USA Political Discussion Thread 2025

[licks2nite]

Reportedly Chinese firm bought insurer for CIA agents as part of trillion dollar spending spree.



China central bank prints, really a few key strokes, and buys at will. Likely for Gold as well. Enslaves African nations into debt slavery. As near as I can make out any nation can print and own shares in any publicly traded company. Japan owns a good fraction of Japanese corporations. Switzerland buys to keep the value of Swiss currency down. Carney spoke to Trump about investing a trillion in America. Calls into question the meaning of ownership, indeed if ownership means anything at all in the face of the mountains of regulation. And why nations keep periodically complaining about over regulation without getting anything done about over regulation when regulation needed to control behavior of offshore buyers uninvited or not in your own country. Everything and every difficulty comes back to the money system imposed in 1913 legislation rammed through while most senate and congressional leaders broke off for Christmas break.

 

[80watts]

Reportedly Chinese firm bought insurer for CIA agents as part of trillion dollar spending spree.

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China central bank prints, really a few key strokes, and buys at will. Likely for Gold as well. Enslaves African nations into debt slavery. As near as I can make out any nation can print and own shares in any publicly traded company. Japan owns a good fraction of Japanese corporations. Switzerland buys to keep the value of Swiss currency down. Carney spoke to Trump about investing a trillion in America. Calls into question the meaning of ownership, indeed if ownership means anything at all in the face of the mountains of regulation. And why nations keep periodically complaining about over regulation without getting anything done about over regulation when regulation needed to control behavior of offshore buyers uninvited or not in your own country. Everything and every difficulty comes back to the money system imposed in 1913 legislation rammed through while most senate and congressional leaders broke off for Christmas break.

So that is not similar to debt slavery in Canada/USA to the banks and big businesses? Very few people are not in debt... Mortgages and credit card debt.

 

[licks2nite]

The Muslim Brotherhood is 50 years into a 100-year plan to “transform Western society from within” by infiltrating US colleges as well as other institutions...

...also targeted the State Department, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of Justice, through career appointments and advisory roles.

https://rairfoundation.com/report-warns-muslim-brotherhood-is-infiltrating-us-colleges/

What Chinese do in Canada and what Zionists legislate in America over 100 years ago during Christmas break creating money by decree thrusting chaotic population growth.

 

[apple9927]

Anyone follow the Minnesota fraud scandal? Reports of up to 8 billion stolen by the Somalia crime syndicate. I give it another 7 to 10 day of coverage than it will fade or a liberal judge in MN will dismiss all charges. I don't think the people charged have any thing to be afraid of, the get out of jail card is always in their back pocket.

Just cry racism. you know. Omar that lady that is in Congress who openly hates America and feel oppressed all the time has already started the company line.

 

[licks2nite]

Over the past five years, some of the world’s most technologically advanced campuses in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom — including MIT, Oxford and McGill — have relied on taxpayer funding while collaborating with artificial-intelligence labs embedded in Beijing’s security state, including one tied to China’s mass detention of Uyghurs and to the Ministry of Public Security, which has been accused of targeting Chinese dissidents abroad.

The report’s message is blunt: even as governments scramble to stop technology transfer on the hardware side, open academic science has quietly been supplying Chinese security organs with new tools to track bodies, faces and movements at scale.

In one flagship example, Zhejiang Lab collaborated with MIT [Massachusetts Institute of Technology] advanced optical phase-shifting — a field central to high-resolution imaging systems used in satellite surveillance, remote sensing and biometric scanning. The paper cited support from a DARPA [Defence Research Projects Agency] program, meaning U.S. defense research dollars effectively underwrote joint work with a Chinese lab that partners closely with military universities.

Western universities are not only helping to build China’s domestic repression apparatus with U.S. taxpayer funds, but may also be contributing to global surveillance tools that can be paired with Beijing’s operatives abroad.

To counter this trend, a reset in research governance: broaden due diligence to weigh human-rights risk, mandate transparency over all international co-authorships and joint labs, condition partnerships with security-linked institutions on strict safeguards and narrow scopes of work, and strengthen university ethics bodies so they take responsibility for cross-border collaborations.

https://www.thebureau.news/

Yet another mess to clean up, Mr.Trump.
Western technology transfers lifted China out of the Iron Age into space since Bill Clinton invited China into the WTO [World Trade Organization] sending American manufacturing away. An oxymoron of societal waste for budget knockoff trinkets.

 

[licks2nite]

Latest pictures of BC Olympic snowboarder turned drug lord. Believed hiding with Mexican cartels orchestrating cocaine shipments from Colombia. Massive lion head tattoo left chest.

