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#Trump admin sows “confusion” as it tries to reopen #StraitOfHormuz [they just have no idea what they’re doing]
The Trump admin’s approach to the #IranWar over the past 24 hrs has pinballed from declarations that a tenuous ceasefire was holding & military operations were over to new threats of bombing the Islamic Republic.
#idiocracy #kakistocracy #US #Iran #war #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #MarketManipulation
https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-war-confusion-messaging-contradiction-20471bb90ad7abd6381a761fffeb8e96
#Trump cannot slash #NIH #research #funding, court rules
A federal appeals court on Monday ruled Trump's admin cannot carry out steep cuts to federal #grant funding provided by the National Institutes of #Health to #universities engaged in #scientific & #medical research.
#law #judiciary #science #medicine #idiocracy #BrainDrain
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-administration-cannot-slash-nih-research-funding-court-rules-2026-01-05/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
#Hegseth Is Purging #Military Leaders With Little Explanation
The moves to fire or sideline generals and admirals are without precedent in recent decades and have rattled the top brass.
#Defense Secy #PeteHegseth has fired or sidelined at least 2 dozen generals & admirals over the past 9 months in a series of ousters that could reshape the US military for years to come.
#NationalSecurity #MilitaryReadiness #Trump #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/politics/hegseth-firing-military-leaders.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zU8.kChW.hrw_e6-u4ZBB&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
…During a back and forth with journalists in the Oval Office about the issue, a reporter noted that #SCOTUS Chief Justice #JohnRoberts had asserted that #tariffs were actually #taxes paid by #Americans.
Asked if he agreed that Americans were paying the tariffs, #Trump said: "No, I don't agree. I think that they might be paying something. But when you take the overall impact, the Americans are gaining tremendously."
#idiocracy #economy #inflation #recession #trumpcession #law #Congress #IEEPA
Continuous Turnover
Palmer stepped into the role of acting leader of the critical incident response group [CIRG] in August when the prior chief was fired. That predecessor, Brian Driscoll, is now suing the admin with other ousted #FBI officials who say they were targeted for lacking loyalty to #Trump.
Wes Wheeler led the group until he was told to resign in March, along with numerous other leaders at FBI headquarters & Quantico.
#NationalSecurity #ShitShow #KashPatel #Trump #law #idiocracy
His exit was made official Friday, & a replacement to head the bureau’s crisis management operations including hostage rescue & bomb detection, has already been posted on the #FBI’s website.
#KashPatel was angered this week by social media posts & news stories calling attention to his use of an FBI jet that arrived in State College, Pennsylvania, where his 26yr-old girlfriend, country music artist Alexis Wilkins, sang the national anthem at a wrestling match….
The #FBI forced out a senior official overseeing aviation shortly after #KashPatel grew outraged about revelations of his PUBLICLY-AVAILABLE jet logs indicating he’d flown to see his musician girlfriend perform….
Steven Palmer, a 27-year veteran of the FBI, became the 3rd head of the critical incident response group—which includes FBI pilots—to be fired or removed in Patel’s short regime, adding to a year filled with retributive terminations.
#law #Trump #idiocracy
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/fbi-ousts-leader-as-patel-fumes-over-attention-to-agency-jet-use
I, for one, would welcome President Camacho's enlightened administrative style and desire for the best for his people. #Idiocracy #politics
Next up: chromosome analysis for all! 🥳
#Gattaca
Also, I still question why the hell schools should need students' birth certificates anyway. Test incoming kiddos' proficiency in various subjects and put them in the class they're ready for. Sheesh.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/21/arizona-basketball-team-birth-certificate
I don't even know what other hashtags to put on this.
#TerriblePrecedents
#TransExclusion
#RedTape
#dystopia
#bigotry
#BigotryHurtsEverybody
#Idiocracy
#schools
#schoolsport
#education
#IHateThisTimeline
#Florida moves to end all #school #vaccine mandates, first in nation to do so
Florida Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo criticized school vaccine mandates, which every state has, & outrageously likened them to #slavery.
#Ladapo said Wednesday that every vaccine mandate “drips with disdain & slavery.”
#PublicHealth #science #medicine #vaccines #ConspiracyTheories #RFKJr #Trump #AntiVax #idiocracy