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Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 11:27am On Jul 05, 2025
Maeve7:
I don’t have time for your nonsense. Which of these countries is communist for providing social housing to low income groups?
Point noted. Govts are solely judged on being communist if they provide public housing or not That's the only condition.
Take this to the bank. Mamdani is a socialist tending to communist.
Foreign AffairsRe: World News! Events Happening Around The World by basilico:
My thoughts about modern warfare .
After WW2 and independence of national states the western methods of fighting significantly changed with some rules of engagement. They prioritized humane treatment of war prisoners, outlawed torture and protection of civilians in war zones.
Sadly today the Muslim armies are still fighting like medievals. Their wars often involves serious war crimes involving massacres and attrition warfare.They parade captured soldiers on national Television.Their wars still have religion as a driving force .
I don't have to give any examples.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 6:23am On Jul 05, 2025
Obedience40:
According to multiple sources, the total civilian casualties of the failed Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan is close to 3 million, The war lasted for 9 years, The war fought by the Soviet Union was an asymmetric war like the one being fought currently in Gaza, In 9 years about 3 million Afghans loss their lives that's about 300,000 deaths each year, any war were the the adversary is not a normal conventional army but an insurgency entity, it is very hard to keep civilian casualties at a bare minimum, Hamas don't have military bases, they don't put on uniforms, the battlefield isn't defind, they are no frontlines, no supply channels, no definite structured territory, no humanitarian corridors, no nothing

Yet our friends here are expecting that the casualties recorded should be ten civilians
I don't believe 50000 have died in Gaza.
One, they only say women and children were killed.. IDF doesn't go into buildings shooting unarmed civilians. They respond to attacks of suspected terrorists shooting guns, bullets or rockets. IDF knows how many Hamas terrorists they have shot and killed. They estimate over 20000 active Hamas have been killed. By earlier estimates it was a 1:1 ratio ,high because Hamas fights as civilians,while using them.as human shields.
Anything from Hamas and media in Gaza is a wildly exaggerated lie.
Some time ago Hamas released names of the dead, when IDF checked cellphone data , many were still alive.
Where are the burials . The cemetries of those buried. If they had buried that many women and children we would see videos of the burials. They always show wounded people and gory images of bodies on TV ,they would not hide 50000 cemetries.

About numbers maybe someone can tell us about just wars. How many military combatants compared to civilians should die in a conflict.What rate is acceptable.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:26am On Jul 05, 2025
Maeve7:
"The countries with the highest percentages of public housing in Europe are the Netherlands (30%), Austria (24%), Norway (23%), and Denmark (20%). These nations significantly surpass the EU average of 9.3% for public housing provision."

Which of these countries is communist?
That's not the only message .
So much from him showing his socialist beliefs tending to communism has been in the public last few weeks. Maybe I should consolidate everything about him in one post whenever I come across anything new?
If it looks like a duck walks like a duck and quacks like a duck then it must be a duck.

Trump suggested he be investigated. Two top democrats crawled out of the woodworks lending him support. Hakeem Jefferies and Gov Hochul. Mamdani is the face of the Democrat Party today . The far left socialist cum Marxist cum Communist agitators.. This stench when well crafted will ensure Republicans retain the House and Senate.
Why he is a communist ...
https://justthenews.com/government/local/mamdani-and-fact-checkers-deny-he-communist-his-own-comments-suggest-otherwise

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 7:18pm On Jul 04, 2025
New York times just falls short of admitting that Venezuelan gangs had taken over apartments in Aurora and in other cities. When Trump raised the matter democrats denied that what people were seeing with their own eyes was not true.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/magazine/aurora-colorado-venezuela-gangs.html

In other words we lied .
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:35pm On Jul 04, 2025
Mamdani explains how to solve the housing crisis. Video from 2021



To go further toward the Vienna model, we have to go beyond the market. We can establish community land trusts to gradually buy up housing on the private market and convert it to community ownership. We can give tenants a right of first refusal to buy out their landlords when buildings go up for sale. And we can fully commit to a new era of social housing, ending subsidies for luxury housing development and using our wealth to build beautiful, high-quality social housing projects that offer good homes and strong communities to everyone. We won’t decommodify housing overnight, but we know what we have to.

