A message stating, “F*ck N****rs, Trump Rules” was found on @RhodesCollege campus. The individual who reported the message just admitted the whole thing was fabricated.
[NYPOST] The Idaho Board of Education approved efforts to ban diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in public universities on Wednesday.
After months of debating, the board unanimously agreed on a resolution that Idaho institutions cannot ''require specific structures or activities related to DEI.''
In summary, institutions ''shall establish and maintain equality of opportunity for all students regardless of personal identity characteristics,'' ''ensure that no central offices, policies, procedures, or initiatives are dedicated to DEI ideology'' and ''ensure that no employee or student is required to declare gender identity or preferred pronouns.''
The board defined DEI ideology as ''any approach that prioritizes 'personal identity characteristics' (race, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, or gender identity) over individual merit.''
In addition to banning mandatory gender identification, the board also prohibited diversity statements in hiring practices or any decisions regarding employment or education based on ''personal identity characteristics.''
The board also approved a resolution that mandated protections for free speech and expression on campuses.
''Institutions shall maintain political neutrality, protect speakers' rights to free expression, protect the safety of those participating in constitutionally protected speech, introduce campus communities to diverse viewpoints, and establish programs designed to educate students and faculty about the institutions' role as the marketplace of ideas,'' it read.
So when Biden and Harris were both quickly re-called, back to the White House Last night, naturally I checked the DEFCON level.
While the US overall is at DEFCON 3, the following are at DEFCON 2.: CENTCOM, Cyber Command, EUCOM, & INDOPACOM.
So what is up in the White House?
Is there a plan, in the works, to Stop Trump?
Maybe a Blanket Pardon for those involved in the: Illegal Coup, Justice System rigging, and/or vote tampering, that we have seen these last 4+ years?
#3
I think they will oust Jill Biden for more comprehensive pardons under Harris.
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When they all get together America needs to worry. I wonder what is going on..
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The US government has several factions - both the obvious ones and those more ambiguous. Many of them are weaponized. FWIW the conflicting messages the public is receiving may be due to infighting or positioning for same. Not trying to speculate beyond my pay grade but there are some very squirrely things going on right now. Tough to reach actionable conclusions with partial and deliberately misleading info in the mix. Of course - that may be the point . . .
#8
Red State this morning-"(CORRECTION - 12/20/24, 10:40 AM EDT: As was noted in Thursday's Morning Minute, Joe Biden's official schedule on Thursday always had him returning to the White House on Thursday night after traveling to Delaware for a memorial service on the anniversary of the death of his first wife, Neilia, and daughter Naomi."
As for Harris, it has been suggested she was needed in DC should a Senate Vote require her tie-breaking authority? FWIW
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] The Department of Justice has requested that a court block an attempt by Derek Chauvin's lawyers to re-examine George Floyd's heart.
Federal prosecutors in Minnesota filed a motion on Tuesday asking a judge to reconsider his decision to allow Chauvin's legal team to look at Floyd's heart tissue and bodily fluids, among other evidence, to prove whether or not he actually died of a heart condition.
The day before, US District Court Judge Paul Magnuson ruled that the former cop's team could examine the deceased man's autopsy report.
Prosecutors from the US District Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota argued the request stems 'solely from an email [Chauvin] received from an unvetted doctor offering a weaker version of the medical defense than the version that the jury had previously rejected at his state trial.'
The doctor, Kansas forensic pathologist William Schaetzel, contacted Chauvin's team after he entered his plea, proposing that Floyd had not died due to the officer kneeling on his neck for several minutes.
Chauvin's latest bid to have his conviction tossed cites 'ineffective assistance of counsel' from original defense attorney Eric Nelson, whom he says failed to relay to him Schaetzel's theory that Chauvin did not cause Floyd’s death.
Minnesota prosecutors argued that Chauvin's team choosing not to examine Floyd's heart at trial was a 'strategic decision that courts have recognized as "virtually unchallengeable."'
'And even if [the] defendant could establish unreasonable performance, he could not demonstrate prejudice from counsel's decisions,' they wrote.
'It defies belief that, if [the] defendant had been aware of a weaker medical defense theory than the one already rejected by his state jury, he would have chosen trial again, in the face of overwhelming evidence and a Guidelines sentence of life.'
Prosecutors also argued that Dr. Andrew Baker, who performed Floyd's autopsy, testified during the trial that he didn't believe that the man's paraganglioma - a benign tumor found in Floyd's pelvis - had anything to do with his death.
