Blah, blah, blah.....blah, blah....blah.[from HCR]
As his tariffs are beginning to bite, today [Trump] suggested his worry about the economic fallout by posting “CHINA SHOULD OPEN UP ITS MARKET TO USA—WOULD BE SO GOOD FOR THEM!!! CLOSED MARKETS DON’T WORK ANYMORE!!!” Five minutes later, he posted: “80% Tariff on China seems right! Up to Scott B.”
The Constitution gives Congress alone the power to set tariffs. Trump seized that power for himself by declaring an emergency. Now he appears to be handing that power to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, likely so that he can blame Bessent when things go poorly.
Pete Buttigeig was a much better Secretary of Transportation than the reality television personality Sean Duffy is, and it's not even close. Only your homophobia tells you otherwise.
Pro-lifers need to give a shout out to RBG for her steadfast decision not to step down.
So actually both Trump and RBG have their fingerprints all over this.
good you noticed that he ( @Heels Noir ) included no option for NOT licking the nuts. Bit of a Freudian slip on his part, I surmise, wanting no barrier to his fantasy being acted upon by his imaginary proxy. I wager a psychologist would agree that his extreme obsession with Trump is at root a sexual one. Or a sexual one at Trump's root, might be more like it.Interesting to know that you are in charge of cleaning his nuts and could invite @bluetoe to do so. Or, are you just fantasizing about holding such a position? It would explain much.
as long as we're speaking in generalities, Congress appropriates the dough, but the Exec branch spends it according to what the bill consists of. Why don't you find out what the bill consists of and THEN try to relate any illegality.Why don't you do a little research before making a fool of yourself?
It's true, no country is required to assist other nations but most do it anyway. Certainly the U.S. is among them. But as I wrote less than a half-hour ago up above, this money to address poverty and world hunger has been appropriated by Congress since the 1960s and this administration's elimination of it without explicit Congressional approval is illegal and unconstitutional.
Your turn. Go ahead and say something else that is profoundly stupid and ill-informed.
Well, at least you got two-thirds of it correct, which for you makes this a surprisingly good day.as long as we're speaking in generalities, Congress appropriates the dough, but the Exec branch spends it according to what the bill consists of. Why don't you find out what the bill consists of and THEN try to relate any illegality.
blaze:
I imagine you enjoy laughing at the yahoos on this board as much as I do. Of course, along with the laughter we have to put up with some pretty big doses of stupidity which isn't always fun. Sometimes you have to take the bad with the good. I don't know about you but I don't suffer fools gladly, and there are a lot of absolute fools here.
I think what we have are a bunch of the have-nots of society. They obviously aren't well educated, they probably aren't well off financially, and they likely aren't very happy in life which explains why this message board seems to be such a critical part of their existence. It's their world of escape from their sad reality.
Like you, I'm doing all right these days and this talk about inflation and high gas prices pretty much goes in one ear and out the other. First of all, I realize all things pass, eventually. Second, I think the have-nots on this board -- you know, the ones who like to bitch and moan all the time -- are getting what they deserve. Sort of like payback for the previous four years when their man was in office.
I only wish that some of them, even just one of them, had enough brains and wit to invoke some real comedy in their posts amid all of that bitterness. They all try to be funny. If I enjoyed pratfall, then I guess I would find it humorous when they fall flat on their faces.
C - "You are a moron"
well, you got the part right in what you c&p'd that says exactly what I maintained. Thanks for verifying.. Where's the part that answers the question of consistent application through various admins? Biden acted on his own and spontaneously when he decided ON THE SPOT and the spur of the moment to leverage...extort....Ukraine. Where is the congressional approval for Biden's action which the lack of makes the Trump admin's action illegal according to you? Where is the congressional approval that sanctioned Biden's act?Well, at least you got two-thirds of it correct, which for you makes this a surprisingly good day.
Yes, Congress establishes the rules for how the government can spend money through appropriation bills that specify how much money can be used for which purposes.
And the President and the executive branch agencies do implement the spending decisions as authorized by Congress.
However, and this is what you are obviously ignorant of, there are checks and balances in place to prevent the mishandling of these funds. The Impoundment Control Act, for example, limits the President's ability to refuse to spend or to divert funds appropriated by Congress according to the Government Accountability Office.
