mxleader on 6/11/2024 at 13:13
Quote Posted by heywood
I'm in one of those backwards states that requires a justification for a mail-in ballot.
Oh yeah, those places...
I live in a state where everyone is old and practically all need a mail in ballot.
SD on 6/11/2024 at 13:44
I live in one of those states where we don't even get a vote and just have to deal with the consequences.
mxleader on 6/11/2024 at 13:46
Quote Posted by SD
I live in one of those states where we don't even get a vote and just have to deal with the consequences.
One where you don't get to vote or one where it doesn't matter? Like Deleware, Rhode Island, Hawaii, etc?
SD on 6/11/2024 at 13:57
Even worse, the UK...
heywood on 6/11/2024 at 14:56
Yeah, one of the first things I wondered about this morning was who will be on his foreign policy team this time? It seems there's a good chance Pompeo is coming back at State. There are more qualified Republicans with diplomatic experience and worldly understanding but most of them have a different world view. I don't think Trump is going to appoint people like John Bolton who won't be loyal to him and he's not going to go with Generals this time. So besides Pompeo I don't know what to expect.
Young Werther on 6/11/2024 at 14:57
[video=youtube;b7FNCdQ_ar0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7FNCdQ_ar0[/video]
mxleader on 6/11/2024 at 15:28
Quote Posted by SD
Even worse, the UK...
:laff:
Because they no longer have free elections or because the choices are all bad?
SD on 6/11/2024 at 15:33
Because we have to live with the consequences of what the United States does. They're already saying that Trump's tariffs will halve growth in the United Kingdom. Obviously they affect other countries too, but us more than most, since we made the oh-so-wise decision to turn our backs on our trading partners in Europe and go it alone.
Starker on 6/11/2024 at 15:36
Quote Posted by heywood
I'm expecting rampant cronyism and corruption rather than a collapse of the civil service.
I think this in general would be the absolute best case scenario, though. The plans that Republicans and the MAGA movement have pretty much require a significant increase of the police state and executive power. Policing abortions and deporting immigrants on a mass scale alone would require it.
heywood on 6/11/2024 at 16:08
You might be surprised to find out that candidates usually don't fulfill their campaign promises :cheeky:
A significant increase in executive power would have to come through Congress. And overhauling the federal bureaucracy requires legislation which takes time to develop, and Congress members have constituents and donors who complain when Congress does something that affects them. And then implementation is a whole other challenge. I remember the Defense Base Realignment and Closure Act was signed by GHWB at the end of the Cold War in 1990, and we still haven't closed all the recommended installations. If Trump only gets two years with a Republican House, he might get one or two big changes done. It will probably take him 3-6 months to get through transition and then he has about a year before the 2026 campaign picks up. If Republicans can hold Congress for four years, and especially if they get rid of the Senate filibuster, then we could see a lot more change.
A more practical worry is Aileen Cannon as Attorney General
Immigration enforcement is going to be a shit show obviously. He's got enough authority already, just not enough resources.
