What stupid shit has Trump done today?

[Yuwipi Woman]

I just can't see them ramming through a fourth appointee in the lame duck period. For a start, there would be even more chance of some republican senators not voting to confirm. One didn't confirm Barrett this time, and there could be another Democratic senator in Georgia replacing Loeffler senator immediately rather than in January due to the special election there.

If there is any risk of not getting the appointment through, then that hands the appointment to Biden, and suddenly the advantage given by confirming Barrett is lost and we go back to a 5-4 split.

I hope you're right, although I don't see the Republicans being shy about the imposition of power.

 

[WouldBe]

If trump gets busy signing pardons can't someone slip his own death warrant into the pile.

 

[Dogsauce]

He’ll pardon those dicks that were doing that autodialler stuff (Wohl etc.) won’t he?

 

[moochedit]

He’ll pardon those dicks that were doing that autodialler stuff (Wohl etc.) won’t he?

He'll pardon anyone that might possibly be presurised by the fbi into being a witness.

 

[two sheds]

They'd best hold off charging anyone then, or hope that they've violated state laws too.

 

[Streathamite]

Also, look for a lot of executive orders authorizing the sale of public lands.

Fortunately, those take quite a time to work through to a sale itself, and I would imagine there will be lots of court challenges with every one of those he tried.

 

[Streathamite]

I'm pretty sure they have time with the current Senate to get it done. Is there a rule I'm unaware of that prohibits it?

All executive orders can be challenged in court, in a way that is much harder (but not possible) with actual legislation

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Fortunately, those take quite a time to work through to an sale itelsf, and I would imagine there will be lots of court challenges with every one of those he tried.

This is what the Trump administration did in just the last couple of days:

Gray wolf loses Endangered Species Act protections

Ranchers applaud, but move could upset decades of progress.

www.startribune.com

Trump administration is stripping protections from Tongass National Forest, called "America's last climate sanctuary"

"While tropical rainforests are the lungs of the planet, the Tongass is the lungs of North America," one scientist said.

www.cbsnews.com

While you can sue, and many groups will, it takes time. The Trump administration also made it more difficult to change reimpose environmental rules:

Biden would face hurdles undoing Trump environmental rollbacks

Biden’s climate plan lays out actions he would take on Day One like implementing “aggressive” methane pollution limits from the oil and gas sector and developing “rigorous” fuel economy standards.…

thehill.com

 

[teqniq]

Ecocide. If ever there was a need for international legislation, that time is now. Of course the US wouldn't sign up to it along with quite a few other usual suspects.

 

[krtek a houby]

Still at war with the doctors

Trump falsely tells Michigan rally: 'Our doctors get more money if someone dies of Covid' – video

 

[spring-peeper]

Still at war with the doctors

Trump falsely tells Michigan rally: 'Our doctors get more money if someone dies of Covid' – video

Internet is too slow for videos

However, I think he is correct.
Remember reading about it several months ago.

 

[Orang Utan]

Internet is too slow for videos

However, I think he is correct.
Remember reading about it several months ago.

Trump is correct? Wtf?

 

[frogwoman]

No hes not.

 

[Artaxerxes]

It certainly costs the patient a lot of money so some must get to the doctors

 

[Yossarian]

Internet is too slow for videos

However, I think he is correct.
Remember reading about it several months ago.

It's nonsense - hospitals get paid a little more under Medicare to cover the extra costs of dealing with COVID patients but that's it.

Doctors are dying out there - some from COVID, others from suicide - because they're being overworked fighting a pandemic Trump let rage out of control, and all he's doing is accusing them of being greedy scammers.

Chamberlain said hospitals do receive a 20% add-on from Medicare for treating COVID-19 patients, which was part of the federal CARES Act package. But those additional funds are set to expire soon and rarely cover all the extra costs needed to safely treat those infected with the virus, she added.

Hospital administrators and doctors would jeopardize their careers and face federal felony fraud charges if they attempted to claim a Medicare patient was treated for COVID-19 who was not infected.

"This is such an insult. We report deaths how they occur," Dr. Rob Davidson, a Michigan-based emergency room doctor and executive director of the Committee to Protect Medicare, tweeted at the president. "If you did your damn job we wouldn't be reporting so many COVID-19 deaths."

Medical professionals push back after Trump says COVID-19 cases are inflated to 'get more money'

Medical professionals are on the defensive after President Donald Trump accused “doctors and hospitals” of inflating COVID-19 patient counts to “get more money” during a campaign rally Saturd...

www.dailyherald.com

 

[spring-peeper]

It's nonsense - hospitals get paid a little more under Medicare to cover the extra costs of dealing with COVID patients but that's it.

