March 5, 2025

Supreme Court won't lift lower court order unfreezing foreign aid funds

Source: CBS

The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to halt a lower court order that required the Trump administration to unfreeze nearly $2 billion in foreign-aid funding, clearing the way for the money to flow to groups that have done work for the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development overseas.

The decision from the high court ends a pause Chief Justice John Roberts issued last week to allow the high court time to more fully consider a request from the Trump administration to intervene in the ongoing court battle over a 90-day pause on foreign assistance funds.

The chief justice issued a brief administrative last Wednesday — with a midnight deadline for foreign aid payments approaching — before the full court acted on President Trump's bid for emergency relief.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-foreign-aid-usaid/

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Now we will find out whether they go full fascist or not. Will they try to ignore the Supreme Court?

January 23, 2025

Trump signs order directing release of JFK assassination files

Source: The Hill

President Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing the release of federal government documents related to the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy, former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.

The order directs the director of national intelligence and attorney general to present a plan within 15 days for the “full and complete release of records relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.”

“I have now determined that the continued redaction and withholding of information from records pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is not consistent with the public interest and the release of these records is long overdue,” the order states.

“And although no Act of Congress directs the release of information pertaining to the assassinations of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I have determined that the release of all records in the Federal Government’s possession pertaining to each of those assassinations is also in the public interest,” the order continues.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5103512-trump-executive-order-jfk-assassination-documents/amp/

January 3, 2025

Biden decides to block U.S. Steel sale to Japanese buyer

Source: Washington Post

President Joe Biden has decided to officially block Nippon Steel’s proposed purchase of U.S. Steel, a once-iconic American company whose sale to a foreign buyer he publicly opposed for months, according to two administration officials who were not authorized to speak publicly about the matter.

Barring an unforeseen change of heart, which the officials do not expect, a White House announcement of the presidential finding is planned as soon as Friday.

Biden opted to kill the deal despite intense efforts by some of his senior advisers to sway him in recent days, who warned that rejecting a sizable investment from a top Japanese corporation could damage U.S. relations with Japan.

Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel have vowed to pursue legal action against the government, claiming it failed to follow proper procedures during its consideration of the acquisition.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/02/biden-blocks-nippon-us-steel-deal/

August 31, 2024

Video: Nancy Pelosi on 1/6 and the threats against her

Madam Speaker says "I signed up for this"

Compare that to Trump's constant whining about how bad he has it every time someone says something mean.

August 7, 2024

New audio of Trump praising Walz's response to the Floyd protests

https://x.com/kamalahq/status/1821285528504877347

Oh boy. Another attack line is DOA.

Apologies for the Xitter link. It’s not posted anywhere else at the moment that I can find.

August 2, 2024

Buttigieg reportedly cutting an event short tomorrow for "unforeseen scheduling constraints"

https://x.com/adamwren/status/1819156144587526184

This is after Shapiro and Beshear cancelled events.

Could be nothing. Could be entirely unrelated. We’ll see.

August 1, 2024

Al Franken "looked into it" and...

https://x.com/alfranken/status/1818824176053911737

July 31, 2024

Trump's NABJ meltdown is a preview of what a debate with Harris would look like

He cannot stand being challenged by a woman, but he absolutely loses his mind when challenged by a woman of color.

His performance today makes me hope he does debate. He was scheduled for an hour and left after 30 minutes. Imagine him being forced to stand on a stage for 90 minutes while Harris demolishes him. He would lose his goddamn mind with a way larger audience.

July 18, 2024

This meme just about sums up what's going on right now

July 14, 2024

After RFK was shot, he asked "Is everybody OK?"

That was his immediate instinct: concern for others.

Trump’s first instinct was to put his Secret Service detail at even more risk than they already were just so he could pump his fist for a photo-op.