It’s not that the army is out of Generals, but rather that the main civilian leadership posts in the Army (that require Senate confirmation) are all vacant. The ones who are currently in those posts in an acting capacity can’t get confirmed, because even Republican Senators think they are morons.

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6062211-army-secretary-driscoll-to-depart-pentagon/

And while we are not out of Generals, it turns out Kegsbreath has pissed off quite a few generals who have resigned, and he has fired a bunch more who he doesn’t like. So there are a shit-ton of openings.

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-army-faces-leadership-crisis-after-pete-hegseth-fires-top-generals-11960093

In January 2025, when Hegseth became Defence Secretary, the Army had 10 active-duty four-star generals. It now has only five, the lowest number in decades. Some senior positions have been removed, while others are being filled by officers from other military services.

I don’t think Trump voters asked the rest of the world for permission to be bigots

“We have no government-owned operational capability per se in the oil and gas sector,” says Gerald Kepes, president of Competitive Energy Strategies, an energy consultancy in Washington, D.C. “The question is, who’s going to operate on the ground?”

I bet it’s hidden behind a bunch of shell companies which obfuscates that whatever entity is involved on the US side is already owned by Trump and/or Kushner, and designed to siphon all the profit away and leave the government with the bill.

It was only about one third of the country. Another one third didn’t bother voting.

But a significant part of that one third of the country who voted for him (and the 1/3 who opted out entirely) just couldn’t seriously consider voting for a woman for President. It’s that simple. They’re all intimidated by the thought of a woman taking that last step towards real power.

But you can guarantee the cost of a toilet’s worth of pee will be 3x by the end of next year.

At least the Musical Theater nerds saw this coming

An awful lot of Americans are racist and sexist, and he says things they wish they could say.

If he holds on to power past January 2029, he won’t need anyone’s approval to do it.

Socialists of Lemmy: let’s not take Mamdani out behind the woodshed just yet.

First of all, the article makes it sound like Mamdani has pledged his undying devotion to Jeffries, above all other options, but as far as I can tell all he said was “I support him as Speaker”, with no actual timeframe given. Jeffries is the current Minority Leader, and no other candidate has come out to say they want to challenge him, at least not publicly. So, there technically isn’t another option right now. Mamdani could make an announcement that he supports Rob Manfred as Commissioner of Baseball, and it would have the same practical impact.

Also, Mamdani seems to be a savvy political operator. Remember how he had Trump mesmerized when they talked? This announcement didn’t come out of nowhere, I’m sure Mamdani has his reasons to announce this right now. I think it’s likely that Mamdani is trying to send a message to Jeffries. Yes, this is a public endorsement now, but Mamdani could change his mind, and the amount of press this is getting for a relatively minor announcement should be an indicator to Jeffries that he might not be able to hold on to his Leadership position while still ignoring progressives, since Mamdani is such a public figure in the progressive movement and his endorsement is meaningful.

I would Trust in the Zohran, he knows what he’s doing.

Lake Take Off, Hoser!

Ohio is chock full of speed traps, though, he might be saving money this way

Sure, stock up to protect your compound if you want, but I don’t think we are heading for a full-scale conflict on US soil. While war is generally good for business, that’s only when the fighting and dying are done Over There. Both sides would agree that war here is bad for business.

I can see us going through a National Divorce at some point. Here’s the script I would write: if the National Christians (Let’s call them Nat-C’s for short, it is fitting) want to hold a Constitutional Convention to remake government, why not let them? We’ll simply hold a parallel one for the sane states to make our own Government, with less Fascism. The two sets of delegates will have to get together at some point, though, to work out how the Federal Govenrment’s Assets and Liabilities are divided among the States.

Once all the delegates finish, we will have two competing Constitutions, and each State should be required to run a referendum to decide which they join. If things work out the way we expect, the Nat-C’s have all the Red states, we get all the sane states, and we are all better off.

But, the large Red states like Florida and Texas still have their own sizeable urban populations. If presented an “A/B” choice of this magnitude, they may come out and vote. If the new Nat-C country just has all the backwater states, it will go bankrupt faster than a Trump Casino. At that point, you will need the guns and ammo that the Nat-C’s let you keep, to fend off your God-fearing neighbors.

If we pull out of this fascist nosedive, one reason will be the prescience of the writers of the Constitution to put the administration of elections in the hands of the States, subject to regulation by Congress. The President simply cant do that much on his own. He can bloviate all he wants on this topic, but absent any new action from Congress states are free to ignore him.

This sole clause does a lot of work in preventing the Presidency from becoming a full-on dictatorship. But only if the States don’t comply with the President.

The first distinctive feature of this bank – and stablecoin operations like it – is that there is almost no risk that it can lose money.

Nice try, AI. There have been a ton of stablecoins that have lost their peg: https://www.chainsec.io/failed-stablecoins

This man has bankrupted casinos, not because the casinos themselves were unprofitable, but because he loaded them up with debt and then was able to evade responsibility for paying it off via bankruptcy. He is the last person I would trust to run a bank. (Or a country, but that ship has already sailed…)

“I have paused the 50% Tariffs against Canada, that were scheduled to kick in tomorrow morning for a three day period, based on the fact that Canada and the USA, subject to the finalization of documents, have a DEAL!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

Did he really announce this first on Truth Social? The platform where he sells advance access to his posts? How much money did he just make by giving his paying customers advanced notice of US Government trade policy?

Of course, that’s why it’s Donnie’s picture up there, and not Eric’s. They will try to convince all of his fans that a vote for Eric is really a stealth vote for his dad. And Eric will lean into it, because he has never done anything in his life that didn’t rely on his family connections.

(I keep going back to Eric because I think it’s clear that he’s the dumb one, and Junior is smart enough to know he would rather be VP and get to hang out with Senators doing nothing)

I admit, I was not expecting that headline tonight. The picture puts it all into proper context, though

You all are missing the most obvious flex: one of his sons is going to run, on the sole platform of “My dad will really be running things, I won’t even make him move out”. Maybe both sons run, on a Trump/Trump ticket, only all the signs say “Trump/Trump/Trump”.

Donald Trump will have his dream job: all of the power and influence (and money!) Of the Presidency, none of the actual responsibility. Why be President when you can own the Presidency?

Didn’t Putin do something similar? He was term limited out of the Presidency, but got his buddy elected President, and then he got himself elected to their Parliament and became Prime Minister. He then got himself re-elected as President, then got some Constitutional things passed to ensure that he never has to give it up again.

But Donald Trump doesn’t care about actually governing, so he doesn’t need to run for Congress. All he has to do is install someone as the next President who is loyal to him, and him alone. What better candidate than Eric, whose only success in life is having the right parents?

In fairness, this is part of a lawsuit against her. I doubt she wanted to talk about all this stuff.

The BBC should just declare Mar-a-Lago its own territory

No, it’s US voters that put the big asshole in the building (again!).

He’s just doing what he does best - wrecking shit.