The Political Thread

[CraigPelton]

This shit show is somehow getting even more dark. We are deporting legal residents of this country to an El Salvador prison known for torture, all without due process. It's been 2 months and this is already where we're at. This country ain't making it 4 years. These people need to be stopped by any means necessary. Trump, Vance, Musk all need to be nowhere near the levers of power.

 

[Grim]

 

[Grim]

 

[Chris]

Musk Set to Get Access to Top-Secret U.S. Plan for Potential War With China

Giving Elon Musk access to some of the nation’s most closely guarded military secrets is a major expansion of his role as an adviser to President Trump and highlights his conflicts of interest.

www.nytimes.com

The Pentagon is scheduled on Friday to brief Elon Musk on the U.S. military’s plan for any war that might break out with China, two U.S. officials said on Thursday.

Another official said the briefing will be China focused, without providing additional details. A fourth official confirmed Mr. Musk was to be at the Pentagon on Friday, but offered no details.

Providing Mr. Musk access to some of the nation’s most closely guarded military secrets would be a dramatic expansion of his already extensive role as an adviser to President Trump and leader of his effort to slash spending and purge the government of people and policies they oppose.

 

[Chris]

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/nx-s1-5336092/heathrow-closed-fire-power-london

Europe's busiest airport has announced it will remain closed throughout Friday after a power shutdown forced more than 100 flights to divert in mid-air.

A fire at an electrical substation close to Heathrow, west of London, began just hours before the airport was about to open at 6 a.m. local time, and the loss of power will affect at least 1,000 flights over the course of the day, and hundreds of thousands of passengers.

London's Metropolitan police have said there's no indication of foul play so far, but its counter terrorism command is now involved in the investigation.

 

[Samoa Looch]

This shit show is somehow getting even more dark. We are deporting legal residents of this country to an El Salvador prison known for torture, all without due process. It's been 2 months and this is already where we're at. This country ain't making it 4 years. These people need to be stopped by any means necessary. Trump, Vance, Musk all need to be nowhere near the levers of power.

Yea...and the US pays El Salvador for it too, iirc.

It starts with supposed criminals/"illegals", it ends with anyone who's criticizing the government or heck... just shitposting about the supreme leader and his cronies.

 

[Boomhauer]

I share this opinion.

 

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[Chris]

Trump Fires Nearly the Entire Civil Rights Branch of D.H.S.

The move guts the office responsible for oversight over President Trump’s immigration crackdown.

www.nytimes.com

The Trump administration fired nearly the entire civil rights branch of the Department of Homeland Security on Friday, gutting a government office responsible for conducting oversight of President Trump’s immigration crackdown.

The more than 100 staff members were told on Friday they would be put on leave for 60 days to find another job in the administration or be fired in May, according to five current and former government officials. Mr. Trump also closed the ombudsman for Citizenship and Immigration Services, another office responsible for scrutinizing the administration’s legal immigration policies.

The moves were the latest attempt by Mr. Trump to root out civil rights divisions and oversight mechanisms across government agencies. But the shuttering of the Homeland Security Department’s Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties was particularly notable given the lack of transparency over the administration’s immigration crackdown.

 

[Samoa Looch]

BREAKING: Acting Social Security commissioner Leland Dudek says he is consulting with the Justice Department about shutting down the agency.

Dudek told the Washington Post: “Unless I get clarification, I’ll just start to shut it down. I don’t have much of a choice here.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/21/social-security-benefits-trump-doge/

Article is pay-walled though... or at least it's behind creating a free account.

 

[Grim]

Oh yippee, Social Security, one of the greatest welfare policies of the 20th Century will be dead. FDR is rolling in his grave rn.

 

[Samoa Looch]

Oh yippee, Social Security, one of the greatest welfare policies of the 20th Century will be dead. FDR is rolling in his grave rn.

Yea... and you would think this would lead to a lot of people, who are Trump supporters while getting benefits from it, would turn against them... but most of them will probably just get convinced by their supreme orange overlord that Biden, the Liberals, Black people and members of the LGBTQ community are to blame for it.

 

[Samoa Looch]

In other news:

The United Arab Emirates commits to a US$1.4 trillion investment into the United States economy over ten years.

https://www.reuters.com/world/after-trump-meeting-uae-commits-10-year-14-trillion-investment-framework-us-2025-03-21/

I can already hear Trump patting himself on the shoulder, because he always makes the best deals etc

 

[Samoa Looch]

And in better news... the DOGE blowback town halls roundup from Iowa, Utah and Wyoming:

‘Frustrated and angry’ Iowans confront Sen. Chuck Grassley at raucous town hall

Iowans’ anger over funding cuts and mass firings of federal employees led by billionaire Elon Musk as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to slash the federal government boiled over during a raucous town hall Friday hosted by Republican Iowa U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley.

www.thegazette.com

Utah Rep. Maloy offers tepid criticism of some White House spending cuts at town hall

Republican U.S. Rep. Celeste Maloy says the country risks drifting toward authoritarianism if the executive branch isn't brought under control.

apnews.com

Crowd jeers Hageman at tense Laramie town hall. She calls them ‘hysterical.’ - WyoFile

Wyoming’s lone congresswoman faced tough questions and angry constituents Wednesday night.

wyofile.com

About the Wyoming one:

Liz Cheney's successor Harriet Hageman to raucus overflow 500 person town hall crowd:

“It’s so bizarre to me how obsessed you are with the federal government .... You guys are going to have a heart attack if you don’t calm down. I’m sorry, you’re hysterical.”

"How come you're so upset guys? Geez, we are only robbing you."

 

[Samoa Looch]

I didn't wanna post anything else in here today, but...