I saw that. Many people are upset that Senate Democrats helped Republicans pass their continuing resolution with all the cuts to veterans' programs. Very disappointing. Of course, Republicans should be ashamed of themselves, but we all know they have no shame.

Anyway, polls are just a snapshot and we've got over 18 months to turn things around. It's not like Trump will solve any problems in that time. I'm betting Democrats take the house and Senate in '26.

I never said the war in Ukraine is because of Trump. It started back in 2022, and was clearly because of Putin. He'd been planning for years by the time the first units invaded, squirreling away hundreds of billions of euros and dollars into banks around the world, and making plans with his generals. I doubt Trump had any idea of anything. He's an idiot.

Sorry. You think the tariffs are good for America? Here's a story from that link you shared above:

DHL CEO: Global Trade to Grow Despite US Tariffs
https://www.newsmax.com/streettalk/dhl-ceo-global/2025/03/13/id/1202599/
It's saying that global trade is predicted to increase, but only because most of the global trade is outside the USA. As in 75% of the global trade (outside the US) will likely grow. The tariffs are definitely a damper to international trade, and nobody wins a trade war. Trump is just causing other countries to boycott American-made products. Canada had planned to buy $billions in US defense supplies, but are now looking to cancel those orders and buy from Europe. And that's Canada--our closest and formerly best trading partner.

The companies investing in new US business are doing it because of Biden's CHIPS and Science Act, which gives grants and tax cuts to companies investing in US businesses. Like you pointed out, 60 days is too short a time to make all that happen, and Biden's act was signed into law in 2022. Not surprised that Trump is taking credit for it.
www.commerce.gov/news/blog/2024/08/two-years-later-funding-chips-and-science-act-creating-quality-jobs-growing-local

And the "people that make less than $150,000.00 to pay no income tax" is a scam. The US is running at a deficit, and further tax cuts just add to it and the national debt. Of course we all knew Trump would. Back before the election, it was estimated that Trump would add at least $9 trillion to the debt. That was just on the tax cuts he had proposed by then. This eliminating taxes on earnings under $150K is just another giveaway. They money will come due sooner or later. Maybe Trump doesn't care because he won't live long enough to see it ever get paid back. That, and Medicare and Social Security. Again, Trump won't care because he doesn't need Social Security. I'm guessing by the way you're crowing about this, you don't take SS or Medicare, either.

Trump Administration’s No Taxes Under $150k Proposal Is A Disaster
www.forbes.com/sites/andrewleahey/2025/03/14/trump-administrations-no-taxes-under-150k-proposal-is-a-disaster/

A trade imbalance isn't taking advantage of the other country. Canada's and Mexico's populations and economies are small fractions of the US. How do you expect them to be able to buy as much as the US does? How is Mexico not paying their share when they're farming those vegetables that the US buys, for example?

Trump is convincing you that a trade imbalance is so unfair and bad for us, when the US consumers get to buy stuff for less. If anything, maybe you should be more angry with big pharma for jacking up the price of your prescriptions or angry at the landowners who jack up the price of real estate, and the farm equipment manufacturers that makes it so expensive to grow crops in the US? Otherwise, it's just Trump's friends selling you eggs for a buck a piece, while he pushes his tax cuts for billionaires. I hope you're happy.

Yeah, I reported it, too, but understanding that the guy is un Uganda, I doubt the FBI will be able to do all that much. I was more hoping Mingle2.com would take down this thread. WTH do the moderators even do here?

Is it really a problem where men play against women in women's sports? Where does that even happen? I can't imagine it happens often, and in official competition, there are governing bodies that can impose rules and such. Why are you so wrapped up in that? Were you beaten by a trans man in sports?

I think accountability if fine. Especially in government, but just bringing in a small band of computer hackers to "find" waste, fraud and abuse, and then lie about all that was found should be a crime. The GAO already investigates all that stuff, but because Trump and Musk are the ones trying to cheat the government, they had all the actual government investigators fired and are conducting who-knows-what in their place.

Trump now losing his mind over retaliatory actions from Canada. Raising tariffs to 50% and pledging to kill Canada's automotive industry.

Trump imposes new Canada tariffs, demands it join U.S.

President Trump on Tuesday imposed new retaliatory tariffs on Canada and insisted the only solution was for the country to join the U.S.
www.axios.com/2025/03/11/trump-tariffs-canada-steel-aluminum

Of course Canada is retaliating, including their own tariffs, a general boycott of products from the US, and even imposing surcharges on electricity from Canada to the US--possibly even cutting off that electricity later.

Trump is an imbecile.

I don't think I missed anything on the mineral deal. Trump wanted $500 billion worth of mineral rights for what he says was $350 billion in previous foreign aid, and was actually only about $70 billion. Trump is so full of crap.
www.state.gov/bureau-of-political-military-affairs/releases/2025/01/u-s-security-cooperation-with-ukraine

Those "rare earth" minerals are mostly in Eastern Ukraine, where Russia's trying hardest to annex. Probably why Russia offered to strike their own minerals deal with Trump.
www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gdx7488g5o

It's a pretty good profile, with several nice photos and nearly everything filled out. But many of the photos are shadowy, and the text blurb is messy.

