The former DOGE staffer advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act, backed a “eugenic immigration policy,” and wrote, “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity" — WSJ https://t.co/RSZ2l72oO9

— NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) February 6, 2025

The best thing about The Duumvirate is that allows Trump to grease all his business deals that had hit snags.

Donald Trump edges golf closer to end of civil war after meeting



https://mol.im/a/14370005



*This year all participants in this popular LIV-PGA event (FedX points will be earned) will receive a commemorative replica suitcase identical to the one used to transport Jamal's body parts from the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to the large oven in the Saudi consulate general's residence. The Crown Prince will award the Crystal Roller Suitcase Trophy to the winner along with $25M worth of Melania memecoin*.

* Melania Trump's crypto memecoin MELANIA has lost almost 90% of its value in the weeks since Donald Trump's inauguration, while the president's token TRUMP has seen its price fall around 75% from its all-time high, according to data compiled from CoinMarketCap.

MDS = Musk Derangement Syndrome.

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WAR ROOM: There are plans underway to 'go kinetic' on the Mexican drug cartels, fentanyl labs

— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) February 6, 2025

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"Everyone's got a plan until they get punched in the mouth." - Mike Tyson

hey BIG C, unrelated to thread, sometimes your handle reminds of fatal diseases
signed, smh # un-mentionables R us

Fox News: $10M in taxpayer funds spent creating transgender animals: Rep. Nancy Mace

White Coat Waste Project exposes misuse of taxpayer dollars

"Last year, the White Coat Waste Project exposed more than $10 million in taxpayer funds that were spent creating transgender mice, rats and monkeys," Mace said. "These DEI grants funded painful and deadly transgender experiments that forced lab animals to undergo invasive surgeries and hormone therapies at universities across the country...."

"...The U.S. government spends in excess of $20 billion a year conducting experiments on animals," Mace said. "We spent over $1 million to find out if female rats receiving testosterone therapy were more likely to overdose on a date rape drug. That's what your taxpayer dollars were being spent on."

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/10m-taxpayer-funds-spent-creating-transgender-animals-last-year-nancy-mace

Democrats just spent AN ENTIRE ELECTION CYCLE attacking Donald Trump saying he’s ‘going to cut Social Security’, ‘he’s going to go after your Social Security’

After being elected, one of first things Trump does is announce, “No tax on Social Security”pic.twitter.com/aHyI8SPLNv

— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) February 6, 2025

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FYI there is a trans boy playing on my daughter's club sports team (12-13 yr olds). His talent level fits right in with the other players, plus he has female "parts", so nobody is bothered in the least by it.

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Question: How did you become aware of your daughter's teammate's biological gender?

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Within the sports club team (also same middle school) we know a family pretty well that knows that family really well. Was told right away that the kid uses "he/him", which seems a bit odd on the girls' team, but whatever. It works fine and nobody seems to care.

As others have stated, it becomes an issue when a trans girl/woman dominates in women's sports. i certainly get that, but just saying that it doesn't happen nearly as often as some would like you to believe.

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Yes, I would agree that it doesn't happen as nearly as often as some would like people to believe.
My question revolved around your statement that "plus he has female "parts".

That really is no one's business, especially when it concerns a 12 or 13 year old.
I find it bizarre that people would somehow "know" this.
It's a privacy issue.

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The "female parts" is an assumption on my part because he was born female and any sort of transition surgery is almost unheard of at that young age. I suppose there could be other "intersex-type" possibilities. All I know for sure is born female but now considers himself male. Yeah, I probably shouldn't have even speculated.

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Epstein - the most notorious teenage pedophile on the planet - being killed under the watchful eye of former C-A employee and DOJ head - Bill Barr?

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Ok, so yes it is the same guy that Trump was friends with until he was allegedly forced to kick him out of his club due to the concerns of a club member who was going to raise hell after an alleged incident with their daughter.

You should probably stop fooling yourself into thinking they're different people.

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Democratic Senator, Dick Durbin, is one the trying to block the release of Epstein client. Republican Senator Marsha Mashburn has been pushing for these records to go public.

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Trump wasn't a client. He just seemed to know all about what was going on and let Epstein use his property as a trolling ground. He stood idly by.

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Durbin has blocked the release of Epstein's list twice. He also happens to be the leading Democrat working to block Kash Patel's confirmation to the FBI. And Kash vowed to make Epstein's list public. If Durbin has nothing to do with Epstein personally, then who is pulling Durbin's strings?

Episcopal Bishop who attacked President Trump received $53 million of taxpayer fundshttps://t.co/fc8C3hZf0s

— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) February 7, 2025

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$20 M for a group related to a key player in the Russiagate impeachment hoax

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American taxpayers funded regime change....in America.

https://unusualwhales.com/news/trump-has-released-reported-tax-plan-including-no-tax-on-tips-social-security-for-seniors-or-overtime-pay

I know some here will rightfully point out the extension of tax cuts for the rich, but this plan is firmly pro-middle class. No tax on overtime pay is huge for many struggling families.

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BREAKING:

Democrats go right for Elon Musk's jugular and introduce a bill to ban special government employees from obtaining federal contracts directly threatening his lucrative government gravy train.

The best part is the name of the bill...

Representative Mark Pocan introduced the legislation which is titled "Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy (ELON MUSK)."

"Elon Musk gets more than $20 billion in contracts from the US government and bought his way into a new role in the government where he can direct even more money to himself. Enough," Pocan wrote on X.

