Octopus Overlords

tjg_marantz wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2019 1:07 am Pence won't be around for 2020. Trump/Graham. Trump/McConnell.

At a time when the United States says China is aggressively spying on its government, a push by President Donald Trump to fix the system that determines who can and cannot be trusted with secrets is behind schedule and disorganized, according to U.S. officials and an internal agency report.

While the process for security clearance background checks has been broken for years, the Republican Trump administration delayed starting a revamp for months, said Senator Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee.

With a June 24 deadline for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to begin transferring thousands of employees and contractors to the Department of Defense under Trump’s plan, it is unclear when the overhaul will be completed, said four government sources who requested anonymity.

President Donald Trump's administration is threatening to furlough or lay off up to 150 employees at the Office of Personnel Management if Congress does not agree to eliminate the federal agency or find a new way to pay for the positions.

Members of Congress who oppose the administration's plan to kill off OPM and move its functions elsewhere called the plan an effort to intimidate lawmakers and contend it is an attack on federal workers' rights.

"After realizing they were not going to prevail on the merits of the proposal, the Trump Administration is taking 150 federal employees hostage unless we consent to a plan that has no rationale," said Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, D-Va.

Connolly, who chairs a government operations subcommittee that has jurisdiction over the agency, called the break-up plan "nothing more than a political gambit to give the White House control of our longstanding merit-based civil service system.”

Trump administration officials said furloughs and possibly layoffs may be necessary because the personnel agency is losing revenue after the transfer of one of its core functions: conducting background checks on prospective federal employees.

tjg_marantz wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2019 1:07 am Pence won't be around for 2020. Trump/Graham. Trump/McConnell.

hepcat wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2019 7:36 am

tjg_marantz wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2019 1:07 am Pence won't be around for 2020. Trump/Graham. Trump/McConnell.

Trump/Trump is his most fervent wish.

Max Peck wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2019 8:26 am It's weird that the Trump administration is working so hard to fuck up the agency responsible for conducting security clearance background checks.

Top secret: Trump's revamp of U.S. security clearances stumbling - officials, report

At a time when the United States says China is aggressively spying on its government, a push by President Donald Trump to fix the system that determines who can and cannot be trusted with secrets is behind schedule and disorganized, according to U.S. officials and an internal agency report.

While the process for security clearance background checks has been broken for years, the Republican Trump administration delayed starting a revamp for months, said Senator Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee.

With a June 24 deadline for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to begin transferring thousands of employees and contractors to the Department of Defense under Trump’s plan, it is unclear when the overhaul will be completed, said four government sources who requested anonymity.

Donald Trump team threatens to lay off employees if Congress doesn't eliminate agency

President Donald Trump's administration is threatening to furlough or lay off up to 150 employees at the Office of Personnel Management if Congress does not agree to eliminate the federal agency or find a new way to pay for the positions.

Members of Congress who oppose the administration's plan to kill off OPM and move its functions elsewhere called the plan an effort to intimidate lawmakers and contend it is an attack on federal workers' rights.

"After realizing they were not going to prevail on the merits of the proposal, the Trump Administration is taking 150 federal employees hostage unless we consent to a plan that has no rationale," said Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, D-Va.

Connolly, who chairs a government operations subcommittee that has jurisdiction over the agency, called the break-up plan "nothing more than a political gambit to give the White House control of our longstanding merit-based civil service system.”

Trump administration officials said furloughs and possibly layoffs may be necessary because the personnel agency is losing revenue after the transfer of one of its core functions: conducting background checks on prospective federal employees.

Zaxxon wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 9:37 pm Seriously, though, tweeting that edited version should really be grounds for removal immediately. That's about as brazen a disregard for the integrity of the office as can be.

Of course, we live in the upside-down now, so no GOP person will even bat an eyelash.

pr0ner wrote:

Zaxxon wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 9:37 pm Seriously, though, tweeting that edited version should really be grounds for removal immediately. That's about as brazen a disregard for the integrity of the office as can be.

Of course, we live in the upside-down now, so no GOP person will even bat an eyelash.

Not even the first time this week he's suggested staying in office beyond what is constitutionally allowed.

