All Things Trump: The Return Of The King

[Tero]

Never about balancing the budget:
The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the DOGE-driven disruptions to the IRS since the inauguration are on track to have reduced tax receipts by more than $500 billion by April 15th. This, to be clear, is not a final tally. It’s not April 15th yet. It’s a projection based on historical data, the number of people who’ve filed, paid owed amounts of tax, etc. It’s worth taking a moment to put this number into some context in case half a trillion dollars doesn’t do it for you. Non-defense discretionary spending is the cost to fund the U.S. government once you take out mandatory spending (mostly Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid) and the cost of the U.S. military. For 2023 that number was $917 billion. So that’s most of the stuff we think of as the government, apart from those payment programs and the military. In other words, in about eight weeks DOGE managed to lose the U.S. government — more or less light on fire — more than half of what goes to all non-defense discretionary spending.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/ir ... or-the-usa

[Cunt]

In a coincidence having nothing to do with the veracity of information coming out of the official IRS channels...
from O'Keefe Media Group

At the Citizen Journalism Foundation, we are committed to protecting whistleblowers who expose critical truths about government agencies and corporations. Our latest case involves David Nelsen, a Tax Examining Technician at the Internal Revenue Service, who stepped forward to reveal concerns about the agency’s outdated and “antiquated systems” that “handcuff” employees from effectively serving the public. Nelsen has been placed on “paid administrative leave” while the agency “investigates” his conduct, according to a letter he received on March 14, 2025.

"The latest status is that we just received a letter... indicating that he would be placed on paid leave while the agency is investigating his conduct," said Nicole Pearson of Citizen AG. "Which is interesting language because they need to be investigating... his claims and the basis for his plans, and not his conduct."

Pearson and Citizen AG have taken proactive legal measures to ensure Nelsen’s rights are protected. "First and foremost, we have sent a letter of representation, informing the IRS, the Treasury, and other involved agencies that we do represent him and that we are watching him specifically," she stated.

She emphasized that they are well-versed in whistleblower protections and will be closely monitoring the agency’s actions. "If they don't [protect his rights], we are prepared to step in and do so on his behalf."

Nelsen’s case is particularly significant because he was exercising his rights under the IRS Internal Revenue Manual (IRM) Section 7.5.3.3(2), which allows employees to express opinions on matters of public concern. Additionally, the Whistleblower Protection Act and the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act safeguards federal employees from retaliation when exposing violations of law, mismanagement, or abuse of taxpayer funds.

The Citizen Journalism Foundation and Citizen AG continue to stand by whistleblowers like Nelsen, ensuring their voices are heard and their rights are protected. "We are here again to expose and hold these agencies accountable... and that you have tools and a team at your disposal to help protect you," Nicole Pearson of Citizen AG affirmed.

This guy has been on a roll since he exposed Disney/ABC being balls-deep in the Epstein cover-up.

[Tyrannical]

Never about balancing the budget:
The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the DOGE-driven disruptions to the IRS since the inauguration are on track to have reduced tax receipts by more than $500 billion by April 15th. This, to be clear, is not a final tally. It’s not April 15th yet. It’s a projection based on historical data, the number of people who’ve filed, paid owed amounts of tax, etc. It’s worth taking a moment to put this number into some context in case half a trillion dollars doesn’t do it for you. Non-defense discretionary spending is the cost to fund the U.S. government once you take out mandatory spending (mostly Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid) and the cost of the U.S. military. For 2023 that number was $917 billion. So that’s most of the stuff we think of as the government, apart from those payment programs and the military. In other words, in about eight weeks DOGE managed to lose the U.S. government — more or less light on fire — more than half of what goes to all non-defense discretionary spending.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/ir ... or-the-usa

Those sound like great talking points and you guys should stick with them.

Trump has scared people into not filing taxes or his IRS personnel cuts have 'encouraged' people not to file taxes

DOGE is going to have Trump-GPT AI do it more efficiently, cheaper, and quicker

[Cunt]

[Tyrannical]

and NATO to pay their bills.