'I did look at it under the microscope,' he testified.
'The most likely diagnosis is a paraganglioma, but I have no reason to believe that had anything to do with Mr. Floyd's death.'
Prosecutors added: 'Discovery on Dr. Schaetzel's opinion would not alter the reasonableness of [Chauvin's] choices.'
On Monday, Judge Magnuson ruled that 'given the significant nature of the criminal case that Mr. Chauvin was convicted of' there was 'good cause to allow Mr. Chauvin to take the discovery that he seeks.'
Legal experts also agree that Chauvin ought to be allowed to view the autopsy.
Former Philadelphia Prosecutor David Gelman told Fox News: 'Chauvin should have every opportunity to exhaust his appeals just like any other defendant. If this was any other case, I bet the Justice Department wouldn't have objected.'
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Truth at the point where no difference can be made. The journalist are the same as the pollsters.
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#2
How is this a 'bombshell'? We've known this from day one.
was anything Biden signed legal? As swksvolFF mentioned, if no one witnessed Biden signing various ill and pardons, are they legal? Seems like they can be machine signed as well. Which mean they are noy legal.
#8
Those that hid this long suspected and demonstrated fact, in order to run their shadow government coup, should be charged with Treason.
Their trial televised.
If and when convicted, suffer the ultimate punishment.
Which should televised as a clear warning to others violating the Rights of others, and the US Constitution for personal gain.
#10
this from Feb 4 2021 where Joe says "what am I signing": https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/02/04/fact-check-experts-say-audio-biden-signing-ceremony-unclear/4372584001/
#11
The story isn't Biden's failing health which wasn't really covered up because that would have been physically impossible.
The story is the successful gaslighting operation conducted by the MSM and the political establishment that convinced a large cohort of the world public not to acknowledge obvious, plainly visible facts.
#13
IIRC the autosign machine can't just print the signature, it has to be connected to another machine and replicate an actual physical real-time signature to be considered legal.
He should have old man dementia shaky hands signature.
Airandee, you may be right, but they've been trying to walk that dog for 8 years.
Anyone familiar with Wills and them being contested because signed while not lucid and sober? It's a moon shot, but there is going to be a lot of discovery about those behind the pardonpalooza, and if that pardon can be challenged..
[DAILYMAIL.CO.UK] Tis the season for Dire Revenge! For President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. This Is A Man That Does Not Seem Demented... is spending the remaining weeks of his presidency settling scores.
Between organizing this year's White House Christmas decorations, staff holiday parties and a string of final goodbyes, the president and First Lady Jill Biden have been quietly sharpening the metaphorical carving knives, with their sights set firmly on the one-time allies they perceive as having wronged them.
Biden infuriated many senior members of the Democratic Party with his shocking U-turn and pardon of his son Hunter a fortnight ago, after months of publicly vowing he wouldn't make such a move.
The pardon came alongside the quiet commuting of around 1,500 sentences, including for the relative of a member of the Chinese Communist Party who had been caught with child porn on his computer.
Now, sources say, the first lady has been egging her husband on to further inflame fury among his colleagues.
'Jill views Democrats ...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy,white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects... on Capitol Hill, the [wider] party, the Obamas, staff inside and outside the White House, the media, and all of Washington DC with such misguided resentment that I can't imagine she [isn't] encouraging [Joe] to burn the whole thing down, despite his better judgment,' an insider said.
A particular target for the First Couple is said to be former house speaker Nancy San Fran Nan Pelosi Congresswoman-for-Life from the San Francisco Bay Area, born into a family of professional politicians. On-again-off-again Speaker of the House. It's not her fault when they lose, but it's her accomplishment when they win. Noted for her heavily botoxed grimace and occasional senior... uhhh... moments... , who led the effort to push Biden out of the 2024 election race — personally calling him and demanding he quit in the hours before he withdrew on June 21.
The pair had been friends for some 50 years, but a maimed Biden has since been giving her the silent treatment. Any repair in relations is thought to be unlikely.
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I don’t think we will see the blanket pardons for Dems that folks are predicting.
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[HotAir] Well, you certainly could have fooled us. Plan A for Speaker Mike Johnson was to collaborate with Democrats to pass a CR and partial omnibus with lots of pork for everyone. When that collapsed in a hailstorm of recrimination, Plan B relied on House Republicans to unite on a purer CR with a debt-ceiling lift. Once again, House Republicans refused to take "yes" for an answer in an embarrassing floor vote last night.
