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Good point. There are about 2 million federal employees. I think that number doesn't include the post office or armed forces. At any rate 10's of thousand really doesn't necessarily amount to much. 1/40th of that number is 50,000.

Actually, if they have no shame, that would make it a lot more difficult to blackmail them.

More demented personal comments. You've got less than nothing.

Just a bunch of empty assertions with no evidence or reasoning to back them up. Typical. You've got nothing.

Do you understand what it is that you post? Do I have to explain that to you as well? You posted this from jingthing: "maga fascist cult members)" My reply was to show why such a characterization has merit.

If they were coerced and the risks weren't explained. You got any evidence to support such a claim?

Reportedly the staff is being cut from more than 13000 foreign service officers to 290. So that's about at least a 97.7% cut. That's pretty much a virtual shuttering. A question is whether or not it's constitutional to fire so much staff that they cannot faithfully fulfill carry out the fulfillment of laws passed by Congress. Also, of course the Constitutional question of whether the Trump Administration can change the status of an agency created by Congress. https://www.gpb.org/news/2025/02/06/usaid-unions-sue-trump-administration-halt-unconstitutional-and-illegal-cuts

Well, today I've had replies from Maga supporters claiming that they don't care if Trump violates the constitution. One of them claimed that defying a judge's order is a legitimate means of challenging it. They also mostly support whatever it is Trump does even if it's a massive reversal. Basically, they adore brute power when it's exercised by a strongman. They claim that American is threatened by Marxism even though the American economy outpaces almost all others in the past few years. I can't recall reading any post from Trump supporters that disagree with these claims. (except for CallumWK. I may not agree with his principles but at least he does call out Trump when he sees Trump has abandoned them.). All these elements: indifference to the rule of law, adoration of a strongman, and targeting nonexistent enemies or minorities as a threat to the majority, sound to me a lot like fascism.

As usual. You make a claim but don't back it up.

Even the mods find your comments nonsensical.

As usual. Making it personal. You've got nothing.

Me and stupid insistence on relevance. I feel so ashamed.

And that's what's called relevant evidence.

I'm still amazed that so many members of aseannow.com still approve of theblether's comment even though it's patently false. More blows struck for truthiness!!!

It's funny. Trump supporters claim it's competence that should count, not race, gender, or ethnicity. So, do you have some information about some job-related defective performance on the part of that person in the dress?

And the claim is definitely believable. After all, it came from Doge itself. How could anyone doubt that?

And by the way, there is no subsidy from the U.S. going to Canada. What the ignoramus calls a subsidy is a positive trade balance for Canada. A trade balance that would turn negative if fossil fuels were subtracted. And it was Trump who actually pushed for an increase in the amount of fossil fuels Canada would send south by way of a second Keystone pipeline.

He has said repeatedly that Canada should be the 51st state. Here's just one instance: President Trump threatens Canada over trade war - saying it should become 'cherished 51st state' It comes after the US leader said he is imposing 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico - and the two countries retaliated with their own measures... He claimed that without the "massive subsidy" Canada "ceases to exist as a viable country". He added: "Therefore, Canada should become our Cherished 51st State. Much lower taxes, and far better military protection for the people of Canada - AND NO TARIFFS!" https://news.sky.com/story/president-trump-threatens-canada-over-trade-war-saying-it-should-become-cherished-51st-state-13301663

Clearly you don't understand the differencing between "challenging" and "defying." The way the executive branch constitutionally challenges a lower court ruling is by abiding by the ruling and appealing it to a higher court.

And you made claims about Joe biden's mental condition? The only presidential divorce rumors out there are about the Obamas.

The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care. Asanda Zondi received a startling phone call last Thursday, with orders to make her way to a health clinic in Vulindlela, South Africa, where she was participating in a research study that was testing a new device to prevent pregnancy and H.IV. infection... When Ms. Zondi, 22, arrived at the clinic, she learned why: The U.S. Agency for International Development, which funded the study, had withdrawn financial support and had issued a stop-work order to all organizations around the globe that receive its money... Ms. Zondi’s trial is one of dozens that have been abruptly frozen, leaving people around the world with experimental drugs and medical products in their bodies, cut off from the researchers who were monitoring them, and generating waves of suspicion and fear. https://archive.ph/ytVMC#selection-4749.0-4749.259

Still, not as much as the still possible tariffs he may impose on Mexico and Canada "That came as the U.S.’ average effective tariff rate on Chinese goods rose from 3% in 2018 to about 11% last year, even ahead of the 10 percentage-point additional levy, according to Trade Partnership Worldwide." https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2025/02/04/china-tariffs-heres-what-may-cost-more-in-the-us/

Even if it was a brilliant thread, your comment just extinguished it.

This is not evidence that the Biden administration defied a court order.

And the big one: tariffs. He promised to impose them, claimed they could replace the income tax, and, now, apparently, has dropped them on the countries that are the 2nd and 3rd largest exporters to the US. And on the largest, China, he has imposed a mere 10%, a slap on the wrist.