[Tero]

There are no bills in NATO. Germany is renting land free to America for putting military stuff on. We always fly the rescued Americans through Ramstein.

[Tero]

Kids in cages, immigrants in El Salvador, all now Ok with Americans.

My number-one mixed-feelings issue is immigration, where I recognize that I am someone whose sincerely held convictions on a hot-button policy topic are far out of line with public opinion.

Even with Trump’s approval rating sliding in the face of a falling stock market and a general backlash to the administration’s many instances of overreach, his numbers on immigration remain strong. Immigration policy is the topic on which Republicans enjoy the largest trust advantage.

https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1 ... x1176.jpeg

On immigration, though … it’s tough.

I warned after just two months in office that Biden was losing the plot on asylum and the border. If you scour the text of One Billion Americans, you’ll find that I am often bending over backwards to endorse strong border security, tougher enforcement measures, and selectivity in immigration — I’ve always been well-aware of the political risks involved in an immigration policy that just amounted to backing off on enforcement. That said, I wrote One Billion Americans because I believe, very strongly, in the productive power of immigration. I wrote this whole bizarre alternate history of Gilded Age politics recently, in part, because I think that Trump is importantly wrong about the tariff and immigration debates between Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison. I’ve long been a fan of a paper Doug Irwin published back in 2000 (when free trade was conservative-coded and immigration was largely non-partisan) showing that 19th Century tariffs did little to promote industrialization and that the actual key driver was “population expansion and capital accumulation.”

But I think that the average person badly underrates the long-term economic benefits of migration because of Malthusian intuitions that are deeply embedded for evolutionary reasons and don’t really stand up to scrutiny.

Matthew Yglesias ...matthewyglesias@substack...

[Tero]

Elections are run by
1 states
2 congress
nobody else except courts in a few odd situations
Trump says he is running our 2026 election
https://apnews.com/article/voting-elect ... eef8164022
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive action to overhaul elections in the U.S., including requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and demanding that all ballots be received by Election Day.

[JimC]

I know it's far too radical an idea for the US, but there is always the option of an independent Electoral Commission...

[Tero]

Trump says he's looking at setting up some sort of government "compensation fund" for the January 6 criminals that he pardoned
https://www.threads.net/@aaron.rupar/po ... UDilLzCJyw

[Tero]

Trump ready to arrest Capitol cop?
"Trump: "I'm a big fan of Ashli Babbitt. And Ashli Babbitt was a really good person who was a big MAGA fan, Trump fan. And she was innocently standing there they even say trying to sort of hold back the crowd. And a man did something to her that was unthinkable when he shot her."
https://www.threads.net/@aaron.rupar/po ... Y6VTXbRO_A

[Cunt]

They should BLM the ACAB who shot that mostly peaceful protester.

Did Romania have an electoral commission, to help keep out the popular right wing candidate?

[pErvinalia]

I don't know, did Romania have an electoral commission to help keep out the popular right wing candidate?

[Svartalf]

I just discovered that repugnicans are actually not racist, the SLOTUS, Usha Vance, is actually of fully Indian stock

[Joe]

Does this portrait make him look fat?

Trump’s portrait to be taken down at Colorado Capitol after president claimed it was ‘distorted’

DENVER (AP) — A painting of Donald Trump hanging with other presidential portraits at the Colorado state Capitol will be taken down after Trump claimed that his was “purposefully distorted,” according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press.

House Democrats said in a statement that the oil painting would be taken down at the request of Republican leaders in the Legislature. Colorado Republicans raised more than $10,000 through a GoFundMe account to commission the oil painting, which was unveiled in 2019.

Senate Minority Leader Paul Lundeen, a Republican, said that he requested for Trump’s portrait to be taken down and replaced by one “that depicts his contemporary likeness.”

“If the GOP wants to spend time and money on which portrait of Trump hangs in the Capitol, then that’s up to them,” the Democrats said.