[CapitolNewsService] With President-elect Donald Trump entering the Oval Office in January with a Republican majority in Congress, his administration may wield an influential tool to establish its deregulation agenda from the get-go: an obscure law called the Congressional Review Act (CRA).
Experts anticipate that the CRA will be applied liberally as Trump works to deliver on his promises to reverse many of Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration policies.
When Trump became president in 2017 – after two terms served by Democratic President Barack Obama – he made quick use of the CRA, disapproving 16 rules.
“I think there’s a lot of interest from Republicans on the Hill to get as many of these (joint resolutions of disapproval through the CRA) across the line as they feasibly can,” Dan Goldbeck, director of regulatory policy at the American Action Forum, an independent, nonprofit organization that analyzes domestic economic issues from a center-right perspective, told Capital News Service. “I would not be surprised to see them exceed their 2017 total.”
The CRA allows an incoming administration that follows a preceding administration of an opposing party to overturn rules created by federal agencies. Congress must agree to the reversals through joint resolutions of disapproval.
Once a resolution of disapproval has been passed by both chambers of Congress and signed by the president, the targeted regulatory rule is void and the federal agency that drafted it is blocked from introducing another rule in “substantially the same form.”
“This has been four years of a liberal Biden administration,” Sarah Hay, a policy analyst at The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center, told CNS. “Going into next year, there’s going to be unified Republican control of both Congress and the presidency. This is the lightest lift way to overturn regulations issued by a prior administration that you disagree with.”
Passed in 1996 under President Bill Clinton, the CRA is used most often after a presidential transition in which there is a switch in party affiliation in the White House. The CRA allows a new Congress and president to look back to the previous Congress within 60 working days before the session’s end and overturn final rules issued by federal agencies.
When the 119th Congress convenes in January, those regulations issued during the 118th Congress within the lookback period are subject to review and potential action. While regulations aren’t actually passed by Congress, the body grants appropriate federal agencies the authority to issue regulations.
Doubling down, the CRA also provides an expedited procedure for the Senate to avoid the threat of the filibuster under certain criteria, requiring only a 51-vote simple majority.
“That makes it a very attractive tool,” Steven Balla, co-director of The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center, said. “Under normal legislative procedure (the Senate) needs a filibuster-proof majority, which is going to be essentially impossible for them to come by when it comes to disapproving Biden administration regulations. It provides a way around some of those super majoritarian constraints in the Senate.”
The first Trump administration’s reversal of 16 rules marked the largest single batch of rule disapprovals in history and topped the total previous reversals combined under earlier administrations.
[NotTheBee] I don't know if it's on purpose, or that Washington journalists are so deep in the bubble that they don't realize how much their preconceived notions have infected their reporting (probably a mix of both), but I have never seen the media report on a demonstration that I have personally attended that was absent of obvious cherry picking and bias.
This year's "People's March" was no exception.
Here is the photo the Washington Post used to kick off their article on the march, "Thousands rally at People's March in D.C. to protest Trump."
See lots of illustrative photos at the link.
Looks packed!
I've mentioned before the media trick of framing a tight shot in order to create the illusion of a massive rally.
Here's that same crowd (a little later, but the density of that one spot obviously changed little). I'm back further than The Post shot so you can see some media folks scrupulously filming the most concentrated part of the gathering.
Now, let's pan over a little, towards the direction of the stage that was erected on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in line with the Washington Monument in the background.
When you're looking through a crowd, it always looks dense, but upon closer examination you can see it's pretty sparse over there save for people jammed in the narrow space between the stage and the reflecting pool.
The Post said "thousands rally" and I'll give them that. Three thousand? Maybe four, given the people I saw leaving as I was walking in about halfway through. I'll give them some credit for the crowd given the dreary day and the impending snow storm the next day, but a lot of effort was put in to put up a stage, video screens, and a sound system for a relatively small crowd.
They must be disappointed.
I have never been to a lefty protest or rally that did not have the socialists out in full force.
I have also never heard this reported, or at least highlighted in any way.
(Like all these protests, it was a mishmash of special interests and identity politics, and it looked like groups were leaving once their narrow concerns had been addressed.)
[FoxNews] Media outlets are calling it ‘grassroots’ anti-Trump sentiment, but confidential documents reveal it’s more AstroTurf
As anti-Trump protesters swarmed the steps below the Lincoln Memorial Saturday, media outlets painted a feel-good portrait. NBC4 Washington declared on social media: "Grassroots groups are descending on the capital for the People’s March before President-elect Trump’s inauguration." The Associated Press reported that anti-Trump "demonstrators" "converge" on Washington, D.C., for protests led by the Women’s March, a "grassroots movement."
While this positive media coverage may have captured the energy of ordinary protesters, they omitted one critical detail: the name of for-profit professional machine behind the protest.
Far from a spontaneous outpouring of civic action, the event was coordinated by Movement Catalyst LLC, a for-profit company based in Silver Spring, Md., and the official permit holder for the protests, according to a copy of the permit, which I obtained from the U.S. National Park Service. In the 1990s, covering international trade for the Wall Street Journal, I was among the first reporters to put the term "AstroTurf" into the paper’s pages, describing a coalition against tariffs on minivans that the auto industry called "grassroots" but was actually manufactured by an industry lobbying group. Protest organizing isn’t much different nowadays, and today’s "People’s March" is more AstroTurf than "grassroots." So too is the march planned for Monday, when we can expect more aggressive rabble-rousers to show up, as I reported earlier this week.