"My new bill, the ELON MUSK Act, will end this grift!" he added.

Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has become a lightning rod for criticism as the billionaire's unelected minions work to gut the federal government by rummaging through the Treasury Department's systems.

"@ElonMusk is ripping us off and like millions of Americans across the country, I'm pissed," Pocan added in another post.

"I'm taking action by introducing the ELON MUSK Act, preventing grifters like him from getting richer while pillaging our tax dollars for himself," he wrote.

Pocan is absolutely right. Musk's increasing control over our government while making money off government contracts is the definition of a conflict of interest. He and Trump are transitioning us from a democracy into a full-blown oligarchy.

Enough is enough. Pass this bill immediately.

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I wonder if they'll enact the bill before Space X rescues the stranded astronauts? And good luck to the US Space program w/o Space X.

Also, please provide a list of the $20B in US contracts. I suspect most is Space X.

Amazing how dems dislike only one side of the kleptocracy. The irony is that Musk has more money/net worth than he can ever spend and accumulated the vast majority of his holdings before he became a Trump supporter. The $20B in contracts (if that's the real number) is irrelevant to his financial situation. The entire argument is illogical.

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Why am I not surprised that you're unable to see any kind of conflict of interest with Musk being a "special government employee" and in charge of DOGE and has the ability to steer federal spending to his own self-interest?

Here. I will DUMB IT DOWN FOR YOU.

The governing statute on financial conflicts of interest prohibits special employees from "participating in matters that affect (their) financial interests."

Representative Pocan's bill would be similar to bans from members of Congress and other federal employees.

By the way, can you show me where in the Constitution that it says that the President has the legal right to disregard budget decisions by Congress or the basic structure of government (as outlined by the Constitution), much less an unelected and clearly conflicted subordinate who has not been confirmed to any real government position by the Senate?

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Where is the list of $20B in contracts? Still waiting on that. Until you provide that list and an explanation of the alleged conflict, you're dodging the actual issue.

As usual, your partisan presentation doesn't mention that even if there's a conflict, it can in many cases be waived.

In terms of the bolded above, I can't answer your question precisely because the phrasing is conclusory. Of course a president cannot disregard the constitution or a valid law - and I posted that in terms of any attempt to abolish USAID which I said Trump cannot do. I note that you had no such objections when Biden tried to forgive student loans or engage in a variety of other clearly unconstitutional or unlawful acts - including refusing to enforce the border laws.

In terms of budget, it depends on how the appropriation is made and a variety of other factors. I wouldn't expect you to understand that given your tendency to ignore and dismiss legalities (as you did above in failing to mention the potentially available waiver).

If it is a direct and UNCONDITIONAL appropriation, then I believe the president is limited in his ability to disregard it (not sure about that). However, most appropriations are not of that nature and in many cases, there are statutes that give the president lots of discretion. For example, Biden withheld and delayed appropriations to Israel over Gaza policy which, I note again, you have said nothing about.

In the case of USAID, the statute expressly gives the President/Secretary of State to direct the actions and disbursements of the agency. I posted the link to that above.

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Yawn.
As usual, you totally DEFLECT the primary point which is a conflict of interest.

If you want a list of the $20 Billion in contracts, perhaps you should contact House Representative Mark Pocan in Wisconsin for the list. It was his claim. Not mine.

Your reading comprehension continues to be very poor.
I've noticed that you conflate an awful lot.

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I deflect? You're the one who refuses to explain what the conflict is and respond with a statement that I should go figure that out. You just assume there is one, repeating the "claim" without any evidence or analysis.

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Yes, the transgender thing is happening more and more. Curious situation. For minors, I'd just tell them that we accept them as they are, but to keep an open mind until they get older, i.e. less focus on defining gender, rather than more.

As I was replying to my good friend bear 2034, what I don't see happening as often as some people are afraid of is trans females dominating women's sports. It's isolated incidents.

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True.

Especially given that any transwoman who participates in NCAA competition must lower their testosterone to required levels (5 nmol/L) and submit to multiple hormone testing. They can't compete until completing one full calendar year of testosterone suppression treatment.

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For a trans women who go through puberty as a male, thereafter lowing their testosterone levels is not an equalizer. Far from it.

Lia Thomas - the swimmer at U Penn - did exactly that. She was considerably larger, stronger, bigger boned, more muscular, etc., than any of the women she competed against. That standard you are promoting above is a farce.

Trans people should be treated with respect and, of course, as adults free to live their lives as whatever gender they want. That doesn't mean we need to pretend that there is not a competitive advantage in the situations described above.

How many of these transgendered women will do it just to get a schollie and attention?

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Not many. Do you think there are a lot of people who want that kind of attention? Would you or I, for example? Doubt it.

Granted, this needs to be addressed and I think it can be, short of a blanket ban on all trans females in women's sports. I might get in trouble with my own people for saying this, but one workaround might be "participation okay, but no scholarships, no medals or championships". So if a trans woman won an Olympic medal, for example, maybe just give them an additional bronze medal or something. Giving them an athletic scholarship certainly doesn't seem right.

The point is, I don't think it's going to happen too often.

Maybe each governing body can come up with their own rules, based on a combination of fairness, compassion, empathy and enlightened common sense. I doubt there are many trans people whose goal it is to game the system. They are just trying to live their own life as they see themselves and be happy.