The Imperial Presidency

[robkelk]

Trump fires NSA boss, deputy

Which are supposed to be nonpartisian positions.

"Always, we’re going to let go of people we don’t like, or people we don’t think can do the job, or people who may have loyalties to somebody else," Trump said on Air Force One while on his way to a Saudi Arabia-backed golf tournament.

This comment repeats unclassified information: The Five Eyes intelligence agencies have always said which agency supplied which piece of information, so that getting the same report from multiple sources can be traced back to its originator, which prevents giving a report from only one agency undue weight in the decision-making process.

EDIT:

So, let's update Labster's bingo card, 44 days after he posted it.


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Okay, the recession won't officially start for another two months... but it's pretty obvious from the last two days of stock markets tanking that it's happening.

[robkelk]

Analysis: It's clear who sees tariffs as a political winner in Washington. It isn't Trump's side

When Ted Cruz is questioning the wisdom of the tariffs, you know the GOP is worried.

[Norgarth]

Hey Rob? would the 'Over 100 American Citizens deported' space on the bingo card be taken? Or has it not reached that many (yet)?

I was talking with a co-worker and she suggested that Trump has gotten dementia, and the reason he's always keeping Musk nearby is because he thinks Elon is his son Baron.

[robkelk]

I haven't seen any reports either way yet, for either question. Best to ask somebody south of the 49th about the deportations.

As to your comment, the show Because News (Canada's answer to Mock the Week) has suggested that His Orangeness married his current wife because he likes Asian women. Her name's Malaysia, right?

[robkelk]

Have a podcast

A double-length episode of a comedy series.

[Labster]

Trump Calmly Reminds Nation That Desire Is The Root Of All Suffering

It turns out tariffs are just one step forward on the eightfold path.

[Norgarth]

yup, Trump desires (more money/power), so other people suffer.

[robkelk]

Okay, so maybe we won't come down there and burn down the White House again.

[classicdrogn]

Aww, not even in effigy?

[Labster]

Public health leaders who worked with Fauci are being transferred to Alaska

Feel free to update the trope pages.

[Inquisitive Raven]

I expect it's a comment on the average American's ability to spell more than anything.

Shouldn't that come back with "Do you mean 'Make America great again" and not just change it without comment which is the impression I get from what Rob said.

[robkelk]

Rolling Stone: National Park Service Restores Underground Railroad Material After Diminishing Harriet Tubman

According to the [Washington] Post, since Donald Trump returned to office, dozens of government-owned webpages have “softened descriptions of some of the most shameful moments of the nation’s past,” including erasing or editing references to slavery and Jim Crow-era segregation.

EDIT: Back in 1980, Stephen King wrote a novel (that got turned into a movie) in which the only news source the protagonist was willing to trust was Rolling Stone. Who knew how prophetic that ended up being?

[robkelk]

So, when is an orange-toupeed waffle maker going to be licenced? Because he's waffling again.

Trump raises China tariffs to 125 percent, issues 90-day pause on countries that haven’t retaliated

This does not apply to the existing tariffs, just the new ones that went into effect today.