Maybe take a minute and clean up the text blurb, using punctuation. The text you have has none. But I like that you described what you're looking for and a little about what you seek.

I like the 2nd photo the best--shows a nice smile and your eyes. The other selfies, where you're grimacing to the camera don't help much. Maybe the one outside, in the motorcycle helmet suggesting you're a biker is good.

Overall, it's a good profile and your photos show you're probably a good-looking guy, so you'll probably do alright. But for the profile with a sloppy blurb and photos hiding a bad haircut, I'd only rate it 7/10.

Good luck!

They may be the "liberal msm" but they never had to pay $787.5 million for reporting lies.

And Fox News' lawyers established in court that "no reasonable viewer" should believe them.
www.businessinsider.com/fox-news-karen-mcdougal-case-tucker-carlson-2020-9

That scheme of transporting through non-tariffed countries is exactly what happens, even before these latest tariffs came up. Even though it's illegal, when businesses move $billions in cargo and buyers look for lowest costs they typically choose the cheapest way to do it.
www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-firms-demand-crackdown-tariff-evading-chinese-importers-2025-03-05/

Also, Trump is extra full of crap when he says foreign companies pay the price, because when the US market price jumps 25%, domestic producers will not stubbornly stick to the lowest price. They charge as much as they can and make the sale.

Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China are in effect. Here's what could get pricier
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tariffs-what-will-cost-more-inflation/

* The typical American family could face higher annual costs of between $1,600 to $2,000
* Gas prices to rise 40 cents per gallon ("drill baby drill" won't fix it)
* Automobile and electronics prices will probably take a few months to show the full cost rises
* Many fresh fruits & vegetable prices will rise much sooner


Trump tariffs: U.S. pauses tariffs on some Canadian, Mexican imports until April 2
www.cnbc.com/2025/03/06/trump-tariffs-live-updates-businesses-warn-of-ripple-down-effects-from-tariffs-because-of-rising-costs.html

* President Donald Trump granted temporary tariff exemptions for Canadian and Mexican goods covered by the North American trade agreement known as USMCA until April 2.
* About 50% of Mexican imports and 38% of Canadian imports are covered by the trade agreement, according to a White House official.
* Trump is poised to enact “reciprocal tariffs” April 2 on foreign nations that have import taxes on U.S. goods.
* Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico should be spared when such reciprocal tariffs come into effect. *Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his goal remains to get “all tariffs removed.”
* Thursday’s tariff exceptions excluded those imposed on China. The country is standing tough, saying it’s prepared to fight “any type of war” with the U.S.

So Trump suspended many of the tariffs on Mexican & Canadian imports for another month, which aside from making Trump look unserious, it only adds a delay to the idiotic consequences of a trade war, and businesses don't do as well in an unpredictable environment.

Ever hear the allegory about the boy who cried wolf? The president repeated numerous lies and exaggerations in a 90-minute, rambling monologue, and I'm supposed to sort out the truth buried in that heap of garbage? Neat.

Meh. Don't care. Trump lies so much and about so many things, it's wasted time chasing them all down. Go ahead and be upset with me for not blindly accepting the story, but maybe you should be more concerned when the president is so disconnected from facts that he cannot be believed by people. That's the time we're living in.

And if you're that upset about childhood cancer, maybe ask why the Trump Administration tried to block funding for cancer research.
www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/02/22/nx-s1-5305276/trump-nih-funding-freeze-medical-research

State of the union: Trump lies so much, people can't tell whether the kid even had cancer. Why should we be so proud of accomplishments when trump makes that stuff up? You see Democrats being rude, and I see people fed up and pushed beyond civility.

I watched a little bit, but during the few minutes I did, he was just lying a bunch, and whining about Democrats, and repeating stuff he's been saying for weeks. Maybe the speech got better, later on, but I didn't stick around for it.

I vote every election. We've got mail-in voting in California, so it's super easy. But yeah, my vote is just one of 22 million in the state, and elections are rarely close, here.

Maybe you can find a link to whatever made you think Democrats say government ID is racist.

Companies were already coming back to the US under Biden's Inflation Reduction Act and CHIPS Act. But yeah, Trump will take credit for that, like he took credit for Obama's economy, too.

However, it may not take long to undo all that progress. Already inflation and unemployment are up. So are spreading cases of bird flu and measles. Measles was formerly eradicated in the US, but now it's back and Trumps HHS appointee is a vaccine skeptic, so yay progress.

But I guess it'll be nice for you when billionaires get their tax cuts while Trump piles $ten trillion onto the national debt. At least we won't have to worry much longer about Social Security as it goes away, thanks to DOGE, or the redundant "department" that is pretending to do what the GAO was already doing. How's that for efficiency.