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Re: The Armageddon Election 2024 Or Apocalypse 2024
« Reply #1155 on: November 13, 2024, 09:03:37 pm »
Ughhh Rubio as Secretary of State? No way to sugarcoat this one…. He is horrible on foreign policy….am surprised Trump would go for him
Don’t think this is good for Ukraine… although Congress controls the purse

Rubio, has said in recent interviews that Ukraine needs to seek a negotiated settlement with Russia rather than focus on regaining all territory that Russia has taken in the last decade. He was also one of 15 Republican senators to vote against a $95 billion military aid package for Ukraine, passed in April.


Should Dems get a false hope they can fill his vacancy….HA

rubio isn't great for ukraine, however: trump has picked michael waltz as his future national security advisor, and that role has greater sway.  waltz has been very pro-Ukraine, has recently said that russia only responds to force so more support is needed, etc. so there is a little hope there.  TBD how much leash he'll be given, but between having a supportive SoS or supportive NSA, i'll take the NSA.  the SoS will be a glorified spokesperson under trump (more so than usual).

and since i'm on the topic again, addenda to my last meandering post on UA: another pressure on trump to not cut funding will come from the US arms industry.  reminder: those billions aren't being sent as cash to UA, they are being spent here in the US to replace the old weapons sent to UA.  arms manufacturers have ramped up production and won't be happy to see their long-term contracts cut.  lobbyists will be deployed in full force.

Are you trying to make the case for not continuing to support the Ukraine?

either i've failed, or you've mis-read something, but you should know that my support for ukraine, and desire for all countries to support her, is iron-clad.  what gave you the impression i wanted to curtail support??

again, since we back on the topic: trump's sec of def pick, Pete Hegseth, is no bueno for UA.  he seems afraid of putin and "doesn't want to force putin's hand" (by providing enough support for UA to win).  so, similar to biden... ugh.
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Re: The Armageddon Election 2024 Or Apocalypse 2024
« Reply #1156 on: November 14, 2024, 10:28:00 am »
Kill me


https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/13/trump-taps-rep-matt-gaetz-as-attorney-general.html
this is insanity
Is He is going to do appointments by the quantity of liberal tears shed

The issue is the shock and awe of it… so many crazy things happening at once there is no way to measure the magnitude and which one to put up a fight against
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Re: The Armageddon Election 2024 Or Apocalypse 2024
« Reply #1157 on: November 14, 2024, 10:35:49 am »
Wow if you thought AG was a wild one… Fox newscaster is going to be secretary of defense!!!

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-defense-secretary-cabinet-fox-news-pete-hegseth-rcna179956


And that’s it, my friends. That is your nominee for secretary of defense. No experience in government outside the military. No experience running a large organization. The Defense Department has nearly three million employees. It has an annual budget of $842 billion.

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Re: The Armageddon Election 2024 Or Apocalypse 2024
« Reply #1158 on: November 14, 2024, 12:39:30 pm »
at this point, trump's cabinet picks = a masterclass in trolling.  bravo, sir.
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Re: The Armageddon Election 2024 Or Apocalypse 2024
« Reply #1159 on: November 14, 2024, 12:52:14 pm »


Getting a slim majority in the House and then maybe immediately losing it because you put so many reps in your cabinet rocks.

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Re: The Armageddon Election 2024 Or Apocalypse 2024
« Reply #1160 on: November 14, 2024, 02:18:09 pm »
^ yeah, i feel like he's even trolling the GOP: "i'm going to steal reps from the House - whaccha gonna do 'bout it, huh??"
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Re: The Armageddon Election 2024 Or Apocalypse 2024
« Reply #1161 on: November 14, 2024, 02:24:32 pm »
^ yeah, i feel like he's even trolling the GOP: "i'm going to steal reps from the House - whaccha gonna do 'bout it, huh??"
Speaker of House is then dependent on him to rally votes or do things by executive order instead of actually giving Johnson any legislative power.

Hope it blows up in his face.
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Re: The Armageddon Election 2024 Or Apocalypse 2024
« Reply #1162 on: November 14, 2024, 02:38:11 pm »
I don’t get it. Wouldn’t republicans be heavily favored even guaranteed to win Gaetz’ seat?

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Re: The Armageddon Election 2024 Or Apocalypse 2024
« Reply #1163 on: November 14, 2024, 02:40:09 pm »
I don’t get it. Wouldn’t republicans be heavily favored even guaranteed to win Gaetz’ seat?
Special election would not fill the seat for over a year per Florida law. It would just sit empty.
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Re: The Armageddon Election 2024 Or Apocalypse 2024
« Reply #1164 on: November 14, 2024, 02:43:46 pm »
Oh I see…

Interesting.


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Re: The Armageddon Election 2024 Or Apocalypse 2024
« Reply #1165 on: November 14, 2024, 02:45:51 pm »
Biden saying “welcome back” to Trump at their WH meeting


I don’t know about that one

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Re: The Armageddon Election 2024 Or Apocalypse 2024
« Reply #1166 on: November 14, 2024, 03:08:58 pm »
Biden saying “welcome back” to Trump at their WH meeting


I don’t know about that one
What, from a reasonable adult perspective, was he supposed to do after talking for four years about how sacrosanct it is to respect norms and the result of elections? Pretend to shake his hand and pull it back at the last second? Plant a whoopie cushion?

People are being so weird about this.
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Re: The Armageddon Election 2024 Or Apocalypse 2024
« Reply #1167 on: November 14, 2024, 03:39:52 pm »
No. I really mean I don’t know. Not sure it’s a bad thing….on the other hand a bit cringe for me. That doesn’t mean he shouldn’t have said it if he wanted to….

Just a bit jarring…

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Re: The Armageddon Election 2024 Or Apocalypse 2024
« Reply #1168 on: November 14, 2024, 04:10:50 pm »
I was this close to applying...

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Re: The Armageddon Election 2024 Or Apocalypse 2024
« Reply #1169 on: November 14, 2024, 04:15:24 pm »
Am in favor of cutting costs in government. How could one not be?