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And that will be fine. As I said I didn't want to believe this was true. Now deactivate the SSN's.

You laugh? Just goes to show that imbeciles are easily entertained. No one objects to aid going for humanitarian reasons. People object to aid going to political activism, gay stage shows, feeding terrorists. Still laughing?

The people who are scamming would object.

If the general election was reran today this very day, it would be an epic landslide for Trump. The damage done to the Democrats between the LA fires and USAID, among others, is severe. If D.O.G.E. continues on this path, the midterms will see 250 plus GOP reps and 58 Senators. Then the last two years of Trump's Presidency will be wild.

The Treasury issue is more arcane. The judge is assuming that D.O.G.E. employees are looking at individuals details. D.O.G.E are saying that they are looking at systems, not individuals. Also saying that Treasury staff are in control of day-to-day operations. D.O.G.E. are likely to win this particular confrontation.

Last week's order re USAID is not what the Dems think it is. It boils down to two things. Do workers on mandatory leave overseas have access to emergency safety notices. And, is it fair to require 30 day repatriation when the normal notice period is six months plus. The repairs the judge is looking for is for the government to guarantee overseas staff are not endangered by not having access to their works e-mails. Also, that the government is prepared to grant exceptions to the 30 day repatriation demand if it causes undue hardship. For example, dependent kids losing out on education or missing essential exams. Both are fair issues.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is known to be against district court judges issuing national injunctions or stopping government policies from being enacted. The argument boils down to: Presidents are not Kings. District judges are not Presidents. The solution is for District judges to rule and at most, rule to ban government policy being enacted in their circuit. That ruling should then be expedited to an en banc hearing of that circuits appeal court who would have the power to issue a national injunction. You would need to go en banc as all appeal court judges on that circuit would need to hear a case of national importance. The Judiciary is required to reign in the executive, no one argues against that. But with the modern temptation to go shopping for activist judges the spirit of oversight is being undone. Before the Dems on the forum go nuts, this also applies to right wing judges harassing Democrat Presidencies. Governments must be allowed to function. The Judiciary must have oversight. But partisans from both sides should not be allowed to run riot.

Lawsuits have to be won, not filed. You should know better. By the way, he didn't dismantle USAID, he reduced staffing and appointed an acting head. USAID is still in operation.

SCOTUS will decide if the spending pause in unconstitutional. Contrary to our merry band of nutters there's nothing in the constitution to prevent a President to order spending less than Congress has allowed.

Executive order required. Proof of life for all people over 105 years old. Annual verification. You could make it younger but what I heard Senator Kennedy say there was absurd beyond belief.

I want to disbelieve that. If that's true, the USA will need to build several new jails

The money wasn't going to the poor and starving you clown. That's why people are angered.

Musk is on track to cut $500 billion in his first year. Multiply by four years and he will save $2 trillion. The amazing thing is that anyone is objecting to the government being audited. Oh, and for the demented Dems growling about eggs still being expensive,the next election is November 26. Don't get ahead of yourselves.

It's unbelievable. As for Thailand, the usual places such as Patts swamp Instagram. What would shock people is the number of Ekkamai/Thong Lor girls for hire. It's the number one freelance portal in the world.

Instagram has descended into the worst international prostitution portal on earth. Far too many young women are getting dragged into an apparently glamorous but often depraved world. Dubai is the epicentre, Thailand a satellite. I'll also say that Thai Instagram is out of control, you'd be gobsmacked at not only how many women are plying their trade their but also who is available for hire. I see this story, what I see is a young woman heading for a nervous breakdown. Tragic.

I actually agree with this. The man is unwell and on a permanent decline. He should be allowed a peaceful retirement. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn57p5r99xyo

In my opinion- anyone that watched the footage of the October 7 attack would side with Israel. I know of no society on planet earth that wouldn't react. Not a single one. Repulsive, cowardly as angering as the attack was on the day, what made it worse was the reaction of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians when the hostages and corpses were transported across the border by this terrorist scum. Corpses were defiled, a disabled Israeli child executed, Israelis lynched. I was neutral with a bias towards Orthodox Jews up till that day. After that day, I'm not neutral any more. And it was the reaction of the civilians that tipped me over. You fight fire with fire, and if many get burnt, so be it. But here's what's going to happen if Trump is successful in creating a safe haven for the Palestinians. Those who indicate that they are prepared to take up the offer will be executed by Hamas. Plenty of Palestinians would love to get out - but they are imprisoned by fear. I know that as I know a couple of Palestinians who ran for their lives from Hamas. And here we have people supporting the Palestinian cause - the cause died on October 7. Hezbollah has folded, Gaza is razed to the ground, there is no deal to be done. October 7 - the day the Palestinian cause died.

What's interesting about this issue is that it draws a red line between the empaths and the self reliance brigades. Empaths - will fall for every sob story, Self reliance - can be cruelly dismissive. There's a simple fact that the empath's can't argue with. None of the successful countries in the world were founded on charity. They were all founded on graft, brutal hard work, brutal conditions, and commerce. The charitable ( free health care etc ) came later and in some cases have totally undermined countries such as the UK as the number of people living off the state is ridiculous. It's always easy to spend someone else's money, but earning it, building and saving? That's a challenge.

Surely he knew that the forum has a "top poster" banner? Top 5 posters every week are the same demented suspects - and what's pitiful is that the top posters every week on this forum are active in the American political threads. This is supposed to be a Thai and Asean related forum

Laughable

No distortion, you are accurately described. People like you making this out to be a free speech issue are delusional when demonstration for support for Hamas is criminal. But then you say "protesting against Israel is legal......." not when there there are videos of you marching down the street with Hamas banners, flags, and chanting pro-Hamas slogans.

I was replying to that member - I mentioned you for a reason. You are deluded if you believe free speech beats criminal activity as designated by Congress.

Don't be kidded, US law enforcement has thousands of hours of video footage and untold numbers of photographs of people demonstrating support for Hamas, that's before they go into their already vast online trove of gathered evidence. You'd need to be touched in the head if you didn't know that as soon as these pro-Hamas demonstrations took off that the entire US security and intelligence apparatus leapt into action to track down terrorist cells and suspects. No point deleting - they have it already. And can I add, American students will find their "free speech" rights don't extend to supporting Hamas. Congress has made it clear that supporting proscribed organizations is a criminal act.

The problem for StevenI and his type is that there's video footage of students saying they support Hamas.