Now Johnson is telling reporters that a Plan C to avoid a government shutdown tonight is emerging, although no one knows what it might entail.
So what are the options for Plan C? Punchbowl News looks at four options, the first of which is a non-starter -- putting Plan B up for another vote, this time through Rules. That would be a great plan, except that you'd need all of the Republicans to vote for it. So ...
2) A negotiated settlement. Although Trump might not like it, Democrats have a price. Johnson can get together with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and figure out what Democrats need to support a bill to fund the government past tonight.
The problem for Johnson is this runs the risk of both dividing the House Republican Conference and angering Trump by trying to again cut a deal with Jeffries. Democrats have to be convinced Johnson won’t renege again, as well as being able to deliver enough votes. Sources close to Jeffries say they can deliver the votes. The question is can Johnson?
3) Drop the debt-limit increase. If Johnson were to drop the debt-limit increase from Thursday’s bill, that might be an attractive option for Republicans and even some Democrats. Remember, that’s a three-month CR with disaster funding and an extension of the farm bill. With a shutdown just hours away, this isn’t a bad move.
Plus, many Republicans are truly opposed to Trump’s call to extend the debt limit now. Congress is six months ahead of any debt-limit deadline. Also, Trump also dropped this demand into lawmakers’ laps two days before a shutdown.
4) A short-term CR. There was some talk inside the GOP leadership and among rank-and-file members about a short-term CR to fund federal agencies until early or mid-January. But this wouldn’t change the current reality: Johnson has a very small majority, he has to deal with a volatile incoming president, face down an emboldened mega-billionaire with a social media platform and has a generally uncooperative House Republican Conference.
Of all these options, #3 looks like the most viable. It doesn't require much support from Democrats and allows a Republican Senate to then deal with the debt ceiling. It also allows the skinnier CR without the CRomnibus spending and weird nomenclature changes to pass so that all of the future spending decisions can get made with Republican control of both floors in Congress.
ANNA PAULINA LUNA just came out of the speakers office and said there will be a vote on “something very similar to yesterday.”
She said Rs will not negotiate with Dems.
She also said vote at 10, which I’ve been told is an ambitious internal leadership goal not meant to be…
Update: Politico suggests that the debt ceiling is the real prize, and that both Trump and Johnson think this is the right time to have the fight:
Right or wrong, there also seems to be a belief among some people close to Trump that some sort of debt ceiling disaster is around the corner and thus this needs to be dealt with now.
Behind that thinking is a fear that Democrats are so eager to trip up Trump, that when the debt ceiling next needs to be raised, they’ll demand the GOP make politically impossible concessions. Republicans will then either cave to Democrats’ demands or they’ll cause a breach of the debt ceiling, precipitating an economic catastrophe in Trump’s first year back in office.
Under this logic, these Trump world figures argue that it’s better to face a shutdown now to try to resolve the issue.
#4
The Swamp creatures don't understand yet that the game and the rules have changed. This last vote was all the same old $hit. The people won't stand for that anymore and neither will the Don I don't believe.
#5
The Swamp creatures don't understand yet that the game and the rules have changed. This last vote was all the same old $hit. The people won't stand for that anymore and neither will the Don I don't believe.
#7
No hide the ball in a mire of detail, pork and many pages to insure that bills never get read. The bill comes out of committee loaded with pork by the lobbyists and is shoved at Congress for a full vote at the last minute. Then you get an asinine statement by the Speaker of the House saying "You've got to pass the bill to read it."
How about short single issue stand-alone bills for an up or down vote?
I wonder what caused her hair to turn purple like that? Was she frightened by a grape?
Separately, Congresswoman DeLauro is the most senior Democrat on the House appropriations committee, so her meltdown is legitimate. Just think how much more of the same she has to look forward to during at least the next two years and probably longer.
#3
It looks like reflection from an overhead blue light.
Blue lights are often used to brighten and whiten the room and people within to make them look better on television. Normal lights are sorta warmish by their nature, thus blue is added.
#4
I think it is time for Musk to market a line of congressional action figures.
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Gollum, gollum!
Usually, Seeking, yes, but she is one of the pioneers of politicians and pundents to use clown props. What you may not want to know, is how much you paid for her to have it done.
