figure something else out."
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Well there you have it
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There won’t be any more elections there he’s the de facto dictator

If he's smart he doesn't do the awful stuff until after the mid terms in 2 years

He can get "quick wins" by stopping Israel and ending the conflict in Ukraine, though I fear whatever peace he achieves will be short term and just kick bigger problems down the road

This DOGE stuff is troubling (and cringe as fack) it's akin to being in a mine shaft and thinking we need less support beams so let's just smash a few and see if the roof caves in

Then of course there's deportations and women's rights, if he does the 2025 stuff on that in 2025 some of the demographics that voted for him will turn

comment by The Welsh Xavi (U15412)
posted 44 minutes ago
BREAKING: Donald Trump suggests he MIGHT run for a third term in 2028. Here's what he just told House Republicans: "I suspect I won't be running again unless you say he's so good we've got to figure something else out."
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Well there you have it
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It’s a joke, supposedly. He said it to Biden.