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I would be very surprised if there is nobody in Trump's closest circuit who are earning big in the stock market these days, by knowing beforehand what the next moronic idea from the White House will be. Selling, and shorting. Preparing to buy at the bottom before Trump et.al. announce that they...

End of the article: "The number of child labor violations in Florida has nearly tripled in recent years, according to US Department of Labor statistics." What better solution then, than relaxing the law itself.

This goes way beyond confirmation bias. As I understand it, confirmation bias means you tend to accept information that supports (or confirms) what you already think. What we are observing here is more in "doublethink" territory. Trump denies doing something, then he says he did it but it's...

That applies also if we were to debate whether malice or stupidity is to blame for the various things that come from Trump et.al.

And these are called respectively Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia?:ninja:

I believe the US politics thread should be in the Madness forum now. Two fresh piles of dung: First, a vulgar display of power in the Greenland saga: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/24/world/greenland-prime-minister-us-usha-vance-intl-hnk/index.html Key members of the administration...

True, but so far the "Ukraine bad, Russia not as bad as everyone says" stance is one where Trump has been more consistent than he usually is. On other issues, like tariffs, he has changed his mind back and forth more times than I can remember since he took office in January. But on Russia, he...

I heard rumours that the master of dealmaking, a certain Mr. Trump, had a talk with Mr. Putin yesterday. How did that go? Did they agree on a date where Russian soldiers should be out of Ukraine and hostilities brought to an end? Or did Putin stick to his previous demands, showing that he is a...

Effective smoke screens to take attention away from the fact the administration is effectively sidelining the other branches of government. By ignoring court rulings, coercing congress members, coercing the press. The US administration is headed towards authoritarian rule. We live in...

What a time to be alive, flying elephants in the European Politics thread!

Digression, since Chinese electric cars were mentioned. My neighbour owns one, a BYD. According to the text on the rear hatch it stands for "Build Your Dream". As a Maiden fan, I associate differently :innocent: (Back on topic, the neighbour to the other side has a Tesla ...)

The sad thing is, this kind of stupid shit we already saw with Trump Mk. I. Now with Trump Mk. II we still get that ... plus all the stuff that is an actual threat to the US democracy, and indirectly to world stability. Albeit some foundations for this were laid by MkI, like them getting the...

I know that. The Trump administration did not and when they were fact checked on it, they as usual attacked the media channel that had the nerve to correct them.

The White House and accomplices have other priorities. Like defending claims they cut $80million on research on transgender mice. Or labeling a senator "traitor" for visiting Ukraine and even having the nerve to write that a peace deal must ensure Ukraine's security. Congratulations again...

Yes. We can debate all we want about the background of the war, and how a possible peace deal should or might look once it happens. But from what we observe, the Trump administration is showing with its actions that it does not intend to force Russia to make any concessions. When Trump said to...

Maybe he thought @Perun was mentioning a super rare song and just wanted to keep the positive vibe going :D

Well, at least it appears he was honest about stopping being a fan in 1987. He also in a way managed to communicate that most of the time since, he has been living under a rock.

November through January are useless as my local airfield is a fog magnet during those months. December has Christmas as a redeeming feature and in January skiing becomes a possibility. The rest of the year is awesome ... until my flying budget is exhausted, that is.

A fucking lie and you know it. They send missiles against all major Ukrainian cities. In 2022 they launched an offensive towards the capital of Ukraine. During those first weeks of the invasion they provided plenty of different reasons why they had to do this. Everything from "NATO is...

A "peace" dictated by Moscow, that could be broken by them at any time under the assumption that the gas trade gives them the leverage they need to keep Germany outside the conflict? Pretty much like what happened 3 years ago? Do you think Germany's efforts to reduce their dependency if Russian...