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FedGov paying to flatter Trump…$1B of waste

“They have to do with a president who needs to be not only at the center of a media circus, but who needs to be told ritualistically over and over how great he is,” Anthony DiMaggio, author of Rising Fascism in America: It Can Happen Here, told Rolling Stone.

This is the “expert”. He’s a professor, imagine that he has this sort of opinion. His opinion is worthless.
 
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“They have to do with a president who needs to be not only at the center of a media circus, but who needs to be told ritualistically over and over how great he is,” Anthony DiMaggio, author of Rising Fascism in America: It Can Happen Here, told Rolling Stone.

This is the “expert”. He’s a professor, imagine that he has this sort of opinion. His opinion is worthless.
What is your opinion on his ego, etc?
 
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I hope a day will come where we can look back on things as something that had to happen for the betterment of the future. This crap has been building for at least 60 years in broken political system
 
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Do they spend 1 billion to stroke it in front of you?
No of course not. I’m not saying I agree carte blanche but I also am not buying that 1B$ was spent without approval. That’s exactly what every single one of you said about all the horse shit in USAID. That was the excuse from all of you. And now you don’t like it because the guy isn’t on your team. Not a peep when Biden gives the EPA 93 BILLION DOLLARS a month before he’s ousted with no receipts. You don’t get to have it both ways. You guys need to start reigning your spending in so you have a leg to stand on here. It’s incredibly difficult for me to side with the left here, you literally had a brain dead senior at the controls spending money like a drunken sailor and now you’re fiscally conservative??? Don’t think so, clean up your horse shit then talk to me.
 
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No of course not. I’m not saying I agree carte blanche but I also am not buying that 1B$ was spent without approval. That’s exactly what every single one of you said about all the horse shit in USAID. That was the excuse from all of you. And now you don’t like it because the guy isn’t on your team. Not a peep when Biden gives the EPA 93 BILLION DOLLARS a month before he’s ousted with no receipts. You don’t get to have it both ways. You guys need to start reigning your spending in so you have a leg to stand on here. It’s incredibly difficult for me to side with the left here, you literally had a brain dead senior at the controls spending money like a drunken sailor and now you’re fiscally conservative??? Don’t think so, clean up your horse shit then talk to me.
Wait... so you think a president spending our tax dollars on a self indulgent party for himself is the same as funding usaid and the epa?
That's how your brain works? Well man im kinda speechless because in your mind spending doesn't seem to matter what it's for.
Im all for funding USAID and the EPA, im not for any president funding a military parade so they can look like American Adolf, Mao or Mussolini. You see im not a hypocrite because I can distinguish between those things.
You just seem upset at democrats so much you are willing to throw away any idea of your principles of fiscal government in order to wage a war of grievances. Sad
 
There is a lot to unpack in this video that is relevant to the state of politics for both the Republican and Democratic parties. Our political system is broken. Can Trump supporters even watch it without spiraling off into maga propaganda nonsense?

 
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Wait... so you think a president spending our tax dollars on a self indulgent party for himself is the same as funding usaid and the epa?
That's how your brain works? Well man im kinda speechless because in your mind spending doesn't seem to matter what it's for.
Im all for funding USAID and the EPA, im not for any president funding a military parade so they can look like American Adolf, Mao or Mussolini. You see im not a hypocrite because I can distinguish between those things.
You just seem upset at democrats so much you are willing to throw away any idea of your principles of fiscal government in order to wage a war of grievances. Sad
Read my post dude. I never said I agree with it. I said I am assuming it was approved by congress. As usual just a ridiculous snap reaction completely missing the point. Democrats don’t anger me, I think they’re misguided. Is the “war on grievances” tagline from one of the progressive podcasts or something? I’m seeing that a lot now. Very strange.
 
Read my post dude. I never said I agree with it. I said I am assuming it was approved by congress. As usual just a ridiculous snap reaction completely missing the point. Democrats don’t anger me, I think they’re misguided. Is the “war on grievances” tagline from one of the progressive podcasts or something? I’m seeing that a lot now. Very strange.

That is not correct that Congress approved these expenditures. Trump didn’t get their permission, but they approved it indirectly when they voted and passed the continuing resolution. When Congress did that, it game Trump the ability to spend the money any way he wants.

So, he tells Noem (or someone in his administration told her) to buy a PR campaign thanking Trump. He tells Hegseth, get me a dictator birthday parade.

There is no one to temper him or tell him no now. Why do you think he went through four SecDefs in four years? Because they mitigated his impulses.
 
That is not correct that Congress approved these expenditures. Trump didn’t get their permission, but they approved it indirectly when they voted and passed the continuing resolution. When Congress did that, it game Trump the ability to spend the money any way he wants.

So, he tells Noem (or someone in his administration told her) to buy a PR campaign thanking Trump. He tells Hegseth, get me a dictator birthday parade.

There is no one to temper him or tell him no now. Why do you think he went through four SecDefs in four years? Because they mitigated his impulses.
Listen, I am not defending or trying to debate this. What I am trying to say is that this is the same exact argument made for the USAID stuff that DOGE uncovered. When I called that out all the resident libs in here gave me that literal excuse verbatim. They all said the USAID funding was in fact approved by congress despite a lot of things that would never pass. Just like this situation. I am simply making a parallel between the two situations and calling out the drastic difference in reactions from the same exact people. The outrage should go both ways right? Just as much as this pisses you off, I think the waste in USAID was much worse and you guys had zero problem with that. I suppose I’ll get flamed for this not being specifically on topic even though in my mind they are completely related because it shows this is less about what and more about who.
 
Listen, I am not defending or trying to debate this. What I am trying to say is that this is the same exact argument made for the USAID stuff that DOGE uncovered. When I called that out all the resident libs in here gave me that literal excuse verbatim. They all said the USAID funding was in fact approved by congress despite a lot of things that would never pass. Just like this situation. I am simply making a parallel between the two situations and calling out the drastic difference in reactions from the same exact people. The outrage should go both ways right? Just as much as this pisses you off, I think the waste in USAID was much worse and you guys had zero problem with that. I suppose I’ll get flamed for this not being specifically on topic even though in my mind they are completely related because it shows this is less about what and more about who.

Kinda reads like you are. Trying to point to a bunch of lies about what USAID was doing that absolutely no one can prove. You can’t…I can’t.
 
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Kinda reads like you are. Trying to point to a bunch of lies about what USAID was doing that absolutely no one can prove. You can’t…I can’t.
The fact that you think you win the debate because billions of dollars went awol under Biden but can’t be “proven”is crazy. We know it was spent somewhere. Do we need a photo of Biden handing money to the taliban for proof? Would you accept that?
 
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That is not correct that Congress approved these expenditures. Trump didn’t get their permission, but they approved it indirectly when they voted and passed the continuing resolution. When Congress did that, it game Trump the ability to spend the money any way he wants.

So, he tells Noem (or someone in his administration told her) to buy a PR campaign thanking Trump. He tells Hegseth, get me a dictator birthday parade.

There is no one to temper him or tell him no now. Why do you think he went through four SecDefs in four years? Because they mitigated his impulses.
"He tells Hegseth, get me a dictator birthday parade." I'm sure that is exactly what was said. Why don't you tell us what was said, since you were there.

You fruitcakes never amaze me in your level of stupidity.
 
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