It makes no difference what the bill consists of, but how's that for "any illegality"?
The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (ICA) is a US federal law that limits the President's ability to unilaterally withhold funds appropriated by Congress. It established procedures for the President to notify Congress of any proposed deferral or rescission of budget authority and for Congress to review and potentially disapprove those actions. The ICA was enacted to reassert Congress's power of the purse and prevent the executive branch from unilaterally altering the budget.
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The Impoundment Control Act of 1974
Update: For GAO’s most recent testimony on the Impoundment Control Act, visit Testimony before the House Committee on the Budget—Proposals to...www.gao.gov
Time to boycott the entertainment industry! No more movie watching for me - not one dime!
Oh a video by nutjob piles of shit makes it official...... Buttplug pushed DEI on the DoT, that caused a shortage of ATCs we now see across the country so STFU. Buttplug's disasterPete Buttigeig was a much better Secretary of Transportation than the reality television personality Sean Duffy is, and it's not even close. Only your homophobia tells you otherwise.
You're a delusional pile of crap. I am guessing you are not an alumnus, but a Chapel Hill nutjob thinking college rubbed off you because you stare at male students along Franklin Street.It's Saturday, May 10, and in today's edition of How is Trump Lying to America This Time? let's watch this clip from yesterday in the Oval Office:
So, now for the TRUTH. The United States did not lose $1 trillion to China last year in our trade deficit with them. The actual amount was less that $300 billion. And although that sounds like a lot of money, it helps if one knows how our economy works.
First of all, a trade deficit isn't necessarily a bad thing and it often indicates a robust domestic economy with high consumer spending and investment. What's more, imports provide consumers with access to a wider variety of goods at lower prices and trade deficits can stimulate economic activity, boost living standards, lead to capital inflows, and enhance economic growth.
Here in America, we are extremely wealthy and to have such purchasing power is a wonderful thing, while importing less than $300 billion in goods from China is, for America, a bargain, a virtual steal. But Donald Trump is too dumb to understand this and his sycophants who do know better obviously lack the courage to tell him, so instead they allow him to go before the world press and make a fool of himself by spouting off these idiotic figures.
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Trump wrong that China made $1 trillion off US trade in 2024
Donald Trump said the U.S. trade deficit with China is $1 trillion. It's much smaller by any measure. In 2024, the U.S. trade deficit for goods with China was $293 billion.www.politifact.com
But I believe our trade war with China will soon be coming to an end. Trump is showing all the tell-tale signs of a desperate man who is about to cave to the pressure. He is on the verge of bending over and politely asking XI to give it to him good.
Thankfully those big meanie corporations make profits so they can afford to do that!Time to boycott the entertainment industry! No more movie watching for me - not one dime!
Do you really need someone to explain this to you? Do you follow anything other than FOX News?Where is the congressional approval for Biden's action which the lack of makes the Trump admin's action illegal according to you? Where is the congressional approval that sanctioned Biden's act?
Where is your explanation for the difference, which I clearly asked you for? Are you once again doing what you accuse me of? Of course you are, which makes for you a typical day..
Because they're poor and fatherless, the mom didn't want them, and they're in a red state that already has shitty care for kids?Has anyone even stopped to think how many babies will be killed as a result of this ruling?
There is nothing in this world sadder than a gullible moron who spends his hours promoting debunked conspiracy theories:It comes to mind that a member of the executive branch once went to Ukraine to deliver a large chunk of aid but threatened right then and there to withhold...nay CANCEL...that duly appropriated money if the prosecutor investigating his son's company wasn't taken off the case. And yes of course I know he was to be fired and taken off ALL cases, but that one in particular bears witness to the ability of the executive branch to execute as it sees fit, for any reason it deems appropriate to its own interests. Please enlighten us as to the difference in what different administrations are properly allowed to do.
Don't bother repeating once more 'but the world wanted that prosecutor fired'. That isn't the point. The question is, what limits/allowances are placed on the executive branch when it comes to releasing or withholding aid, and are those limits consistent through various admins. And the answer is, the executive branch can withhold money if there is benefit to our country in doing so. That is precisely the executive branch's job.
