Trump's first 100 days

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FLBear5630
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EatMoreSalmon said:

FLBear5630 said:

EatMoreSalmon said:

boognish_bear said:

EatMoreSalmon said:

boognish_bear said:




She's not wrong in saying this.

Also, big government becomes self perpetuating. Need to elect some reps who are ready to serve only a couple of terms max (house) or one term (Senate) who will do what's best for the country and break up the party firsters and the lobby grifters.


Yep....I had hoped Trump was gonna be the wrecking ball to drain the swamp. But he just fell right into it himself.


It takes Congress to really drain the swamp.


To do that you have to make it illegal to profit from the position. Term limits, no stock trading for families and Staff, and open primaries would be a good start. Not happening, money pretty much runs things. Just look at your State politics, any State.


It's up to the voters to make all that happen.
And open primaries are not a good idea. Unless you want the biggest party selecting all the candidates coming out.
Campaigning must be shortened. All candidates able to get on a ballot should be able to put out their platform in common public spaces.
Parties need to lose power.


Open primaries let everyone compete. Closed primaries get you chosen candidates. Like CA, if the Dems don't get their act together you may get 2 Republicans.
EatMoreSalmon
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FLBear5630 said:

EatMoreSalmon said:

FLBear5630 said:

EatMoreSalmon said:

boognish_bear said:

EatMoreSalmon said:

boognish_bear said:




She's not wrong in saying this.

Also, big government becomes self perpetuating. Need to elect some reps who are ready to serve only a couple of terms max (house) or one term (Senate) who will do what's best for the country and break up the party firsters and the lobby grifters.


Yep....I had hoped Trump was gonna be the wrecking ball to drain the swamp. But he just fell right into it himself.


It takes Congress to really drain the swamp.


To do that you have to make it illegal to profit from the position. Term limits, no stock trading for families and Staff, and open primaries would be a good start. Not happening, money pretty much runs things. Just look at your State politics, any State.


It's up to the voters to make all that happen.
And open primaries are not a good idea. Unless you want the biggest party selecting all the candidates coming out.
Campaigning must be shortened. All candidates able to get on a ballot should be able to put out their platform in common public spaces.
Parties need to lose power.


Open primaries let everyone compete. Closed primaries get you chosen candidates. Like CA, if the Dems don't get their act together you may get 2 Republicans.


Need more than two parties. Dilute them down.
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Sic 'em Bears and Go Birds
boognish_bear
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BigGameBaylorBear said:




It is so hard to tell with him what is a tactical negotiating ploy and what is just a thought passing through his head… And what is legit.
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EatMoreSalmon said:

FLBear5630 said:

EatMoreSalmon said:

FLBear5630 said:

EatMoreSalmon said:

boognish_bear said:

EatMoreSalmon said:

boognish_bear said:




She's not wrong in saying this.

Also, big government becomes self perpetuating. Need to elect some reps who are ready to serve only a couple of terms max (house) or one term (Senate) who will do what's best for the country and break up the party firsters and the lobby grifters.


Yep....I had hoped Trump was gonna be the wrecking ball to drain the swamp. But he just fell right into it himself.


It takes Congress to really drain the swamp.


To do that you have to make it illegal to profit from the position. Term limits, no stock trading for families and Staff, and open primaries would be a good start. Not happening, money pretty much runs things. Just look at your State politics, any State.


It's up to the voters to make all that happen.
And open primaries are not a good idea. Unless you want the biggest party selecting all the candidates coming out.
Campaigning must be shortened. All candidates able to get on a ballot should be able to put out their platform in common public spaces.
Parties need to lose power.


Open primaries let everyone compete. Closed primaries get you chosen candidates. Like CA, if the Dems don't get their act together you may get 2 Republicans.


Need more than two parties. Dilute them down.


Hey, I am all for it. I actually think the parliamentary system is better.
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boognish_bear said:

BigGameBaylorBear said:




It is so hard to deal with him what is a tactical negotiating ploy and what is just thought passing through his head… And what is legit.


True

FDR had a similar pattern.
Drove his friends and political associates crazy.
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whitetrash said:

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Judge orders Trump to halt White House ballroom construction unless Congress OKs it

Stupid ruling. Not a penny of taxpayer money used until now, I would assume. We are going to be wasting taxpayer money to fix this

Add, where was this guy when Obama built a basketball court, on taxpayer money


A federal judge ordered on Tuesday that construction be halted on President Trump's proposed White House ballroom, to be built in place of the demolished East Wing, saying work must come to a stop until the project receives a go-ahead from Congress.

"The President of the United States is the steward of the White House for future generations of First Families. He is not, however, the owner!" Leon wrote in a 35-page ruling issued Tuesday afternoon. He said that "no statute comes close to giving the President the authority he claims to have."

Judge Leon doing Leon things....



