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markodochartaigh

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56. He wants to pave over the Whitehouse Rose Garden too.
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 09:37 AM
Mar 13

Our reality is like a bizarre Hollywood spoof where the president paves over the Rose Garden to put in an auto dealership.

Is this the logical endpoint to a culture which values style over substance and plastic fakeness over reality?

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Which stunt? When do his stunts *not* violate some policy or rule or statute? Ocelot II Mar 12 #1
But, but, but, his cultists say he is fighting for Freedumb... Justice matters. Mar 12 #10
And with no threat of any consequences, well, why not. Magoo48 Mar 12 #19
Agreed Magoo DENVERPOPS Mar 12 #21
Normalizing his constitutional raping is only setting up his arthritisR_US Mar 13 #52
SCROTUS kicked the emoluments violations down the road until ... oops no longer valid GreenWave Mar 12 #2
Policy violation. That's funny. CanonRay Mar 12 #3
Bullshit. SergeStorms Mar 12 #31
I totally blame SCOTUS for their immunity crap vapor2 Mar 13 #45
I think the United States benevolently granted the billionaire citizenship Walleye Mar 12 #4
The markets will get rid of the buffoon on ketamine Justice matters. Mar 12 #13
Oh yeah, I forgot about the my pillow guy. Where is he now? I wonder Walleye Mar 12 #15
Bankruptcy court, mostly. nt Chellee Mar 12 #30
Back on crack? nt Dulcinea Mar 13 #50
That would be my guess Walleye Mar 13 #51
rather than talk of 'violation' or 'illegal' stopdiggin Mar 12 #5
Unfortunately no one will enforce this law to him. FloridaBlues Mar 12 #6
And that sums up the "flaw" in the system... Justice matters. Mar 12 #14
But it's not a law ToxMarz Mar 12 #17
Obviously they couldn't care less about law. They're criminals. NNadir Mar 12 #7
Criminals are going to crime. Who is going to stop them. Tootbsb Mar 12 #8
Are we keeping score? No, that is forbidden. twodogsbarking Mar 12 #9
Trump's second presidency is in violation of federal policy. dchill Mar 12 #11
Some Ninny On Reddit Lokee11 Mar 12 #12
Yawn. ... littlemissmartypants Mar 12 #16
Policy is not law. Violating it is not illegal/criminal. thesquanderer Mar 12 #18
The Hatch Act IS a law. Liberal In Texas Mar 12 #24
Sooo Katcat Mar 12 #20
Twice impeached convicted felon doesn't care about laws or regulations or policies IronLionZion Mar 12 #22
Since when did Repukes care, even during his first term? sakabatou Mar 12 #23
lol that only applies during Democratic administrations Orrex Mar 12 #25
Do you think Krasnov gives a shit about the law, ethics, and how the optics look? Botany Mar 12 #26
He got away with it when he did it for Goya last time Sanity Claws Mar 12 #27
Who's gonna stop him....grifters, gotta grift eh?? a kennedy Mar 12 #28
Which stunt, please? ShazzieB Mar 12 #29
I assume the OP is refencing the Tesla event progressoid Mar 12 #36
I must have missed that. ShazzieB Mar 12 #41
turbinetree CentralBlueTexan Mar 12 #32
I know and it is heartbreaking that this traitor has never been thrown in jail.............. turbinetree Mar 12 #34
Well, that never stopped them before. Wednesdays Mar 12 #33
Ivanka eats Goya Black Beans every day, and .. Bo Zarts Mar 12 #35
Federal policy and ethics!!!!! progressoid Mar 12 #37
I remember the outcry when Eisenhower said something about rzemanfl Mar 12 #38
Musk doesn't need DownriverDem Mar 12 #39
like he cares... NT bee_peaceful Mar 12 #40
He couldn't care less. spanone Mar 12 #42
Badges? Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!!!! BurnDoubt Mar 12 #43
This message was self-deleted by its author vapor2 Mar 13 #44
Nothing ever comes of it JustAnotherGen Mar 13 #46
How I YEARN for the day when I don't hear a single word about Orangeman. calimary Mar 13 #47
You do know that Muskrat has US citizenship HarryM Mar 13 #48
I'm so sick of this shit Dem4life1234 Mar 13 #49
Little Dimdonnie Trump is soooo special. Kid Berwyn Mar 13 #53
policy? norms and expectations? ethics? The J6er-in-chief blew past all of this a long time ago. Eugene Mar 13 #54
As most of his stunts are Gimpyknee Mar 13 #55
He wants to pave over the Whitehouse Rose Garden too. markodochartaigh Mar 13 #56
He did this for 4 yrs with no consequence. Now doing it again. SheltieLover Mar 13 #57
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