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gimmesometruth27 said:i heard on the news that trump's painting of the reflecting pool was a no bid $7 million tax payer funded project that went to a friend of his.
this is the kind of bullshit doge was supposed to prevent.
Figuratively speaking, we need to paint D.C. blue and get rid of these red fools."It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
And we all know they did none of thatgimmesometruth27 said:i heard on the news that trump's painting of the reflecting pool was a no bid $7 million tax payer funded project that went to a friend of his.
this is the kind of bullshit doge was supposed to prevent.0 -
to be fair, Doge was never supposed to prevent THIS bullshit. just "the other" bullshit.gimmesometruth27 said:i heard on the news that trump's painting of the reflecting pool was a no bid $7 million tax payer funded project that went to a friend of his.
this is the kind of bullshit doge was supposed to prevent.
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WELCOME TO THE GOLDEN AGE AND PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST! Suckers.
From LFAA:
On May 7, Catherine Rampell of The Bulwark called Trump “an economic serial killer, whacking firms left and right.” She noted that Trump’s tariffs, along with deportations of farm workers and cancelling of foreign food aid programs, led farm bankruptcies to rise 46% in 2025 from the previous year, and now higher costs for diesel, fertilizer, and other products because of the Iran war are putting farmers under even more pressure.
Similarly, tariffs have cut into manufacturing jobs, and corporate bankruptcies last year were at their highest level in more than a decade. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is paying almost $2 billion to stop wind projects and has cancelled or stalled dozens of other renewable energy products. Customs and Border Protection is supposed to issue tariff refunds beginning on May 12, but the money will not go to consumers. It will go to the “trade community.”
Trump’s war on Iran, undertaken alongside Israel, has not delivered the fast regime change Trump promised, either. Instead, it has mired Trump in a war Iran appears to have little interest in permitting the U.S. to leave, at least not without confirming a new global order that benefits Iran.
In The Atlantic yesterday, neoconservative foreign policy scholar Robert Kagan ranked the Iran debacle as worse than Vietnam. There will be no going back to a world in which the Strait of Hormuz is open, he writes. Iran is now a key player in the region, China and Russia are strengthened, and the U.S. is “substantially diminished.” Anyone can see that “just a few weeks of war with a second-rank power” drastically reduced American weapons stocks, opening the way for aggression from China or Russia, while “the conflict has revealed an America that is unreliable and incapable of finishing what it started.”
Last week, the U.S. proposed a one-page memorandum to establish a framework for later talks on Iran’s nuclear ambitions, offering to lift sanctions and release billions in Iranian funds in exchange for opening the Strait of Hormuz. The Iranians responded over the weekend, reiterating their determination to control the strait and calling for reparations for damages caused by the war, in addition to an end to the naval blockade and the unfreezing of Iranian assets. On Sunday afternoon, Trump posted: “I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called ‘Representatives.’ I don’t like it—TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!”
Today Trump told reporters the Iran proposal was a “piece of garbage” and warned that the ceasefire is on “massive life support where the doctor walks in and says ‘Sir, your loved one has approximately a 1% chance of living.’” And yet Trump is relying on that ceasefire to justify his refusal to ask Congress for authority to continue his war on Iran. Under the 1973 War Powers Act, Trump had 60 days to get congressional approval after informing Congress of the attack, and that period ran out on May 1.
Gas prices have jumped more than 50% since the war began and now average more than $4.50 a gallon. Although Trump has downplayed concerns about higher prices, today Nancy Cordes of CBS News reported that he is planning to suspend the federal gas tax to bring down the cost of gasoline. But, Cordes notes, doing so would require Congress to agree and would cost the federal government about a half a billion dollars a week in revenue at a time when the national debt is skyrocketing. It crossed $39 trillion in March just five months after hitting $38 trillion and is on track to hit $40 trillion before the midterm elections.
On Saturday, Julian Borger reported in The Guardian that tensions between Trump and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu are high. Former Israeli diplomat Alon Pinkas noted that Trump stopped mentioning Netanyahu by the end of March and left Israel out of the loop on ceasefire negotiations in April. Pinkas noted that if Trump lashes out at Netanyahu, he will look like he was manipulated into going to war, while Netanyahu has tied himself to Trump at a time when the prime minister must hold an election before October. “This affects Netanyahu politically and this affects Trump politically,” Pinkas told Borger. “In other words, they have screwed each other pretty badly.”
Philip Kennicott of the Washington Post noted last week that, apparently determined to convince Americans all is going well, Trump is putting words in our mouths. Around Washington, D.C., signs are appearing that show Trump in a hard hat near construction scaffolding and read: “Thank you, PRESIDENT TRUMP.”
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many people are saying that this isnt the golden calf idolatry.they are correct.its idolatry of the golden ass._____________________________________SIGNATURE________________________________________________
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
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Right. Before. Your. Eyes.
Trump posts late-night social media spree as Iran war drags on
President posted more than 50 times in three hours, attacking on Obama, NY Times and supreme court
Donald Trump unleashed a late-night social media tirade against his political enemies, attacking predecessors including Barack Obama with false accusations and amplifying calls for his Democraticrivals to be prosecuted.
Just hours before a high-stakes tripto China for talks with Xi Jinping, the US president posted more than 50 times in a three-hour spree from Monday evening into the early hours of Tuesday. Posts included doctored images of himself on the $100 bill and demands that political opponents be arrested.
It comes as millions of Americans face mounting economic pressuretied to the US and Israel’s war with Iran, with living costs rising across much of the country. Trump appeared to acknowledge this pressure earlier on Monday, when he signaled his support for a plan to curb a sharp rise in fuel costs.
After campaigning for years against the US engaging in “endless wars”, Trump has repeatedly drawn out the timeline of the war on Iran, which began with US and Israeli attacks in late February. Earlier this week he described a ceasefire deal with Tehran as “on life support”.