To be properly overturned.
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canoso said:

whitetrash said:

Osodecentx said:

Assassin said:

Osodecentx said:

Judge orders Trump to halt White House ballroom construction unless Congress OKs it

Stupid ruling. Not a penny of taxpayer money used until now, I would assume. We are going to be wasting taxpayer money to fix this

Add, where was this guy when Obama built a basketball court, on taxpayer money


A federal judge ordered on Tuesday that construction be halted on President Trump's proposed White House ballroom, to be built in place of the demolished East Wing, saying work must come to a stop until the project receives a go-ahead from Congress.

"The President of the United States is the steward of the White House for future generations of First Families. He is not, however, the owner!" Leon wrote in a 35-page ruling issued Tuesday afternoon. He said that "no statute comes close to giving the President the authority he claims to have."

Judge Leon doing Leon things....



To be properly overturned.

It may be overturned, but it won't be overruled by insulting the judge
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Redbrickbear
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boognish_bear said:




That is actually a cool idea

I mean we have seen library as ranch done (Nixon), we have seen ugly modernism done on a pretentious progressive college campus (LBJ), we have seen ugly post-modernism done in a city (Obama)

But not seen a library that you can also stay at and party in….

Would fit for Miami as well
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Redbrickbear said:

boognish_bear said:




That is actually a cool idea

I mean we have seen library as ranch done (Nixon), we have seen ugly modernism done on a pretentious progressive college campus (LBJ), we have seen ugly post-modernism done in a city (Obama)

But not seen a library that you can also stay at and party in….

Would fit for Miami as well

Don't forget the oversized trailer home in Little Rock (Clinton) ...

What is, is.
What was, will be.
What will be WAAAAS, but will be again.
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Redbrickbear said:

boognish_bear said:




That is actually a cool idea

I mean we have seen library as ranch done (Nixon), we have seen ugly modernism done on a pretentious progressive college campus (LBJ), we have seen ugly post-modernism done in a city (Obama)

But not seen a library that you can also stay at and party in….

Would fit for Miami as well

Presidential libraries are a joke. Might as well lean in to it.
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nein51 said:

whiterock said:

nein51 said:

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Ok...the cabinet is on record that 2026 is the year the economy takes off and deportations ramp up



I know an economist pretty well. He does forecasting for manufacturers and Fortune 50s.

Last year he told me his forecast was for pretty large growth in Q1 2027. I said I hoped he was wrong. Now I'm hoping he's right. It's ugly right now.

mass deportations are a negative influence on economic growth.....

That's entirely possible.

that's textbook macroeconomics. every time a person walks across the Rio Grande, the consumption of tacos & toiler paper goes up. Same dynamic occurs in reverse. Sure in the real-world example we're living, a lot of that consumption is funded by federal debt. But deficit spending is economically stimulative. Each dollar spent literally causes GDP to rise.

I have long pointed out, here and elsewhere, that the biggest single reason we've had so much illegal immigration for so long is precisely because of biipartisan consensus in the halls of Congress . Both parties benefited from the economic stimulus illegal immigration afforded. For much of the last two decades, we've had effectively zero percent interest (monetary stimulus), escalating federal deficits (fiscal stimulus), and three major rounds of regulatory reform. There's only one other major lever to pull to simulate the economy - grow the population. Democrats like the "future voter" part of that; GOP likes the economic growth part of that. Win/win. Illegal immigration makes Social Security actuarial tables more manageable. It makes the stats on debt percapita look better. And on and on and on. What a great way to offset a sub-replacement growth rate = walk people across the border! Sure, the public has made it abundantly clear they did not want to triple legal immigration levels, so what did our government do? Simple. They just backed the enforcement away from the border and let them cross. And unless the crossers actually committed some serious felony, the odds of them ever being deported were vanishingly small. Again, both parties benefitted from it......Dems had an underclass to care about, GOP had cheap labor to run their businesses.

Can't really debate the dynamic. Only the degree to which it was planned. Electeds benefitted hugely from illegal immigration.
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whiterock said:

nein51 said:

whiterock said:

nein51 said:

boognish_bear said:

Ok...the cabinet is on record that 2026 is the year the economy takes off and deportations ramp up



I know an economist pretty well. He does forecasting for manufacturers and Fortune 50s.

Last year he told me his forecast was for pretty large growth in Q1 2027. I said I hoped he was wrong. Now I'm hoping he's right. It's ugly right now.

mass deportations are a negative influence on economic growth.....

That's entirely possible.

that's textbook macroeconomics. every time a person walks across the Rio Grande, the consumption of tacos & toiler paper goes up. Same dynamic occurs in reverse. Sure in the real-world example we're living, a lot of that consumption is funded by federal debt. But deficit spending is economically stimulative. Each dollar spent literally causes GDP to rise.

