President Donald Trump - J.D. Vance Administration

[McDad]

Oh yeah that was a truly great time to be black in America. They had their own schools, bathrooms, seats on the bus, etc.

There has always been a zealous sect in the black community that want to go back to that with the difference being they control the segregation this time.

 

[hog88]

This can't be real.

The information comes from an anonymous source that the AP can't independently verify so of course it's real.

 

[utvolpj]

The information comes from an anonymous source that the AP can't independently verify so of course it's real.

Did it?

The database, which was confirmed by U.S. officials and published by AP, includes more than 26,000 images that have been flagged for removal across every military branch. But the eventual total could be much higher.

 

[McDad]

Did it?

That's crazy.

I guess just because it is flagged for removal doesn't mean it will be removed.

 

[hog88]

Did it?

I read that as the database and 26,000 images flagged for removal has been confirmed. Nothing in regards to the Enola Gay or any of the other crap they mentioned in the article.

 

[hog88]

That's crazy.

I guess just because it is flagged for removal doesn't mean it will be removed.

I wouldn't doubt that there are 26K images flagged for removal, I'm betting that the individual stuff mentioned in the article like the Enola Gay is complete horse chit.

 

[Orange_Crush]

The information comes from an anonymous source that the AP can't independently verify so of course it's real.

Well, if it's Anonymous Sources, that settles that.

 

[McDad]

I wouldn't doubt that there are 26K images flagged for removal, I'm betting that the individual stuff mentioned in the article like the Enola Gay is complete horse chit.

Bet the picture of completing the Trans-Continental railroad got flagged.

 

[utvolpj]

I read that as the database and 26,000 images flagged for removal has been confirmed. Nothing in regards to the Enola Gay or any of the other crap they mentioned in the article.

It's one of the images in the database. Not like this is new

The Tuskegee Airmen Are Not DEI, As Air Force Reinstates Curriculum On First Black Pilots

President’s Trump's push to eliminate DEI from Federal agencies through Executive Orders almost took out the story of an unlikely casualty: The Tuskegee Airmen.

www.forbes.com

From another article

Military to remove 'Enola Gay' photos for violating DEI rules

A photo of Army biologists was on a list of images to be purged, seemingly because it mentioned they were recording data about fish that included their gender.

www.newsweek.com

A Marine Corps official stated that all flagged images within their database had either been removed or would be removed soon.

However, the process has been slow because of limited personnel numbers. The Marine Corps has only one civilian employee handling the removals, and an estimated 1,600 military-related social media accounts remain under review.

They're just hitting everything with a hammer

 

[CobbVol]

International students should view attending a US university as a privilege ...

 

[McDad]

It's one of the images in the database. Not like this is new

The Tuskegee Airmen Are Not DEI, As Air Force Reinstates Curriculum On First Black Pilots

President’s Trump's push to eliminate DEI from Federal agencies through Executive Orders almost took out the story of an unlikely casualty: The Tuskegee Airmen.

www.forbes.com

From another article

Military to remove 'Enola Gay' photos for violating DEI rules

A photo of Army biologists was on a list of images to be purged, seemingly because it mentioned they were recording data about fish that included their gender.

www.newsweek.com

They're just hitting everything with a hammer

That's dumb...both on the tuskegee point and the "all flagged images will be removed" point.

 

[hog88]

If the Trump administration gets this done it will be a huge win for all Americans. No more CA emissions, CA tires and all the other crap CA requires that gets passed on to consumers around the country.

EPA Moves to Overturn California’s Motor Vehicle Emission Standards

And before some of our resident mouth-breathers start claiming hypocrisy about states rights, this is an interstate commerce issue where the Nixon administration granted CA a waiver.

 

[n_huffhines]

 

[Orange_Crush]

That's dumb...both on the tuskegee point and the "all flagged images will be removed" point.

There's the concept in gov't bureaucracy akin to "Malicious Implementation". If you have to do it, and you hate the one asking you to do it, do it in the most asinine, bludgeoning, counter-productive way, interpreting the letter of the law so that you can say, "I did it", but doing it in such a way that it defeats the purpose or makes the mandate look stupid.

