Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemned the German domestic spy agency for designating the Alternative für Deutschland party an "extremist" group.

Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the Verfassungsschutz, claimed Friday that the AfD was trying to "undermine the free democratic basic order" — opening up the ability to greater surveil the group. The move drew backlash from the Trump administration, with Rubio and others voicing their concern on social media.

"Germany just gave its spy agency new powers to surveil the opposition. That's not democracy—it's tyranny in disguise. What is truly extremist is not the popular AfD—which took second in the recent election—but rather the establishment's deadly open border immigration policies that the AfD opposes. Germany should reverse course," Rubio said in a post on X.

Quote from: DKG on May 03, 2025, 06:21:38 PMI recognize that the people decided they had enough of the status quo. They wanted their government to start forcing other countries to trade fairly with the US.

Technically you are right but people didnt want this shit ITFP. They didnt want this to be the status quo and I personally bitched about it mercilessly for 30+ years! I've been calling for a civil war against the federal government since at least 1995, when I first got the inferwebs.

Quote from: Lokmar on May 03, 2025, 07:14:37 PMTechnically you are right but people didnt want this shit ITFP. They didnt want this to be the status quo and I personally bitched about it mercilessly for 30+ years! I've been calling for a civil war against the federal government since at least 1995, when I first got the inferwebs.

It took thirty years but you finally got a president who takes the nation's trade imbalance seriously.

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the state of Illinois over state efforts against businesses using a federal program meant to weed out illegal aliens from being hired and competing with U.S. citizens for jobs.

"This Department of Justice is committed to protecting American workers, employers, and enforcing federal immigration law," said U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi in a press release about the lawsuit.

"Any state that incentivizes illegal immigration and makes it harder for federal authorities to do their job will face legal consequences from this administration," she added.

The government said the state was infringing on federal immigration enforcement.

Quote from: DKG on May 04, 2025, 11:29:40 AMThe U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the state of Illinois over state efforts against businesses using a federal program meant to weed out illegal aliens from being hired and competing with U.S. citizens for jobs.

"This Department of Justice is committed to protecting American workers, employers, and enforcing federal immigration law," said U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi in a press release about the lawsuit.

"Any state that incentivizes illegal immigration and makes it harder for federal authorities to do their job will face legal consequences from this administration," she added.

The government said the state was infringing on federal immigration enforcement.

I hope TrumpCo fucks my state of Illinois to death!!!

Quote from: Lokmar on May 04, 2025, 01:22:57 PMI hope TrumpCo fucks my state of Illinois to death!!!

I think your leftist governor is doing a pretty good job of that.

Quote from: DKG on May 05, 2025, 10:13:39 AMI think your leftist governor is doing a pretty good job of that.

And we deserve it! I have a relative that works for the state and I swear, every time they tell me about a new program we're spending on, it boils my blood! We're pretty much an Abortions-R-Us state where we'll pay people from other states to come here and get a scrape. No shit!

Quote from: Lokmar on May 05, 2025, 10:18:49 AMAnd we deserve it! I have a relative that works for the state and I swear, every time they tell me about a new program we're spending on, it boils my blood! We're pretty much an Abortions-R-Us state where we'll pay people from other states to come here and get a scrape. No shit!

Pritzker has no respect for taxpayers.

The $880 billion planned in spending cuts will not come from Medicaid benefits. That is a Democrat lie to scare stupid people.

Savings will come from the energy sector, in other sections of code that aren't in the health care sector. Savings will come from cutting waste, fraud, and abuse, to find savings, and to protect Medicaid for people who need it.

House Democrats unanimously voted against a resolution renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Thursday.

The resolution passed the House mostly along party lines in a 211-206 vote, with 211 Republicans voting in favor of the renaming while one Republican and 205 Democrats voted against it. Republican Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska was the only GOP member to side with the Democrats.