Traitor Watch - The 45 & 47 Thread

[Ungnome]

They all saw what is happening to tiktok and that platform was killed with a Democrat in the oval office. They know as well as anyone that while tiktok was first simply because of it's sketchy connection to the Chinese government, they will be targeted next, especially by a hostile incoming congress and adminisatration. They are doing this to keep from being broken up or sanctioned for promoting things that the idiot-in-chief doesn't like. Frankly I would have liked them to stand their ground, but they ARE capitalists and profit is more important than principle to their kind.

 

[wonko the sane?]

And let's be real here: there is no way to satiate a bully. Once they start giving in to his requirements, there will always be more requirements, and it will eventually eat into their profit margins.

Considering how poorly we're using social media, might be due for it to fail.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

It just occurred to me, but what ever happened to Vance? Have we heard about him recently? I mean, even calling him a footnote now is overly generous, since we all know Musk is the real VP (or Trump is and Musk is the real President, either way), I'm just mildly curious where the sectional predator disappeared to.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Guy wants to run in 2028. We'll hear from him as soon as he thinks there's something to take credit for. Otherwise he'll keep quiet and try to avoid blame for anything bad that happens.

 

[Rhinox]

There's been reports that Zuck is also pissed that his post about breaking his leg while training for some sort of kung fu tourney didn't go viral like he'd wanted. So, in part to appease the Orange Shitgibbon, part to assuage his own ego.
Gee, it's almost like running a major social media site somehow turns one into a megalomaniac.

As far as Vance, he knows how volatile his boss is. He's done his job, now it's time to duck and hide till he's needed. If he's not putting himself out there, he can't offend the Orange Creamsickle Tyrant.

 

[Axaday]

I don't think I ever paused to consider that Trump's vanity business is a direct competitor of Musk's vanity business. How are they getting along so well? Will Musk buy TruthSocial?

If Zuckerberg keeps cozying up, is there an anti-trust suit in here somewhere?

 

[Ungnome]

Musk and Trump are getting along now likely because Putin has dirt on both of them that they REALLY don't want getting out. I'm pretty sure they both actually hate each other. It will likely end as soon as Putin feels that one of them is no longer useful to him(likely as soon as Musk's financial empire implodes, or Trump's second term comes to an end) Or until Putin dies(assuming that happens before Orange Force One croaks)

 

[KidTDragon]

Creamsickle

I don't know if that was an intentional misspelling, but I like it.

 

[Pocket]

It has a similar vibe to terms like "oreo" and "twinkie", except it's not problematic because orange isn't a race.

 

[Pale Rider]

FB friend:

All those "I hate Wall Street" Trump supporters have said for years that white-collar crimes should be punished more harshly, but when their orange leader was convicted of a white-collar crime, all of them rose up in unison to say "that doesn't count, it's not a real crime".

I suspect that Trump's plan to implement his agenda is to expand the power of his office by basically holding the country and its allies hostage. If he writes a series of wildly unreasonable executive orders which could do incalculable damage, he can then offer to rescind those orders if Congress agrees to change certain rules in his favour.

Trump apologists: stop comparing him to Hitler!

Trump: I don't see why I shouldn't be able to annex whatever country I want.

 

[NovaSaber]

Trump is planning 100 executive orders starting Day 1 on border, deportations and other priorities

President-elect Donald Trump is preparing more than 100 executive orders, including on border security, deportations and more, starting Day One of the new White House.

apnews.com

 

[Pale Rider]

FB friend:

Trump supporters have been laughing and jeering during moments of silence for the wildfire destruction in LA at sporting events.

Still think Hillary was wrong to call them "deplorable"?

People ask why Trump is interested in Greenland as if it's some mystery. It's no mystery. Greenland looks big on the map. That's it. Don't overestimate Trump's thinking process. He just wants America to look huge on the map and be the biggest country in the world. Annexing Canada and Greenland would do that. He's a 78-year old toddler.

Trump supporters literally think you're "cuck", "woke", and stupid if you say society is supposed to be a team effort instead of "every man for himself".

I'm not even joking. The entire idea of social cooperation is anathema to their ideology.

 

[Paladin]

Special counsel report says Trump would've been convicted for Jan. 6 'unprecedented criminal effort'

Jack Smith says in a new report that his team “stood up for the rule of law” as it investigated President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

apnews.com

None of it ******* matters and none of it ever will.

 

[Axaday]

FB friend: People ask why Trump is interested in Greenland as if it's some mystery. It's no mystery. Greenland looks big on the map. That's it. Don't overestimate Trump's thinking process. He just wants America to look huge on the map and be the biggest country in the world. Annexing Canada and Greenland would do that. He's a 78-year old toddler.

Trump isn't the only one saying it. I was totally uninformed about it just a week or so ago, but the Arctic Ocean is becoming navigable and China and Russia are both operating up there. The world map that we are used to looking at has had its accuracy enforced by ice on the Arctic Ocean. Take that away and Greenland is right by Canada and Russia and Europe. Greenland is a terrority of a little European country self-ruling with a tiny population living in an unimportant wilderness. The majority of Canada might as well be a territory of actual Canada, also unused because it is mainly unuseful. Both are going to become a lot more important. The people telling Trump that are right. They are just giving him the wrong lesson. The correct lesson is thank goodness they belong to our NATO allies Canada and Denmark, who are always going to have our backs and we're going to have theirs. We have a base in Greenland right now and we are allowed to patrol in the Arctic Ocean north of Canada right now because both nations know their security is tied to ours. It's time to forge stronger ties to Canada and Denmark, not try to bully them, which isn't going to work.

 

[wonko the sane?]

Until you realize the goal is to weaken the US, and allow for aggressor nations to start conquering their neighbours again.

OH look, china is building barges that seem to be design to transport tanks onto beaches... hmmm.

 

[KidTDragon]

A video purporting to be Trump practicing his inauguration speech has started floating around the internet. Seems legit, but I haven't been able to verify it.

 

[Axaday]

No, I saw that video 30 years ago. It's not new.

 

[NovaSaber]

Vance says Capitol rioters guilty of violence should not be pardoned

Incoming vice-president makes remarks on Fox News, but later says pardons still remain a possibility for some people

www.theguardian.com

 

[G.B.Blackrock]

It pretty much has to be something along the lines of "After all, January 6th was a love-fest. Maybe there were a few violent ones out there (probably liberals), and THEY should be punished, but not all of OUR lovely people, who did nothing wrong."

 

[Paladin]

The purging of the non-loyalists begins.

Speaker Johnson removes Rep. Turner as House Intelligence chairman

Rep. Mike Turner said the House speaker cited "concerns from Mar-a-Lago," which Mike Johnson denied.

www.cbsnews.com