 

[licks2nite]

Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education


Betsy DeVos, former Secretary of Education

Perhaps no one fully comprehends the DOE’s uselessness and waste more than former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. She contends that it shuffles money around, imposes unnecessary requirements and political agendas through its grants, and then shirks responsibility for evaluating whether any of what it does actually adds value. “Here’s how it works: Congress appropriates funding for education; last year, it totaled nearly $80 billion. The department’s bureaucrats take in those billions, add strings and red tape, peel off a percentage to pay for themselves, and then send it down to state education agencies."

https://amgreatness.com/2025/12/10/the-hyperventilating-over-the-doe-restructuring-is-ongoing/

Decentralisation of authority. The centralizers like a single central agency rather than confronting states and districts directly.

 

[Mrmotorscooter]

This could escalate, will we be ready😵‍💫

 

[carvesg]

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Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education

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Betsy DeVos, former Secretary of Education

Perhaps no one fully comprehends the DOE’s uselessness and waste more than former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. She contends that it shuffles money around, imposes unnecessary requirements and political agendas through its grants, and then shirks responsibility for evaluating whether any of what it does actually adds value. “Here’s how it works: Congress appropriates funding for education; last year, it totaled nearly $80 billion. The department’s bureaucrats take in those billions, add strings and red tape, peel off a percentage to pay for themselves, and then send it down to state education agencies."

https://amgreatness.com/2025/12/10/the-hyperventilating-over-the-doe-restructuring-is-ongoing/

Decentralisation of authority. The centralizers like a single central agency rather than confronting states and districts directly.

Are you saying that the department of education at the state level will solve their education problems ?

Red states being at the bottom in terms of literacy and academic level should remain there ?

I'm not seeing your point

 

[licks2nite]

US state literacy rates vary:

• • California, New York: Large, populous states often fall in the bottom 10 due to factors like immigration and diverse populations.
  California and New York the 2 largest and blue.

 

[licks2nite]

AI Overview
The F-35 program is central to the Pentagon's 8th consecutive failed financial audit, with auditors citing massive unaccountable assets, inaccurate financial reporting for the expensive jet system, and significant performance issues like low availability rates and unresolved deficiencies, leading to billions in misspent funds despite repeated congressional approvals for the program. Key issues include oversight failures with contractor Lockheed Martin, unclear performance metrics, and persistent software/supply chain problems impacting readiness, even as the Department of Defence aims for a clean audit by 2028.

Pentagon unable to fully track hundreds of thousands of parts like tires, landing gear, bolts, and specialized tools worth tens of millions to billions of dollars.

The F-35's performance metrics remain unclear and problematic, with consistent issues in readiness (mission capable rates), reliability, and maintainability, often falling short of targets despite increased spending.

Systems for sharing critical target and threat information between aircraft and intelligence sources have had persistent issues.

The F-35 has failed to consistently meet durability and reliability goals, with major issues including structural cracks (especially in wing components like the bulkhead and rib), requiring numerous repairs and halting tests; persistent software bugs in critical systems; and challenges with maintainability, leading to high downtime and poor mission-capable rates, preventing completion of full 8,000-hour life-expectancy tests.

Failures mean the F-35 struggles to meet basic combat readiness targets (like the 80% "Mission Capable" rate) despite years of upgrades.

Issues with battery heaters in extreme cold have caused mission aborts.

Limited weapon payload unless mounted externally compromising stealth. Sovereignty compromising "kill switch". F-35 remains a remotely operated weapon launching platform independent of both the pilot and home base.

 

[carvesg]

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AI Overview
The F-35 program is central to the Pentagon's 8th consecutive failed financial audit, with auditors citing massive unaccountable assets, inaccurate financial reporting for the expensive jet system, and significant performance issues like low availability rates and unresolved deficiencies, leading to billions in misspent funds despite repeated congressional approvals for the program. Key issues include oversight failures with contractor Lockheed Martin, unclear performance metrics, and persistent software/supply chain problems impacting readiness, even as the Department of Defence aims for a clean audit by 2028.

Pentagon unable to fully track hundreds of thousands of parts like tires, landing gear, bolts, and specialized tools worth tens of millions to billions of dollars.

The F-35's performance metrics remain unclear and problematic, with consistent issues in readiness (mission capable rates), reliability, and maintainability, often falling short of targets despite increased spending.

Systems for sharing critical target and threat information between aircraft and intelligence sources have had persistent issues.

The F-35 has failed to consistently meet durability and reliability goals, with major issues including structural cracks (especially in wing components like the bulkhead and rib), requiring numerous repairs and halting tests; persistent software bugs in critical systems; and challenges with maintainability, leading to high downtime and poor mission-capable rates, preventing completion of full 8,000-hour life-expectancy tests.

Failures mean the F-35 struggles to meet basic combat readiness targets (like the 80% "Mission Capable" rate) despite years of upgrades.

Issues with battery heaters in extreme cold have caused mission aborts.

