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re: Trump suspends aid to Ukraine

Posted by wackatimesthree on 1/24/25 at 10:35 pm
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Cut it off. Cut it all off. Money, materiel, assistance.

If this is a hard cut, he can have this war over by February.


Unless I miss my guess, it's already over, it just hasn't been announced yet.

And not because Trump cut the money. Rather, Trump cut the money b/c the terms
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It's still fricking stupid.


Oh, lighten up.

It's a stellar troll.

It will curdle milk in Rachel Maddow's stomach and single-handedly give Joy Beyhar dysentery.

Therefore, it's a good thing.
Well, they definitely won't get their fire relief money if that happens.
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I bet all of those idiots are pooping their pants right about now.


If this turns out to be true, I'll bet right along with you.

Because if true, Biden saved someone a lot of preliminary investigative work by identifying all of the guilty parties. Now all they have to do is figu
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however, this dude is in so far over his head that it’s only a matter of time before he hits the bottle, and HARD .


So what?

Nanci Pelosi has made it in Congress since 1987 and there isn't a bigger drunk in Washington.
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If fedgov is giving CA money to support their elections, I would absolutely agree.


You realize that the alternative to with holding funds is to send the military in, right?

Just like they did in the south when segregation was resisted.
Here are the results from my 5 second Google search in which I searched, "Can the federal government withhold federal funds to states for civil rights violations:"

[quote]Yes, the federal government can withhold federal funds from programs or organizations that violate civil rights laws.

Expl
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I'm sure the State would sue over it if money was actually withheld on that basis.


As people have already posted, many states were threatened with the loss of highway funding for not toeing the line on the drinking age.

If it were unconstitutional to do that, it seems that one o
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That has nothing to do with disaster relief


Yeah, I realize that.

But it's a very serious issue—a civil rights issue—and he's using the lever he's got to force them to stop violating citizen's civil rights.

Where is the rule book that you're appealing to that makes it against
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What does any of that have to do with conditioning the funds on Voter ID?


Nothing except that it's a civil rights travesty and he's using the lever he's got to force them to correct it.
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Wouldn't it be people unable to get relief funds over a political spat?


I wouldn't call Trump's reasoning a "political spat."

He has two conditions and both are well reasoned.

1. Given the fact that currently anybody can vote in California without any verification of who the
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Trump says he won't give aid to California for the fires unless they pass Voter ID law


So?
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I am glad President Trump listened to my advice.


You're a little strange, ain't 'cha?
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Let me ask you this David, would it shock you at this point?

Would this be the news that shocked you at this point?


Wouldn't shock me.

Like I've been posting for some time now, this is what populism does. Requires an unreasonable level of discontent that is fed by a steady s
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Joe Biden was already elected and did it.


Biden signed below the average number for presidents in modern history over his whole term (he did sign a lot right out of the gate, but over his whole term he was below average).

Trump signed more than he did his first term, by over a h
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These are the people who were not spanked as children.


I don't think anyone spanks their children any more.

Including the posters on this board.
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How bad does it have to be where you actually have to make these rules.


I always fly in and out of Atlanta and the A-H Airport has a display case set up with examples of items that can't be taken on a plane.

A five gallon can of gasoline. A kerosine camping lantern. A gas-
That idiot thinks that if ICE comes to her classroom she can just tell them they don't have permission to come in.

Good grief people are ridiculous in 2025.

That video reminded me of all of the "Karen Arrested" videos on YouTube in which some idiot woman thinks that she gets to dictate to the
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The irony of their evil.


They report to the Father Of Lies.