United States Politics: Trump backs $4+ trillion in new spending

[D3RANG3D]

https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1891922058415603980

What did they mean by this?

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Of all the people this is the least likely but his ho hum salute is hilarious. 

[Cauliflower Of Love]

he never got invited to the upper echelon

[HaughtyFrank]

[Potato]

Americans really were that stupid...

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/02/21/hunter-schafer-passport-tiktok-trump-executive-order/79433800007/

In a lengthy video posted to her TikTok stories, Schafer, who is transgender, shared that her sex had been reverted to male on the newly issued passport she received.

"My initial reaction to this, because our president is a lot of talk, was like, 'I'll believe it when I see it' … and today I saw it on my new passport," she said, holding up the identification booklet to show the sex line with an "M" for male, her sex assigned at birth.

Dear god NO. 

[DavidCroquet]

Hopefully things like this Hunter Schafer story have the opposite of the intended effect.

“Oh well….that seems pretty mild???”

I’d hate to see the pendulum swing fully back when trump is gone again.

[killamajig]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/02/21/hunter-schafer-passport-tiktok-trump-executive-order/79433800007/

In a lengthy video posted to her TikTok stories, Schafer, who is transgender, shared that her sex had been reverted to male on the newly issued passport she received.

"My initial reaction to this, because our president is a lot of talk, was like, 'I'll believe it when I see it' … and today I saw it on my new passport," she said, holding up the identification booklet to show the sex line with an "M" for male, her sex assigned at birth.

Dear god NO. 

As long as I can keep putting 5'10" on my license instead of 5'9" so I don't seem like such a manlet.

[Ribosome]

Whoa it turns out these federal job cuts are affecting "their" people too? 

“I finally found one person I knew that got DOGE’d and it hit me in the heart.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/jesse-watters-doge-until-cuts-145538244.html

[HaughtyFrank]

He's treating this whole thing like he treated twitter

[Uncle]

all the reasons this is kind of dumb, hasty, excessive, theatrical aside

I feel like it's probably important to be able to justify yourself to administration at least once every 5 or 10 years

some employees I'm sure have never had to justify themselves to anyone and just quietly collect a paycheck

"what you got done last week" is idiotic, it should be at least a month, and with additional consideration for your overall role in the organization over the course of a year, like if you fixed a major mistake or made a change that saved thousands of dollars

the other thing is, this is being conducted at such scale and so quickly that you could probably just fuckin lie and it would never be caught...an actual thorough personal review conducted over the course of months if necessary would be more effective

[Nintex]

Trump asked Elon to be more aggressive  

[HaughtyFrank]

all the reasons this is kind of dumb, hasty, excessive, theatrical aside

I feel like it's probably important to be able to justify yourself to administration at least once every 5 or 10 years

some employees I'm sure have never had to justify themselves to anyone and just quietly collect a paycheck

"what you got done last week" is idiotic, it should be at least a month, and with additional consideration for your overall role in the organization over the course of a year, like if you fixed a major mistake or made a change that saved thousands of dollars

the other thing is, this is being conducted at such scale and so quickly that you could probably just fuckin lie and it would never be caught...an actual thorough personal review conducted over the course of months if necessary would be more effective

Yeah this is not the way to handle that. Wouldn't be surprised at all if this only rewards the biggest bullshitters while normal guys get the boot.

[TylenolJones]

[benji]

all the reasons this is kind of dumb, hasty, excessive, theatrical aside

I feel like it's probably important to be able to justify yourself to administration at least once every 5 or 10 years

some employees I'm sure have never had to justify themselves to anyone and just quietly collect a paycheck

"what you got done last week" is idiotic, it should be at least a month, and with additional consideration for your overall role in the organization over the course of a year, like if you fixed a major mistake or made a change that saved thousands of dollars

the other thing is, this is being conducted at such scale and so quickly that you could probably just fuckin lie and it would never be caught...an actual thorough personal review conducted over the course of months if necessary would be more effective

Yeah this is not the way to handle that. Wouldn't be surprised at all if this only rewards the biggest bullshitters while normal guys get the boot.

Another problem, from the reverse angle, is that in a bureaucracy there are plenty of jobs that are entirely useless but the person will be able to claim all kinds of essential tasks to which they contributed absolutely nothing.

DOGE is stupid if they think they can identify jobs that shouldn't even exist at all this way.

But that's aside from how this isn't going to remotely be legal since they're unionized.

[Besticus Maximus]

I don’t think legal or not legal is going to stop anything in the short to medium term

[Nintex]

Kash rescinded the order for the FBI. But the picture is truely the icing on the cake.

[killamajig]

Politics these days are just WWE carny storylines.

[Nintex]

[Nintex]

Part of me actually wants Trump to turn on Elon, because there is no one on this earth more capable to troll the creepy breeder.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Elon needs to be pushed aside. He's taking too much air time from Trump. FUCK RIGHT OFF!

[Nintex]

[Uncle]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-kissing-musk-feet-video-b2703761.html

[Nintex]

After telling Elon to be more aggressive, Trump has given the federal workers a second chance to reply to Elon Musks "what did you do this week?" email.

[Potato]

Only a matter of time before Trump and Elon either fuck or fight. 

My money is on a massive public blow up within the next 3 months.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Please let it happen. Nothing would please me more than Elon getting his shit stuffed.

[Nintex]

[Potato]

Just a crass boor of a man who reflects the actual true undercurrent of the nation.

[Nintex]

Despite his strong track record the real problem about giving Elon Musk the keys to your government, which I don't think the Republicans realize is that he never has a plan B.
His vision is that if you have a plan B, you won't commit enough to Plan A.

So if Plan A doesn't work

[killamajig]

Despite his strong track record the real problem about giving Elon Musk the keys to your government, which I don't think the Republicans realize is that he never has a plan B.
His vision is that if you have a plan B, you won't commit enough to Plan A.

So if Plan A doesn't work

Plan Bs are for quitters.