When as mayor he starts buying up private housing, he will obviously not allow inbestments in real estate.
Communism doesn't get better. Housing controlled by the govt.
Letitia James who chets on her mortgage refinance to be the overseer.
Not forgetting he is proposing a 4 year rent freeze. This will definitely kill and bury investments.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
Socialist Mamdani applied to Columbia University as black . And South Asian.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/nyregion/mamdani-columbia-black-application.html

*His father was a professor at Columbia. then*.

This from a hack.
Last month’s cyberattack appears to have been carried out in order to see if Columbia was still using race-conscious affirmative action in its admission policies after the Supreme Court effectively barred the practice in 2023

He is in good company. All these are democrats.

Foreign AffairsRe: World News! Events Happening Around The World by basilico: 12:38pm On Jul 04, 2025
Refreshing that Secretary of State understands the true intentions of the Ayatollahs.
Marco Rubio speaking about Radical Islam and Iran:

“According to their interpretation of prophecy, they believe that it is their calling to trigger this apocalyptic showdown. And therefore, when they recruit fighters, what they are recruiting them for is to be a part of this army that is going to trigger this final showdown between the West and Islam. That Islam will win, and then the whole world will be governed under their set of rules, led by the emergence of the 12th Imam, the Mahdi, their messianic figure.

Why is this important for us to understand, and why is that important for the next Secretary of State to understand? Because when you understand it, you realize these are not people you can negotiate with. These are individuals with an apocalyptic vision of the future, and they will not stop until they feel they have succeeded in triggering this apocalypse.

by the way, it is similar to the views held by the Ayatollah in Iran. And so when people that have an apocalyptic vision of the future are growing in their capabilities, in the case of ISIS, or trying to acquire a nuclear weapon, in the case of Iran, you understand why it is that in many cases diplomacy and engagement does not work.
Reason Ayatollahs should never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon.
"Death to America, Death to Israel" is not just a slogan . It's a mission statement.
" From the River to the Sea" should also be understood exactly what it means. Eliminating and exterminating the last Jew.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 12:32pm On Jul 04, 2025
Refreshing that Secretary of State understands the true intentions of the Ayatollahs.

Marco Rubio speaking about Radical Islam and Iran:

“According to their interpretation of prophecy, they believe that it is their calling to trigger this apocalyptic showdown. And therefore, when they recruit fighters, what they are recruiting them for is to be a part of this army that is going to trigger this final showdown between the West and Islam. That Islam will win, and then the whole world will be governed under their set of rules, led by the emergence of the 12th Imam, the Mahdi, their messianic figure.

Why is this important for us to understand, and why is that important for the next Secretary of State to understand? Because when you understand it, you realize these are not people you can negotiate with. These are individuals with an apocalyptic vision of the future, and they will not stop until they feel they have succeeded in triggering this apocalypse.

by the way, it is similar to the views held by the Ayatollah in Iran. And so when people that have an apocalyptic vision of the future are growing in their capabilities, in the case of ISIS, or trying to acquire a nuclear weapon, in the case of Iran, you understand why it is that in many cases diplomacy and engagement does not work.
Reason Ayatollahs should never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon.
"Death to America, Death to Israel" is not just a slogan . It's a mission statement.
" From the River to the Sea" should also be understood exactly what it means. Eliminating and exterminating the last Jew.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 12:20pm On Jul 04, 2025
Famine in Gaza.

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 8:52pm On Jul 03, 2025
armyofone:
Let them do and satisfy their desire. When you campaign to reduce the debt only for you to get the votes and increase the debt...doesn't add up.

Right now, they should leave Powell alone. I don't know why this oga is pushing so hard to spoil something. Maybe it benefits him and his family.
I promised myself to never tire educate your likes ,Not you necessary .
The bill passed by narrow margins. I only visit America in my dreams but I know that the congress critters are always looking for a way to stamp their authority.
Democrats vote to a man for any pet project of theirs.
Republicans and RINOs try to extract every last drop of influence,.
With the way they vote narrowly on a futile bill , the message is loud and clear.
Only 3,4,5 or so of us (RINOs) are enough to support the ever whining democrats to impeach you Mr Trump. If democrats win house next year they will start another grievance industry of impeachments.

