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  • 'Trump's Vietnam,'

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 21 10:18:39 2025
    Ukraine risks being 'Trump's Vietnam,' says Steve Bannon

    Trump's former chief strategist fears his old boss won't make a clean
    break and stop military aid to Kyiv.

    Donald Trump is in danger of failing to make a clean break with
    Ukraine and could be sucked deeper into Vladimir Putin's war -- just
    as Richard Nixon was stung in his attempts to pull out of Vietnam --
    Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon warned in a wide-ranging
    interview with POLITICO.
    ...
    ...
    Kellogg argues any deal to end the three-year-long war needs to
    include solid security guarantees for Ukraine to ensure Russia won't
    just invade again. And Kellogg has talked about maintaining U.S.
    military aid to apply pressure on Moscow to agree a decent deal.

    https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-russia-donald-trump-vietnam-steve-bannon-richard-nixon-war-room/

    The New York Times
    Trump Vowed to End the Ukraine War Before Taking Office. The War Rages
    On

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to JAB on Tue Jan 21 11:55:29 2025
    On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:18:39 -0600, JAB <[email protected]d> wrote:

    The New York Times
    Trump Vowed to End the Ukraine War Before Taking Office. The War Rages
    On


    Montage of clips of Trump "guaranteeing" that he will end the war in
    Ukraine within 24 hours of taking office, that "it wouldn't even be
    tough" for him to do, and that "everyone will be happy" with the end
    result.

    https://bsky.app/profile/ronfilipkowski.bsky.social/post/3lgb2yrqrpk27

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  • From D@21:1/5 to JAB on Tue Jan 21 19:16:13 2025
    On Tue, 21 Jan 2025, JAB wrote:

    On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:18:39 -0600, JAB <[email protected]d> wrote:

    The New York Times
    Trump Vowed to End the Ukraine War Before Taking Office. The War Rages
    On


    Montage of clips of Trump "guaranteeing" that he will end the war in
    Ukraine within 24 hours of taking office, that "it wouldn't even be
    tough" for him to do, and that "everyone will be happy" with the end
    result.

    https://bsky.app/profile/ronfilipkowski.bsky.social/post/3lgb2yrqrpk27

    Yadda, yadda, as if any other politicians delivered on all is promises
    100%. Not a big deal. And btw, Trump is not to blame, he offered them
    peace, russia and ukraine peed on him, so if anyone is to blame it is
    Putin and Zelensky.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Jan 21 15:34:11 2025
    On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 19:16:13 +0100, D <[email protected]> wrote:

    Yadda, yadda, as if any other politicians delivered on all is promises
    100%. Not a big deal.

    Trump Version II, same as Version I, so yes, his minions got fooled
    again.

    The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDfAdHBtK_Q

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  • From D@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Jan 22 10:22:08 2025
    On Tue, 21 Jan 2025, JAB wrote:

    On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 19:16:13 +0100, D <[email protected]> wrote:

    Yadda, yadda, as if any other politicians delivered on all is promises
    100%. Not a big deal.

    Trump Version II, same as Version I, so yes, his minions got fooled
    again.

    The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDfAdHBtK_Q


    Trump I was the best period in modern US history, and in Trump II he is
    already winning big! I saw today that he will fire all DEI clowns in the government. That is excellent news!

    I think there are rumours he will then deport them. Let's see! =D

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Jan 22 06:33:30 2025
    On Wed, 22 Jan 2025 10:22:08 +0100, D <[email protected]> wrote:

    Trump II ...he will fire all ...

    Even those who voted for him....kakistocracy

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Jan 22 07:09:06 2025
    On Wed, 22 Jan 2025 10:22:08 +0100, D <[email protected]> wrote:

    I saw today that he will fire all DEI clowns in the
    government. That is excellent news!

    Trump puts all US government diversity staff on paid leave, starting 'immediately'

    https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn0y51z7wedt

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Jan 22 15:12:27 2025
    JAB wrote:

    On Wed, 22 Jan 2025 10:22:08 +0100, D <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    I saw today that he will fire all DEI clowns in the
    government. That is excellent news!

    Trump puts all US government diversity staff on paid leave,
    starting 'immediately'

    Paid leave is still costing the government money... so in
    reality it's just a PR stunt.

    If he was to sack the lot of 'em, THAT would be different!

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  • From D@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Wed Jan 22 16:37:37 2025
    On Wed, 22 Jan 2025, Blueshirt wrote:

    JAB wrote:

    On Wed, 22 Jan 2025 10:22:08 +0100, D <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    I saw today that he will fire all DEI clowns in the
    government. That is excellent news!

    Trump puts all US government diversity staff on paid leave,
    starting 'immediately'

    Paid leave is still costing the government money... so in
    reality it's just a PR stunt.

    If he was to sack the lot of 'em, THAT would be different!

    It will come. It probably needs a bit more legal eagleing to do that, so a first, immediate step, is just removing them from where they do a lot of damage, and then start the process of kicking them out.

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  • From D@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Jan 22 16:27:36 2025
    On Wed, 22 Jan 2025, JAB wrote:

    On Wed, 22 Jan 2025 10:22:08 +0100, D <[email protected]> wrote:

    Trump II ...he will fire all ...

    Even those who voted for him....kakistocracy


    You think many DEI people voted for him? If so, you could be right!

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  • From D@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Jan 22 16:36:00 2025
    On Wed, 22 Jan 2025, JAB wrote:

    On Wed, 22 Jan 2025 10:22:08 +0100, D <[email protected]> wrote:

    I saw today that he will fire all DEI clowns in the
    government. That is excellent news!

    Trump puts all US government diversity staff on paid leave, starting 'immediately'

    https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn0y51z7wedt


    Excellent! Bye, bye DEI clowns! =D

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 22 12:12:04 2025
    On Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:12:27 GMT, "Blueshirt" <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    Trump puts all US government diversity staff on paid leave,
    starting 'immediately'

    Paid leave is still costing the government money... so in
    reality it's just a PR stunt.

    "The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest
    federal employee union representing 800,000 federal and D.C.
    government workers"

    IIRC, the union is bringing a lawsuit against one of Trump;'s EO, so
    if DEI staff is "unionized," Trump might not be able to fire them.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 22 21:54:05 2025
    On Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:12:27 GMT, "Blueshirt" <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    Paid leave is still costing the government money

    The National Treasury Employees Union said that it has sued President
    Trump to block an executive order that would enable him to fire career
    federal workers across the government.

    https://bsky.app/profile/nytimes.com/post/3lgcieoxnvc2u

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to JAB on Thu Jan 23 15:38:24 2025
    JAB wrote:

    On Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:12:27 GMT, "Blueshirt"
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Paid leave is still costing the government money

    The National Treasury Employees Union said that it has sued
    President Trump to block an executive order that would enable
    him to fire career federal workers across the government.

    https://bsky.app/profile/nytimes.com/post/3lgcieoxnvc2u

    I suppose firing people willy-nilly on a whim would be a bit
    harsh, maybe re-assign them to some minor clerical jobs, or
    something?

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