US US Politics General 2: Hope Edition - Discussion of President Trump and other politicians

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Should be a wild four years.

Helpful links for those who need them:

Current members of the House of Representatives
https://www.house.gov/representatives

Current members of the Senate
https://www.senate.gov/senators/

Current members of the US Supreme Court
https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx

Members of the Trump Administration
https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

he's still on about the pens lol

 

[northstar747]

A lot of new Toyotas don't even have aux jacks anymore.

Lol given my current situation I just have a blue tooth boombox in the back seat of what ever shit box I m using

 

[Xarpho's Return]

There is absolutely no benefit to dooming. All doomers are either enemy agents or actual toxic retards. Fun wins. Whining makes everyone think you're a faggot. Making fun of Jews can be light hearted and a good time for everyone. Crying about Jews is insanely gay.

Dooming is no way to live, that's for sure. But then you see polls and you get discouraged, especially if you live in a red state and the margins get a little tighter than you thought comfortable, it IS worrying, especially if the other candidate hasn't even been declared yet because the runoff is two months away and that gives them all the more time to campaign. (I will admit two Democrat-sponsored polls in March with +2 doesn't mean a whole lot, but it's something to question).

Specifically regarding the Iran War? I'm not sure it's time for doomposting yet until the schedule gets blown or they have troops on the ground. All the news articles report "what if?" scenarios as if they were going to happen, but when it comes to Trump leading us to a war that he said he wouldn't, I don't have an answer for that.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

IT WAS EIGHT BOATS OF OIL IN THE BOX

 

[Lip Glossary]

IT WAS EIGHT BOATS OF OIL IN THE BOX

EIGHT BOATS FULL?

0:05

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

"you're gonna ask me why I used mail in ballot? because I'm president of the united states"

 

[The Ugly One]

I think Ford actually does in one model? Buddy got a brand new Bronco, I was peeking through the manual and saw there were instructions for “CD (if equipped)”. Hell I’m pretty sure they put tape decks (with Dolby NR) in some cars until like 2010 or 2011.

Higher end trim levels are for guys old enough to have media they bought 20 years ago. Right now, that means CDs.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

Trump on Iran's military's status "just beat ta SHIT"

 

[Breadbassket]

President Trump: We're now on day 41 of the disgraceful Democrat shutdown of the Markwayne's department (Department of Homeland Security). Democrats are really punishing the American people, including travelers at airports, all in a quest to return to open borders and give amnesty to illegal alien criminals.

1:33

 

[donksmanSupreme42]

Isn't Bibi drafting the haredi? Which is pretty funny actually.

as if lmao

If it's a cheap worn down piece of shit. For a decent used car it's probably the 6-8k range right now. Used to be less, I got my used shit box with 20k miles on it for 4k. Depends on your location and the market/model though.

Also need to know what to look for and who to buy from. Best people to buy from are the elderly, they drive less and will put fewer miles/less wear on a car.

8k is still far cheaper than even a cheap worn down PoS car here

 

[GettrGriftr]

Cool story bro. I think there are at least five other amendments people are more likely to understand and want to change, before anyone cares about the intellectual masturbation of the 17th.

That's as may be, hoss. I chose to write about the 17th. Stay mad.

 

[Hey Johnny Bravo]

But then you see polls and you get discourage

Polls do not exist for any other reason than to discourage. They're rarely correct and, when they're close, they are buried by liberals because they don't reflect the reality they wish to project. The polls said Trump wasn't going to win in 2016 and then he did. Polls said he would get impeached and he did not. Trump won the popular vote in 2024 when the polls said Kamala Harris was going to beat him.

Many people naturally crave information and that gets fed by malevolent actors. All you have to do is look at the source of a poll and examine how they came to their conclusion that two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Trump's immigration policies. What you'll usually find is it was a poll of maybe 100 people who were called "at random," but they don't reveal where those people were from, which means they called a bunch of staffers in Washington DC.

When polling companies do it properly with large sample sizes, people from many different areas across the US, with longer-form interviews, they tend to get a more complete picture that is less favorable to Democrats. That's why polling companies say they're not doing those kinds of polls anymore, citing expenses. They have the money to do it. That's what their fucking job is supposed to be. However, it's not sexy enough for headlines.