Catch the drift.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 8:45pm On Jul 03, 2025
raumdeuter:
basilico

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/weak-men-more-likely-to-be-socialists-study-claims-rsnc3l8mk
You mean?

Soyboys.
The perpetually oppressed.
Effeminate.
The louts with very weak arguments.

Let me add also
Trans
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
CIA director reveals Brennan , Comey and Clapper worked purposely to corrupt the Trump Russia collusion before 2016 election.
Treason loading.... Alligator Alcatraz.

The review identified “multiple procedural anomalies” that undermined the credibility of the ICA, including “a highly compressed production timeline, stringent compartmentation, and excessive involvement of agency heads.”

It also questioned the exclusion of key intelligence agencies and said media leaks may have influenced analysts to conform to a false narrative of Trump-Russia collusion.

“The rushed timeline to publish both classified and unclassified versions before the presidential transition raised questions about a potential political motive behind the White House tasking and timeline.”


They used the. Cris Steel nunk dossier knowing it was all made up .Went ahead to persecute Trump.

CIA internal review here.
https://www.cia.gov/static/Tradecraft-Review-2016-ICA-on-Election-Interference-062625.pdf

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
armyofone:
Too bad nobody is taking Elon Musk seriously now. So is he fighting for the poor man/ Americans now ?
Wouldn't he have been happy had it been his EV subs was included despite the deficit skyrocketing ?

I can't help but smh at the whole games. He dismantled so much and yet....

It will be well in the fruited plain.
God bless our Troops!!!
SemperFi!
Tells you Trump is not beholden to the billionaires.
You might say Elon spent $250 million on Trump campaign and ignore that Kamala blew $2B in 4 months or less. Much more than Trump spent.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 12:49pm On Jul 03, 2025
Faucci ought be scared when the health secretary says this.

🚨 RFK JR says Dr. Anthony Fauci funded something called “The seamless ligation technique, aka the "no-see'm" method”, which was a Technique Designed to HIDE Evidence of Human Tampering with a Virus

And he gave this technique to the Chinese Government.

“What is the public health rationale for doing that?”

The technique was developed by Dr. Ralph Baric at the University of North Carolina, and funded through the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

This “Seamless ligation technique” allows for the assembly of viral genomes or DNA fragments without leaving obvious genetic signatures of laboratory manipulation, which can make it difficult to distinguish between naturally occurring and lab-engineered organisms.





More from the interview.

RFK Jr. accused Fauci of creating COVID-19.

Claimed CDC buried study linking vaccines to autism.

Proposed "truth commission" to investigate Fauci's actions.

Revealed Trump’s empathy surprised him, not a narcissist.

Plans AI-driven overhaul for faster FDA drug approvals.

Criticized vaccine approval process for perverse incentives.

Fired entire CDC vaccine advisory committee.

Aims to revolutionize Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.

Suggested Trump cries hearing Pavarotti’s music.

Praised Rubio’s shift to America First policy.

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 12:44pm On Jul 03, 2025
bayelsaowei:
the problem is non criminals will end up there..

Although a white boy who shoots up little kids in schools won't end up there.. cheesy
You do realize the negative publicity is scaring the criminal illegals to their bone marrow.
That's the message I understood with pythons, alligators, mosquitoes and moats.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 8:27am On Jul 03, 2025
Obrigardo:
I dig deep into the news everyday, analyze right wing talking points and what the legacy media coverage is, and one thing is clear - a growing section of people are beginning to lose their love for humanity.

I want to soulfully disagree with myself here because I believe good people will always exist. Not perfect people, but they value life so you can live in it.

But when I saw that pic of the tyrant, and death santis loving up in a concentration camp, my mouth was bitter.

