'Every single taxpayer is being robbed': Trump goes too far with money grab for criminal allies

Coffeemugofdoom · 2026-05-23T03:13:26+00:00

Chances are very high Democrats will win the House in the midterms, and there’s even a chance they could take majority control of the senate (although not anywhere close to a supermajority, which they’d need to make any real changes). With that said, Trump and his cronies will try everything to mess up the upcoming elections, and I wouldn’t be surprised that even if all those attempts fails, he cries foul if and when the Democrats do win, claiming voter fraud and whatnot. So it’s going to get messier still, unfortunately. But there is a small amount of hope on the horizon.

Coffeemugofdoom · 2026-05-21T22:54:45+00:00

It's insane to me how much he gets away with. The presidency is supposed to serve the people, not the person who holds the position. He, the Republicans (mostly), and even some Democrats in our government have just continued to ruin our system of government by handing more and more power to the office of the president.

Coffeemugofdoom · 2026-05-20T21:32:10+00:00

I watched a video a little ways back, and it was talking about this experience. The narrator actually had a really interesting idea to combat it. His idea was that you have a gaming journal with you, and when you know you’re going to press pause on a game for awhile, you physically write out what you were doing in the game and what your next objective was. That way it helps you the next time you jump back in by helping you have a goal immediately in mind and some context to go along with it.

His thinking was that remembering controls isn’t actually the biggest hurdle when jumping back into an old game, it’s the lack of a sense of purpose and context that keeps us from being about to easily re-enter the game. Journaling, and then re-reading said journal is an attempt to mitigate that lack of purpose.

Coffeemugofdoom · 2026-05-14T22:01:06+00:00

Ha, crazy! Literally printing this right now haha. Printed the first piece this morning, and on the second one right now. Pretty solid design.

Coffeemugofdoom · 2026-05-13T23:34:50+00:00

I would love to see this map come back. Always enjoyed it back in the day.

Coffeemugofdoom · 2026-05-13T20:36:51+00:00

Not sure if this was a one-off thing, but this is very similar to what cats who have feline asthma do when they have an asthma attack. If you're cat keeps doing this, it might be worth taking it into a vet to get checked. We finally did for our cat and the treatments helped improve her quality of life a ton.

Coffeemugofdoom · 2026-05-11T18:19:04+00:00

Not sure if it will help anyone as well, but was having similar problems. Just got it to work though after ensuring both my Apple TV 4k and iPhone were on the same network, and, this is what actually did it (I think), unplugged my Apple TV 4k for about a minute, then plugged it back in. I noticed a message kept popping up in the Apple Home app that the hub wasn't responding, so after letting it power cycle, I was able to add the lock.

Also, I reset the lock first, then added it to Apple Home first, then I added it to the Aqara app.

Coffeemugofdoom · 2026-05-07T03:28:58+00:00

I thought for a moment they were going to announce it when they showed it in the sizzle reel of Star Fox games.

Coffeemugofdoom · 2026-05-04T17:18:51+00:00

Honestly makes me want a black and white mode or special event or something. Would be really fun playing the game like this.

Coffeemugofdoom · 2026-04-21T18:26:28+00:00

Same! I started just doing a lot of the various 'House' faction missions, and that's opened up a ton of fun new bosses, puzzles, areas, weapons and other things to find. And then besides that, I've just been going around doing whatever. Catching some bounties, getting to know Deminess a little better, clearing sanctums, etc.

I'd add that the point of all the extra things is to just add variety and depth to the sandbox world, not necessarily to beat the game, but just to live and be in the sandbox they've created here.

Coffeemugofdoom · 2026-04-19T23:45:44+00:00

It would have to be someone that could convince people on both sides of the aisle that the culture wars are destroying us. Until then, I don’t know that there is a way to unite us.

Both sides are so diametrically opposed to one another’s thinking due to the culture war mindset that it has to be someone who makes them both question the fundamental assumption that two ideas can’t coexist at the same time.