Because they're poor and fatherless, the mom didn't want them, and they're in a red state that already has shitty care for kids?
I'm just relieved to see people proving these political fights are about standing up for their principles and not just sticking it to the opposition.
why is it so hard for the libtards to accept the reality that conservatives believe in responsibility over irresponsibility, like abortion-as-birth-control. Why do they consider responsibility to be some great burden? It isn't that hard to be responsible. It's just that there are those who insist that the easiest, least responsible route is always the route that must be available to those who just don't give a shit, and that the responsible should bear some or even most of the burden of the irresponsible.
you're saying sticking it to the opposition isn't done on principle?I'm just relieved to see people proving these political fights are about standing up for their principles and not just sticking it to the opposition.
The prosecutor was investigating the corrupt Burisma company that paid hunter biden, that is blackmail using USG money to protect his son's salary. Retard biden bragged on video he blackmailed Ukraine officials.Do you really need someone to explain this to you? Do you follow anything other than FOX News?
In March 2016, then Vice President Joe Biden threatened to withhold appropriated funding to Ukraine before they heeded his demand and ousted their top prosecutor, Viktor Shokin. Since it was unnecessary for the Obama Administration to followup on these threats, no laws were violated. Furthermore, since Biden was acting in a bipartisan manner, Congress would have likely approved it since these funds would be withheld for a reason in the economic, geopolitical, and general interest of the United States.
Donald Trump, both over the summer of 2019 (which led to his first impeachment) and again with the recent and unapproved cuts to funding without the approved consent of Congress, are clear cases of overreach by the President and illegal.
why is it so hard for the libtards to accept the reality that conservatives believe in responsibility over irresponsibility, like abortion-as-birth-control. Why do they consider responsibility to be some great burden? It isn't that hard to be responsible. It's just that there are those who insist that the easiest, least responsible route is always the route that must be available to those who just don't give a shit, and that the responsible should bear some or even most of the burden of the irresponsible.
Don't want to get a proper ID and go the polling place to vote? No problem, we'll come by with a ballot and fill it out for you and then drop it off, all you have to do is sign your name...and we'll even provide the pen. Don't want to bother taking precautions against pregnancy and disease? No problem, just get an abortion and get that oozing twat treated with your obamacare. Don't even bother signing up for it beforehand, because now they have to cover your condition regardless. Or better yet, don't even bother getting that stinking cooze treated and just spread it around as you risk pregnacy again and again. Planned parenthood will gladly help you out with that when the inevitable happens....again.
It makes me want to puke.
It's a sickness to have created a society where rank sorriness is not just encouraged but practically institutionalized. Why does that half of the spectrum prefer such a society over a responsible, decent one?
Dumbass, they pay the majority of income taxes. Your jealousy shows you are a failure in life.
do you honestly not realize that you just capitulated, and agree that there is no essential difference between what Biden did and what Trump is doing, or are you just doing what you do best?Do you really need someone to explain this to you? Do you follow anything other than FOX News?
In March 2016, then Vice President Joe Biden threatened to withhold appropriated funding to Ukraine before they heeded his demand and ousted their top prosecutor, Viktor Shokin. Since it was unnecessary for the Obama Administration to followup on these threats, no laws were violated. Furthermore, since Biden was acting in a bipartisan manner, Congress would have likely approved it since these funds would be withheld for a reason in the economic, geopolitical, and general interest of the United States.
Donald Trump, both over the summer of 2019 (which led to his first impeachment) and again with the recent and unapproved cuts to funding without the approved consent of Congress, are clear cases of overreach by the President and illegal.
i’ve always been pro-choice…that’s the idea, i believe…your body, your choice.
and in the state i’m in, the women are fvcked…the clown gov we have that has continued to keep us behind in education, has already promised to not listen to pro-choice perspectives.
