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Shadeur? More like schadenfreudeur. He's making the third round fun.

@LuFins-Dad said in Happy Draft Day:

Day-3 thought this was going to be “LEGENDARY” https://www.realtor.com/news/celebrity-real-estate/shedeur-sanders-deion-nfl-draft-house/

Monday on The View, they will tell us why this is due to racism.

Repurpose all the toxic green dyes RFKjr is getting rid of, into lawn paint that retards growth.

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I heard a hypothesis that Trump likes to imagine the possibility of Trump 2028, and likes to put the possibility out there, so he can feel he's not a lame duck president. So he can act and be treated as if he's not lame duck. Makes sense.

I think the main pro-isolationism messaging boils down to empathy for people who would have died of a fentanyl overdose, but were saved by a factory job. As a country, we're really, really prioritizing that story. It's a strange thing to put at the top of the economic priority list.

@89th said in Will we have a free election in 28? Or even 26?:

SCOTUS is great until you realize they don’t have a way to enforce shit

Theories about Trump remaining in power just because he chooses to, are great, until you realize he doesn't have a way to enforce staying in power. Except through a military coup. And round and round the argument goes. I promise, any story where Trump steals the presidency, is a theft by force. Military, police, etc. There has never been a coherent story where Trump steals the presidency through paperwork.

@jon-nyc Final adjudication of any of those shenanigans, now as then, would be up to SCOTUS, as soon as some entity with standing challenged the friendly judgement calls from institutional Maga enthusiasts. I guess I can only say this so many times, but it remains the answer to your question, regardless of how many times the subject is brought up.

@jon-nyc said in Will we have a free election in 28? Or even 26?:

So it will ultimately come down to whether he’s willing to defy scotus. That’s not too comforting.

Again, refusing to leave would require a military coup. He will be escorted out of the building if he does not leave willingly, and then it would come down to force vs force, if necessary.

It's my understanding that all such schemes must go through SCOTUS, short of a military coup.

@jon-nyc said in Will we have a free election in 28? Or even 26?:

Who would stop him this time, is the question. It’s not Kash Patel. It’s not JD Vance. It’s not Hegseth.

Who will stop him from what? I gather this all leads to Trump assuming permanent power? Who will stop him from that? From a legal election result ratified by SCOTUS? Who will stop him from ... gathering his armed forces and daring anybody to try to make him leave? I don't think he has a clear path to that, and I don't think Patel and Bondi and Hegseth and Vance would give him a clear path to that.

You could have titled your post "Will Trump push back on an election loss", the answer would be yes. It's not obvious that Trump pushing back is the same as not having a free and fair election.

It's hard to imagine the rest of the world cooperating with Trump in any of his zany economic schemes that he may walk away from next week. Imagine making a permanent enemy of China, over a promise from Trump.

For some reason I am all but afraid to try an energy drink. I guess I never will.

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I guesseth there's a hegseth joke in thereth.

We call that a dry drunk.

Which 25 pounds?

I have at least gotten an education on the importance of the American consumer to the global economy, through all of this.

America First is seeking to create more balance in global economy, Bessent says

Apr. 23, 2025 10:21 AM ETBy: Liz Kiesche, SA News Editor

The architects of the Bretton Woods pact recognized that global growth required global coordination, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday. "Yet everywhere we look, we see imbalance."

"America First does not mean America Alone," he said. "America First seeks to establish fairness in the economic balance."

The Trump administration is seeking to restore equilibrium in trade through its tariff policy and to restore inner order to the international system.

"Mission creep" has knocked the International Monetary Fund and World Bank "off course," he said in a speech to the Institute of International Finance.

More than 100 countries have approached the U.S. seeking to negotiate more balanced deals. "We're engaged in meaningful discussion and look forward to talking with others," he said.

The U.S. wants to help change the system, "because we want balance, too."

One unstainable aspect is the "persistent over-reliance on the United States for demand," he said.

The Treasury Secretary said the Trump administration wants to work with the IMF and the World Bank. Then he went on to list a number of items he says the IMF must do.

The IMF must be "a brutal truth-teller." Rather, he said the institution has been "whistling past the graveyard." The IMF has been "Pollyannish" and maintaining the status quo. IMF funding must be temporary, he noted.

The IMF must hold countries accountable for fiscal reform, and "sometimes, the IMF must say, "No,'" Bessent said.