#4
No Hillary !
We are seeing proven, logical, economic financial mgt, from people that earn their $$$$$ and did not steal it, like those in the DC Swamp.
#5
Hillary, how can we miss you if you won't go away?
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If they shut down the GIVERnment and no one notices. Then Elon and Vivek's job is complete. The essential parts of GIVERnment will continue to operate.
[FoxNews] Elon Musk on Thursday sought to blame House Democrats for the failed spending bill, posting on X that the “plan b” legislation as a “super fair” and “simple bill” that earned the votes of just two Democrats in the chamber.
The new spending deal, which was wrangled to the floor for a vote by House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., Thursday, one day after Musk and President-elect Trump heavily opposed the first, bipartisan spending bill, failed to clear the House by a 174-235 vote.
Just two Democrats voted for the legislation, which Musk noted on Twitter.
“A super fair & simple bill was put to a vote and only 2 Democrats in Congress were in favor,” he said, adding that therefore, “responsibility for the shutdown rests squarely on the shoulders” of House minority leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.
Still, the number of Republicans who ultimately failed to fall in line Thursday evening could signal larger challenges ahead for Trump, who had sought to bend Johnson and others in the chamber’s GOP majority to his political will and pass through a new bill with a higher debt ceiling.
Thirty-eight Republicans also voted against the legislation, signaling more troubles potentially on the horizon.
Mr. Musk is climbing a steep learning curve, but I have faith he’ll figure it out. And in the meantime, the government shutdown is like being thrown in the briar patch for the Trump contingent of the Republican Party.
So what are the options for Plan C? Punchbowl News looks at four options, the first of which is a non-starter -- putting Plan B up for another vote, this time through Rules. That would be a great plan, except that you'd need all of the Republicans to vote for it. So ...
2) A negotiated settlement. Although Trump might not like it, Democrats have a price. Johnson can get together with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and figure out what Democrats need to support a bill to fund the government past tonight.
The problem for Johnson is this runs the risk of both dividing the House Republican Conference and angering Trump by trying to again cut a deal with Jeffries. Democrats have to be convinced Johnson won’t renege again, as well as being able to deliver enough votes. Sources close to Jeffries say they can deliver the votes. The question is can Johnson?
3) Drop the debt-limit increase. If Johnson were to drop the debt-limit increase from Thursday’s bill, that might be an attractive option for Republicans and even some Democrats. Remember, that’s a three-month CR with disaster funding and an extension of the farm bill. With a shutdown just hours away, this isn’t a bad move.
Plus, many Republicans are truly opposed to Trump’s call to extend the debt limit now. Congress is six months ahead of any debt-limit deadline. Also, Trump also dropped this demand into lawmakers’ laps two days before a shutdown.
4) A short-term CR. There was some talk inside the GOP leadership and among rank-and-file members about a short-term CR to fund federal agencies until early or mid-January. But this wouldn’t change the current reality: Johnson has a very small majority, he has to deal with a volatile incoming president, face down an emboldened mega-billionaire with a social media platform and has a generally uncooperative House Republican Conference.
Of all these options, #3 looks like the most viable. It doesn't require much support from Democrats and allows a Republican Senate to then deal with the debt ceiling. It also allows the skinnier CR without the CRomnibus spending and weird nomenclature changes to pass so that all of the future spending decisions can get made with Republican control of both floors in Congress.
#11
Shutting it down would be a great DOGE moment.
From one of my feeds: But it will ruin Christmas!
You know what, pal, my whole fucking year has be a ruin because of the last four years policy. I just paid for Christmas Dinner food, guess what's ruined; my bank account, that's what.
People talking about a 2% raise, if any, and you fucks want a payroll bump bigger than Hunter with a gold card.
#12
My biggest problem with a government "shutdown" is that they always shut down the things the public will notice the most. During one of the recent shutdowns they deliberately shut down things like the Washington Monument and the WWII memorial.
Of course, agencies do the same thing whenever their funding is threatened. Threaten the National Park service - they shutdown the Washington monument.
[NATIONALREVIEW] The Biden administration is allowing Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, and eleven other states to impose a gas-powered car ban by 2035 and to move forward with an electric vehicle mandate, a move that could set up a legal battle with the incoming Trump administration if it decides to revoke the regulations.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday it granted California's waiver request to implement a regulatory package designed to scale down the use of gas-powered cars and facilitate an increase in the number of electric vehicles on the market.