I think all of us who aren't willing dupes understand that Biden had ulterior motives. You are the most willing of dupes, and you are an outstanding dupe among the willing, so you haven't surprised anyone here. And of course I already addressed that you would drag this standard dem apologist crock out as expected. Ho hum.There is nothing in this world sadder than a gullible moron who spends his hours promoting debunked conspiracy theories:
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Trump Revives False Narrative on Biden and Ukraine - FactCheck.org
At a campaign rally in Iowa, President Trump cited an unsubstantiated news report to revive a widely debunked false narrative about Joe Biden's work in Ukraine on behalf of the Obama administration.www.factcheck.org
At a campaign rally in Iowa, President Donald Trump cited an unsubstantiated news report to revive a widely debunked false narrative about Joe Biden’s work in Ukraine on behalf of the Obama administration.
As we have reported more than once last year, Biden traveled to Kyiv as vice president and warned Ukraine’s then-president, Petro Poroshenko, that the U.S. would withhold $1 billion in loan guarantees until Ukraine removed its prosecutor general, Viktor Shokin, who was widely viewed as corrupt.
At the time, the international community and anti-corruption advocates in Ukraine were also calling for Shokin to be removed from office for his failure to aggressively prosecute corruption.
But Trump has repeatedly distorted the facts about Biden’s work in Ukraine to baselessly accuse his Democratic rival of seeking Shokin’s removal to help his son, Hunter, who at the time was a board member of a Ukraine gas company called Burisma. He left the board in 2019.
In Des Moines, Iowa, on Oct. 14, Trump cited “explosive documents” published earlier that day by the New York Post to revive his widely discredited claim that Biden “went to Ukraine and threatened to withhold $1 billion in aid if they did not fire the prosecutor that was investigating his son and the company that his son worked for.”
As we’ve written, there’s no evidence Hunter Biden was being investigated.
yes, they're fvcked because there just is no alternative to them becoming pregnant. So sad.i’ve always been pro-choice…that’s the idea, i believe…your body, your choice.
and in the state i’m in, the women are fvcked…the clown gov we have that has continued to keep us behind in education, has already promised to not listen to pro-choice perspectives.
nice fairy tale, sad that you would actually use it to try to get an unfounded point across.
i’ve always been pro-choice…that’s the idea, i believe…your body, your choice.
and in the state i’m in, the women are fvcked…the clown gov we have that has continued to keep us behind in education, has already promised to not listen to pro-choice perspectives.
You never seem to hear from any ob-gyn doctors or other reproductive health care professionals. It's just the "sides" arguing. I have to believe that the actual doctors, nurses, and other people that are directly involved with the procedures, and other aspects of this field of medicine, might have a more objective insight about what it entails.
Probably like anyone in any profession where they feel their livelihood or life's work might be negatively impacted, they would say it's a bad idea to change the way it works.You never seem to hear from any ob-gyn doctors or other reproductive health care professionals. It's just the "sides" arguing. I have to believe that the actual doctors, nurses, and other people that are directly involved with the procedures, and other aspects of this field of medicine, might have a more objective insight about what it entails.
I'm amused that I have to correct you multiple times on the same matter. This happens a lot, and without knowing you in person, I'm always wondering if it is because you are in fact that dense or if you're just so devoted to Donald Trump that you will argue with anyone who says a bad thing about him no matter how foolish it makes you look.do you honestly not realize that you just capitulated, and agree that there is no essential difference between what Biden did and what Trump is doing, or are you just doing what you do best?
I found this right after I posted my comment:Probably like anyone in any profession where they feel their livelihood or life's work might be negatively impacted, they would say it's a bad idea to change the way it works.
Pretty much as expected.I found this right after I posted my comment:
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Ob-gyns slam Dobbs ruling overturning constitutional right to abortion
One group is especially disappointed with the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Friday in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturns the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that protected abortion rights under the Constitution: ob-gyns, who may now face prosecution for treating their patients.www.yahoo.com
except you haven't corrected me on a single thing, you've only SAID you have...and we of course know what that's worth and how often you use that ploy. The only question is whether you're really that dumb or if you're just being as disingenuous as usual. I'm sure you know which way I would vote.I'm amused that I have to correct you multiple times on the same matter. This happens a lot, and without knowing you in person, I'm always wondering if it is because you are in fact that dense or if you're just so devoted to Donald Trump that you will argue with anyone who says a bad thing about him no matter how foolish it makes you look.
To address your wildly erratic contention that there is no difference: Joe Biden never withheld appropriated funds from our allies or Americans, which is illegal. Donald Trump did and is doing it again.
