USA just sunk a drug boat from Venezuela

[RichardHurt]

Back in day a friend and I thought it would be super cool to strapdown some fireworks in the trunk and drive around while they went off.
So many things went bad that we burnt that Oldsmobile up in a fiery blaze of awesomeness,.

[chr0naut]

Well then this may be something that could help bring some American things into prospective.
We like to play with things that hurt and harm and blow up. Some people take this beyond childhood games into not cool. But as a collective we have a odd fascination with shooting each other with frozen paintballs and pellets. Don't even get me started on potato cannons and if one still fucked around when they are older, a electronic magnetic projectile.
We grew up on blowing shit up and priding ourselves on our scars and burn marks.
This is America! We go hard bro

Yeah, but I feel that Trump is being fed some AI generated random videos and has no filters, so he is reposting it as if it came from official sources.

We know how much he buys into the Q-like conspiracy stuff and re-posts it as if it came from him.

Trump’s AI propaganda machine: How fake imagery became a weapon of politics

[putnam6]

The left doesn't even have a platform right now, so I don't think they're a safe guard or safety net of any sorts. If they ever were, it certainly wasn't in my lifetime.

As for things that can be undone, I don't think there has been an admin in my lifetime who was able to come in and undo something of their predecessor.

In just a little bit over 8 years, the last two presidents have added roughly 40% to our national debt. In just a couple of years, interest payments alone are going to be the number one federal expenditure. I don't think people understand the gravity of interest payments exceeding our military budget. I don't think most are imaginative enough to think of how that would have impacted the country if it was invested into infrastructure or something else that would be felt for decades.

Unfortunately, we're quickly approaching the point of not being able to undo things, or worse we've already passed it. More concerning to me, is people will just chalk off the experiment of an "outsider" after Trump, and voters capitulate back to the "normal" candidates when we are in need of a lot of change.

Yeah, we obviously are thinking differently. I know you know this occurred 
 

• In his first 100 days, Biden revoked 42 of Trump's executive orders. This included major rollbacks on environmental protections (e.g., revoking Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and key energy deregulation orders), immigration enforcement (e.g., ending the "Muslim ban" and migrant protection protocols), and federal workforce policies (e.g., Schedule F, which aimed to reclassify civil servants for easier firing).
  
• Over Biden's full term (2021–2025), the total reached at least 70 direct rescissions of Trump-era executive orders. This figure accounts for additional revocations later in his presidency, such as those related to Title X family planning rules (restoring funding defunded under Trump) and the global gag rule on abortion counseling.
  
• By the end of Biden's term, approximately 25–30% of Trump's major executive orders and 40–50% of his key deregulatory regulations were fully or partially reversed. This estimate draws from trackers like the American Presidency Project, Brookings Institution, and George Washington University's Regulatory Studies Center, focusing on "major" actions (those with significant economic or policy impact). Many Trump actions (30% of challenged rules) were also invalidated by courts during his term, amplifying the effective reversal rate under Biden.
  

https://x.com/i/grok/share/iyukGJ47pimZ1tq6j6c9DziRu
 

Executive Orders Rescinded
President Biden directly rescinded a significant number of Trump's executive orders through his own executive actions. Based on comprehensive tracking from sources like the American Presidency Project and congressional analyses:

• In his first 100 days, Biden revoked 42 of Trump's executive orders. This included major rollbacks on environmental protections (e.g., revoking Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and key energy deregulation orders), immigration enforcement (e.g., ending the "Muslim ban" and migrant protection protocols), and federal workforce policies (e.g., Schedule F, which aimed to reclassify civil servants for easier firing).
  
• Over Biden's full term (2021–2025), the total reached at least 70 direct rescissions of Trump-era executive orders. This figure accounts for additional revocations later in his presidency, such as those related to Title X family planning rules (restoring funding defunded under Trump) and the global gag rule on abortion counseling.
  

These rescissions were often bundled into single Biden orders, such as Executive Order 13992 (revoking six Trump regulatory reform orders) and Executive Order 14008 (targeting 15 Trump environmental and energy orders).
Laws Rescinded
Presidents cannot unilaterally "rescind" laws passed by Congress, as they require legislative action or judicial invalidation. However, Biden's administration influenced the revocation of Trump-era policies embedded in law through:

• Congressional Review Act (CRA): In 2021, a Democrat-led Congress used this tool to overturn 3 Trump regulations that had statutory force, including:
  • A rule rolling back protections for federal student loan borrowers.
    
  • A rule easing restrictions on oil and gas drilling in sensitive areas.
    
  • A rule limiting states' ability to regulate certain pollutants.
    