What have we become? In a thousand years who would even identify as liberal or republican, if you can resist the hate, why don't you do it, why do you glorify in it @basilico

(This is a test for the advanced AI nl bot, why would you ban me for this post?)
You should study imagery. A powerful image sends shivers down the spines of those with a reason.
That alligator Alcatraz jail should scare to the bones whoever qualifies to be held there. Rapists, drug traffickers, murderers, the worst of the lot should be the ones to held there.
Either they self deport or they will be housed there till they are deported with only the clothes on them. back home.
Deportations are bad , especially when you have been taking photos on social media driving Lamborghinis then you are sent back home and start wearing those torn jeans you once wear 5 years ago.
I have no mercy for criminals. There are genuine ways to make money .
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 1:07pm On Jul 02, 2025
budaatum:
America is great again.

https://wolfstreet.com/2025/07/01/tariff-cash-is-rolling-in-junes-record-take-spikes-by-20-5-billion-year-over-year/
Federal Inland Revenue Service collects $ 14-16 B from taxes.Add other revenues ,,around $30B. That's one month what IRS is collecting.
Mathematically we are about 1/12 th as rich as America.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 12:17pm On Jul 02, 2025
shoodboi2:
There is a difference between Israeli and Israelites. Don't allow him to make you confuse these current European land grabbers with the Israelites.

The land grabbers only named the country Israel so as to use it to validate their criminal activities. Believe it or not, they actually considered naming the country Judea and Zion before settling for Israel.
Smells like Palestinian propaganda. Jews were scattered all over the world after 70AD proper. They started buying farmland from the Arabs living in Modern day Israel organized as the Zionist movement. That would have been late 19th Century before a people called Palestinians were created.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
DHS investigating CNN for promoting an app that alerts users of ICE agents location.

I've seen users of the app create fake reports . One user doesn't want to see the illegal aliens anywhere he goes, he locates ICE wherever he is going. Works like the ban here, you don't get to see anything from those on your ban list.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 11:20am On Jul 02, 2025
budaatum:
Perhaps you should educate yourselves some.

https://wapo.st/4lxHBI3

Why should I make excuses for Mamdani being a socialist when I myself promote socialist free school meals?
Wapo is one piece of garbage propagandas for the liberals. If you subscribe to it, better use the money to buy a poor kid school lunch once a month.
He is a communist, communists hide under socialist tag they will never go full public. Similar to devil worshippers who say in public they don't believe there is a God but never admit to worshipping Satan.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 2:31am On Jul 02, 2025
budaatum:
According to Google, Whatsapp , Chatgpt, Grok, right?

Now show where Mamdani has proposed "social ownership and democratic control of the means of production" in New York.
You are so full of crap. I've already shown you Mamdani saying he is a socialist, instead of admitting it ,you engage in nonsensical questions
budaatum:
I feel you. You'd hate school meals for the underprivileged too, and wouldn't mind them starving. Hopefully, New Yorkers won't unreason like you do.

Do let Amazontopaz know that UK that is not socialist has most of the same policies as Mamdani is proposing, and the lights stay on. While USA that is not socialist is curtailing civil liberties, though not where guns are concerned.
budaatum:
I wish you are aware that one "mean of production" is labour. If you were aware, you'd be posting here that Mamdani will seize people and force them to labour as slaves.

Go on. Try thinking a bit with a "maths is racist" reasoning, and you'd see him bringing back chains.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 10:11pm On Jul 01, 2025
raumdeuter:
The Senate pass the BBB
Nancy Pelosi "We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.".
940 page bill dropped the middle of the night before voting. Has a lot of good things while still having terrible stuff that will be reported on later.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:59pm On Jul 01, 2025
Ibime:
To stop 2% of children from eating £2 per week sandwiches doesn't mean you feed 100% of children £15 per week balanced meals

That's killing a mosquito with a sledgehammer and part of the reason we keep running massive deficits in the West
Ratcheting up the debt is not humanitarian error. It's by design , It's a plan with an end goal to overwhelm the system. Look up
Cloward Piven strategy
.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:47pm On Jul 01, 2025
budaatum:
I wish you are aware that one "mean of production" is labour. If you were aware, you'd be posting here that Mamdani will seize people and force them to labour as slaves.