This is exactly right. Clinton's Republican-fostered balanced budget trimmed national security rather than entitlements. The result? 9/11 terrorists took their flying lessons here while Clinton was in office, and they were handed off to Bush to deal with. Tragedy more extreme than can be imagined ensued.Biden's turd clinton left bush the 9/11 terrorists in the country and biden is leaving various ticking timebombs for Trump.
The thousands of criminals and terrorists lurking in the shadows are biden's fault.
99% of people that don't want liver failure could have prevented it by not drinking, but we don't ban liver transplants.Facts are that 99% that dont want a baby could prevent getting pregnant therefore eliminating the abortion debate.
You have to keep in mind, though, only one "side" in this country really listens to and understands the truth in science while the other side can't seem to wrap their brains around it. Think COVID and climate change, for example.You never seem to hear from any ob-gyn doctors or other reproductive health care professionals. It's just the "sides" arguing. I have to believe that the actual doctors, nurses, and other people that are directly involved with the procedures, and other aspects of this field of medicine, might have a more objective insight about what it entails.
exactly. It's insane to even be discussing abortion without even establishing or acknowledging how generally unnecessary it is to do so.The strange thing is the everyone want to debate should a woman have an abortion..when is too far along.. is it a clump of cells...
Facts are that 99% that dont want a baby could prevent getting pregnant therefore eliminating the abortion debate.
Dick Morris, clinton's CoS, said clinton turned down the CIA 3 times when they gave him chances to kill UBL. Morris said clinton was worried about the little kiddies and women hanging around UBL, especially if CNN caught wind of it. You know it is bad killing the kiddies of terrorists in the minds of left wing trash. I say the relatives and friends hanging out with scum of the Earth are targets too since the main objective is to kill the terrorist, not protect his family.This is exactly right. Clinton's Republican-fostered balanced budget trimmed national security rather than entitlements. The result? 9/11 terrorists took their flying lessons here while Clinton was in office, and they were handed off to Bush to deal with. Tragedy more extreme than can be imagined ensued.
Case in point, Clinton had the opportunity to take out Bin Laden but instead decided not to, based on how it might reflect on the legal propriety and how that might reflect on his presidential image. Three guesses what Trump would have done, and the first two don't count. He would have nailed the bastard, and @Heels Noir would stil be sobbing about how he didn't get the approval of Congress.
This is what dems do. They promote soft-headedness and soft-heartedness instead of meeting reality head on and dealing with it effectively, and then blame the right when the shit hits the fan.
99% of people that don't want liver failure could have prevented it by not drinking, but we don't ban liver transplants.
why would you want to ban liver transplants? 100% of abortions wouldn't be questioned if a human life wasn't at stake. If a human life wasn't at stake, I couldn't care less if you stuck a coathanger in your cooter three times a day, every day.99% of people that don't want liver failure could have prevented it by not drinking, but we don't ban liver transplants.
why would you want to ban liver transplants? 100% of abortions wouldn't be questioned if a human life wasn't at stake. If a human life wasn't at stake, I couldn't care less if you stuck a coathanger in your cooter three times a day, every day.
Saw this comment from the rally in Raleigh about the overturn...
"well I'm here because a woman should get to choose.. I'm a college student and I can't imagine trying to go to school and raise a child"
So this waste of a brain stem has never heard of birth control.
Birth control isn’t 100% effective even when used perfectly. Most people who actually get laid already know that…
Love this. It's never about what's fair or anyone's fair share, it's about appealing to the masses and making them into victims of the rich. And, of course, there is no rationality or logic to this claim at the outset. First, they pay the bulk of the monies contrary to the implication. Second, they pay exactly what they are supposed to pay under the existing tax codes, regardless of political viewpoint.What would you consider 'their fair share'?
What is 'their fair share'? Is there a percentage or just an amount your ilk wants to impose? If its so fuggin important, why arent they left leaning billionaires offering to pay more? WHy doesnt Okrah, Dwayne Johnson, Bezos, Buffett, Jay Z, Dr. Dre, etc offer to pay more? Are you only pissed at the conservative billionaires? Why not millionaires too? At what dollar amount is the cut off for the 'pay your fair share' crying stop?