 

[hog88]

There's the concept in gov't bureaucracy akin to "Malicious Implementation". If you have to do it, and you hate the one asking you to do it, do it in the most asinine, bludgeoning, counter-productive way, interpreting the letter of the law so that you can say, "I did it", but doing it in such a way that it defeats the purpose or makes the mandate look stupid.

Acting like children are what govt employees are good at.

 

[McDad]

There's the concept in gov't bureaucracy akin to "Malicious Implementation". If you have to do it, and you hate the one asking you to do it, do it in the most asinine, bludgeoning, counter-productive way, interpreting the letter of the law so that you can say, "I did it", but doing it in such a way that it defeats the purpose or makes the mandate look stupid.

I've seen this play out in private sector bureaucracy too.

 

[hog88]

I've seen this play out in private sector bureaucracy too.

Yeah, same type people exist in the private sector. They're just easier to get rid of.

 

[McDad]

Yeah, same type people exist in the private sector. They're just easier to get rid of.

Grateful for that, too. Recently fired my property manager after 90 days of no results.

 

[Vol737]

When have I been against the middle class? I'm all for taxing millionaires and billionaires more; but that's not the middle class.

Is that people making $1M or more each year or those that have accumulated more than $1M over their years of employment? If it’s the latter, then you’re talking a wealth tax, which would dumb at that level. If it’s the former, then you should get familiar with the marginal tax rates. What would be an acceptable top marginal tax rate to you and what would those income limits be? Would you have a higher rate, but starting at a higher income threshold (e.g. 40-42% above $1M as the next bracket)?

 

[hog88]

Grateful for that, too. Recently fired my property manager after 90 days of no results.

Over the years I've fired a few people for acting like an ass. "Hey, clean up all of that junk in the tool room" <throws away almost everything in the tool room including a bunch of tools> "you didn't specify what was junk and what wasn't".

 

[RockyTop85]

Then why would an EO be necessary?



I don't see where that requires a monetary sum. Also unsure how the executive is making rules about how the judicial needs to operate.

It’s been a rule but DOJ hasn’t consistently made motions to enforce it (because most of them would be denied).

The XO orders DOJ to ask courts to require a bond.

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

Is that people making $1M or more each year or those that have accumulated more than $1M over their years of employment? If it’s the latter, then you’re talking a wealth tax, which would dumb at that level. If it’s the former, then you should get familiar with the marginal tax rates. What would be an acceptable top marginal tax rate to you and what would those income limits be? Would you have a higher rate, but starting at a higher income threshold (e.g. 40-42% above $1M as the next bracket)?

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Lefty can't steal enough of your money.

 

[jwells]

Oh yeah that was a truly great time to be black in America. They had their own schools, bathrooms, seats on the bus, etc.

I don't know how their spines contort without breaking as they try to ignore the civil and human rights abuses. When people say MAGA, they don't mean it in an "All lives matter" way...well, maybe as the dogwhistle.

 

[LouderVol]

No gotcha to it. It's the perfect plan.
Do any of you feel as if the defense is not grotesquely bloated?

Who do you believe is actually more interested in reducing the size of government?
The right or the left?
Conservatives or liberals?

Avoid the copout, impossibility of an answer "they are EXACTLY the same".

if you want to argue they are exactly the same why aren't you treating them the same? especially if you are wanting to argue the Constitutional basis for it.

if you wanted weighted cuts it seems like it would be the reverse. Things mentioned in the Constitution would receive the smaller cuts, while those programs not mentioned in the Constitution receive the bigger cuts.

the military isn't the single largest item in our budget. Medicare is the single biggest. After SS which is supposed to be paid by its own taxes, so I won't touch it here, but I have my own thoughts on SS reforms.

FWIW debt interest payments will pass our military spending in the 2025 budget.

I would start with flat cuts across the board, 10%, then I would further remove any funds any agency can't account for from previous years. that second bit would hit the military the hardest. but would be hitting waste directly across the board. then I would cut any/all foreign aid, including military aid to Israel *looking at you Trump*, after those, I would start picking and choosing; maybe having a weighted system on cuts but based on the Constitution.

 

[luthervol]

Acting like children are what govt employees are good at.

And the one who has acted the most childlike in history is currently our POTUS.