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Turkey and the F-35: Why the Return of the Fighter Jets Isn’t So Simple
  • While interesting, this article seems to assume we still live in a democracy with separate but equal powers.

    Section 1245 of the NDAA explicitly prohibits the transfer of F-35 aircraft to Turkey as long as the country remains in possession of the S-400. Unlike CAATSA, this law does not provide the president with discretion to suspend the restriction unilaterally.

    Trump will just do it regardless of the restrictions. Who would check him?

    Congress will likely not do anything to check his powers if he violates the law on the books. I'm guessing the new bill mentioned won't go anywhere either, especially since Trump would need to sign it.

    The courts probably will stop him, but Trump will just go appeals surfing until he finds a pliable maga judge.

    DoJ/FBI will agree to not arrest individual contractors or military staff shipping parts and support to Turkey since the king's decrees take precedent over laws apparently.

  • Father called me a “leftist”. How is this an insult??
  • He only is MAGA/right because he doesn’t like the left.

    That's a major defining tenet of being a maga, possibly the most important one. Hurting the left and/or others they perceive as different is what brings them together.

  • Trump warns big business: Eat my tariffs, or pay the price
  • So....the choices are pay the price or pay the price. Seems legit and very stable and super smart.

    Also, didn't Target, Walmart, Home Depot, and Lowes all tell him this was going to happen, like 2 months ago?

  • TIL Turner Doomsday Video
  • I can't imagine the world is ending and I'm inside watching a 45 year old terrible video on CNN. I hope I could find something more meaningful in my last moments than watching Christian apocalypse porn lite.

  • Nissan slashes 15% of its global work force as Japan automaker sinks into losses (20000 people)
  • And that answer should hopefully be different than: I choose Nissan because my credit score is 300, I have $38k in debt to rollover into a new car loan, I'm opposed to insurance, and I like driving 98 in a 60, weaving with no signals.

  • In Trump-voting Iowa, farmers have started to shout at each other
  • The stupidity of some people in that article is jaw dropping.

    Also, if they shout at each other now, just wait for the SSA, Medicare, and Medicaid cuts that make hearing aids too expensive for rural boomers.

  • Elon Musk makes stunning claim after Tesla profits plummet: 'If the ship of America goes down, Tesla will go with it'
  • The fuck it will.

    Elon might go down with it (probably not), but one shitty, Nazi-led, small time automaker going from circling the drains to out of business won't hurt the US.

    The US will be better off once all remaining Teslas are in history museums. Preferably in the section where kids on field trips can learn about Great Mistakes in American History.

  • Kremlin Demands Ukrainian Withdrawal From Occupied Regions as Condition for Peace
  • So, basically: "we demand Ukraine roll over(1) and we'll stop aggressions! (2)"

    (1) this was always an option. Ukraine, the victim here, has every right to keep fighting Russian invaders in their land. What reason would this give them to change now?

    (2) Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. Ya'll pinky swear or what?

  • Tesla’s remarkably bad quarter is even worse than it looks
  • He should be totally overjoyed, not bitter.

    The current stock price, despite YTD of -36%, is still way over any kind of realistic valuation. And by that I mean orders of magnitude off.

    Price to earnings makes it still look like a very, very, very hopeful/optimistic startup in the development phase, rather than a withering, fake luxury, niche automaker facing boycotts and being "run" by a full-blown Nazi that everyone hates.

    If you still own Tesla shares, get the fuck out of it now. The recent collapse is nothing.

  • NPR: Trump Has 'Begun Process' of Replacing Pete Hegseth
  • Remember, losing his job should only be the most minor thing he faces out of all of this.

    He should face felonies for leaking classified information and for actively creating non-traceable government records. He should be spending time in solitary for this, based on other prosecutions.

    Just like his boss.

  • Nearly $1 billion of DOGE ‘savings’ vanish overnight
  • The man is a thief, but there's nothing to steal here. He's lowering his totally bogus $ amount that he supposedly saved the government based on contract and lease cancellations.

    Every single contract (~10) that I know very specific details about that was DOGE-cancelled has a problematic "savings" amount on the doge.gov website. Every one is wrong. That's just the 10 I know about where I have privileged information. There's currently more than 8000 listed. I suspect most of those have similar issues with the reported "savings" amount.

    This is straight accounting that they are botching.

    Nevermind that the $ savings is bogus even if the accounting was accurate. Because these cancellations are costing the US taxpayer big-time in the long run.

  • www.nytimes.com Trump Says He Hopes Meadows Will Remain ‘Loyal’ to Him in Election Case

    The former president, who has been warned against saying anything that could influence witnesses in his election interference case, made the statements during an interview on “Meet the Press.”

    Trump Says He Hopes Meadows Will Remain ‘Loyal’ to Him in Election Case
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    www.cnbc.com Trump Georgia election case: More co-defendants surrender, 1 left to be booked by deadline

    Donald Trump, the first former president to have a public jail mugshot, is accused of multiple crimes related to intefering in the 2020 election in Georgia.

    Trump Georgia election case: More co-defendants surrender, 1 left to be booked by deadline
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    First Trump co-defendant surrenders to Fulton County jail
    www.cnn.com First Trump co-defendant surrenders to Fulton County jail | CNN Politics

    Scott Hall, one of former President Donald Trump’s 18 co-defendants in Georgia, turned himself in to the Fulton County jail on Tuesday.

    First Trump co-defendant surrenders to Fulton County jail | CNN Politics

    CNN — Scott Hall, one of former President Donald Trump’s 18 co-defendants in Georgia, turned himself in to the Fulton County jail on Tuesday.

    Hall, who works as a bail bondsman in Atlanta, was charged by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis with crimes related to his alleged involvement in the Coffee County, Georgia, voting systems breach.

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