• No additional statutory laws from Trump's term were fully repealed during Biden's presidency, though some provisions (e.g., in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) were modified via subsequent legislation like the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.
  

Policies and Regulations Rescinded
Beyond formal orders, Biden reversed numerous Trump policies through agency actions, guidance changes, and informal directives. Tracking from the Brookings Institution and the New York Times estimates:

 

[RichardHurt]

Yeah, but I feel that Trump is being fed some AI generated random videos and has no filters, so he is reposting it as if it came from official sources.

We know how much he buys into the Q-like conspiracy stuff and re-posts it as if it came from him.

Trump’s AI propaganda machine: How fake imagery became a weapon of politics

Personally I don't think Trump really knew much about that whole Q thing other than they supported him. You are giving him credit in a subject he deserves none of.
He is just a useful idiot that doesn't even read EO's till after he signs them so why he is upset about a auto pen is just flabbergasting.

[chr0naut]

Personally I don't think Trump really knew much about that whole Q thing other than they supported him. You are giving him credit in a subject he deserves none of.
He is just a useful idiot that doesn't even read EO's till after he signs them so why he is upset about a auto pen is just flabbergasting.

He posted an AI generated video of himself that related to the Q 'medbeds' conspiracy theory. He knew it was fake when he posted it.

Archive of Truth Social post (now taken down)

And clearly, from his posting history, he knows how to use AI tools to generate all those 'cowboy-mariachi-superhero-fighter pilot' images of himself. You have to admit, they clearly aren't professionally done.

[RichardHurt]

He posted an AI generated video of himself that related to the Q 'medbeds' conspiracy theory. He knew it was fake when he posted it.

And clearly, from his posting history, he knows how to use AI tools to generate all those 'cowboy-mariachi-superhero-fighter pilot' images of himself. You have to admit, they clearly aren't professionally done.

His little attempt to provoke a response didn't work. It really just made him look petty. And I am not cool with any leader but much less one that uses such childish depictions.
It was funny though but that should be the extent of the reaction.

[CriticalStinker]

Yeah, we obviously are thinking differently. I know you know this occurred 
 

• In his first 100 days, Biden revoked 42 of Trump's executive orders. This included major rollbacks on environmental protections (e.g., revoking Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and key energy deregulation orders), immigration enforcement (e.g., ending the "Muslim ban" and migrant protection protocols), and federal workforce policies (e.g., Schedule F, which aimed to reclassify civil servants for easier firing).
  
• Over Biden's full term (2021–2025), the total reached at least 70 direct rescissions of Trump-era executive orders. This figure accounts for additional revocations later in his presidency, such as those related to Title X family planning rules (restoring funding defunded under Trump) and the global gag rule on abortion counseling.
  
• By the end of Biden's term, approximately 25–30% of Trump's major executive orders and 40–50% of his key deregulatory regulations were fully or partially reversed. This estimate draws from trackers like the American Presidency Project, Brookings Institution, and George Washington University's Regulatory Studies Center, focusing on "major" actions (those with significant economic or policy impact). Many Trump actions (30% of challenged rules) were also invalidated by courts during his term, amplifying the effective reversal rate under Biden.
  

https://x.com/i/grok/share/iyukGJ47pimZ1tq6j6c9DziRu
 

Executive orders are just presidential directives to the executive branch. At least, that's what they're supposed to be. I think they're over used by both parties, but no one should reasonably expect all of them to stick around after changing of the guard.

A lot of those carry little consequence considering Biden kept the same trajectory of debt.

EPA, trans people playing sports, lowering CO2 emissions are much less impactful to me than inflation, increased debt, and slashing spending that goes to Americans vs payments on interest.

While a lot of programs are wasteful, better a citizen get it than a bank.

[Vermilion]

We got another one!


Today, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out yet another lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO). Yet again, the now-deceased terrorists were engaged in narco-trafficking in the Eastern Pacific.

The vessel was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was transiting along a known narco-trafficking route, and was carrying narcotics. Three male narco-terrorists were aboard the vessel during the strike, which was conducted in international waters. All three terrorists were killed and no U.S. forces were harmed in this strike.

These strikes will continue, day after day. These are not simply drug runners—these are narco-terrorists bringing death and destruction to our cities. These DTOs are the “Al Qaeda” of our hemisphere and will not escape justice. We will find them and kill them, until the threat to the American people is extinguished.

Video here…
https://x.com/SecWar/status/1981167670989926902

[CriticalStinker]

Lots of air movement from the US and Venezuela ahead of the 3pm announcement from Trump.

Some sources on X noted B1-B bombers and tankers going towards Venezuela. Possibly the first land attacks.

Guess we’ll find out if the internet chatter was on point soon enough.

[Sky727]

Another one sunk