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Trump's plan to use the military for deportations sparks liberal fury President-elect Donald Trump is hinting that he is willing to declare a national emergency to push through the biggest mass deportation in history. He gave a simple one-word response to an ally who said there are reports that the incoming president will use 'military assets to reverse the Biden invasion through a mass deportation program.' Trump wrote 'TRUE!!!' on his Truth Social platform early Monday in response, seemingly confirming the secretive plan and sending Democrats into a frenzy. There was also outrage overnight after a now-deleted tweet suggested that Republican Senator Mitch McConnell said there would be 'no recess appointments' to help Trump out together his Cabinet. And the hosts of MSNBC's Morning Joe have revealed they held a face-to-face meeting with Donald Trump for the first time in seven years last week.

Trump claims he has an ‘unprecedented’ mandate. Experts say it’s actually very small As the votes were tallied and the Electoral College map turned red, Donald Trump declared to supporters at his election night victory party that the American people had given him “an unprecedented and powerful mandate.” A wave of cabinet nominations consisting of MAGA loyalists and fringe figures in the days that followed showed he really believed it. There was to be no reaching across the aisle. But Trump’s margin of victory, historically speaking, is very small. Although he may have won handily in the Electoral College by 312 to 226, he is estimated to win the popular vote by around 1.6 percent. That puts him in 16th place among post-Second World War presidential victories, just behind Jimmy Carter, but ahead of his 2016 performance when he lost the popular vote but still won the keys to the White House. Trump can claim the title of being the first Republican to win the popular vote in 20 years — but that says more about the quirks of the Electoral College and the popularity of Republicans than it does about the man himself. So can the President-elect really claim to have an “unprecedented” mandate for change? “I’m not sure that other presidents would read that as a mandate, but Donald Trump is a different case,” said Mark Updegrove, a presidential historian and CEO of the LBJ Foundation. “Whether Trump has a mandate or not doesn’t matter. He’s going to tell you he has a mandate because he wants to do what he wants to do. He would exploit any advantage.” It wasn’t always this way. Updegrove noted a contrast between Trump and John F Kennedy, who proceeded with caution following his very close win in the 1960 election. “[Kennedy] was very wary not to do anything that might look liberal or too partisan-oriented after he just barely squeaked by in the Electoral College,” he said. Only two other post-war presidents have raised the notion of their mandate in their election victory speeches. Lyndon Johnson, who won the popular vote by a whopping 22.58 percent in 1964, said that he had been given “a mandate for unity, for a government that serves no special interest, no business government, no labor government, no farm government, no one faction, no one group, but a government that is the servant of all the people.”

Elon Musk’s bromance with Donald Trump isn’t going down that well in MAGAworld anymore Lawmakers and policy shops have largely moved on from the shock of Kamala Harris’s defeat and are preparing for Donald Trump’s return to the city in January. Joe Biden was among those who seemed to have made peace with the outcome over the past few days. Now firmly in the “lame duck” stage of his presidency, the president spent the weekend in South America, participating in the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro. Meanwhile, the race to fill Trump’s remaining Cabinet positions fell under the shadow of the newest member of the president-elect’s entourage: Elon Musk. The Twitter/X CEO — who now travels with Trump frequently and hangs around Mar-a-Lago when not — is using his massive platform and his access to the president-elect in an attempt to shape the incoming administration. See more here