Go on. Try thinking a bit with a "maths is racist" reasoning, and you'd see him bringing back chains.
You are the most dishonest person here
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/nyc-mayor-mamdani/2025/07/01/id/1217171/

Link has more of tfe following

.....I think it's so critical that this journey into understanding the way in which we should relate to power, this journey and understanding that it is socialism that we are fighting for is a journey that should begin as soon as possible


.....But then there are also other issues that we firmly believe in, whether it's BDS or whether it is the end goal of seizing the means of production, where we do not have the same level of support at this very moment,


Keynote speaker at Young Democrat Socialist of America winter Conference ( of communists).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K7HDuoJ0MQ
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
bemeruca:
I'd say 80% against him, 20% for him.
I'd be surprised if the court sides with him.
I believe they will rule against it. If you look at the context the 14th Amendment was clearly meant for the freed slaves. Doesn't seem to have been for everyone although it does explicitly say so.
The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, during the Reconstruction era following the Civil War. It was a pivotal measure aimed at securing rights for newly freed enslaved people and redefining the relationship between the federal government and the states, particularly in the context of slavery’s abolition and its aftermath.Context Behind the 14th Amendment with Focus on Slavery:Post-Civil War and Abolition of Slavery: The Civil War (1861–1865) ended with the Union’s victory and the passage of the 13th Amendment in December 1865, which abolished slavery and involuntary servitude (except as punishment for a crime). However, the end of slavery left millions of African Americans in a precarious legal and social position. The 14th Amendment was crafted to ensure that the freedoms promised by emancipation were protected and to address the systemic inequalities that persisted.
Black Codes and Continued Oppression : After the Civil War, Southern states enacted Black Codes, restrictive laws designed to control and exploit formerly enslaved people. These laws limited African Americans’ ability to own property, seek employment, move freely, or access courts, effectively recreating conditions akin to slavery. For example, vagrancy laws forced Black individuals into labor contracts under exploitative conditions, and some states barred them from testifying against whites. The 14th Amendment sought to dismantle these discriminatory practices by guaranteeing equal protection and due process under the law.
Civil Rights Act of 1866: As a precursor, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which declared that all persons born in the U.S. were citizens, regardless of race, and entitled to equal rights in contracts, property, and legal proceedings. This was a direct response to the Black Codes and aimed to secure the rights of freedmen. However, fears that the Act could be repealed or struck down by courts prompted Congress to constitutionalize these protections through the 14th Amendment, ensuring they could not be easily undone.
Political and Social Tensions: The amendment arose amid fierce political battles. President Andrew Johnson, who assumed office after Lincoln’s assassination, advocated a lenient Reconstruction policy, allowing Southern states significant autonomy. This alarmed Radical Republicans in Congress, who sought robust federal intervention to protect African Americans and prevent the South from reinstating slavery-like systems. The 14th Amendment was a tool to enforce federal authority and ensure that the abolition of slavery translated into meaningful rights for freedmen.
Key Provisions with Relevance to Slavery:Citizenship Clause: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” This explicitly granted citizenship to formerly enslaved people, overturning the Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) decision, which had denied citizenship to African Americans and declared them property.
Due Process Clause: “Nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” This protected freedmen from arbitrary state actions, such as those imposed by Black Codes, ensuring they could not be stripped of their newfound freedoms without legal recourse.
Equal Protection Clause: “Nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” This clause aimed to ensure that states could not discriminate against African Americans, countering laws and practices that sought to maintain racial hierarchies post-slavery.
Other Sections: Section 2 addressed apportionment of congressional representation, reducing a state’s representation if it denied voting rights to male citizens (a partial attempt to secure voting rights for Black men, though enforcement was weak). Section 3 barred former Confederate officials from holding office, targeting those who had supported the slaveholding rebellion. Section 4 ensured that debts incurred to support slavery or the Confederacy were not honored, reinforcing the economic rejection of the slave system.

Ratification and Resistance: The amendment faced significant opposition, especially in the South, where it was seen as a federal overreach and a threat to white supremacy. Congress required Southern states to ratify the 14th Amendment as a condition for readmission to the Union, a process that was contentious and sometimes coerced. By 1868, enough states ratified it, but Southern resistance persisted through violence (e.g., by groups like the Ku Klux Klan) and later Jim Crow laws, which undermined the amendment’s protections for decades.
Slavery’s Legacy and the Amendment’s Limitations: While the 14th Amendment was a landmark in securing rights for formerly enslaved people, its immediate impact was limited. The federal government’s commitment to Reconstruction waned by the 1870s, and the Supreme Court’s narrow interpretations (e.g., Slaughter-House Cases (1873) and Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)) weakened its protections, allowing segregation and discrimination to flourish. Nonetheless, the amendment laid the groundwork for later civil rights advancements, such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Brown v. Board of Education (1954), which relied on the Equal Protection Clause to dismantle segregation and advance racial equality.