The EPA reports to the president so their handwavium can be countered by his executive order. Didn’t the US Supreme Court recently rule that bureaucratic edict does not have the force of law?
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The EPA green light for this CA rule cannot easily be undone. It will screw over our logistics fleet nationwide. If it was an EPA rule, it could be undone. Allowing the CA rule is not something that Trump can reverse. The best solution for this is for Paxton and friends to sue CA. That automatically goes to the Supreme Court.
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[MSN] On the eve of former President Donald Trump ...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US... 's return to power, a new report is turning the story of the 2021 Capitol incursion on its head.
For four years, a Democratic-run "select" committee on Jan. 6, anti-Trump Republicans, and the establishment media have blamed Trump for the violence in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, but the report released Tuesday accused Trump's acting defense secretary at the time, Christopher Miller, of defying Trump's specific orders.
It's the very first finding of the report, and it paints a scathing picture of Nancy San Fran Nan Pelosi Congresswoman-for-Life from the San Francisco Bay Area, born into a family of professional politicians. On-again-off-again Speaker of the House. It's not her fault when they lose, but it's her accomplishment when they win. Noted for her heavily botoxed grimace and occasional senior... uhhh... moments... 's "select" committee -- and former Rep. Liz Cheney ...dynastic pseudo-Republican politician from Wyoming, daughter of Richard Cheney. She was a part of the farcicle January 6th bipartisan committee, which resulted in over 1200 political prisoners being tossed into an American gulag. Cheney was roundly trounced in the next election, but that didn't let the prisoners out, did it? She will kept her pension.... 's role in the whole affair.
The report, "On the Failures and Politicization of the January 6 Select Committee," cited transcripts from interviews conducted by the Department of Defense Inspector General into the events surrounding the incursion.
In an interview with the IG, former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley, a now-retired Army general, described Trump's words at a Jan. 3, 2021, meeting to prepare for the meeting of Congress to certify the results of the still-disputed 2020 election.
Milley summed up Trump's statement as:
"Hey, I don't care if you use Guard, or soldiers, active-duty soldiers, do whatever you have to do. Just make sure it's safe."
To most Americans, that would sound like an order from a commander in chief to his subordinate, but Miller told Nancy Pelosi's rigged Jan. 6 Committee that he chose to consider it "banter," the report noted on page 69.
Was it not his duty, then, to ask the question and get clarity? When you assume…
In fact, he told the IG interviewers, according to page 68 of the report: "There was absolutely -- there is absolutely no way I was putting U.S. Military forces at the Capitol.''
In addition, Miller told the Jan. 6 committee that he was influenced by a commentary piece published by The Washington Post on Jan. 3, 2021, signed by all 10 living former defense secretaries, calling on Miller by name to "refrain from any political actions that undermine the results of the election or hinder the success of the new team."
#3
How and why was this not leaked sooner? Well, I imagine the answer encompasses a genuine conspiracy. Yep, a real, live bunch of criminals framing a former President and jailing his supporters.
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#4
I really believe once he's convicted of treason, he should be burned at the stake on the white house lawn.
#5
Wasn't Trump systematically fed misinformation about troop deployments during the last year of his term, effectively removing him from the position of CiC?
Ignoring orders given by a person who was de facto no longer recognized as command authority would have been logically consistent.
#7
"Hey, I don't care if you use Guard, or soldiers, active-duty soldiers, do whatever you have to do. Just make sure it's safe."
Banter isn't something that matches the context, and clearly is cover for disobedience in this case! Trump was expressing his intent, and clearly by including the Guard, addressing the Posse Comitatus aspect of the issue...
Commanders Intent defined:
"Commander's intent is a key principle of the Army's mission command approach to command and control. It's a clear description of the desired end state of an operation, and it's the unifying focus for all subordinate elements.
Here are some components of commander's intent:
Expanded purpose: The greater purpose of the operation and its relation to the entire force
Key tasks: The activities the force must perform to achieve the desired end state
Conditions: The conditions that define the end state
Commander's intent is critical because it:
Helps communicate the vision clearly
Links the mission, concept of operations, and tasks to subordinate units Allows subordinate commanders to make decisions that fit within the higher commander's intent"
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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[NYPOST] The 
...every time you hear the phrase 
...dynastic pseudo-Republican politician from Wyoming, daughter of Richard Cheney. She was a part of the farcicle January 6th 