Nastiness of Trump's 'bottomless well of zingers' is biggest threat to democracy: analysis Donald Trump views himself as a comedian first and a leader second, argued Alexander Karin for Salon — and the problem is that Trump's sense of humor is getting darker and more twisted as time wears on. This comes after a campaign that ended in controversy over a right-wing comedian's attack on Puerto Rico as a "floating island of garbage" at Trump's rally in Madison Square Garden. The contrast between Trump’s policy ineptitude and his razor-sharp comedy is remarkable," wrote Karin. For example, when Trump was asked how he would reform the Affordable Care Act, "Trump sputtered lamely about 'concepts of a plan.' When pressed for a specific proposal on how to provide affordable child care to American workers, Trump rambled incoherently through an embarrassing list of non-sequiturs." And yet, "the election results show us such stumbles can be excused. That’s because when it comes to lambasting his opponents and tickling the funny bone of the MAGA base, the incoming comedian-in-chief pulls from a seemingly bottomless well of zingers." But, Karin wrote, Trump's "jokes" are getting more hateful and more violent. For instance, "at a rally days before the election, Trump brought the house down once again by declaring open season on members of the press. 'Weaving' through an imagined assassination scenario, Trump explained that political violence sometimes has an unexpected upside: 'To get me, somebody would have to shoot through the fake news, and I don’t mind that so much.' In a video from the event, audience members can be seen roaring at the thought of a media bloodbath." Ultimately, he continued, "Trump is a jester inside the palace, playing at the role of king, but mocking the very idea of principled leadership in the process. Flouting the rules is his schtick, and it seems MAGA cannot get enough." And that represents a deeper rot at the heart of what we are as a country, he wrote. "Political fences can be mended, if there is goodwill on both sides," Karin concluded — but "cultural rifts, on the other hand, can be impossible to bridge. American democracy cannot survive four more years of derisive laughter at the expense of our unity."

Kim Jong Un wants to flood Ukraine with thousands of soldiers North Korea could deploy up to 100,000 troops to Ukraine despite warnings from G20 nations. As the alliance between Pyongyang and Moscow has strengthened in recent months, Kim Jong Un may send even more troops to support Russian forces that have been fighting for nearly three years. Kyiv has warned its allies that prolonged assistance from North Korea could lead to further escalation of tensions, with 10,000 Asian troops already engaged in the Russian region of Kursk, facing Ukrainian forces. In exchange for its military support, North Korea is reportedly seeking technological aid from Russia to develop a significant nuclear arsenal. Meanwhile, Moscow carried out a large-scale airstrike over the weekend, targeting the country's energy infrastructure. In the past, Moscow has attacked these facilities to plunge the country into darkness and cold as winter looms. (North Korea must have an overpopulation problem.)

Russia Loses $200 Million in Minutes as Ukraine Strikes Again Ukrainian forces have successfully neutralized a Russian RB-301B Borisoglebsk-2 electronic warfare system, according to the Ukrainian news outlet Army Inform. This advanced system, designed to disrupt communications and navigation, is estimated to cost around $200 million, according to WP. The RB-301B Borisoglebsk-2 is a high-tech electronic warfare system developed by Russia’s KRET Corporation. It is built to jam communication systems and radar frequencies used by enemy forces. The system represents a significant upgrade over its predecessor, the Borisoglebsk-1, offering improved efficiency and operational flexibility. Mounted on tracked MT-LB vehicles, the Borisoglebsk-2 is highly mobile and capable of operating in challenging terrain. The system consists of multiple vehicles equipped with antennas, transmitters, and control stations. Its components include radio jamming stations capable of targeting a wide range of frequencies, command centers with computerized management systems, and directional and omnidirectional antennas. The system’s primary function is to disrupt radio communication across frequencies ranging from 1.5 MHz to 1 GHz, which covers most military and civilian communication networks. It can also disable GPS and other navigation systems, as well as interfere with radar operations. Its high level of automation allows for the rapid detection, analysis, and jamming of signals, enhancing its effectiveness on the battlefield. Despite its advanced capabilities, the Borisoglebsk-2 was detected and destroyed by Ukrainian forces. This loss marks a significant blow to Russian operations, as electronic warfare systems like the Borisoglebsk-2 are critical for countering enemy communications and navigation.

The keyboard on my laptop packed up,so I bought a wired keyboard for $7 at Officeworks. Nothing wrong with the keyboard, I just keep hitting the wrong keys. The laptop, which works, sits on a card table and the keyboard is on my knee. With my distance glasses on, I can see the screen OK, but the keyboard is blurry. Put on reading glasses, and I can see the keys just fine, but can't read the screen. Sick of swapping glasses.

There are so many typos on this forum (me included) no-one notices. Sometimes I think someone keeps switching my keys.