Doctors are dying out there - some from COVID, others from suicide - because they're being overworked fighting a pandemic Trump let rage out of control, and all he's doing is accusing them of being greedy scammers.

Medical professionals push back after Trump says COVID-19 cases are inflated to 'get more money'

Medical professionals are on the defensive after President Donald Trump accused “doctors and hospitals” of inflating COVID-19 patient counts to “get more money” during a campaign rally Saturd...

www.dailyherald.com

paysite and I'm stuck trying to use git hub.


So, basically they are getting a bit of extra cash.

Yes, Trump is exaggerating - he always does.

He takes a minimum pennies and makes it sound like it is billions.

 

[gentlegreen]

'Quick, quick, quick': Trump rushes McSally at rally as she fights to hold her Senate seat

The president hurried Arizona Sen. Martha McSally before calling up three out of state politicians to address the crowd.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[existentialist]

paysite and I'm stuck trying to use git hub.


So, basically they are getting a bit of extra cash.

Yes, Trump is exaggerating - he always does.

He takes a minimum pennies and makes it sound like it is billions.

Well, no. He takes some tiny fact, out of context, and then builds up some huge fantasy around it. This is not just a question of scale.

 

[Hollis]

Just watched all 3 episodes of 'The Trump Show' on iplayer which I'd highly recommend..

The Trump Show

With the aid of time, up to 2019 can almost be viewed as a tragi-comedy... Difficult not to end up really hating the guy by the end of episode 3 though.

 

[two sheds]

Can I save time by hating him without watching them?

 

[tim]

If trump gets busy signing pardons can't someone slip his own death warrant into the pile.

Trump would even Pardon this

 

[Cloo]

I gather he was saying at a rally that everyone is Europe is revolting against lockdowns. Well, maybe the kind of morons that support you, Donny.

 

[gosub]

18 Trump rallies have led to 30,000 COVID-19 cases: Stanford University study

A new study from Stanford University found that 18 of President Trump’s campaign rallies have led to over 30,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and likely led to over 700 deaths. Researchers exam…

thehill.com

 

[Ax^]

ok so it mrs trump and a few days old, but have we had this yet?

 

[WouldBe]

18 Trump rallies have led to 30,000 COVID-19 cases: Stanford University study

A new study from Stanford University found that 18 of President Trump’s campaign rallies have led to over 30,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and likely led to over 700 deaths. Researchers exam…

thehill.com

Trump is secretly a democrat as he's doing his best to reduce the republican vote. By wanting to stop postal ballots and spreading covid all those infected republicans won't be able to vote on 3rd.

 

[gosub]

Reuters | Breaking International News & Views

Find latest news from every corner of the globe at Reuters.com, your online source for breaking international news coverage.

uk.reuters.com

 

[quiet guy]

Come on Deutsche Bank, call in his loans

 

[gosub]

Buckle up: The next two months of Trump are going to be terrible.

A growing pandemic, a furious commander-in-chief, and Rudy Giuliani — what could possibly go wrong?

www.msnbc.com

 

[Dogsauce]

They’re going to have to hold off prosecuting any of his family/cronies until after he’s out of office, as he’ll simply pardon them. Wonder who will be first behind bars? Imagine Trump actually in jail, shitting on a pot, shuffling up in line for his lunch etc.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Whatever the outcome of the election, I figure he'll be pissing in our Post Toasties until he's dead. He's not going to go quietly even if he does manage a peaceful transition of power. The New York Times figures that's what will happen as well:

And if he is forced to vacate the White House on Jan. 20, Mr. Trump is likely to prove more resilient than expected and almost surely will remain a powerful and disruptive force in American life. He received at least 68 million votes, or five million more than he did in 2016, and commanded about 48 percent of the popular vote, meaning he retained the support of nearly half of the public despite four years of scandal, setbacks, impeachment and the brutal coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 233,000 Americans.

That gives him a power base to play a role that other defeated one-term presidents like Jimmy Carter and George Bush have not played. Mr. Trump has long toyed with starting his own television network to compete with Fox News, and in private lately he has broached the idea of running again in 2024, although he would be 78 by then. Even if his own days as a candidate are over, his 88-million-strong Twitter following gives him a bullhorn to be an influential voice on the right, potentially making him a kingmaker among rising Republicans.

MSN

www.msn.com

He's tacitly encouraged people to go out and be violent. I don't see that ending just because he's not President any more.