Everything is on fire - the US politics thread

The obsession on Biden and the left is just hilarious.

Trump says ‘I don’t know’ when asked whether he must uphold the Constitution and provide due process

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/04/us/trump-news?unlocked_article_code=1.E08.N2nJ.un-daDxKhnC8&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

To be fair his oath included the phrase “to the best of my ability” and that’s pretty mitigating in his case.

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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagon-reduce-4-star-positions-by-20-official-says-2025-05-05/

Here come the purges.

Amazing how this guy, barely of a competence to wipe his own arse, who should never have been appointed and needed less than 3 months to commit a flagrantly sackable act of stupidity and negligence, is still there, and given authority to do these kind of things.

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This Presidency just gets weirder and weirder.

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I would put money on 100% of them being black, female, 1st/2nd generation immigrants or having made some public statement in support of well, anything that isnt the moral sewer of the current administration.

“President Trump teased Tuesday that he will make a “very, very big announcement” that will be “earth-shattering” before he jets off next week”

Sounds like this could be on par with the Wanderers transfer rumour.

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He’ll be joining the President of China & Russia and declaring himself president for life?

hold on, Putin’s not President for life, he just constantly gets re-elected
 for life

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Same carrier just lost another jet on landing. The arrestments failed. Thats the third one of this deployment. Two from goong overboard and one that was shot down by friendly fire. This is ontop of colliding with a commercial vessel last year

Is the ship cursed?

They’re auditioning to get onto NCIS.

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And people wonder why I laugh when they ask about how good the us navy is.

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Don’t they land with engines at full power to cover exactly this risk? If they don’t hook the cable they can do a touch and go.

Yeah, but it’s still sketchy AF. Have a fraction of a second to realise that they haven’t latched and pump it.

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Landing on a carrier is the most dangerous evolution there is

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Trying to shower in a sea state without touching the slimy walls is pretty tough

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I thought one of the ones that went overboard was being pushed by a tow and both jet and tow went overboard? So one failure to latch on landing, one deck fuck up, and one shot down by friendly fire.

Trump Administration Fires Librarian of Congress

Dr. Carla D. Hayden was the first African American and the first woman to serve as the head of the Library of Congress.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/politics/trump-librarian-congress-carla-hayden.html?unlocked_article_code=1.F08.tCbO.euBTD1e6QiA6&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare