Trump wants the Nobel Peace Prize, and it's not unreasonable to think Putin has convinced him that it can be "arranged" - so he doesn't care what has to be destroyed, or who has be killed, for him to get it.
The strategic objective - The Big Move - involves dividing up the world into three spheres of influence (ie: ownership). Russia gets Europe and the Middle East, China gets Asia and the Pacific, US gets the whole western hemisphere, and we'll either divvy up Africa, or (more likely) we'll duke it out over that turf later.
Another attempt at world conquest seems to be well underway.
236 years ago, the US Constitution went into effect.
I'm creating this post almost 13 months before it'll go live, hoping we'll still have a good shot at preserving the rule of law here in USAmerica, Inc.
HAPPY
CONSTITUTION
DAY
Written in 1787, ratified in 1788, and in operation since 1789, the United States Constitution is the world’s longest surviving written charter of government. Its first three words – “We The People” – affirm that the government of the United States exists to serve its citizens. The supremacy of the people through their elected representatives is recognized in Article I, which creates a Congress consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives. The positioning of Congress at the beginning of the Constitution affirms its status as the “First Branch” of the federal government.
The Constitution assigned to Congress responsibility for organizing the executive and judicial branches, raising revenue, declaring war, and making all laws necessary for executing these powers. The president is permitted to veto specific legislative acts, but Congress has the authority to override presidential vetoes by two-thirds majorities of both houses. The Constitution also provides that the Senate advise and consent on key executive and judicial appointments and on the approval for ratification of treaties.
For over two centuries the Constitution has remained in force because its framers successfully separated and balanced governmental powers to safeguard the interests of majority rule and minority rights, of liberty and equality, and of the federal and state governments. More a concise statement of national principles than a detailed plan of governmental operation, the Constitution has evolved to meet the changing needs of a modern society profoundly different from the eighteenth-century world in which its creators lived. To date, the Constitution has been amended 27 times, most recently in 1992. The first ten amendments constitute the Bill of Rights.
Trump insists that he donates all of his $400,000 annual salary to the Treasury Dept. Maybe he does and maybe he doesn't - I haven't seen any receipts. But anyway, at the end of this year, his "donations" will total $2,000,000.
At the end of his first term, in Jan 2021, he had spent the equivalent of 278.5 years worth of his salary - at taxpayer expense - playing golf.
I've been advocating for the Dems to boycott SOTU, and live stream themselves at a bar somewhere - maybe several bars - pausing the feed from the Capitol whenever somebody has a good rebuttal to whatever ugly ignorant piece of putrified garbage falls out of Trump's mouth.
Keith's idea may be better - or maybe they could do the stand-with-their-backs-to-Trump thing, and then walk out, a few at a time. That might carry some pretty strong symbolism. ie: Trump's support is dwindling, it's worsening over time, and the pace of the loss is accelerating.
Then they hit the bar(s) for a spontaneous group rebuttal.
Treasury Department suspends enforcement of ownership information reporting for millions of businesses
Key Points
The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Sunday said it won’t enforce the penalties or fines associated with the “beneficial ownership information,” or BOI, reporting requirements
Previously, the Treasury set a March 21 deadline for businesses to comply or risk fines of up to $10,000
The Treasury will also propose regulation to apply the BOI rule only to foreign companies
The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Sunday announced it won’t enforce the penalties or fines associated with the Biden-era “beneficial ownership information,” or BOI, reporting requirements for millions of domestic businesses.
Enacted via the Corporate Transparency Act in 2021 to fight illicit finance and shell company formation, BOI reporting requires small businesses to identify who directly or indirectly owns or controls the company to the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, known as FinCEN.
After previous court delays, the Treasury in late February set a March 21 deadline to comply or risk civil penalties of up to $591 a day, adjusted for inflation, or criminal fines of up to $10,000 and up to two years in prison. The reporting requirements could apply to roughly 32.6 million businesses, according to federal estimates.
The rule was enacted to “make it harder for bad actors to hide or benefit from their ill-gotten gains through shell companies or other opaque ownership structures,” according to FinCEN.
President Donald Trump praised the news in a Truth Social post on Sunday night, describing the reporting rule as “outrageous and invasive” and “an absolute disaster” for small businesses.
Other experts say the Treasury’s decision could have ramifications for national security.
“This decision threatens to make the United States a magnet for foreign criminals, from drug cartels to fraudsters to terrorist organizations,” Scott Greytak, director of advocacy for anticorruption organization Transparency International U.S., said in a statement.