Limited weapon payload unless mounted externally compromising stealth. Sovereignty compromising "kill switch". F-35 remains a remotely operated weapon launching platform independent of both the pilot and home base.

Yep I read the same thing over the years and it keeps happening.

We might have to give the Gripen a go and purchase 60 of them and another 16 F-35 when we can trust the Americans again and once they have worked out the most crucial bugs . A mixed fleet of 60 Gripen and 32 F-35 would not be a bad thing for the budget , versatility and independency as well as jobs .

 

[Neelsmith1234]

Yep I read the same thing over the years and it keeps happening.

We might have to give the Gripen a go and purchase 60 of them and another 16 F-35 when we can trust the Americans again and once they have worked out the most crucial bugs . A mixed fleet of 60 Gripen and 32 F-35 would not be a bad thing for the budget , versatility and independency as well as jobs .

I agree that we should cancel all F35 that haven't already been acquired and move to the gripens. I see major problems with the F 35. Besides the enormous cost of acquisition and operations, they have very poor availability rates and high maintenance needs and cost. Not to mention the precariousness of relying on the Americans for all parts. Also, many of the F 35 capabilities, including stealth are offensive capabilities for going into enemy territory. We do not have a high need to go on offense as a country. We need to shore up our defensive cspabilities and the gripen would be very very good for that. Also, the f 35 requires very specific runways and conditions for takeoff and landing. Given our country's geography, the gripen is a better fit as it was designed to operate in arctic conditions, can land and takeoff on short highway straights. The gripen also has excellent availability rates, needs much smaller maintenance crews and much lower maintenance needs.

All in all the we can operate many more gripens for the cost of an F 35 with higher availability rates and lower costs. We would need more pilots though, but that capacity can be built up.

 

[carvesg]

I agree that we should cancel all F35 that haven't already been acquired and move to the gripens. I see major problems with the F 35. Besides the enormous cost of acquisition and operations, they have very poor availability rates and high maintenance needs and cost. Not to mention the precariousness of relying on the Americans for all parts. Also, many of the F 35 capabilities, including stealth are offensive capabilities for going into enemy territory. We do not have a high need to go on offense as a country. We need to shore up our defensive cspabilities and the gripen would be very very good for that. Also, the f 35 requires very specific runways and conditions for takeoff and landing. Given our country's geography, the gripen is a better fit as it was designed to operate in arctic conditions, can land and takeoff on short highway straights. The gripen also has excellent availability rates, needs much smaller maintenance crews and much lower maintenance needs.

All in all the we can operate many more gripens for the cost of an F 35 with higher availability rates and lower costs. We would need more pilots though, but that capacity can be built up.

It's what i keep thinking when we know that those 16 already purchase will still require all those endless changes in the CAF infrastructure . We could cut the losses by having one wing at each end of the country and spread the Gripens strategically or on demand in the rest of the country. Hell a Gripen can be taken care of on a 1/3 of a mile stretch of road.

F-35 looks like a pigeon on a radar while the Gripen would appear to be the size of a toaster if i recall correctly but how many f-35s could be in the air during a conflict vs jas-39s already known for its ruggedness and easy maintenance.

 

[apple9927]

Tim Walz blames Racism for the Minnesota fraud coverage and investigation.
I don't think this is going to work anymore. Notice AOC no longer just says " Its racist". She said it so much it became a meme.
I hope Walz gets his just due. Out of office and in jail.

 

[sexpanther69]

Tim Walz blames Racism for the Minnesota fraud coverage and investigation.
I don't think this is going to work anymore. Notice AOC no longer just says " Its racist". She said it so much it became a meme.
I hope Walz gets his just due. Out of office and in jail.

https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present

Weird why maga isnt so upset about the white criminals actually convicted of massive frauds being pardoned/commuted by trump thus not having to pay their fines or restitutions

Or the fact billionaires dont pay their fair share of taxes yet receive massive tax breaks while the rest of America struggles

Also pardoning/commutting sentences of people dealin drugs all the whole bombing a boats insisting drugs are Comin from Venezuela... Cuz we all know coke/weed/fentanyl come from there

 

[carvesg]

https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present

Weird why maga isnt so upset about the white criminals actually convicted of massive frauds being pardoned/commuted by trump thus not having to pay their fines or restitutions

Or the fact billionaires dont pay their fair share of taxes yet receive massive tax breaks while the rest of America struggles

Also pardoning/commutting sentences of people dealin drugs all the whole bombing a boats insisting drugs are Comin from Venezuela... Cuz we all know coke/weed/fentanyl come from there

Shhhh ! Let them have their 2 min of aboutism ...so if they do a research on Google about fraudulent cases all the pardons trump keeps handing like hot cakes will start showing on their radar since it's not talked about in their common Maga bubble.

 

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