Additional Details on Slavery’s Role:Economic and Social Disruption: The abolition of slavery upended the South’s economy, which relied heavily on enslaved labor for agriculture, particularly cotton. The 14th Amendment aimed to stabilize this transition by ensuring freedmen could participate as citizens in the economy, though sharecropping and debt peonage often trapped them in exploitative systems.
Freedmen’s Bureau: Established in 1865, the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands worked to support formerly enslaved people with education, land, and legal aid. The 14th Amendment complemented these efforts by providing a constitutional basis for federal intervention to protect freedmen’s rights.
Moral and Ideological Shift: [/b]The amendment reflected a broader ideological battle over the meaning of freedom. Abolitionists and Radical Republicans argued that true emancipation required not just the end of slavery but also equal citizenship and legal protections, which the 14th Amendment sought to codify.

[b]Long-Term Impact
:The 14th Amendment transformed the Constitution by prioritizing individual rights and federal authority over state discrimination, directly addressing the legacy of slavery. Its clauses became foundational for 20th-century civil rights litigation, including cases that ended segregation and expanded protections against discrimination. However, the struggle to fully realize its promise for African Americans continued long after 1868, as systemic racism persisted through legal and extralegal means.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 10:25am On Jul 01, 2025
I've always said that some of the people who virulently support children gender transitions may be paedophiles. They want to sexualize young kids and rape them. A 13 your old boy for instance starting to look feminine will unconsciously desire approving glances from the male species.Normal girls going through puberty mostly know it's part of growing up. It's very normal for people making conscious changes to their bodies to want to show off their new looks. There is nothing a body builder loves more than being praised for his chest muscles , biceps , abs etc and will dress conspicuously to show off.
Same to a teenager undergoing transition , attracting the attention of predators if they are not the ones prodding him to transition.

Jk Rowling gets to laugh last. Loudly.

Budaatum. This is one big reason I oppose the Lbgtq movement.

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:19am On Jul 01, 2025
Elon Musk is aghast at the Big Beautiful Bill for increasing deficit limit and eliminating subsidies. Trump response.

@realDonaldTrump

Elon Musk knew, long before he so strongly Endorsed me for President, that I was strongly against the EV Mandate. It is ridiculous, and was always a major part of my campaign. Electric cars are fine, but not everyone should be forced to own one. Elon may get more subsidy than any human being in history, by far, and without subsidies, Elon would probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa. No more Rocket launches, Satellites, or Electric Car Production, and our Country would save a FORTUNE. Perhaps we should have DOGE take a good, hard, look at this? BIG MONEY TO BE SAVED!!!


Trump is too brash responding to every accusation in public.
Well if you are wealthy , you can afford to be arrogant. Like Ijebos generational wealth smiley smiley
Foreign AffairsRe: Elon Musk Slams Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill". Calls For New Political Party by basilico: 9:12am On Jul 01, 2025
Takes away the EV subsidies $7500 if I'm right.Tesla sales will slump.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 8:36am On Jul 01, 2025
bemeruca:
I was expecting the Supreme Court not to side with Trump on birthright citizenship, but he may have a point.
They have yet to rule . Their ruling was on federal judges jurisdiction on injuctions. They have heard arguments already but not made a ruling.
Strictly speaking I don't think at the time that birthright citizenship was granted to every Time Dick and Harry who got born on US soil.
Precedent and judicial rulings since then have interpreted it as a right to all.
If the SCOTUS agree with Trump expect unimaginable protests. With democrats vowing to expand the Supreme Court judge numbers. With judges personal safety at risk.
Some crazed liberal lunatic wanted to assassinate Kavanaugh after Roe Vs Wade. A man for that matter
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 7:53am On Jul 01, 2025
bayelsaowei:
you know this is not totally true.

They’ll make politically motivated moves to denaturalize non supporters of trump.

You know that.


By the time trump is done with the US they’ll never vote for a fool like that again.
Trump won popular vote, 86% of the counties and the electoral college . Democrats don't have a Kennedy Democrat anymore , they replaced them with socialists.

The president thing for you is to give everyone illegal voting rights becauae 99% chance they will vote for anything with a D. I read selfishness, haughtiness and smugness from you.

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