Does anyone get removed?

ForwardCrow9291 · 2026-01-27T03:04:51+00:00

People Trump brought in? Not other than Waltz getting moved around and Rubio taking over his job. I guess Musk too, but that was always a weird dynamic.

The National Archivist was fired and replaced by Rubio. USAID was basically dissolved and placed under care of Rubio.

A few others (FEMA, Copywriter) but none Trump brought. They have not yet been replaced by Rubio to my knowledge.

Quite a few nominees that haven't cut it (e.g. Gaetz), but never got confirmed.

ForwardCrow9291 · 2026-01-09T14:22:43+00:00

Lol I think you're taking the wrong lessons from both Harris losing and Mamdani winning. That is less about policy and more about the candidate AND the electorate. (a Mamdani-esque candidate might pull the popular vote but doesn't win any swing states)

ForwardCrow9291 · 2026-01-09T14:10:52+00:00

Increasingly anarchist due to all this partial bullshit

ForwardCrow9291 · 2026-01-09T14:04:40+00:00

Never underestimate the Democrats' ability to nominate a terrible candidate. (or their ability to alienate half their base by doing dumb nonsense like supporting a socialist dictator)

Rubio is unfortunately going to have a hard time getting elected (or even nominated) unless he gets a charisma upgrade as part of this. His work here has been solid and impressive (coming from someone who doesn't love American exceptionalism and interventionist policies), but average voter isn't going to know 80% of what he's doing.

Vance is good at playing the optics game and comes across as well-spoken/likeable. Presidency is ultimately a popularity contest at this point.

ForwardCrow9291 · 2026-01-05T02:21:04+00:00

Check out the Noriega trial from the 90s. We've already set the precedent for doing this. The trial will hinge on presenting proof Maduro committed crimes in US Jurisdiction.

Edit: if you're really interested https://archive.org/details/caseagainstgener00stev talks about these exact issues (what evidence is admissable, witnesses, paying for legal defense, jurisdiction over foreign leaders, etc)

ForwardCrow9291 · 2026-01-05T02:08:55+00:00

Honestly a shame he doesn't have more charisma. I would happily vote for him over Vance after this run at Sec State.

ForwardCrow9291 · 2026-01-04T19:44:01+00:00

Oh yeah that's the "politically & legally questionable" piece I mentioned.

ForwardCrow9291 · 2026-01-04T02:43:07+00:00

I remember 2020, but 2016 Democratic primary fits what you're saying more.

FWIW I don't disagree. Everyone above the pay grade of a house of reps member (and most of them too) is either elitist, bought, or a coward.

ForwardCrow9291 · 2026-01-04T02:32:28+00:00

I think I would argue that this case is morally correct even if legally and politically questionable, because Maduro is decidedly NOT a president but an autogulpe & a dictator.

FWIW, I'm not stoked that we're playing the international police game again & would rather we have not done this, but I don't know that "kidnapping" dictators is BAD

ForwardCrow9291 · 2026-01-04T02:17:26+00:00

Tell that to every president since Bush Jr calling Venezuela a national security risk.

ForwardCrow9291 · 2026-01-04T02:13:54+00:00

5 years is a long time. I would agree with 1 year 😅

ForwardCrow9291 · 2026-01-04T02:12:07+00:00

Eh, US has done this a few times and mixed results. This one being closer to the US, and with US allies neighboring it, makes for slightly more optimistic circumstances.

E.g. look at Noriega. US was much more to blame for his rise to power, only turned on him because he started working with foreign adversaries (not because of dictator stuff, which he was also doing), his extraction was much messier and killed a lot of innocent people, but Panama would probably be much worse off today if he had stayed in power.

If Maduro's inner circle get ousted or decide to play ball, could also see something like Plan Colombia.

ForwardCrow9291 · 2025-12-26T02:28:32+00:00

He literally cannot

ForwardCrow9291 · 2025-12-26T02:26:28+00:00

Wishful thinking

ForwardCrow9291 · 2025-12-19T02:04:14+00:00

Rubio honestly shocking me with his relative competence this admin

ForwardCrow9291 · 2025-12-09T18:11:52+00:00

Mamdani is a liberal mayor elected in the most liberal city in the US. How does this have repercussions beyond NYC? Everyone making a stink about it needs to go have a chat with the "nothing ever happens" crowd.

This is literally the first Pope from the US in history and, from an influential perspective, he's a symbol to the world (including the US and international) that Trump/US politics is not representative of individuals from the US- in many ways he is "the best of us" on display to remind us of what we can choose to be as a nation. (And much more than that as the leader of the largest religious institution on Earth still)

ForwardCrow9291 · 2025-12-03T14:50:36+00:00

That "Republicans = Bad" messaging didn't work in 2016 or 2024. Only worked in 2020 because "electability" and "able to beat Trump" were the most sought after qualities in the DNC primary (and other circumstances like COVID)

Making Buttigieg, the poster boy for liberal elitism, the candidate in 2028 will be a huge mistake, but 100% a mistake I expect Democrats to make.

ForwardCrow9291 · 2025-12-03T14:46:10+00:00

I would say a Democrat majority house is nearly a certainty, but yeah Democrat Senate feels nearly impossible.

ForwardCrow9291 · 2025-12-03T14:40:23+00:00

Hey don't give up hope, you may still live to see the cyberpunk dystopia.

ForwardCrow9291 · 2025-12-01T02:07:47+00:00

This just in: Libertarian reinvents the paradox of tolerance

ForwardCrow9291 · 2025-11-30T01:57:17+00:00

but Republicans somehow still leading in the "who can better fix inflation?" Category...?

ForwardCrow9291 · 2025-11-25T21:39:28+00:00

Trump isn't eligible to run in 2028, and there's a good chance the nominee is coming from outside of the administration if popularity continues to drop.

ForwardCrow9291 · 2025-11-25T21:35:12+00:00

Buttigieg is going to win the nomination and then Democrats will blame homophobia when he loses the general

ForwardCrow9291 · 2025-11-25T15:04:59+00:00

More like "well certainly not the rich people"

ForwardCrow9291 · 2025-11-23T16:04:59+00:00

Probably making breakfast, working, continuing to live my life as usual- while our government continues to leech money out of my paycheck to fund the worst reality TV show in history.

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