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Sun Jun 23, 2019 2:42 pm

pr0ner wrote:

Zaxxon wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 9:37 pm Seriously, though, tweeting that edited version should really be grounds for removal immediately. That's about as brazen a disregard for the integrity of the office as can be.

Of course, we live in the upside-down now, so no GOP person will even bat an eyelash.

Not even the first time this week he's suggested staying in office beyond what is constitutionally allowed.

Tbh, he's just doing this to pwn teh libs. It is 100% trolling, IMHO, and not to be taken seriously.

Holman wrote: ↑Sun Jun 23, 2019 4:03 pm

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Sun Jun 23, 2019 2:42 pm

pr0ner wrote:

Zaxxon wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 9:37 pm Seriously, though, tweeting that edited version should really be grounds for removal immediately. That's about as brazen a disregard for the integrity of the office as can be.

Of course, we live in the upside-down now, so no GOP person will even bat an eyelash.

Not even the first time this week he's suggested staying in office beyond what is constitutionally allowed.

Tbh, he's just doing this to pwn teh libs. It is 100% trolling, IMHO, and not to be taken seriously.

Although even a flirtation with flouting laws and norms prepares the ground for when he really does break them.

hepcat wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 9:34 pm I’m sure he doesn’t realize that was not meant to be complimentary.

President Donald Trump lambasted Twitter, Google and other technology giants on Wednesday for what he sees as their efforts to repress his messaging and public commentary.

“Twitter is just terrible, what they do. They don’t let you get the word out,” Trump told Fox Business Network. “I’ll tell you what, they should be sued because what’s happening with the bias — and now you see it with that executive yesterday from Google. The hatred for the Republicans: It’s not even like ‘Gee! Let’s lean Democrat.’”

“These people are all Democrats, it’s totally biased toward Democrats. If I announced tomorrow that I’m going to become a nice liberal Democrat, I would pick up five times more followers,” he said. Twitter’s shares took a temporary hit in premarket trading as the president spoke.

“What they did to me on Twitter is incredible,” he said. “I have millions and millions of followers, but I will tell you, they make it very hard for people to join me in Twitter and they make it very much harder for me to get out the message.”

TRUMP: "Europe treats us worse than China. Europe is -- you know, look, I come from Europe ... European nations were set up to take advantage of the United States."

hepcat wrote: ↑Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:23 pm

TRUMP: "Europe treats us worse than China. Europe is -- you know, look, I come from Europe ... European nations were set up to take advantage of the United States."

New York City is in Europe apparently.

hepcat wrote:

TRUMP: "Europe treats us worse than China. Europe is -- you know, look, I come from Europe ... European nations were set up to take advantage of the United States."

New York City is in Europe apparently.

TRUMP: "Europe treats us worse than China. Europe is -- you know, look, I come from Europe ... European nations were set up to take advantage of the United States."

hepcat wrote: ↑Wed Jun 26, 2019 1:20 pm Trump told Archduke Franz Ferdinand that the Black Hand was out to get him the day before he was shot. But does the press bring that up? Do they give Trump the credit he deserves for trying to avert WW1? Noooooo. They'd rather point out he wasn't even born yet.

Jeff V wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2019 2:13 pm

hepcat wrote: ↑Wed Jun 26, 2019 1:20 pm Trump told Archduke Franz Ferdinand that the Black Hand was out to get him the day before he was shot. But does the press bring that up? Do they give Trump the credit he deserves for trying to avert WW1? Noooooo. They'd rather point out he wasn't even born yet.

This belongs in the Alt-facts thread. There, Trump could have prevented WWI, cured cancer, and been the first human to walk on the surface of Uranus and it would be all perfectly legitimate.

hepcat wrote: ↑Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:23 pm

TRUMP: "Europe treats us worse than China. Europe is -- you know, look, I come from Europe ... European nations were set up to take advantage of the United States."

New York City is in Europe apparently.

Holman wrote: ↑Fri Jun 28, 2019 8:37 am Scenes from Donald Trump's press conference with Putin.

Come for the open mockery of election interference, stay for the shared hatred of journalists.

thread:

Smoove_B wrote:Our President, smiling and happy over the death of a senator. This is normal.