All Things Trump: Is it over yet?

[JimC]

I'm not going to be too critical - one of my very few imperfections is mispronunciation...

[Tero]

Q: Do all QAnon supporters share the same beliefs?

A: No—fundamentalists tend to read the QAnon text literally, while evangelicals believe it’s an allegory for President Trump’s unfair treatment.

Q: Is imagining clandestine government intrigue more palatable than dwelling on the reality that the American people are under complete control of international corporate interests?

A: Yes.

https://www.theonion.com/the-onion-s-gu ... 1844647760

[Brian Peacock]

I'm not going to be too critical - one of my very few imperfections is mispronunciation...

[L'Emmerdeur]

Cheers

Are there any limits on the powers of acting dept/institution heads over the Senate-confirmed roles? If not, which president from now on is going to bother with the pantomime of getting broader political approval for their appointees?

Cheers

As far as I know there isn't any appreciable difference between what an acting department head and a duly appointed and confirmed department head can do. The government can't stop functioning while the Senate squabbles, after all.

Neither party wants to let the president's ability to appoint people in an acting position result in de facto circumvention of the constitutional 'advise and consent' oversight function of the Senate. There were loud yalps of complaint from the Republicans when Clinton used the acting appointment liberally, and a law was passed which attempted to erect some guard rails on the process.

[Brian Peacock]

The Act appears to give a new president a year's grace to nominate a dept head and if the post remains unfilled for a subsequent 210 days then an already appointed member of the executive gets to 'act up'. I am right in thinking if an acting head is sacked or stands down the 210 countdown starts again? If so, that seems an easy one to game. I guess House Republicans are intensely relaxed about those unfilled posts.

[L'Emmerdeur]

Yes, as I recall there have been instances of successive acting heads, but there are time limits on how long the president can game the system. Typical of many of the 'reforms' in the US government, it's a gesture in the correct direction but doesn't deal with the issue in a comprehensive and observably effective way.

[Tero]

[Tero]

[Tero]

Trump claims and EOs analyzed:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireSto ... s-72276426

It may or may not contain Ben Sasse comment:
On Saturday, Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., called the theory behind the executive orders “unconstitutional slop.”

[Tero]

[Tero]

https://politics.theonion.com/undecided ... 1844650394

[Tero]

#TrumpCantRideABike trends after Joe Biden seen cycling in Delaware, Internet mocks Trump's fitness
https://meaww.com/trump-cant-ride-a-bik ... -reactions

[Sean Hayden]

...anything better than the all white tennis shot?

[Scot Dutchy]

Secret Service escorts Trump from press briefing after shooting outside White House

Secret Service shot armed suspect outside White House fence
President was giving coronavirus briefing

What a shame. Somebody was trying to do his civil duty.

[pErvinalia]

Explosion in Beirut. Probably an accident because of storing chemicals unsafely.

Trump says in press conference he believes it was a bomb or military attack. Twitter full of q-idiots who say it cannot be an accident because an accident wouldn't be so big.

The things reminded me of the fireworks factory explosion in the Netherlands 20 years ago. These videos show what an accident can look like (Violence)

Their Interior Minister has said it was from a huge pile of seized Ammonium nitrate.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-05/ ... e/12525114

Where's the G*laxian video claiming it was a Mossad operation?