Professor Smartass

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If Trump really cared about deficits and debts, he would go where most presidents fear to tread: our debt-based money supply.

But it's a lot easier to punch down at federal workers, people who depend on government health insurance & Social Security, isn't it?

https://www.globalresearch.ca/trump-sic-doge-federal-reserve/5881276

If Trump Won’t Sic DOGE on the Federal Reserve, What Is the Point? - Global Research

“Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws!” -Mayer Amschel Rothschild (possible misattribution, but nonetheless consistent with multinational banker ideology) Presidents come and go. Some die in office; some retire into the lap of luxury and build monuments to their own greatness using public …

Global Research

This is common when businesses do mass firings to cut costs to look more profitable & goose their stock price.

The consequences could be more serious than losing your widget expert when it involves nukes.

https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-administration-mistakenly-fired-staff-overseeing-nations-nuclear-weapons-report/#

Trump Administration Mistakenly Fired Staff Overseeing Nation’s Nuclear Weapons: Report

Officials in the Trump administration fired more than 300 employees of the National Nuclear Security Administration on Thursday night, only to reverse course upon learning the workers' responsibilities, CNN reported Friday night.

Mediaite

How many genders are there?

This is a pretty wild story.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/spent-32-years-believing-male-133011006.html

I Spent 32 Years Believing I Was Male. Then A Shocking Phone Call Exploded Everything I Knew.

"Our phone conversation sounded like a price negotiation in the final hour of a flea market as I bargained for my old identity back."

Yahoo News

If Trump wants to drain the swamp of corruption (donors & cronies getting our tax dollars) & inefficiency, aren't inspector generals the people he would like MORE of with MORE power?

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5106541-donald-trump-inspectors-general-ousters/

Here are the numbers from investigative reporter Greg Palast...

https://hartmannreport.com/p/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won-c6f

TRUMP LOST. Vote Suppression Won.

Here are the numbers from investigative reporter Greg Palast...

The Hartmann Report

What did Republicans think would happen if they deported the cheap, exploitable illegal immigrant workers that farmers and so many other businesses depend on?

Is Trump secretly trying to drive farmers back into the Democratic Party?

https://t.co/d7GNbERSBI

Trump’s Immigration Threats Are Already Wrecking the Food Industry

Immigrant farm workers are too scared to show up to work.

The New Republic

I think his Adderall just ran out. He “won every swing state” — 7.11 million voters purged, challenged, blocked, and their ballots disqualified. You are witnessing the inauguration of Jim Crow.

We will report the story this week for Thom Hartmann.

Neo-Nazis Celebrate Elon Musk's 'Nazi Salute': VIDEO

Well, they would know 🤔

Comic Sands

Getting rid of watchdogs in federal agencies isn't draining the swamp; it's letting the gators run wild.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=117992561

Trump advisers have discussed ousting independent watchdogs at several federal agencies: Sources

A decision on whether fire the inspectors general hasn't been made, sources say.

ABC News

It was always a crapshoot whether Trump would follow through on his antiwar noises, but Jesus, this is thugly.

https://x.com/prof_smartass/status/1881705271934017906

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It was always a crapshoot whether Trump would follow through on his antiwar noises, but Jesus, this is thugly.

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It was always a crapshoot whether Trump would follow through on his antiwar noises, but Jesus, this is thugly.

https://x.com/prof_smartass/status/1881705271934017906