The Political Thread

[Grimoire Lenin]

Really the only hope for some people is that this becomes a learning experience for them that sometimes voting for "the other side" is better than letting yourself get fooled.

 

[Butters]

Really the only hope for some people is that this becomes a learning experience for them that sometimes voting for "the other side" is better than letting yourself get fooled.

NEVER

 

[Samoa Looch]

Welfare cases voting against their own interest. Product of your fine southern education system. My brain hurts reading this shit

Not just that... it's also gonna hurt a lot of Veterans/Vets-related funds, which is almost the icing on the cake, when you think about how US politics, the media and a lot of businesses work the narrative of acknowledging vets (and Military personnel in general) and the importance of caring for them.

 

[JakeYourBooty]

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

Google Maps agrees to follow Trump’s renaming of Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America’

The change will only be visible to U.S. users. Those in Mexico will still see “Gulf of Mexico,” while those in the rest of the world will see both names on the map.

www.msnbc.com

 

[Chris]

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/28/us/trump-news-executive-orders

President Trump’s order to freeze trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans shut down the flow of money on Tuesday to state offices for Medicaid, the program that provides health care to millions of low-income Americans, and other services as the White House moved to rapidly put in place Mr. Trump’s most audacious plan to purge the government of what he calls a “woke” ideology.

Federal health researchers, nonprofit aid organizations and programs for early childhood education also reported interruptions in federal support, raising alarms about whether the order meant people would lose access to jobs, health care services, reduced-price meals and more.

 

[Samoa Looch]

Caroline Kennedy reads her letter to Senators denouncing her “predator” cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

You know... I'm glad she did this, but right at the beginning here she was talking about how she hasn't spoken out earlier about RFK Jr and her reasoning was because she was serving in a government position and because she didn't wanted to "speak publicly about her family members and their challenges"... and that's just infuriating to hear.

I get that a lot of people get defensive when it comes to their families and it's a really difficult subject to handle, but this "Family over everything" thinking so many people are mentally handcuffed by, has to go. Especially when lives and health of victims are at stake.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

RFK Sr. would have disowned his son if he knew what a whack job he was.

He was just that kind of guy.

 

[Comrade Khan]

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/28/us/trump-news-executive-orders

President Trump’s order to freeze trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans shut down the flow of money on Tuesday to state offices for Medicaid, the program that provides health care to millions of low-income Americans, and other services as the White House moved to rapidly put in place Mr. Trump’s most audacious plan to purge the government of what he calls a “woke” ideology.

Federal health researchers, nonprofit aid organizations and programs for early childhood education also reported interruptions in federal support, raising alarms about whether the order meant people would lose access to jobs, health care services, reduced-price meals and more.

 

[Kairi HoHo]

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/28/us/trump-news-executive-orders

President Trump’s order to freeze trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans shut down the flow of money on Tuesday to state offices for Medicaid, the program that provides health care to millions of low-income Americans, and other services as the White House moved to rapidly put in place Mr. Trump’s most audacious plan to purge the government of what he calls a “woke” ideology.

Federal health researchers, nonprofit aid organizations and programs for early childhood education also reported interruptions in federal support, raising alarms about whether the order meant people would lose access to jobs, health care services, reduced-price meals and more.

Shit like this hurts my family because are struggling as is and messing with Medicaid to that degree I worry about my Mother who has Medicaid and needs it for her Medicine etc.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

'Doomsday Clock' moves closer to midnight amid threats of climate change, nuclear war, pandemics, AI

A science-oriented advocacy group says the Earth is moving closer to destruction. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said Tuesday that they've moved their “Doomsday Clock” to 89 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been, because of worsening threats ranging from nuclear war to climate cha

apnews.com

 

[Chris]

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions of dollars. U.S. District Judge Loren L.

apnews.com

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a push from President Donald Trump to pause federal funding while his administration conducts an across-the-board ideological review to uproot progressive initiatives.

The Trump administration plan plunged the U.S. government into panic and confusion and set the stage for a constitutional clash over control of taxpayer money.

The order from U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan came minutes before the funding freeze was scheduled to go into effect. The administrative stay lasts until Monday afternoon and applies only to existing programs.

 

[Comrade Khan]

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/28/trump-buyouts-federal-workers.html

Wasting your tax dollars to fire people

 

[Boomhauer]

Not just that... it's also gonna hurt a lot of Veterans/Vets-related funds, which is almost the icing on the cake, when you think about how US politics, the media and a lot of businesses work the narrative of acknowledging vets (and Military personnel in general) and the importance of caring for them.

My own grandfather, who turns 91 this coming month voted Trump. When I talk to him, unlike me, he has no regrets.