The American trucking industry is facing numerous underreported challenges that directly impact national security, supply chain integrity, and road safety, among other critical issues that were exacerbated by the Biden administration's open-border crisis.

While the Trump administration's Department of Transportation, under the leadership of Secretary Sean Duffy, has already moved to address some of the many challenges related to the issuance of commercial driver's licenses, often referred to as CDLs, the American public remains largely unaware of the extent of those looming dangers from years of insufficient oversight in this area.

Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought announced Friday that the administration has officially begun issuing reduction in force notices, laying off over 4,200 government workers across several key departments, like Treasury, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security. As the government approaches its third week of the shutdown, Democrats are left weighing their options.

These layoffs come as no surprise. Vought previously threatened Democrats with mass layoffs just days before the September 30 funding deadline. Still, Democrats are feigning surprise.

Government is way too bloated and needs a good trimming. With a chainsaw.

Quote from: Oliver the Second on October 13, 2025, 12:45:02 PMGovernment is way too bloated and needs a good trimming. With a tactical nuke.

Fixed and you're welcome.

Quote from: Oliver the Second on October 13, 2025, 12:45:02 PMGovernment is way too bloated and needs a good trimming. With a chainsaw.

Canada and the US for sure. Neither country is getting good value for their money.

However, at least the US under Trump is cutting waste.

President Donald Trump posthumously presented conservative activist Charlie Kirk with the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, on Tuesday.

Cheer political assassinations in their shithole countries.

Quote from: Oliver the Second on October 14, 2025, 06:18:17 PMPresident Donald Trump posthumously presented conservative activist Charlie Kirk with the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, on Tuesday.

My heart breaks at how she is such a young widow.  That subhuman filth that killed Charlie better see the business end of a needle.

I don't blame the Trump administration. If Argentina goes back to the failed Peronist policies the US would be wasting billions.

Donald Trump suggested the $20 billion lifeline the US is planning for Argentina could be contingent on libertarian leader Javier Milei's success in the midterm elections.

"If he wins we're staying with him, and if he doesn't win we're gone," Trump told reporters Tuesday, adding that the governments also planned to discuss a potential free trade agreement.

Short-term peso interest rates jumped back into the triple digits as neither the US nor Argentina intervened in the currency market for a second straight trading day. Argentina's bonds dropped across the curve, reversing earlier gains.

"We want to help Argentina," Trump said, touting trade as a way to bolster the country. "They have great product, and we used to do a lot of trade."