Rust, but terrify!

Trump Signs Executive Order Barring Illegal Aliens From Receiving Social Security
April 15, 2025

□ [“China Losing It Over Trump Tariffs — Party Apparatchik Warns ‘American Peasants Will Suffer’"]

I know that Chinese are very subtle in their negotiation and discussion, particularly with westerners, so this may just be another step.  That said, this is overly insulting.  This guy is quite high-ranking so it's clearly part of Xi's policy, he'd be immediately purged if it wasn't.  So it's implied that China is getting rather cranky in a surprisingly short amount of time.

□ [“EU Reverses Course and Is Now Willing to Renegotiate Trade Deal with US"]

This is a much smarter move, although because of that, I am opposed to it.  Keep the tariffs high on Europe and let them retaliate as much as they want.  Those who want, I dunno, wine and teenybopping bands, can just pay extra for those.  Don't give them anything.

But of course no one will listen to me.  [Sob!]  They'll renegotiate to get a better deal for both sides.  Rather than fight it out, they gave up quickly.  It's possible that there are still some rational people in Europe, but why would they have any contact with the EU leaders?  Sounds more like they realize their war on Russia won't happen if the US doesn't do all the work, so they have to pretend we're still friends.

Or why would they have US military bases?  A lot of European communities have spent decades relying on the armed foreigners bringing in money and suddenly losing them could change a lot of things very quickly.  We're in a time where people want to know what they can continue to rely on and there's not much left of that.

20,000 IRS Employees Accept President Trump’s Offer to Resign
April 15, 2025

□ [“Democrat Lawmakers Will Go to El Salvador to Demand Release of 'Illegally Detained' Kilmar Abrego Garcia"]

Why do they pick this guy among all the thousands of illegal immigrants Trump has kicked out?  Why is this guy so special that they'll do anything for him but nobody else?  Sounds like he's got specific connections that they want, or information they don't want released.  I think he's actually from El Salvador, although I had thought he was Venezuelan.

I think they're just going to get more messed up, the more they think they're actually doing something.  The activist judge demands daily updates on how this MS-13 guy is doing, which isn't her business anyway.  But she promises to do something about it in the next two weeks.  No clue what, and I'm not sure she has a clue either.  Doesn't sound like she has all that many supporters and even if she did, what orders can she give that they'd follow?

The problem is clearly judges who think they make the laws and give orders accordingly, but what's going to be done about that?  There must be intense discussions behind closed doors, with lawyers included.  But they're still limited to not having any actual defined authority, at least nothing that can be pointed to like a badge or a rank.  Their percentage of the population is probably quite low, so it only works if everyone's willing to comply.  That's no longer the case.

Bipartisan Senate Bill to Keep Men Out of Sororities and Women’s Spaces on College Campuses
April 15, 2025

□ [“Joe Biden Struggles to Speak in Chicago, Recounts Seeing 'Colored Kids' on the Bus"]

I'm guessing that some people want yet-another chance for him to look coherent and not senile.  Then again, I think other people are trying to demonstrate 'this is why we needed to get rid of him.'  The arguments will continue, why did they wait so long and keep it hidden, at least from those who couldn't see the obvious.  I thought the point of ditching him for Hillary was to make sure we never had to deal with him again.

Furthermore, I think whoever decided to make Biden do this was also making a point about all the other old people in Congress who still aren't leaving.  This may be why Nancy Pelosi filed for re-election a few days after the November election, another excuse to not be pushed out.  She hasn't been House Speaker for years but that's still probably the top piece of her resume, third-in-line for the POTUS, that would be why she's the target.  She's not officially in charge of the party but she never gets far from whoever is.

There are more people saying that these old people should leave now.  I would point out how close Nancy was to Dianne Feinstein who was very senile before she died.  Nancy is probably just remembering how rich she was and wants to do that too.  Being close to Chinese spies will do that for you.

We can make up excuses, they don't want to get arrested, they want to keep all the contacts that made them so rich, their masters won't let them leave, but these people probably stay in office for basic power lust.  They're not going to give it up voluntarily and have spent decades building their electoral district so there's no chance of a serious competitor.  These people got started with the 'youth movement' and that's where they're going to end.

Hegseth Advisor Dan Caldwell Escorted Out of Pentagon For Leaking – Was Part of Mike Waltz Houthi Chat Group
April 15, 2025

Leftist Defense Digital Service Team of Silicon Valley Techies Taken Out at Pentagon
April 15, 2025

Hungary Passes Constitutional Amendment Banning Public LGBT Events; There's Only Two Genders
April 15, 2025

□ [“Rep. Laura Friedman (D-CA) Admits House Democrats Meet with AGs 'Every Single Week' to Plot Lawfare Against Trump Agenda"]

To an extent, I get that they're trying to figure out who to sue, how to do it and what judges they can get to issue the desired verdicts.  But first of all, they can't be that quiet about it so it's obviously people who can't win an election trying to find another way to impose their will on everyone.  Second of all, how is this supposed to work?  The majority of people already disagree, they aren't going to obey and you really don't want to force their involvement.  They're the sort of people who avoid politics because there are better things to do, and will totally oppose you if it comes to that.

It also sounds like they're using foreign money, funneled through groups and NGOs and however they need to make use of it.  That's going to give control to whoever gives the money - foreigners - as well as providing targets for the Trump administration.  The left has enough people with dirty secrets waiting to be exposed, here's an excuse to push them all out at once.

There was an example of this with the so-called fascist Trump supporting group, Patriot Front.  You'd think they'd be thrilled at the last few months, yet they've vanished.  It's almost like they were obvious federal agents trying to sucker in as many as possible and never got anywhere, then the Trump administration cancelled their funding.  They can do a lot more of that with whoever Democrats are trying to use with "lawfare," and they still have all the secrets acquired by decades of government spying on everyone.  This does not seem to be a well thought-out plan.