I think we all knew something like this was gonna happen.
Hizzoner Judge Theodore Chuang, whose parents immigrated from Taiwan, was appointed by President Obama in 2014. He could do none else.
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A federal judge has ruled that actions taken by Musk and DOGE to close USAID were unconstitutional and has ordered DOGE officials to reinstate basically all of USAID's functionality. pic.twitter.com/ny8t96mVmc
LOL. The entire judiciary has apparently decided to light itself on fire while John Roberts stands by mumbling to himself about how he’s protecting the sacred legal guild from Trump tweets. https://t.co/psIlV4sclK
#3
Musk is merely an advisor. The actions are taken by officers of the United States. The judge is operating on misinformation spread by the Party Media(tm).
#5
It is long past time for Congress to abolish whatever Federal court Chuang serves on, and ensure he never again holds any federal office, except perhaps shoveling manure out of the stables for the horses at Arlington National Cemetery. Note I am not advocating impeachment but abolish of his tainted federal court. Unfortunately, this action by Congress would require Congress to take action.
#9
Judge ruled the shutdown as "unconstitutional" because USAID was created by the legislative branch and the executive branch therefore can't abort it (side note: first "pro-life" ruling by an Obama judge ever).
Unfortunately for the judge's argument, UDAID was created by JFK via executive order, not Congress.
#10
I can understand Chief Justice Roberts' reluctance to dirty his hands with this flaming dog turd. Short of giving a civics lesson on the 3 branches of government, maybe he could ask his side to tone it down a bit. Otherwise, the Supremes are going to have a busy season cleaning up the mess.
#11
I sincerely hope this was anticipated and that there is a plan to deal with it. Right now it's starting to look like they'll just tie Trump's hands for the next 4 years.
#12
I don't see Trump jumping up and reversing any of the things these judges keep saying he's supposed to reverse. Sure, his side makes their court hearings, but I'm not seeing any hurry to do what those clowns are asking him to do.
#13
Who is doing the spreadsheet of orders, rulings, appeals, judgements, SCOTUS hearings, etc.?
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I keep remembering Senator John Kennedy saying he did not know some of the things USAID was doing. If the allocations of funds were not specifically spelled out by Congress, it seems to me that Trump should have some leeway.
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I dont recall if I said this here, but the Constitution is fairly clear with things, and one thing is very clear and that is the Constitution does not give judges any enforcement mechanism because it is not their role, and was never envisioned to be their role. Separations of Power.
#17
Trump is flooding the zone with action. An interesting effect of his plan is that the leftists are using every corrupt judge in their stable for countermeasures. I don’t think the have many in reserve. They are all identified.
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#17 - good point, and they're providing Op Infor for any future advancement
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This is going to be dragged out to midterms. The Donks will have to run defending fraud, waste, graft, and abuse. The 20 percent that are integrated to the legacy media won't know, but everyone else will.
And she deleted her LinkedIn. Her identical twin is on X and just as bad. This is Romney's Bain Capital. Was its well known co-investment company of Criminals, Presidents, Dictators, Kings and Central bankers - better known as The Carlyle Group - involved too?
Bibi Netanyahu worked there for several years alongside Mitt Romney, but he turned out ok…
WOW! It's not just Judge Boasberg's daughter in the non-profit game, apparently his sister Margaret and her Bain Capital husband Christopher Bierly are also big players shoveling cash into the NGO financial underground.https://t.co/xDNMmYEoe1pic.twitter.com/0heRbzPSxR
[PJMedia] The latest scandal for the former Biden administration has exploded into the spotlight thanks to Trump’s declaration Sunday night that Biden's pardons are "VOID, VACANT, AND NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT" because they were signed via autopen, and Biden may not have authorized them.
The lingering question, of course, is who may have been using the autopen on Biden’s behalf without his knowledge or consent. An explosive New York Post report revealed a disturbing pattern of potential power abuse within the Biden White House, centered around the controversial use of the presidential autopen.
One Biden White House source told The Post they suspect that a key aide to the then-president may have made unilateral determinations on what to auto-sign. The Post is not publishing that staffer's name due to the lack of concrete evidence and refutations by other colleagues.
The Biden aide, who did not respond to requests for comment, would frequently make mention of what "the boss" wanted, the source said, but compatriots would have "no idea" if it was true because the internal culture was to not ask questions.
While the New York Post didn’t name the staffer, speculation is swirling around Neera Tanden.
…whose resumé includes positions as Center for American Progress president and aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, she was in line to become White House chief of staff had Mrs. Clinton been elected president…
A longtime left-wing operative, Tanden was Biden’s controversial pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget — until her nomination collapsed over a slew of hyper-partisan attacks on Republican lawmakers. She later found a role as White House Staff Secretary. Now, she finds herself at the center of this constitutional crisis.
The timeline is damning. On Dec. 30, 2022, while Biden was allegedly golfing in St. Croix, six pardons magically appeared with his signature.
Tanden's response? A desperate attempt at deflection, trying to turn the tables by questioning Trump's own autopen usage.
