basilico: Best video of the New Orleans . Someone hot the lucky shot , the Ford truck just before it turned into the pedestrians walk. An ambulance quickly arrived.
Video shows the moment the FBI says Shamsud Din Jabbar raced onto a packed Bourbon Street from Canal Street in a pickup truck with Texas plates and an ISIS flag. https://t.co/P0iWiTX30Zpic.twitter.com/hmeB1tUjpc
basilico: Death penalty. Why are democrats so much against it? Joe Biden commuting the sentences of some 1,500 individuals and pardoning 39 people convicted of non-violent crimes He also struck a plea deal with the 9/11 terrorists saving them death penalty. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper (D) commuted death sentences for 15 inmates on his last day in office.
basilico: I dreamt that Trump would beat Kamala and he did. Took more effort than to have Garland thrown into the catacombs. He won't be sending $$ to Ukraine, if he wants to subsidize it's upon him.
---Your invitation to the Black Conservatives Freedom Ball---no Demoncrats are allowed---
basilico: I've not been following her spat with Musk and reactions as such. Reason It gives the media more material to disparage republicans. My rule of the thumb is that whatever Democrats are against must be good until proven otherwise.
---It's the Democrats fault---when MAGAs such as Bannon and Lormar are publicly against the latest political discuss---
---It's always the Democrats fault---when Trump appointed Sririam as his AI technology advisor---which started the political farce between the tech billionaires and MAGAs---
basilico: Laura Loomer accused him of buying loyalty 5 minutes after Trump was shot. That was a low blow from her for real. Democrats accused her of being involved with Trump because she was always around him . Now that musk is always Trump, case of sour grapes
---Musk according to the MAGA-lady has overstayed his welcome at Trump den of vice---
---I guess it is the fault of Democrats for this latest political farce---
basilico: Look here I'm not defending him. The FBI investigated the case and didn't charge him. They didn't have any credible evidence.. The House Ethics started the investigation after Gaetz went after fmr speaker Kevin McCarthy. In their investigation did they interview him? No .( Though I'm not 100% sure ) The 17 year old. Was being banged by the guy who was heading some tax collection. His office also ossues out IDs. He is the one who had given this girl the ID or Driving licence card whule she was underage . He was jailed for 11 years with 10 mandatory for sleeping with that girl. He himself said he partied and drink too hard in his thirties. He comes from a rich family too, so he is a spoilt brat.
---Despite this report---Trump and most Republicans wanted to confirm Gaetz for the top post of AG---even using illigical drugs at his Capitol Hill office---Hunter Biden who is not vying for any political office was subjected to varying degrees of assault by the MAGAs---however Gaetz was deemed a perfect person---
basilico: Trump is OK with shutdown. I say, did you know this or your TDS is too entrenched? Original bill vs the rejected one.
---Should everything about Trump result in chaos---why did the bipartisan spending bill which have been agreed by both parties---got rejected by 'President Musk'
If the new CR bill which Trump endorsed was that good---it would not be rejected by 38 Republicans---
---The Trump/Musk-backed modified stopgap spending bill and debt limit increase have just been rejected 174-235-1 in the House of Representatives. 38 Republicans said no way along with Democrats---
The Republicans fail to pass the CR bill to keep the government open that they negotiated with themselves after detonating a bipartisan deal that they had negotiated with Democrats
basilico: Fani Willis has been disqualified from the cases prosecuting Trump by Georgia Appeals court. ..... court ruled that there was, in fact, a conflict of interest that arose when Willis hired special prosecutor Nathan Wade and proceeded to have an undisclosed affair with him during the prosecutorial process.
Am I allowed to insult Fani as an entitled black bitch, a stain on black people? I dey laugh. Had Trump lost, by now he would be wearing orange and his businesses would have been shut down. God surely works in mysterious ways
---The God of MAGA leaning judges works in mysterious ways indeed---
Trump announces more picks, nominates Kimberly Guilfoyle to serve as ambassador to Greece
Guilfoyle, 55, who previously dated Donald Trump Jr., but the pair have reportedly broken up. She was previously married to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat.
Guilfoyle has been a loyal ally of Trump and was a staple at many Trump family gatherings. In a post on X, she said she was "honored" to accept the nomination.