Starting late on Monday evening Trump promoted posts on his Truth Social platform that falsely accusedObama of plotting a coup against Trump, as well as claims calling Obama a “traitor” and “the most demonic force in American politics”. Trump also shared images of Obama, former president Joe Biden and former House speaker Nancy Pelosi in the Lincoln Memorial’s reflecting pool. In the altered images, the pool – which Trump has proposed renovating to an “American flag blue” color – appeared filled with sewage beneath the caption: “Dumacrats love sewage”.
The president also attacked the New York Times after the newspaper reported that a $6.9m contract to restore the reflecting pool was hastily handed out to a company that renovated a swimming pool at his Virginia golf course. “This is not just a paint job … it is a deeply complicated work of smart and beautiful construction,” he said.
Other targets of Trump’s late-night screed included Illinois’s governor, JB Pritzker; the House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries; and Hillary Clinton, against whom he contested the 2016 presidential election. He also repeated false claims about the 2020 presidential election, which he lost to Biden but continues to insist was stolen from him.
Trump also repeated his disapprovaltowards several conservative justices whom he previously appointed, including Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett, who voted against his tariff agenda earlier this year.
Gorsuch is a “really smart and good man, but he voted against me, and our Country, on Tariffs, a devastating move”, Trump wrote. “How do I reconcile this? So bad, and hurtful to our Country. I have, likewise, always liked and respected Amy Coney Barrett, but the same thing with her. They were appointed by me, and yet have hurt our Country so badly!”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/12/trump-late-night-social-media-posts
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It's going to look really nice once it is painted blue. Thanks, President Trump! And thanks, Carl Spackler!Post edited by shecky on0 -
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We agree - humor is VERY important!Tim Simmons said:important stuff0 -
would love to see some humor.
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Then check out the film 'Caddy Shack', starring Chevy Chase and Bill Murray (appearing in this AI photo as his character, Carl Spackler). It's a classic!Tim Simmons said:would love to see some humor.
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Trump and late night screeds. "Important stuff".Halifax2TheMax said:*The following opinion is mine and mine alone and does not represent the views of my family, friends, government and/or my past, present or future employer. US Department of State: 1-888-407-4747.
Ahhhh, yes, the GOLDEN AGE of lower prices, opportunity for all and PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST!
Right. Before. Your. Eyes.
Trump posts late-night social media spree as Iran war drags on
President posted more than 50 times in three hours, attacking on Obama, NY Times and supreme court
Donald Trump unleashed a late-night social media tirade against his political enemies, attacking predecessors including Barack Obama with false accusations and amplifying calls for his Democraticrivals to be prosecuted.
Just hours before a high-stakes tripto China for talks with Xi Jinping, the US president posted more than 50 times in a three-hour spree from Monday evening into the early hours of Tuesday. Posts included doctored images of himself on the $100 bill and demands that political opponents be arrested.
It comes as millions of Americans face mounting economic pressuretied to the US and Israel’s war with Iran, with living costs rising across much of the country. Trump appeared to acknowledge this pressure earlier on Monday, when he signaled his support for a plan to curb a sharp rise in fuel costs.
After campaigning for years against the US engaging in “endless wars”, Trump has repeatedly drawn out the timeline of the war on Iran, which began with US and Israeli attacks in late February. Earlier this week he described a ceasefire deal with Tehran as “on life support”.
Starting late on Monday evening Trump promoted posts on his Truth Social platform that falsely accusedObama of plotting a coup against Trump, as well as claims calling Obama a “traitor” and “the most demonic force in American politics”. Trump also shared images of Obama, former president Joe Biden and former House speaker Nancy Pelosi in the Lincoln Memorial’s reflecting pool. In the altered images, the pool – which Trump has proposed renovating to an “American flag blue” color – appeared filled with sewage beneath the caption: “Dumacrats love sewage”.
The president also attacked the New York Times after the newspaper reported that a $6.9m contract to restore the reflecting pool was hastily handed out to a company that renovated a swimming pool at his Virginia golf course. “This is not just a paint job … it is a deeply complicated work of smart and beautiful construction,” he said.
Other targets of Trump’s late-night screed included Illinois’s governor, JB Pritzker; the House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries; and Hillary Clinton, against whom he contested the 2016 presidential election. He also repeated false claims about the 2020 presidential election, which he lost to Biden but continues to insist was stolen from him.
Trump also repeated his disapprovaltowards several conservative justices whom he previously appointed, including Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett, who voted against his tariff agenda earlier this year.
Gorsuch is a “really smart and good man, but he voted against me, and our Country, on Tariffs, a devastating move”, Trump wrote. “How do I reconcile this? So bad, and hurtful to our Country. I have, likewise, always liked and respected Amy Coney Barrett, but the same thing with her. They were appointed by me, and yet have hurt our Country so badly!”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/12/trump-late-night-social-media-posts
Is it really true millions of people still support this bafoonery? 🤔"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
polling wise, no they don't. hes very unpopular. the people carrying the water for him and his admin are the weirdos.
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again, these people are biggest marks in the world.
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Hi guys. Haven't been around. Has Trump done anything dumb in the last six months or so that I missed?0
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mrussel1 said:Hi guys. Haven't been around. Has Trump done anything dumb in the last six months or so that I missed?
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Here you go. Hilarious! Speaking of humour.
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mrussel1 said:Hi guys. Haven't been around. Has Trump done anything dumb in the last six months or so that I missed?
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yes glad to see mrussell back!PJ_Soul said:mrussel1 said:Hi guys. Haven't been around. Has Trump done anything dumb in the last six months or so that I missed?
We were worried about you! Glad you're alive!"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
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