Yes or no, Jaybird?

If someone is advocating blood libel against Jews and/or is a Leo Frank Truther, am I supposed to treat their argument with good faith? Yes or no answer only please.

Macron warns Europe that the United States might not be on their side if there is war with Russia: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/05/macron-will-make-televised-address-to-ease-french-voters-concerns-about-trump

Bouie argues that Trump's second term is an act of revenge against the American People for rejecting him in 2020: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/opinion/trump-revenge-american-people.html

Would you say you are pathologically incapable of a non-contrarian response?

Okay. I don't care if Manicheanism is a heresy or not. Yes, there should be difficult conversations on contentious issues but there are limits and things must be conducted in good-faith.

I see very little reason to see that things conversations can happen with Trump supporters or Musk supporters. As pointed out above, the Deputy Press Secretary for the Department of Defense is a Leo Frank truther. This is rank blood libel and anti-Semitic conspiracy. I'm not morally required to state confronting this as evil is a heresy and I am not required to debate Leo Frank truthism endlessly.

“Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre

The articles I read implied that the Parks Service could charge things from $2 to $10,000 without sending it to a regional office for approval and this is the change

Thank you!!

AP apparently has an internal memo re cutting 80K jobs from the Department of Veterans Affairs

DOI requires authorization for all purchases above 1 dollar from Parks Service employees

Please cite to where in Jewish texts it says that Manicheanism is heresy. Are you saying I should be totes okay with the fact that the Trump admin is hiring anti-Semites who believe in blood libel for public facing rolls?

Anyway, the trolls comment was deleted so, clearly he or she passed a line.

We are getting a lot of Trump trolls here

She also appears to be an anti-trans activist: https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/03/the-department-of-defense-deputy-press-secretary-is-a-leo-frank-troofer

We are now the baddies: "UPDATE: The US has stopped sharing "all" intelligence with Ukraine, a Ukrainian source has said.
Previously the source, with knowledge of the situation, said the halt in the follow of intelligence had been "selective", only affecting information that could be used for attacks inside Russia.
"A few hours ago, the exchange of all information was stopped," the source said."

The Deputy Press Secretary for the Department of Defense is a Leo Frank truther:

https://bsky.app/profile/tristanl.ee/post/3ljlvcefqw223

https://www.kpbs.org/news/border-immigration/2025/02/28/german-tourist-held-indefinitely-in-san-diego-area-immigrant-detention-facility

ICE detains German citizen with valid visa for no other reason than performative cruelty and a power flex

"Downside: Current events, future implications, an immense amount of avoidable human suffering

Upside: I was very right, and people who dismissed my warnings as outlandish, hysterical, and biased (or whatever) were badly wrong, in ways they won't acknowledge nor learn from

I don't like this trade"

https://bsky.app/profile/nicholasgrossman.bsky.social/post/3ljjcwnx45s2i

The cult falls in line.

The very idiotic tariff wars have begun

Twitter is filled with Elmo’s reactionary fanboys.

Trump’s revenge tour continues by crippling California water districts

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/trump-administration-dramatically-cuts-staff-20200668.php

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/business/economy/trump-tariffs-china-mexico-canada.html

While there are just over 3 hours left on the West Coast and a bit more time left in Alaska and Hawaii, but it doesn't look like things are going to be smooth this time.

Also we are way past the time of Trump 2.0 operating like Trump 1.0. Thinking like this is psychological succor but not reflective of reality. It is the cult of savvy that thinks showing alarm or heightened emotion or distress at anytime is oh so uncool.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump-orders-permanent-govt-shutdown-no-really

It hasn’t gotten a lot of attention but Donald Trump’s February 11th “workforce optimization” executive order provides a very clear framework for the end stage goal of all the cutting. After a bunch of specific imperatives listed under Section 3-C of that executive order, it includes the following language: government department and agencies must plan to cut “all components and employees performing functions not mandated by statute or other law who are not typically designated as essential during a lapse in appropriations as provided in the Agency Contingency Plans on the Office of Management and Budget website....

This gives both a clear view of what the plan is and a map to let everyone know about it. What will it be like after they’re done? It will be like a permanent shutdown. That’s not hyperbole or a metaphor. It’s literally what they say in the executive order. I would think Democrats should be familiarizing themselves with all the particulars of the OMB “essential” plan and basically be campaigning on it. I mean, people will probably get a live subject run through on March 14th. But it’s still important to have that map. Those cuts are beyond draconian. And there’s no uncertainty. It’s spelled out exactly what is included.

All aid to Ukraine has been "paused"

From my State Senator: "Trump — our modern day Neville Chamberlain — surrendered to Putin on Friday, but California has not & will not.

Today, California Senators met with the Ukrainian Consul General & honored him on the Senate floor.

California stands with Ukraine & democracy. California stands against Putin & fascism."

https://bsky.app/profile/scottwiener.bsky.social/post/3ljizxok3ks2a

I don't think I have ever seen anything like this before

I think there "logic" is this:

1. If I oppose Trump/Musk, I get primaried, likely lose my primary, and also kicked out of sinecure jobs as a pariah;

2. If I remain in Trump/Musk's good graces but lose the general, I may get a lucrative sinecure job;

It is the politics of court