A plan, marked "Confidential Document - Not for Distribution"
Whoops! So much for that plan…
and submitted as part of the permit application, reveals that Movement Catalyst and its team of professional protest organizers coordinated everything from security to dumpster pickups, "port-a-potties" and a meticulously detailed "run of show,"
So, what is Movement Catalyst LLC? According to Washington, D.C., government records, it is a limited liability corporation established in February 2021. On its website, Movement Catalysts promotes its for-profit services, writing it’s an "experienced and interdisciplinary team of strategists, organizers, campaigners, and researchers" who launch "strategic projects to meet the moment," partnering with organizations to "expand their ability to have an impact, and anchor movement infrastructure." Its officials didn’t respond to a request for comment.
The People’s March is one of those "strategic projects," and the company’s services include "strategy & campaign development" and "creative protests & events." A look at its funding reveals the scale of its operations. In 2021, Movement Catalyst LLC received $592,050 from the New York-based Sustainable Markets Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit for "web campaign development," according to its IRS Form 990 filing. Then, in 2023, Philadelphia-based Workers United, working on "organizing the unorganized collective bargaining," paid Movement Catalyst LLC a total of $319,600, according to its tax filing. The services provided? "CONSULTANT." This is far from a "grassroots," mom-and-pop operation run over a kitchen table.
The confidential document lists four top officials at Movement Catalyst, as "protest leads":
Abby Henderson, a partner at Movement Catalyst and the organization’s registered agent, is the protest’s "Production and Vendor Lead."
Bill Ragen, a partner at Movement Catalyst, is the "Production and Vendor Lead."
Liz Butler, another partner at Movement Catalyst," is also "Production and Vendor Lead."
Samantha "Sam" Miller, a "collaborator" at Movement Catalyst, is in charge of "Overall Coordination." On the National Park Service application, she is the "person in charge." Miller was the director at a previous professional protest company, DC Action Lab, that the Women’s March and others hired to mount protests during the first Trump administration.
The "PRODUCTION SCHEDULE" and "RUN OF SHOW/RALLY PROGRAM" was scripted with leaders and performers from many big-money organizations, including the Women’s March, Popular Democracy in Action, Standing Up for Racial Justice, Harriet’s Wildest Dreams and Dream Defenders. Movement Catalyst promised to provide at least 750 "identifiable marshals," each wearing "hi-visibility vests and volunteer credentials."
It’s always interesting to see the details that they planned to keep secret from the normies.
But Richard Pollock has even more:
As the “People’s March” was free from violence, the next one up is the ANSWER Coalition, which occurs on Monday.
ANSWER is potentially the most unruly and unpredictable group. The leaders say they expecte to draw about 15,000 people. They most likely will celebrate Hamas’ ceasefire with Israel.
The last time ANSWER was in Washington, they were protesting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before a Joint Session of Congress. After the rally, some protesters rioted, police were assaulted, American flags burned and there was the desecration of monuments -- with one that was spray painted with a warning: “Hamas Is Coming.”
Ryan Mauro, who investigates extremist groups for the nonprofit Capital Research Center has exposed ANSWER as supporting Iran’s “Axis of Resistance,” which includes Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis in Yemen along with the mullahs of Iran.
Ryan reported in a January 8 column that “ANSWER signed a statement declaring its endorsement of the Iran-led “Axis of Resistance” coalition of terrorist groups like Hamas and siding with Russia over Ukraine.
Expect unpredictability with the ANSWER Coalition.
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The difference of 1 day Jan 19th Biden vs Trump Jan 20th.
Under the Trump's Admin,
The Fed's & States will be expected to follow the US Constitution and the Bill Of Rights. Under Trump, a person can exercise their right to say and do stupid things. As long as it does no physically harm others. All w/o fear of being jailed, assaulted, Lawfare'd or shot.
Unlike the Biden Regime (2021-2024),
which acted like a Coup / Dictator with a pardoned / excused agenda ___ enforcement division. (note: I did not use "Law")
As the pictures clearly show.
They are 4% that makes up the nut factory.
They are comprised of Uber Left Liberals, National Socialist-Democrats and people just any cause for a place to bitch, moan and groan.
BTW:
Someone forgot to tell the Peoples March idiots, that the "National Socialist-Democrats Party" mixed in with them. Has pretty much the same 100-year-old NAZI party agenda, just gone way far Left. Their protests and actions under a NSDP regime, would have them jailed w/o a trial, hung, gassed or shot.
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It will become the new hajj for the voting blocks the Democrat's have courted for the last half century. The homosexuals, NORML, Greenpeace, return to the dark ages pre-renaissance Palestinian (or whatever they are, expat Arabs) cos players, can't leave out NAMBLA or Dudes for Harris. I'm trying to be all inclusive. If I forget anyone, I apologize. Who would want that anchoring any part of one's hold on their plebiscite?
Shortly after Donald Trump’s inauguration eight years ago, half a million people headed onto the streets of Washington DC to protest the new president.
Now, as Mr Trump prepares for his return to office, an attempt to repeat the event and stir up mass resistance to the Republican fell flat. One unimpressed attendee described it as “disappointingly tiny”, while another said turnout was “unfortunate”.
For an event that billed itself as the “People’s March”, not a lot of people ended up marching.
Protesters lined the reflecting pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday to listen to speakers who branded Mr Trump a “Nazi”, condemned the evils of colonisation, and declared that anti-Semitism had been “weaponised”.
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