It’s one thing for states like FL, TX, and WA to do this, since they have tourism, oil, and/or high sales tax to make up for it. But Mississippi doesn’t have anything going for it except for an efficient use of the alphabet in its name. This will absolutely cause the state to crumble even more and become more of a welfare state.

Mostly because there are many different roles that apply to “front line troops.” The traits that work great for running ammo boxes all day are different from the traits to carry a 200 pound dude a few hundred feet. The traits to shoot accurately are different from the traits to assemble and deploy explosives. The traits to drive a tank are different from the traits to work the comms.

More importantly, though, is that this isn’t JUST choosing one set of standards. This will absolutely be “choosing one set of standards with very high bars in certain categories.” There are things women just do not do as well as men, and we all know those will be areas that are emphasized and with difficult to reach goals. There are things women do better than men, and we all know those areas will be de-emphasized with very easy to reach goals.

It was fucking stupid to choose Max over HBO in the branding in the first place.

It feels so gross upvoting a picture and quote from Reagan.

“Stop! Police!” *instantly shoots 17 times

Why even yell at that point? If you are so afraid he might shoot someone, then stay behind cover and yell that police are present and to drop the gun. When you startle a person with a gun, there can be pretty predictable responses. If you aren’t afraid he might shoot someone, then why instantly shoot 17 times without giving him time to comply?

Maybe he should learn from Joshua: the only way to win is to not play at all. Trump should just quit and ride off into the sunset… likely on a private plane filled with underage sex slaves.

The Attorney General shall likewise prioritize enforcement of 31 U.S.C. 1352, which prohibits lobbying by organizations or entities that have received any Federal funds.

This is a WILD interpretation of 31 U.S.C. 1352 by whomever wrote this report. 31 U.S.C. 1352 is about using federal funds to influence contracting, not lobbying.

Here is the text: (1) None of the funds appropriated by any Act may be expended by the recipient of a Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement to pay any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with any Federal action described in paragraph (2) of this subsection.

(2) The prohibition in paragraph (1) of this subsection applies with respect to the following Federal actions:

(A) The awarding of any Federal contract.

(B) The making of any Federal grant.

© The making of any Federal loan.

(D) The entering into of any cooperative agreement.

(E) The extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement.

States’ Rights is soooo last century.

Who cares now? It’s only 2.5 months in, and so much PERMANENT damage has already been done. Nobody will ever trust the US again. The only time his approval ratings will matter is if he tries to declare himself President or push through allowing him to run for a 3rd term.

His ratings could be 0% with every demographic, and the Republicans MIGHT vote to impeach him… maybe. And maybe his ratings might matter a little in TWO YEARS during mid-term elections. But that is two more years of him looting and pillaging and destroying the country.

I don’t think the government should have ANY, regardless of how the government purchased the fake assets. It’s a fucking terrible idea for exactly the reason you described. The government should not be involved in such a high risk, unsecured, volatile, ridiculously easily stolen venture.

I know you are just making a joke, but Cybertrucks have way too much actual power. They have between 600 and 850 horsepower and a 0-60 time of 2.6 seconds. The problem is they weigh 11,000 pounds, so it’s hard to stop or turn them once they get going.

One of the Space Force bases doesn’t have hot water for a long time because of a planned construction project that wouldn’t have been a problem if so many people weren’t forced to work there. Another Space Force Base has about half the parking spaces it needs because of the parking area taken over by a planned construction project that started just before this return to work order. This is going to last 3 years because a return to work order wasn’t anticipated or planned.

Didn’t hurt the Republicans every time they threatened a shutdown when the Democrats were in power. And if the Dems think they can get some concessions from the R’s by forcing the country to get hit, then it might be worth it to stop some crazy shit in the long run.

He’s been crazy for a very long time, this is nothing new. The only thing new is the amount of power he has now.

We were just having a similar discussion, though not about Enya. My position was if I had a billion dollars, you know what I would do? I’d recreate Hogwarts Castle. I’m not even a huge Harry Potter fan and hate what’s-her-name, but how cool would it be to live in a beautiful movie set house the size of a small town?

They run the FAFSA student aid application system and manage trillions of dollars of student loans (Pell grants, etc). They provide guidance and funding to state education systems.

Dismantling it will cause chaos in the student loan world. Who now owns the debt? (likely given to friends of Trump to get rich off of) Who approves new debt? (likely private loan firms who charge higher rates and don’t approve high risk loans) Who will manage the existing network of thousands of colleges to help get aid to students? (likely nobody)

Dismantling it also allows Republican states to further implement religious education and scrubbing from education curricula anything that isn’t about straight, white people doing good things.

It requires an act of Congress to dismantle it completely, so we’re about to see just how much the R’s in Congress either have bought into Trump’s vision or think there is value in keeping his support. It’s one thing to not say anything when a bunch of normal people are fired. It’s a different thing to publicly vote to dismantle something normal need and care about.

Did you miss the bit where you said,

I straight don’t buy that these results accurately reflect the opinion of non boomer voters.

And yes, we are straight fucked already.

There are millions of Americans who really want a non-crazy conservative to vote for. There are millions of people who just want to have a non-crazy person win an election, so their idea is that the only way the opposition to crazy Republicans to be able to win over some of those people on the right is by moving closer to them. They just want to stop losing to the crazies. There are millions who are OK with gay people but hate that the government spends too much money on everything.

America is a very conservative country, and even the Democrats are basically very conservative.

Those people who complained that the Democrats would have beat Trump if they had just moved more left have no idea how much the rest of the country doesn’t feel like them.

This is a huge topic in the veterinary community right now. They have multi-hundreds of thousands in loans and are on income-based repayment plans that take 20 years or more to pay back. Many are being told that they will be moved to a 10-year fixed repayment at the next review cycle.

Imagine going to school for 12 years, having $250,000 in ONLY school debt (ignoring any house/car debt). You are on a plan to pay off your debt based on how much you can actually afford, which for some is around $500-$800/month. Now, a new president comes in and says your effort to be financially stable and work towards the future is dumb, so pay it back at $2500/mo instead. You don’t need a car or mortgage or childcare, right?