---To work under Trump you need NO experience, must be loud and abrasive, must have worked for FoxNews, and or must have been in a relationship with a Trump---
IjeBos: But it is still a small percentage of violent trans women which is part of even smaller percentage of people that are trans. And I'm not pro trans women or men, but think it's important not to overestimate the stats.
I had a friend from church whose son tried to commit suicide 2 times because he felt uncomfortable with his sexuality and wanted to transition. The parents who have a lot of resources did everything they could before the 2nd suicide attempt (psychology, programs, etc). He still tried to commit suicide a 2nd time. The parents (very religious) finally relented while watching their kid in the hospital the 2nd time.. they just wanted their child alive. They are going to allow him to transition and have started using his/her specific pronouns.
All that to say this issue isn't as black and white as some want it to be. There's a lot of very personal context.
---Why is sexualilty transition not common in third-world countries but so prevalent in the west---is it because people have been exposed to all sorts of ideologies---
happney65: "Chad Chronister, the Florida sheriff tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to head the Drug Enforcement Administration, said Tuesday he would not seek the post, the second Trump pick to abandon his bid to serve in the Republican administration."
---Trump hasn't even been sworn in and already it's chaos and incompetence---just like his first term circus of appointing the 'best'---
There are reports that Pete Hegseth may be dropped and replaced with Ron DeSantis for Defense Secretary---
For the second time in as many days, President-elect Donald Trump announced he is picking another family member for his administration, choosing his daughter Tiffany Trump's father-in-law as a senior Middle East adviser a day after picking son-in-law Jared Kushner's dad to serve as ambassador to France.
Billionaire businessman Massad Boulos, father of Trump's son-in-law Michael Boulos, will serve as White House senior adviser on Arab and Middle East affairs, Trump announced on his Truth Social media platform. Born in Lebanon, Massad Boulos runs Nigeria-based Boulos Enterprises, which produces and distributes mechanical equipment and motorcycles.
---Single House race stands between Republicans and 1-seat majority---
House Republicans could begin the new year grappling with a one-seat majority, a perilously slim margin for the 119th Congress as President-elect Donald Trump guns for an active first 100 days.
Last-minute GOP losses and exits in favor of the new administration mean Republicans could begin that period with precious little room for dissent, and one congressional race could decide the difference between a likely one- or two-seat majority.
budaatum: Dump already did the same thing, and nominated him as ambassador.
---Paul Manafort will soon be the ambassador to United Kingdom---
---The same MAGATS losers complaining about Biden pardoning his son have no problem supporting a convicted felon and rapist as president, who had pardoned his corrupt family and friends. They're more faux outraged about this than Trump putting unqualified losers in cabinet positions. GOPs and MAGATS don't care about democracy---
---Biden can do one up Trump and MAGATS---to step down and handover to Kamala over the next 2 months---
He has now proposed slapping a 25% tarriff on mexico and Canada until they stop abetting illegal immigrants. He has also proposed a 10% tarriff on all China imports until they stop fentanyl smuggling Of course media and their blossom buddies democrats will cry prices will go up. An increase in import taxes would definitely be matched by a decrease in domestic manufacturing taxes. His whole economic plan on rarriffs is built on Joe Biden admin implements very tough regulations on manufacturers So they go to China where the regulations are less.They ship jobs to China. Trump proposals is up remove every stifling regulation that sends manufacturing abroad. I think the unions will be targeted too.
---Which illegal immigrants are pouring in from Canada---for Trump to impose a 25% tariff on them---why start a trade war with America's closest neighbors---we are still waiting for Mexico to pay for the wall from Trump's first term---
---The same farmers who supported and voted for Trump are crying that he should spare their farm workers from deportation---
basilico: Judge Chutkan. The tides have turned . You thumbed your nose at Trump and his supporters. There will be an investigation, your role in the Conspiracy will be laid bare for all to see. I'm.not the only one hoping these corruptocrats are given the same dose they been dishing out
---Nothing will happen to any Judge or Prosecutors who worked on cases which involved Trump and his J6 co-conspirators---
Trump finally got around to nominating someone with no experience for the one “Black job” in his cabinet, Scott Turner for secretary of HUD. Ben Carson, who also had no experience, served in the post during Trump’s first administration. How come Housing and Urban Development is the only top level cabinet position he gives to a Black person?