Trump's Policies Part 4

[selmaborntidefan]

And now, he is evidently thinking of revoking the tax exempt status of relatively small groups he sees as being against him rather than just universities. I'm sure he will not think of doing it to white supremacist groups registered as such. And there are definitely a LOT of those.

There are boxes you don't open - and that's one of them.

 

[Huckleberry]

https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/04/jd-vance-pretends-due-process-is-beside-the-point/

National Review (Andrew McCarthy):
JD Vance Pretends Due Process Is Beside the Point

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Trump says US will soon 'take a pass' if no Ukraine deal

President Donald Trump said Friday the United States will "take a pass" on brokering further Ukraine war talks unless there is quick progress from Moscow and Kyiv.Trump boasted repeatedly before returning for a second presidential term that he would end the Ukraine war within 24 hours.

www.yahoo.com

I said this before: if he can’t come in and push you into a corner on the first move, there IS no second move whatsoever with this guy, which makes all of the appeals to his being a chess master preposterous.

I guess the skill set needed for brokering peace in the largest European war since World War II is not the same skill set needed for stiffing creditors in the business world.

 

[jthomas666]

The Naval Academy censored a speech about censorship

For the past four years, I have been delivering a series of lectures on the virtues of Stoicism to midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., and I was supposed to continue this on April 14 to the entire sophomore class on the theme of wisdom.

Roughly an hour before my talk was to begin, I received a call: Would I refrain from any mention in my remarks of the recent removal of 381 supposedly controversial books from the Nimitz library on campus? My slides had been sent up the chain of command at the school, which was now, as it was explained to me, extremely worried about reprisals if my talk appeared to flout Executive Order 14151 (“Ending Radical and Wasteful Government D.E.I. Programs and Preferencing.”)

When I declined, my lecture — as well as a planned speech before the Navy football team, with whom my books on Stoicism are popular was canceled. (The academy “made a schedule change that aligns with its mission of preparing midshipmen for careers of service,” a Navy spokesperson told Times Opinion. “The Naval Academy is an apolitical institution.”)

 

[Crimson1967]

Never heard anyone say books on stoicism are popular with the football team.

 

[jthomas666]

HESGETH DID IT AGAIN

The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.

So nice having a SecDef who should probably have his security clearance stripped.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

HESGETH DID IT AGAIN



So nice having a SecDef who should probably have his security clearance stripped.

The only thing that surprises me is how unsurprised I really am about this.

 

[jthomas666]

The only thing that surprises me is how unsurprised I really am about this.

If only we could have known before he was confirmed...

 

[Crimson1967]

 

[selmaborntidefan]

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I mean, notice his humility since being spared by God from getting shot in the head?

 

[Tidewater]

The Naval Academy censored a speech about censorship

I've sometimes wondered whether it is possible to get a copy of The South Was Right or The Turner Diaries from the USNA library. It appears neither is available from the Nimitz Library at USNA.
Does that not prove that the Trump Administration is censoring neo-Confederate and white supremacist literature?

 

[bamacpa]

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The fact that circumstances collided to elect this buffoon twice will be always be embarrassing.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

HESGETH DID IT AGAIN



So nice having a SecDef who should probably have his security clearance stripped.

Just remember: whoever replaces Hegseth (when he's gone).....will likely be even worse than he is.

 

[Bamaro]

I've sometimes wondered whether it is possible to get a copy of The South Was Right or The Turner Diaries from the USNA library. It appears neither is available from the Nimitz Library at USNA.
Does that not prove that the Trump Administration is censoring neo-Confederate and white supremacist literature?

Mein Kamph is still available (as it should be).

 

[CrimsonJazz]

Just remember: whoever replaces Hegseth (when he's gone).....will likely be even worse than he is.

Not so fast, if we can convince @Tidewater to submit his resume, I think we'll be good (at least for four years.)

 

[CrimsonNagus]

The fact that circumstances collided to elect this buffoon twice will be always be embarrassing.

Just wait until they collided to elect him a 3rd and 4th time.

 

[Huckleberry]

Just remember: whoever replaces Hegseth (when he's gone).....will likely be even worse than he is.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1914406762377322816

You guys shouldn't be celebrating. If Trump replaces Pete Hegseth it will mean Secretary of Defense Kid Rock.

 

[jthomas666]

I've sometimes wondered whether it is possible to get a copy of The South Was Right or The Turner Diaries from the USNA library. It appears neither is available from the Nimitz Library at USNA.
Does that not prove that the Trump Administration is censoring neo-Confederate and white supremacist literature?

I dunno--were they removed from the library as a result of Trump's anti-DEI crusade?

 

[jthomas666]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1914406762377322816

You guys shouldn't be celebrating. If Trump replaces Pete Hegseth it will mean Secretary of Defense Kid Rock.

On the plus side, maybe he'd stop releasing music--though an argument could be made that he never started...

 

[selmaborntidefan]

NPR says that Trump is now in the process of looking for a new SECDEF.
White House looking to replace Pete Hegseth as defense secretary : NPR