These are just depressing numbers considering what is happening daily around here:

But in the new poll, 51 percent said Trump is doing a worse job than President Biden did — a net swing of 18 points. From the pollster’s memo:

49% of voters, a plurality, say Trump’s policies thus far have set America on a worse path. 49% say Trump is doing a better job than Biden (-4).

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MORE VOTERS ATTRIBUTE ECONOMY TO TRUMP OVER BIDEN

63% of voters say the current state of the economy is mostly due to the Trump administration rather than Biden (+11). 53% say it is worse than it was when Biden was president.

56% of voters say the economy is shrinking, and 66% say inflation is above 3% (-5), including a majority across political parties.

The good news for Trump, although it’s unlikely to ease the pain, is that out of 22 stated policies, 15 of them still enjoy majority support.

I wonder, do you think you’re providing value here?

I don’t think you’re paid-for, because I’m convinced of your self-righteousness. Your condescension is too natural to be fake.

But let me ask you: does whining about people whining make you better than them, or worse? What’s your goal?

This is why all copy protection should be Dial-a-Pirate-based.

Is… Is that face line not just spray tan? Is that why he needs all those faces?

I’m convinced Miller is running the country right now. Nothing else fits the evidence.

Bondi is likely more answerable to Trump since she’s leading Trump’s personal revenge squad, but articles earlier suggested she does follow strategy set by Miller. For example, I wouldn’t be surprised if Miller also directed the decision to pardon all J6-ers since it fits a little too perfectly into his turn-ICE-into-Trump’s-militia strategy.

Well, it has certainly lost some meaning over the last year, but: W…T…F.

The article is vague. Just being absolutely clear: Does it appear the DOJ released CSAM?

Hmm, that’s both impressive and disappointing. I’d think for a 65" you’d need to be super close to tell. I assume it’s Samsung’s HDR10 (or +) standard since they refuse to put Dolby Vision on their sets.

You have an 8k screen? Honestly the first person I’ve seen in the wild. How big is it and can you see the resolution difference?

If you look at the reviews, a large number use similar language and talking points. Almost certainly an influence campaign and not even authentic reviews.

Thanks for this. I don’t think it applies here.

50.15 says this is when employees are sued in their individual capacity for official duties. Inter-defendant conflicts of the type in 50.15(a)(10) are typically for when multiple defendants have competing interests and that presents a conflict to joint representation. At best, I see provisions regarding whether the DOJ is not obligated to pay money damages for an employee’s wrongdoing ((a)(8)(iii))

The situation here may just be too corrupt. Trump is suing with private counsel a third party government agency that is technically not him, but the issue is that the captured DOJ itself also is now de facto personal counsel to Trump. The IRS and Treasury are defendants that should be represented by the DOJ, except that the DOJ is irreparably conflicted. So it is Trump, by DOJ proxy, deciding whether to give himself money out of the public’s pocket, and the fact that he filed the suit itself suggests his answer is “yes, I deserve it.”

And, despite this, no private litigation counsel could even address this, because the DOJ would still retain authority to settle.

ABC NEWS WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT KAREN TRAVERS: Mr. President, why are you suing your our own administration and the IRS? Why are you suing?

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Who are you with?

ABC NEWS WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT KAREN TRAVERS: I’m with ABC News.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: You’re a loud person! Very loud! Let somebody else have a chance.

ABC NEWS WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT KAREN TRAVERS: Can you answer the question? Why are you suing IRS?

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: ABC Fake– ABC fake news!

ABC NEWS WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT KAREN TRAVERS: You’re suing. Can you answer–.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Go ahead. I didn’t call on you. Go ahead, please, go ahead. Go ahead!

REPORTER: Do you think you’re coming?

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: ABC, by the way, is truly one of the worst.

REPORTER: Do you think the upcoming talks between Russia and Ukraine stand a chance without U.S. Envoy Witkoff and Jared Kushner there.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I think they stand a chance. We’ve been trying. I’ve ended eight wars. All of them, I thought, were going to be maybe tougher than…

So he never answered the question. Just moves on to another reporter after being a complete dickface.

Love to see it, but yes, Bezos and Trump don’t care since the bribe happened.

Currently a 5 (out of 100) Metacritic score, with a user review score of 0.6 (out of 10).

Rotten Tomatoes at 8 (out of 100). No user review score yet, but there’s a big bot astroturfing campaign with 5-star reviews flooding the user reviews section.

Thanks, this is not a sealion question: do you have something to further read about this or support this? I’d like to understand how the DOJ is actually bound. The DOJ has been run by Bondi as Trump’s private law firm, regardless of their mandate, and I expect that to continue.

My initial suspicion is that anything short of a Supreme Court ruling (and possibly not even that) will force compliance by the DOJ, but after-the-fact compliance may be meaningless as well. It’d be quite typical for Trump/Bondi to fully “defend” and settle the case with taxpayer money already in Trump’s account before any challenges complete, followed by appeals, etc.

That sounds like a very reasonable custom and norm for an independent, non-conflicted DOJ. (Sorry, deadpan is hard online.)

The DOJ defends civil litigation against the federal government as well.

You mean to suggest Scott Bessent and Pam Bondi won’t treat this lawsuit fairly and impartially? How dare you!

Yeah, I realized 30 seconds after posting so edited, but possibly too late for federated instances.

This is from June 2025, so just be aware - don’t expect it to be nearly up-to-date.

The memo clarifies that it includes “arrests, not just convictions.” That’s one loophole - illegal stop & arrest now serves as a basis for kidnapping just the same.