Nice try, Neera, but there's a difference between delegated authority and potentially hijacking presidential powers.
The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project, which broke the scandal, called her out specifically.
This isn't just about pardons or autopenned signatures. It's about who was actually running our country. Was it Joe Biden? Or was it radical operatives like Tanden, who went from heading a far-left think tank to potentially wielding presidential power without proper authorization?
The Biden administration's deafening silence on social media speaks volumes. They can't defend the indefensible, so they're hoping this scandal will just disappear. But Trump's declaration has ensured this constitutional crisis won't be swept under the rug.
#1
As demented as Joe Biden was & has been, it will most likely never be determined when, whether or not, he was last capable of giving consent to anything on any official act he did while in office. Prove me wrong.
#3
Where is the paper trail behind the pardons? Some memorandum listing the names AND signed or initialed by Joe Biden? The 'signed' pardons didn't appear miraculously from the ether ...or perhaps they did.
[JustTheNews] A gun was found in a backpack on the day of Trump's address to a joint session of Congress and the Capitol Police watchdog has been asked to probe whether or how a person evaded metal detectors on Inauguration Day when Trump spoke to Congress.
Congress is investigating two security incidents that allegedly occurred on the days when President Donald Trump made his two most recent speeches at the U.S. Capitol this year, at least one involving a gun and another raising concerns about whether a metal detector was evaded, a House official told Just the News.
House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., disclosed on Monday night that the reported incidents have been referred for investigation to the U.S. Capitol Police Inspector General's office.
"There are serious allegations as to what you just mentioned, regarding individuals who have attempted or who have brought weapons into the United States Capitol," Steil told the "Just the News, No Noise" television show. "There is a full investigation ongoing into this. We have an inspector general report due in the near future."
FULL TRANSPARENCY
The most recent episode was on March 4 and recorded in a Capitol Police incident report. That report described a gun in a backpack, while the earlier — and as of yet, unproven — episode dating to Trump's Inauguration Day on Jan. 20 is not in a police file but was recently brought to the attention of congressional leaders by the House sergeant-at-arms, officials said Monday.
Asked whether both incidents involved guns, Steil demurred but promised full transparency when the inquiry is over.
"I don't want to get ahead of that investigation, but what I am committed to is making sure that we keep the U.S. Capitol campus both open to the American public, so that they can come and meet with their members of Congress, but also secure so those visitors, members and staff members are all safe," said Steil, whose panel has oversight of Capitol security.
THE GUN INCIDENT
A Capitol Police report reviewed by Just the News confirms that a suspect tried to enter a House office building on the Capitol campus on March 4 — the day of Trump's address to a joint session of Congress — when an X-ray machine flagged a possible weapon inside the person's backpack.
"The Suspect was detained by A/O, while R/O conducted a physical search of the backpack," the report said. "R/O discovered a handgun with a 15 round capacity magazine loaded with 13 rounds of ammunition. The Suspect was placed under arrest and transported to Headquarters for processing," the report said.
The report added that police "conducted an inquiry with MPD Gun Registration Unit which revealed the Suspect has an active Concealed Carry License for the District of Columbia, and the firearm has a valid registration." The suspect was not identified by name.
Officials said lawmakers are still concerned that the suspect was not authorized to enter the Capitol complex with a gun — which requires permission — and also about evidence suggesting the person may have brought the same gun into the complex at least one earlier time without being stopped.
House Speaker Mike Johnson's office said Monday it is aware of the March 4 "gun" incident.
"The Speaker's Office is aware of the incident — and will work with the relevant House Committees to obtain much-needed answers," Johnson's office said in a written statement to Just the News. "These allegations represent another serious security breach and they will be thoroughly investigated and appropriately addressed."
THE "METAL DETECTOR INCIDENT"
The same officials said Monday that lawmakers also were recently alerted by the House sergeant at arms to an allegation of an earlier security incident in which a woman who entered the Capitol on Inauguration Day allegedly avoided going through a metal detector.
Because that person has ties to law enforcement there is additional concern she may have been carrying a weapon, but officials cautioned there has been no definitive finding yet by the Capitol Police Inspector General. The incident has not been proven to have occurred.
Capitol Police told Just the News it has no official records of such an incident occurring on Jan. 20. “We have no indication that any of this is true or accurate,” the USCP Public Information Office told Just the News. Additionally, “No complaints were presented to the Chief or our Office of Professional Responsibility.”
The office referred any further requests to the Capitol Police Inspector General. The inspector general's office, which is an independent body, did not immediately return a request for comment Monday evening.
CHAIN OF SECURITY LAPSES
The inquiry into alleged security lapses at the inaugural address for the incoming president and then his official address to a joint session of Congress comes after major security failures were identified by investigators during the 2024 election surrounding two assassination attempts against Trump. The one in Butler, Pennsylvania, was less than an inch from being fatal and wounded his ear. Another attempt was stopped before it could start in Florida.
After these incidents, the Secret Service has endeavored to ramp up the president’s security in the face of significant threats, including assassination plots from the regime in Iran.
The Secret Service referred Just the News to Capitol Police for any comment, including whether the presidential security agency was alert to either allegation.