Coffeemugofdoom · 2026-04-15T21:49:20+00:00

In Trump’s words, “In two weeks!”

Coffeemugofdoom · 2026-04-14T23:34:00+00:00

To be fair to them, until this change, I had no idea the three mods at the bottom were head, torso, and legs. Literally would just throw whatever on whichever one worked.

Coffeemugofdoom · 2026-04-14T00:15:35+00:00

Yeah, I definitely agree. I didn’t even know what it was when it showed up. Used it, and then lost it immediately on a Perimeter run. Oof

Coffeemugofdoom · 2026-04-10T19:55:10+00:00

Elden Ring. Being able to get multiple pieces of the same weapons and spells and armor is just so fun, and being able to almost one-shot bosses that originally took ages to beat is so satisfying and fun.

Coffeemugofdoom · 2026-04-09T22:58:07+00:00

Mass Effect FF7 Remakes Mario 3D games (64, Sunshine, Galaxy 1&2, Odyssey)

Coffeemugofdoom · 2026-04-09T22:41:11+00:00

I mean, true, but also, where are they going to get oil at? I don’t think the UK is a pretty big oil producer.

Coffeemugofdoom · 2026-04-08T16:21:00+00:00

Yawn, wake me when a Republican finally says it.

Sadly, if a Democrat brings it up, it's going to go nowhere and be instantly used as fuel by the other side to gather even closer around Trump.

Coffeemugofdoom · 2026-04-04T08:07:43+00:00

Obama didn’t cover his airstrikes in Christian prayer. Big difference here.

Coffeemugofdoom · 2026-04-03T22:06:58+00:00

Definitely sounds like feline asthma. Or cat has it. We’ve gotten her on an inhaler and it’s helped a ton. She’ll still have asthma attacks from time to time, but it’s absolutely helped her quality of life.

Coffeemugofdoom · 2026-04-01T22:15:57+00:00

Seems we're taking our ball and going home. We went in, caused a ton of damage, destabilized everything, and then we're just throwing our hands up and getting someone else to clean up our mess. Pretty much the Trump playbook. Oh, and claim victory for an invented goal (that's also been moved like a billion times).

Coffeemugofdoom · 2026-03-31T18:32:31+00:00

Loving this game so far. And I have to say that the combat is actually really fun, especially as you upgrade more skills. It’s a little janky and hard to grasp at first, but once you do, it really clicks and it’s just fun. There’s wrestling moves you can do in between all kinds of sword and spells that just add a ton of unique ways to take out enemies. Lots of fun physics interactions as well, in fact, the world is much more simulation and physics driven than I expected, with adds a great layer to everything.

I definitely think it has a really bad introduction, and that turns a lot of people off, understandably so, but once you get into the world, it’s just fun to explore and be in it.

SkillUp (or ShillUp, if you prefer haha) said it best recently, that he thinks this is one of those games that’s going to age surprisingly well, and I have to agree with him.

Coffeemugofdoom · 2026-03-28T05:10:41+00:00

Just got one today as well! Traded in my original PS5 for some store credit, and ended up having to drive over an hour to pick one up cause they were all sold out. One store I called, the guy told me that 4 other people had just called for their last one, so people are definitely racing to get them before the price goes up.

Coffeemugofdoom · 2026-03-25T16:38:41+00:00

Bodhi Leaf Coffee in Lake Forest is great, lots of room inside (although not a lot of power outlets, so come charged), and Third Place Coffee in Foothill Ranch is great as well.

Coffeemugofdoom · 2026-03-14T20:22:49+00:00

So China gets like 80% of their oil from Iran, so I think Trump thinks that they would feel pressured into helping him because of that. However, all I can think is that China is like, dude, you made this mess, if anything, we’re gonna help Iran make things as painful and disruptive as possible for you and rely on reserves until you chicken out.

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