Trump is in talks with Russia to end the war

[quintessentone]

Nah, it was clearly the ineptitude of the voters who swallowed the con.

FAFO MAGA, you mean? They regret it now, the pseudo-reality show has set in.

[putnam6]

Yes.

The binary choice in the US election system simply sucks.

Yes the monopoly of the 2 party system, the massive influence in corporate lobbying and special interest groups, and no term limits, substanially detract and degrade the American political system.

[chr0naut]

Exactly these departments are being audited and set up to operate more efficiently or thier responsibilities will be siphoned off to another more robust and ready federal or state departments or programs

Here's a concept - what if DOGE itself is inept and inefficient?

What if DOGE were to sack essential workers one day, and the next day the same administration is scrambling to rehire and fill those roles, and at a fairly massive cost to the public, because workers who are betrayed like that aren't likely to go back to the job for the same pay?

I mean, there are people at SpaceX, Twitter/X and Tesla that Musk 'cut' who needed to be rehired, and who are also still getting the severance packages from the original unfair dismissal, while also being paid more than they previously would have earned, to lure them back. Such efficient! So prudent! So DOGE!

Politics - Trump administration fires and then tries to rehire nuclear weapons workers in DOGE reversal

USDA Scrambles to Rehire Bird Flu Experts DOGE “Accidentally” Fired

A comprehensive look at DOGE's firings and layoffs so far

[sahgwa]

Any source for any of that?

No mention of NK troops?

PS. You forgot to mention Bandera....

Apologies I was misreading a telegram post. My correspondents units are not in Kursk - carry on!
MY POINT STILL STANDS - Ukraine counter-invaded. heh

[chr0naut]

Take out the name J.D. Vance and put in Kamala Harris, and you'd be accurate.
Harris .. word salad queen .. whom you, a left wing foreigner, wished upon America.

Ha, ha, ha, ha...

You are blaming foreigners for American politicians.

I'm fairly sure Americans did all that.

[Oldcarpy2]

"MY POINT STILL STANDS - Ukraine counter-invaded. heh."

Why the Hell shouldn't they?

It's a War.

Using that logic, those naughty Allies in WW2 shouldn't have invaded Germany?

WTAF?

[quintessentone]

Ha, ha, ha, ha...

You are blaming foreigners for American politicians.

I'm fairly sure Americans did all that.

Put the blame anywhere else but where it should be, seems to be the trend for some.

[quintessentone]

Yes the monopoly of the 2 party system, the massive influence in corporate lobbying and special interest groups, and no term limits, substanially detract and degrade the American political system.

It looks to me that both parties play into division, distraction, word salads, propaganda and tell the people exactly what they want to hear, but never deliver on their promises, i.e. con job.

[quintessentone]

Putin seems to playing the delay game with all those conditions, he's got a game plan to keep this war going as evidenced by his willingness to a 'limited' ceasefire, which is not really a ceasefire.

[chr0naut]

Did you vote for Trudeau?
THAT is ineptitude.
Throwing stones in a (foreign) glass house ....

Trudeau, a career politician, has won more elections than Trump. In democracies, representatives are chosen by election. Trudeau has won about eight elections. Also, I think he has lost fewer elections than Trump.

By those measures, he has been both popular and successful.

Oh, and he resigned from being PM. He wasn't voted out.