For those like me who prefer reading over watching a video, I asked chatgpt to summarize it:

The video titled “Lost in the sauce: Stories Trump probably hoped you wouldn’t notice while he ‘flooded the zone’” discusses various actions taken by the Trump administration that have received little media attention due to the overwhelming number of controversial decisions being made simultaneously. Here are the key points summarized:

1. Budget Cuts to Head Start:

   • Trump proposed a budget that would eliminate the Head Start program, which provides preschool education to low-income families. This cut would significantly impact rural areas where alternative childcare options are scarce.

2. Disbanding AmeriCorps:

   • The administration abruptly terminated all AmeriCorps volunteer assignments, which are crucial for disaster response and community service. This decision came without warning and has led to legal actions from volunteers and state officials.

3. Staffing Issues at the National Weather Service:

   • Trump has fired numerous employees from the National Weather Service, resulting in significant staffing shortages. This has raised concerns about the accuracy of weather forecasts, especially as severe storm season approaches.

4. Monitoring Communications:

   • The administration is reportedly installing monitoring software on NOAA employees’ devices to prevent them from communicating with the press about the degradation of weather services.

5. Attempted Reductions at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB):

   • A drastic reduction in force was attempted at the CFPB, aiming to fire nearly all employees. However, a federal judge intervened, blocking the firings and expressing concern over the rushed nature of the administration’s actions.

6. Immigration Policies:

   • The video highlights the extreme measures taken against immigrants, including a specific incident involving a Tufts University doctoral student, Rumaiza Öztürk, who was detained by immigration agents. A federal judge ordered her to be returned to Vermont for a court hearing regarding her case.

The overall theme of the video emphasizes the extreme and often unnoticed actions of the Trump administration, which are overshadowed by the constant barrage of news and controversies. The speaker urges viewers to pay attention to these significant issues that could have lasting impacts on various communities^[1].

Hell yeah, seems like Ukraine is slowly achieving air superiority. That’s a game changer. More jets are still on the way.

I still think Europe should up its game and establish a no-fly zone in non-combat zones in Ukraine, freeing up the entire Ukraine fleet for frontline operations. That plan with 120 European jets needs to be put into action.

Air superiority would allow the Ukrainians to actually break the Russian lines instead of just holding them off. The drone warfare is crazy, but also a direct result of no side having air superiority.

Apparently not

What kind of moronic idea is this? How does giving away the most coveted technology help Europe in any way?

Yes, this is the sane take on this. Some weapon systems and ammunition are simply not available from European weapons manufacturers. Buying from the US is sometimes the only option until a European variant has been developed. It’s not as if the European MIC is going to catch up with all modern warfare technology in a matter of months. It takes years to develop a working system (like an MLRS for intercepting ballistic missiles) and some more years to set up a robust supply chain and start producing.

In order to forget, one must first have remembered something, so probably no.

I can see how some tariffs might help us compete with Mexico but are we really getting targeted by every other country or are we on the wrong side of this?

Waw, just… I can’t even…

Are they going to rename the freedom fries to vassal fries now?

The cognitive dissonance of this guy is unbelievable.

A simple kite would meet that requirement…

Sync is Spanish? Huh, I always assumed British or american based on the devs handle

Yeah, for the EU, China will have to open up its economy for open and fair competition, get rid of its IP sharing requirements and stop manipulating the Renminbi to keep it artificially low. Even then it should be quota based to stop them from dumping practices to take out local competitors.

Not expulsion, there is no mechanism for that. Voting right suspension and no cohesion funds are the maximum punishment possible under the EU constitution. That would require ratification by all other members though, so as long as there is one government (Slovakia being the most likely) blocking that, not much happens. That wouldn’t make the point moot to take those steps. Governments change and the groundwork can already be laid for it, or pressure piled on the blocking countries.

There is no way that will happen. Zuck bet large on Trump precisely for stuff like this. The FTC will be disbanded if they try to force this. More likely is that whoever doesn’t do Trumps bidding will be fired until they find someone who does.

And then what? He will just ignore them, then stack the courts if not simply replace the SC judges. Who is going to stop him at this point? He got away with every single crime in his life, of which there are too many to count. He’s ignoring court orders and ruling by illegal executive orders. Nothing but an armed insurrection is going to stop him now.

This ship has sailed and won’t change course without a mutiny.

I work in automotive and sometimes visit the plants. We still have a lot of manual labor because it is hard to automate certain things. But newer production lines definitely require less people as more steps are automated. We also are starting up the implementation of robots in the warehouses after running several proof of concepts in the past years.

Anyway, there are still plenty of factory jobs that are not just sitting behind a desk, but office space is increasing for sure as one automation engineer can now run a set of robots that does the work of what 10 people used to do.

If they had stopped for 2 minutes between lines of coke to think about this, they would’ve realized this about a decade ago.

Ban engagement driven algorithms!

Sounds like a win-win-win. A win for EU, a win for the UK and a gigantic loss framed as a win for the US

This graph probably not, but it’s one of the reasons why south east asian countries like Vietnam also got slapped with hefty tariffs. Not to mention the nefarious Penguin Kingdom.

Yes