 

[Paper Machete]

If it's a cheap worn down piece of shit. For a decent used car it's probably the 6-8k range right now. Used to be less, I got my used shit box with 20k miles on it for 4k. Depends on your location and the market/model though.

Also need to know what to look for and who to buy from. Best people to buy from are the elderly, they drive less and will put fewer miles/less wear on a car.

It also depends on how much work you can (and want) to do on it yourself. You can drive a beater a long time but you have to put in the elbow grease and likely need to overhaul it. Depending on how crafty you are it might be worth it. But you have to play it smart. A lot of people will just fix the obvious stuff and leave it to blow up later. If you don't want to do lots of work on it just keep it limping and trade it on for a small profit.

 

[Shazam]

The discourse has truly reached peak retardation. Vote for the Democrats (or don't vote) because they're both the exact same. Sure buddy. The people that actively hate white people, try to demographically replace them, allow crime to go unpunished as long as it's the right kind of person, try to sterilize and mutilate your children, steal your money to give to said foreigners coming to replace you (and themselves), ETC. Totally the same as the lazy do nothing Republicans that **checks notes** do nothing. I swear I really hate these people. It's mostly libertarians turning I noticed. I'd rather the Republicans actually did something but nothing is far better than trying to effectively eliminate me. And let's be fair. They haven't done totally nothing. Just nothing on a few key issues.

 

[LowlyPheasent]

It also depends on how much work you can (and want) to do on it yourself. You can drive a beater a long time but you have to put in the elbow grease and likely need to overhaul it. Depending on how crafty you are it might be worth it. But you have to play it smart. A lot of people will just fix the obvious stuff and leave it to blow up later. If you don't want to do lots of work on it just keep it limping and trade it on for a small profit.

Oh for sure. I'm not a trade in guy at the end though, I prefer to just run one till it can't run anymore. Preventative maintenance and car care is crucial though for getting the most out of it. Cars an expense to me, and I'm only willing to burn so much time on them now, I have other shit I can do to make more money or that would be a better investment of that money.

If you're younger and have time and less money it's great for learning how shit works and if you're a car guy that's your scratch to an autistic itch. It's not my kinda autism though.

 

[Dammit Mandrake!]

It's essentially his own MATI podcast at this point.

Mad At The Iranians

 

[Useful_Mistake]

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/27915007-order-quash/

Fulton County wanted to Subpoena the FBI agent who issued an affidavit that led to the seizure (in Jan 28th, 2026) of the ballots of 2020 election. USA moved to quash, the court granted the motion to quash the subpoena

 

[Breadbassket]

Richard Williams, an 83-year-old Air Force veteran, has died after he was pushed onto subway tracks in NYC by illegal alien Bairon Posada-Hernandez.

This innocent man is dead because an illegal alien was allowed to roam free in our country.

 

[mingo mongo]

Richard Williams, an 83-year-old Air Force veteran, has died after he was pushed onto subway tracks in NYC by illegal alien Bairon Posada-Hernandez.

This innocent man is dead because an illegal alien was allowed to roam free in our country.

Ver archivo adjunto 8760411

If we were a serious country, the NYPD would have made sure he “passed away in custody”.

 

[clipartfan92]

Oh no, a strongly worded letter!

Visa, Payment Firms Warned by Regulator on ‘Debanking’ Consumers
Bloomberg (archive.ph)
By Paige Smith and Emily Mason
2026-03-26 16:23:52GMT

Spoiler

Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc., PayPal Holdings Inc. and Stripe Inc. received letters from a Washington antitrust regulator warning the firms not to deny customers access to services based on their political or religious views.

US Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson sent the letters to the payment companies’ chief executive officers, citing reports that some customers had been blocked based on their beliefs, according to a statement Thursday.

“It is inconsistent with American values to deny law-abiding individuals the ability to run their legitimate businesses and feed their families because they attracted the ire of rogue American officials, overzealous activists, or, more worryingly, foreign governments seeking to control public discourse,” Ferguson said in the statement.

“Debanking” of conservatives has been a focus for the Trump administration, which sued Wall Street behemoth JPMorgan Chase & Co. and its top executive, Jamie Dimon, earlier this year, saying the bank had cut off the president and his businesses for political reasons. The Trump Organization also sued Capital One Financial Corp., accusing the bank of political discrimination.

JPMorgan and Capital One have both denied the allegations.

Representatives for Visa, Mastercard, PayPal and Stripe didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on the FTC’s letters.