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I can't understand how they are legal. You can get fined for having you phone on your knee - overhead cameras to detect them. How then can it be legal to have touch screens, some with more icons that a phone home page?

Here is a quick resume of all Trumps picks for office so far. See the list here.

HE might think he doesn't need Vance, and poosibly not if he has replaced Vance with Musk, although I saw an article where Mumk was virtually camped at Mar-a-Lago, Trump saying "I can't get rid of him." However, the constitution requires a VP to act as president in the event of the president being incapacitated.

People are now wondering if Musk has replaced Vance as VP. Musk is rarely separated from Trump. and Vance has been conspicuously absent.

Correct Marty. Let's try some catch phrases.

Saturday in Melbourne was hot (for us) and windy. It was our parish fete, and the wind kept trying to blow my broad brimmed hat off. Standing in the queue for the hamburger stall was hot. Yesterday started out with a downpour in the morning, but by 1:00 pm is was clear blue sky and 25 deg. Today is cooler at 16 deg, but nice and sunny. Hot, cool, hot, cool. Plays hell with the sinuses.

Vivek Ramaswamy Pledges To ‘Delete’ Entire Government Agencies Alongside Elon Musk Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who has been named to lead President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed Department of Government Efficiency alongside tech billionaire Elon Musk, promised Sunday that many government agencies will soon be “deleted.” “Elon and I aren’t in this for the credit,” Ramaswamy said on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.” “But I think we’re going to build the consensus to make the kind of deep cuts that haven’t been made for most of our history.” After host Maria Bartiromo questioned whether the two plan to “close down entire agencies,” Ramaswamy said “mass reductions” will be made. “We expect certain agencies to be deleted outright,” he said. “We expect mass reductions in force in areas of the federal government that are bloated. We expect massive cuts among federal contractors and others who are overbilling the federal government.” Read more here

He claimed McDonalds wasn't food, it was poison.

Putin's tactics to break down Ukrainian people According to the head of Ukrainian diplomacy, Andriy Sybiga, one of the main air strikes launched by Russia damaged the thermal power plants of Ukraine's largest private electricity company, DTEK. The private company claims that the equipment is seriously damaged. DTEK announced emergency power cuts on Sunday in the Kiev region and two regions in the east of the country, while national authorities earlier denounced a massive Russian attack on the country's power grid. “Emergency power cuts in Kiev, Kiev region, Donetsk region and Dnipropetrovsk region,” DTEK wrote on Telegram. According to DTEK, this is already the eighth large-scale attack on its energy facilities this year. It has already been targeted more than 190 times since the start of the large-scale Russian invasion in February 2022. Since the beginning of the war, Russia has been trying to “turn off” Ukraine's energy systems and plunge the country into darkness so that the population will break down. The harsh winter ahead poses a real challenge to President Zelensky's policy of defending his country.

Secret documents reveal Putin's blueprint to wipe Ukraine off the map Putin's plan to destroy Ukraine ©Provided by The Daily Digest Recently, documents were leaked that contain the peace proposal put forth by Vladimir Putin to Volodymyr Zelensky at the beginning of the Ukraine war. The shocking thing is, there was nothing peaceful about the proposal at all. View slideshow here

'Starting to fail': Trump said to have already 'planted seeds of his own political demise' Donald Trump hasn't even taken office yet, but he's already made a major misstep, according to a former Republican writer. Trump, who is going to be entering his second term as a "lame duck" President, has been under fire for his nominations to important posts, including former lawmaker Matt Gaetz, who would be Attorney General. Those nominations could be his undoing, according to New York Timescolumnist David French, an ex-writer for the conservative National Review. Read more here

'Will blow up in Trump's face': Experts blast reported 'autocrat move' on military leaders Political and legal experts spoke out Saturday after it was reported that Donald Trump's transition team is compiling a list of senior current and former U.S. military officials to see if they could be court-martialed. NBC News dropped the exclusive report over the weekend, saying the Trump team is "considering creating a commission to investigate the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan." Online, some also lashed out at the news. Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance, for instance, noted that it was Trump himself who "signed the timeline agreement for Afghanistan withdrawal." Read more here

That's what happens when you try to type in the dark.

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