One caveat. The only other thing that doesn’t change is our propensity to scream at each other and pick factions while we continue to get screwed over.
Sadly I believe you are incorrect. I believe they will certainly pass legislation that would make that true. But trump has the power of veto and he will use it to prevent them from passing almost everything he doesn't like. He will undermine any possible success they might achieve. In a way I hope that's true because that would only insure the Dems win the White House in 2028.
Trump has to know after this resounding defeat that playing the obstructionist for the next two years will only further harm the GOP. But trump doesn't care about 2028. He doesn't care about the future of the Republican party. Trump only cares about trump.
I’m betting this new blue US government will get more done in their first two years then the existing red government has done in twelve years of control. Enjoy, and if you don’t like that your state has turned blue, in the words of DJT. You can leave. There are a few red states left. lol.
Trump names Stephen Miller as new White House chief of staff in major post-midterm shake-up
President Trump announced Friday that Stephen Miller, one of his top advisers and a longtime ally, would be promoted to White House chief of staff.
Susie Wiles has served in the role since the start of Trump's second term. She was the first woman to ever be named chief of staff, and she held the position for longer than anyone else under Trump.
"Serving President Trump in the White House has been the honor of a lifetime," Wiles wrote on X. "I'm so proud to have been a part of what we've accomplished together from securing our border and cutting taxes to strengthening our economy and putting America First."
In his Truth Social post announcing Miller's promotion, Trump said Wiles will "be moving over to the Trump Political Operation."
In his previous role as a deputy under Wiles, Miller had been widely viewed as one of the most influential figures behind the Trump administration's agenda — particularly with regard to its sweeping immigration crackdown.
DOJ shake-up continues with head of national security division, US attorney in Miami resigning
John Eisenberg, the head of the National Security Division at the Department of Justice, is stepping down from his post, multiple sources told Fox News on Friday.
Shortly after Fox News learned of Eisenberg's resignation, Attorney General Todd Blanche announced it on social media.
"He has served with distinction, strengthening our nation’s ability to address threats, both foreign and domestic," Blanche said. "Under his leadership, the Division advanced President Trump’s mission to make America safe by prosecuting terrorists and working with our law enforcement partners to disrupt planned attacks on the American people."
This was Eisenberg's second stint serving under President Donald Trump. In Trump's first term, Eisenberg was an assistant and deputy counsel to the president, as well as a legal advisor to the National Security Council, which advises presidents on foreign policy matters.
Less than an hour before Eisenberg's departure was made public, Blanche announced the resignation of Jason Reding Quiñones, the U.S. Attorney for Florida's Southern District.
Quiñones' office was perhaps most known for its indictment of Raúl Castro, the former president of Cuba who took over after his brother Fidel Castro's nearly 50-year reign.
"We are grateful for Jason’s leadership in combatting violent crime, drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and transnational crime," Blanche said. "Jason has served the Department multiple times over his distinguished career, and we thank him for his service to this country."
These two departures come just a day after Harmeet Dhillon, who headed up the DOJ's Civil Rights Division, announced she'd be leaving as well.
I don't know, but there are a limited number of companies who have the technical skill to make such weapons, the money to spend in the development phase, and then the ability to manufacture at scale to produce the quantities needed.
This is not true. I’m not saying that as a slam either. It’s just one of those areas where appointed and elected officials don’t truly let the public know about acquisitions and how they work, because it would likely uncover the rug to how bad it has gotten with self dealing behind the curtain. Most people are not even aware of the FAR and its basic laws. Again, not faulting people, just naming a fact.
Taking a step back and even assuming your point was true, we only have ourselves to blame for forcing scores of well qualified defense contractors to consolidate. Pit was correct. That merger set us back big time in terms of negotiation leverage and price hikes, as any oligopoly would.
Today, however, the landscape is changing. Commercial companies are outpacing defense contractors at technological advancements. A lot of our military platforms are trying to leverage commercially available components because sharing development costs with the commercial community (along with common operating costs) helps drive the prices down.
To get back to my original point, there are a ton of companies that have the technical skills to make such weapons. I have a team of people trying to bring more into the fray as we speak, given how the landscape of war has changed so dramatically since the Ukraine invasion. These companies see a business opportunity and are hungry. I hope it takes off because the Lockheed and Raytheon’s of the world have been sitting on their asses without competition for way too long and still get fat off price gouging. They still maintain a huge amount of leverage over the newer companies because they have cash to buy them out and fold them into the Defense Inc. machine. They also have their thumbs on elected officials and encourage billions of expenditures of systems the military is not even asking for because “jobs.”
