Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General)

@Penguin Dragneel  
Think about the forum you’re asking that in.

@Penguin Dragneel  
What thread is this?

@Penguin Dragneel  

 
til talking about what politicians do is “making it political”.
 
Any other nuclear takes you’re fixing up for us? They’re always a hoot!

@The Smiling Pony  
You don’t even have any proof that the dude was sucking up to Trump.
 
I’m not defending them though. They’ve made some really stupid decisions.

@Mikey  
I was mainly refering to Trump, but it came out wrong.

@Background Pony #5EBE  
They relieved him of his command without putting forth an investigation. Even retired Navy servicemen found that as bizarre and this is along with the paranoid tirade the acting Navy Secretary went on over the intercom, berating the captain as stupid, it shows a lack of professionalism.

@Nightweaver20xx  

 
Now, I only know of this second hand, but AFAIK this is how the process goes.
 
States have the authority to schedule their primaries whenever they wish. But the General Election is hardcoded for a November date by the constitution itself. I’ve no doubt whatsoever Trump will try or at least say the General should be delayed, but until the (Conservative majority controlled) Supreme Court says otherwise, or unless Congress rushes out a new amendment, then there’s nothing he can do. The Election will happen in November.
 
In a hypothetical scenario, however, where the General doesn’t have for whatever reason, then Trump and Pence are still out by January 20th. According to the constitution each President and Vice President only serves a single term per election, and once that term is up they’re out. So if Trump and Pence aren’t reelected by January 20th, 12:01 a.m. then they aren’t President and Vice President anymore.
 
It’s here where things get weird from what I’ve been told. The line of succession says that after the P and VP the Speaker of the House would assume Office until next election. But all House Representatives are also up for reelection this November, so even the current Speaker (Pelosi in this case) won’t take Office because even her term as Speaker will be up. I thought they would then go next in the Line of Succession, but I’ve been told in this weird scenario it would actually fall upon the Senate to elect a President.
 
Thing is even in that hypothetical there’s about 30 senators up for reelection this November too. I didn’t get a straight answer on whether the remaining 70 or so senators get to vote on the next President, or if they wait until the state governors to declare their 30 respective replacement senators, after which the now full 100 will then vote on for a President.
 
All of this is a long way of saying you don’t need to worry about Trump stealing the election (though he is certain to try/say he should), but after that who knows.

@Typhoon2000
 
No, it wasn’t. There were and are genuine people in Cali who want to secede from the US, just like there are genuine people in Texas that want to secede, and genuine in Alaska that want to secede. Just because Russian trolls [allegedly] helped out doesn’t mean their movements are invalid, any more than gun control efforts being funded by the CCP (which really happens BTW) is invalid.
 
I’m of the opinion that devolution is better than civil wars or insurgencies, so if the Californians want to leave the union, let them!

@Apple Thor  
The tirade was wrong, I agree, but relieving him of command before an investigation is finished is not that stranhe if you consider the acting secretary was doubting the man’s abilities to lead.

The truth is Republicans don’t care about the virus, They only care about their pathetic corporate interests, They want chaos, They want people getting sick, And when people die because of their reckless actions, They won’t care a single bit.

@Background Pony #5EBE  
Would you doubt the judgement of a Navy Sectary if he cared more about information getting out over the lives of the men he is suppose to care for and then erupts into a paranoid tirade about the media over the intercom?

@Apple Thor  
I don’t know if he does care more about the info or their lives. The Navy is claiming aid was already on its way.

@Typhoon2000  
you got me at «Twitter do something»  
Twitter can’t stop a REVOLUTION!
 
Social networks are nothing but chains and control rods on a boiling population! And not Twitter or Facebook or TV have no more influence, as soon people no longer are in control, chaos will reign.
 
Get ready for the boogaloo, man! I’m organizing the secession of Franche-Comté from France and the EU.

@Background Pony #5EBE  
Oh Pelosi is here again.

@Background Pony #5EBE
 
Democrats doing what they do best. Cowering.
 

 
Thanks Obama!

@Background Pony #5EBE  

 
Its pretty clear what he cared for more and it certainly wasn’t the people aboard that vessel.

@Apple Thor  
I don’t think it is as clear as you believe it is.

@Patachu
 
Could you at least do me a solid and flog a FAMAS from the armouries? Me and my cohorts would like to get our hands on a working sample, as we’d like to see if we could reverse-engineer them and develop a version that can be made with additive manufacturing. Gun Jesus speaks very highly of the FAMAS, despite usually being leery towards bullpups, so it’ll be good if we could make a variant of it using the same techniques we use to make the FGC-9.
 
Anyhow, the guy who spearheaded NZ’s coronavirus response was done for flagrantly violating the rules he himself approved. Can’t wait for Stuart Nash to be done for having a huge collection of semi-autos that he didn’t hand in during the confiscation, lol.

@Patachu  
Supporters of the Iranian regime were behind the tweets  
I’m not joking, A lot of the profiles and comments have pro-regime comments  
Most Californians know it’s a sham

@Typhoon2000  

 
Then what are you freaking out about?

@Ereiam  
He likes to freak out. It’s a hobby since everyone is under quarantine.

@Scrabbleman  
I’m pretty sure he was already jumping at shadows before the quarantine.

@Ereiam  
He’s very enthusiastic about his hobby.

Wisconsin’s primary is back on.