I have long pointed out, here and elsewhere, that the biggest single reason we've had so much illegal immigration for so long is precisely because of biipartisan consensus in the halls of Congress . Both parties benefited from the economic stimulus illegal immigration afforded. For much of the last two decades, we've had effectively zero percent interest (monetary stimulus), escalating federal deficits (fiscal stimulus), and three major rounds of regulatory reform. There's only one other major lever to pull to simulate the economy - grow the population. Democrats like the "future voter" part of that; GOP likes the economic growth part of that. Win/win. Illegal immigration makes Social Security actuarial tables more manageable. It makes the stats on debt percapita look better. And on and on and on. What a great way to offset a sub-replacement growth rate = walk people across the border! Sure, the public has made it abundantly clear they did not want to triple legal immigration levels, so what did our government do? Simple. They just backed the enforcement away from the border and let them cross. And unless the crossers actually committed some serious felony, the odds of them ever being deported were vanishingly small. Again, both parties benefitted from it......Dems had an underclass to care about, GOP had cheap labor to run their businesses.

Can't really debate the dynamic. Only the degree to which it was planned. Electeds benefitted hugely from illegal immigration.

That makes sense to why we never have gotten to a real policy. I thought we had a chance under W, as he understood the situation better than most, was a Republican, and was sympathetic to both sides as a Rancher (at least I thought his Ag background in TX played into it, as well as his wife). It never happened. The only explanation is that the Electeds are benefiting from the status quo.
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Media Bear said:

Redbrickbear said:

boognish_bear said:




That is actually a cool idea

I mean we have seen library as ranch done (Nixon), we have seen ugly modernism done on a pretentious progressive college campus (LBJ), we have seen ugly post-modernism done in a city (Obama)

But not seen a library that you can also stay at and party in….

Would fit for Miami as well

Don't forget the oversized trailer home in Little Rock (Clinton) ...




lol

God I had forgotten about that horrid thing

I just will never never understand why our elite are so attracted to terrible architecture
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Redbrickbear said:

Media Bear said:

Redbrickbear said:

boognish_bear said:




That is actually a cool idea

I mean we have seen library as ranch done (Nixon), we have seen ugly modernism done on a pretentious progressive college campus (LBJ), we have seen ugly post-modernism done in a city (Obama)

But not seen a library that you can also stay at and party in….

Would fit for Miami as well

Don't forget the oversized trailer home in Little Rock (Clinton) ...




lol

God I had forgotten about that horrid thing

I just will never never understand why our elite are so attracted to terrible architecture

Tell me about it, our architecture is bad. Everything is 100% based on either cost/low bid or horrible taste...
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The Trump library looks nice, kinda matches the World Trade Center

I would like one of these presidents to build one in a more neoclassical style though. Let's get back to our roots
Sic 'em Bears and Go Birds
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boognish_bear said:



I might actually agree with MTG.......

- UF

D!

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Go Bears!!
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"That makes sense to why we never have gotten to a real policy. I thought we had a chance under W, as he understood the situation better than most, was a Republican, and was sympathetic to both sides as a Rancher (at least I thought his Ag background in TX played into it, as well as his wife). It never happened. The only explanation is that the Electeds are benefiting from the status quo."
I had the same thought, and I am a Democrat. W was right


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Assassin said:

boognish_bear said:



Maybe so as long he himself with the bad guys. He's not a good guy by any stretch


No other Republican member of congress could do this:

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Redbrickbear said:

boognish_bear said:




That is actually a cool idea

I mean we have seen library as ranch done (Nixon), we have seen ugly modernism done on a pretentious progressive college campus (LBJ), we have seen ugly post-modernism done in a city (Obama)

But not seen a library that you can also stay at and party in….

Would fit for Miami as well

Good points. It will be packed!


"If you don't have wrinkles, you haven't laughed enough" - Phillis Diller
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nein51 said:

Redbrickbear said:

boognish_bear said:




That is actually a cool idea

I mean we have seen library as ranch done (Nixon), we have seen ugly modernism done on a pretentious progressive college campus (LBJ), we have seen ugly post-modernism done in a city (Obama)

But not seen a library that you can also stay at and party in….

Would fit for Miami as well

Presidential libraries are a joke. Might as well lean in to it.

Agreed


The whole concept of presidential libraries is ridiculous.
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boognish_bear said:



The drug cartels own Mexico.

And they remain the biggest threat to the United States.

Time to impose a 30% tariff on all Mexican imports.
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KaiBear said:

boognish_bear said:



The drug cartels own Mexico.

And they remain the biggest threat to the United States.

Time to impose a 30% tariff on all Mexican imports.

I'm trying to figure out what Mexico gains from propping up a dying regime in Cuba. Russia makes a little more sense.
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yet another bold Trump vision:



opening by 2031.

- UF

D!
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william said:

yet another bold Trump vision:



opening by 2031.

- UF

D!

Need to import Ozzie one last time from his graveyard and have Osborne museum right next to it
"If you don't have wrinkles, you haven't laughed enough" - Phillis Diller
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BearFan33 said:

KaiBear said:

boognish_bear said:



The drug cartels own Mexico.

And they remain the biggest threat to the United States.

Time to impose a 30% tariff on all Mexican imports.

I'm trying to figure out what Mexico gains from propping up a dying regime in Cuba.


Markets for Mexican oil.

Staging areas in Cuba to ship the cartel's narcotics into the United States
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boognish_bear said:



This **** is sickening. This is a gross use of power and an even worse use of Christianity.
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