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u/JohnSpartan2025

▲ 88 r/thebulwark

Half way through The Secret Podcast, Sarah: SORRY, nice hopium, appreciate it but...

WHAT DOES IT MATTER IF TRUMP IS BELOW THE BUSH LINE, OR 30%??

Rick Wilson: EVERYTHING TRUMP TOUCHES DIES.

This bastard is going to walk away with $50-$100 billion in 2.5 years, and America will be so damaged, it's not going to matter, and nothing after the midterms is going to make a difference. Sorry.

JVL's tone was perfect for how I'm feeling at least. Rome fell. America was never built for an evil piece of shit like this to totally consume the country and be worshipped by even 30% of the country.

FUN FACT: Hitler had a 30% approval rating Post WWII.

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u/JohnSpartan2025 — 7 days ago
▲ 7 r/thebulwark

Subpoenas and investigations by Dems after the House flips: Does anyone think Trumpers won't just do the same they did in Trump 1, and just not show up?

Asking for JVL.

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u/JohnSpartan2025 — 7 days ago
▲ 163 r/thebulwark

It's been 1.4 years, 2.6 years left to go. Does anyone actually think there's going to be anything recoverable in 2.6 years?

Asking for a friend.

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u/JohnSpartan2025 — 7 days ago
▲ 9 r/tirzepatidecompound

Ezra: "we need an uploaded full body photo for approval". Anyone experienced this anywhere?

I was excited to see how quick the process was going initially, then it came to a halt, awaiting a doctor for 24 hours, who now wants a full-body photo to confirm BMI. I've gone through a few providers and never have been asked this before. Anyone experience this?

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u/JohnSpartan2025 — 8 days ago
▲ 85 r/thebulwark

Response to Sarah's "the only way forward is more people voting" on Bulwark Sunday:

While I agree violence is not going to solve anything and is NOT the answer, your argument of "getting more people to vote" with people dug in as they are, is difficult at best, hopium at worst.

The way forward is for Democratic states to just ignore the courts like Ohio did with their redistricting and start playing FULLY by THEIR rules. Who's going to enforce it?

I hate this timeline. I hate this redistricting black hole we're going down, as one could argue: we're literally doing the same thing the right is doing with them claiming "activist judges" on the left. But short of violence, it's time to pull out every trick, slimy angle and possibility, even if it skirts the law, because IT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

To reshuffle the deck, you have to win the game. Period.

UPDATED:

I totally agree with Sarah that winning voters over, as many as you can is the long and near term goal. My point to be more precise is it isn't enough in this current climate, with this much at stake. No disrespect to Sarah :)

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u/JohnSpartan2025 — 12 days ago
▲ 388 r/PoliticalDiscussion

Trump has already accumulated a rough estimate of $2-10 billion (depending on the analysis) of profit off of various Presidential revenue streams, such as:

And the list goes on to include billions invested in Trump and his son-in-law Jarod Kushner and former golfing friend Steve Witkoff, acting as foreign dignitaries trading American interests for personal finance deals with Arab and other countries. (https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-son-in-laws-fund-rakes-in-billions-amid-grifting-accusations/)

And Eric Trump recently somewhat bragging over his $24 million defense contract clearly awarded because of nepotism: https://newrepublic.com/post/209419/eric-trump-brags-defense-department-contract

There have been estimates of $20 to $30 billion of profit by the end of Trump's term off the Presidency.

The Emoluments Clause of the Constitution strictly forbids any profiting off the Presidency, let alone peddling direct U.S. policy in exchange for money (which is possibly a form of extortion or bribery).

Should Congress pass legislation requiring an analysis of Presidential windfall profits during their term with possible reclaiming of profits and assets attained during their Presidential term?

u/JohnSpartan2025 — 28 days ago
▲ 119 r/PoliticalDiscussion

Even with complete military supremacy, Iran keeps outmaneuvering the U.S. strategically, with no real solution to the Strait of Hormuz problem in sight. We're coming to the precipice of major global and domestic economic impact, with the Iranian regime making it clear they're willing to take an immense amount of internal "pain".

An unverified claim was made in the past few days that Trump was asking about a nuclear strike solution that General Caine shot down, but he is ultimately not the stop gap from a tactical nuclear attack, the SecDef Pete Hegseth is. Now there is more stir about this possibility allegedly by a U.S. Senator.

Is a tactical nuclear strike by Trump more feasible than anyone thought and would be the the ramifications locally and globally if this scenario played out?

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ex-cia-analyst-claims-trump-nuclear-codes-iran-1792717

https://truthout.org/articles/gop-senator-suggests-trump-should-finish-iran-with-nuclear-bomb/

u/JohnSpartan2025 — 30 days ago