There are plenty of technical skills, though. Most innovative commercial companies already possess the technical acumen and upstairs doing things like SBIRs are ripe with brilliant minds. People also don’t realize this, but doing business with the Government is actually a great thing because we fund the development. There is a misconception that these companies should be made right in the production phase because they spent years and gobs of their own money developing the product. Nope. They often times pitch an idea in response to development solicitations and We The People end up funding the development. That goes for upstarts and big businesses alike. When it eventually does get to the production phase, we also provide a way better cash flow metric than any private business, to the point companies like Lockheed have become addicted to it. During production on fixed price contracts, we don’t order something and then pay lump sum when the item is delivered. We often place the order and then institute progress payments monthly. If the contractor is a small business, we reimburse 90% of their costs incurred. If the contractor is a large business, we reimburse 80% of their costs incurred. Once the product is delivered and accepted on a line item basis, then we liquidate the remaining price. But that metric is very friendly toward industry.
As far as development and prototyping, we reimburse 100% of their costs during the project on a monthly basis for something like a cost reimbursable or cost plus fixed fee type contract.
That all is to say, the bigger problem is the stranglehold that we currently have. We’re doing our damndest to get out of it, but that won’t really break through until we de-puppetize Congress and get an actual adult in charge of the Pentagon…and one who actually understands how acquisitions work.
US attorney tasked with leading 'grand conspiracy' probe into Trump's foes resigns from DOJ
Jason Reding Quinones has stepped down, Attorney General Todd Blanche announced.
Jason Reding Quinones, the South Florida-based U.S. attorney tasked with leading a sweeping and controversial conspiracy probe targeting President Donald Trump's foes, has resigned from the Justice Department, Attorney General Todd Blanche announced.
Reding Quinones is the second high-level DOJ official to depart the Trump administration following Democrats' historic midterm wins, following Thursday's resignation by Trump ally Harmeet Dhillon from the department's Civil Rights Division.
Reding Quiñones is also the latest among several Trump-allied attorneys to step away from the so-called "grand conspiracy" probe launched by the DOJ to examine whether intelligence officials and other government actors organized in a criminal effort to violate President Trump's civil rights dating back to his 2016 campaign.
While the probe has ensnared numerous targets of President Trump in behind-the-scenes legal wrangling over subpoenas and grand jury testimony, it has thus far led to no criminal indictments in what sources have said is a source of frustration for President Trump and other top DOJ officials.
Reding Quinones' departure was seen as a foregone conclusion in recent weeks, according to sources, after DOJ leadership admonished him in private meetings for his lack of progress in the grand conspiracy investigation and his frequent trips to Washington, D.C.
"We are grateful for Jason's leadership in combatting violent crime, drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and transnational crime," Blanche said in a social media post announcing Reding Quinones' departure.
The Cavs appear very old on the court with James Harden leading the offense . Other teams are running and we are walking . In my opinion this Harden contract has officially ended our chances . we need to play the younger guys and speed things up versus slowing them down .
Pres. Trump Signs Order to Designate The Oval Office & Cabinet Room as National Monuments - 11/05/26
It seems this idiot has no idea that a new president can override, modify, or completely revoke an existing executive order issued by a previous president and that unless a presidential proclamation is authorized by congress it holds no legal value.
Does he really think presidents that proceed him are going to work in an office that looks like it was designed for an episode of Cribs?
And don't touch it or he'll come back and get you!
Much like arch I don't care for the trash talk by players. But if you're going to trash talk, have the resume' and ability to back it up. Vers lacks that.
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has been doubling down on the trash talk, which directly led to the Steelers destroying us
The Steelers had beaten the Browns 22 times in a row at home prior this game. I think laying the loss at the feet of Vers over a little trash taking is quite a reach.
I don't mind a little trash talking but if you're going to do it back it up at least somewhat. I heard that Verse has to get used to the D we play in comparison to what he played with the Rams. That's fine if true but how long is the learning curve going to be? He has the talent and the attitude to be a leader on this team but he needs to back it up with his play.