Security risks for legislators too
Similarly, a Democratic congressional staffer was arrested at a House office building for attempting to bring several rounds of ammunition through a secure entrance. The staffer, identified as Michael Hopkins, told law enforcement that he forgot the magazines were in his bag.
Hopkins served as the communications director for Rep. Joe Morelle, D-N.Y., and is facing charges for unlawful possession of ammunition and a high-capacity magazine. He was subsequently terminated from his position.
THE JANUARY 6 RIOTS SPARK SCRUTINY
The Capitol Police have faced scrutiny recently after congressional investigators discovered major security failures during and related to the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol Building, showing that the police force dedicated to protecting Members of Congress and the legislative building sometimes struggled to do so.
For example, Just the News previously reported on several incidents during the Jan. 6 riot including officers abandoning a bag full of plastic handcuffs which were subsequently used by protestors, leaving a Capitol Building door unlocked for protesters to enter, and a failure to adequately address intelligence warnings in the lead-up to the riot.
Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., who led that inquiry, released a report in December that alleged that the largely Democrat-led Jan. 6th Select Committee “wholeheartedly failed to address security failures on January 6, 2021.” Loudermilk warned, “As a result, the Capitol is no safer today than it was at the creation of the Select Committee."
The Capitol Police also faces scrutiny from congressional Republicans about the officer who shot Jan. 6 protestor Ashli Babbitt after they discovered the officer, Captain Michael Byrd, had a lengthy disciplinary record that included firearm-related incidents.
He was never charged with criminal wrongdoing and internal Capitol Police emails show that in the wake of the shooting, Democratic House leadership pressed the Capitol Police to provide financial assistance and other support to Byrd that far surpassed any benefits offered to other officers, Just the News previously reported.
[PUBLISH.TWITTER] They’ll need less than half as many as before, now that they needn’t support both the military work and the counterproductive DEI/social justice/PC positions…
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I sure hope they don't do away with those OPSEC session due to cuts. I couldn't live any more if I didn't hear for the 700th time about Purple Dragon.
#3
I am confused. I keep seeing job cuts and then judges doing TROs to reinstate the workers. What kind of productive work are the reinstated workers doing? Are these new assignments less or more useful than what they were doing before?
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^ Give 'em a desk but no phone or computer. Let them sit and shuffle papers all day.
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^Give them a mop and bucket before having them scrub things. Janitorial stuff and see how long they last. Certainly don't let them near anything administrative that they could sabotage.
[CollegeFix] Donald Trump’s cuts to USAID has led Johns Hopkins University to cut workers in foreign countries
U.S. taxpayers will no longer subsidize nearly 2,000 Johns Hopkins University jobs overseas.
President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio plan to significantly scale back the United States Agency for International Development due to what the administration sees as wasteful spending. However, critics argue that USAID engages in lifesaving work overseas.
This includes Johns Hopkins University, which says half of its budget comes from federal research grants – and will cut 1,975 overseas jobs and 247 stateside personnel due to Trump’s cuts.
“This is a difficult day for our entire community,” the university told the media, as reported by NBC News. “The termination of more than $800 million in USAID funding is now forcing us to wind down critical work here in Baltimore and internationally.”
However, much of that “critical work” is not done in Baltimore, but instead in “44 other countries in support of the university’s Bloomberg School of Public Health, its medical school and an affiliated nonprofit organization,” according to CBS News.
Mike Gallagher, the 8th most recognized talk radio personality, in the U.S.A., is heard by over 2.25 million listeners weekly. He compiled and wrote the following essay entitled, "Obama: It was You." * It was you who spoke these words at an Islamic dinner - "I am one of you." *… pic.twitter.com/p77OyOue3S
… "I am one of you."
* It was you who on ABC News referenced - "My Muslim faith."
* It was you who gave $100 million in U.S. taxpayer funds to re-build foreign mosques.
* It was you who wrote that in the event of a conflict- "I will stand with the Muslims."
* It was you who assured the Egyptian Foreign Minister that - "I am a Muslim."
* It was you who bowed in submission before the Saudi King.
* It was you who sat for 20 years in a Liberation Theology Church condemning America and professing Marxism.
* It was you who exempted Muslims from penalties under Obamacare that the rest of us have to pay.
* It was you who purposefully omitted - "endowed by our Creator " - from your recitation of The Declaration Of
Independence.
* It was you who mocked the Bible and Jesus Christ's Sermon On The Mount while repeatedly referring to the 'HOLY' Qur'an.
* It was you who traveled the Islamic world denigrating the United States Of America.
* It was you who instantly threw the support of your administration behind the building of the Ground Zero Victory mosque overlooking the hallowed crater of the World Trade Center.
* It was you who refused to attend the National Prayer Breakfast, but hastened to host an Islamic prayer breakfast at the
White House
* It was you who ordered Georgetown Univ. and Notre Dame to shroud all vestiges of Jesus Christ BEFORE you would
agree to go there to speak, but in contrast, you have NEVER requested the mosques you have visited to adjust their decor.
* It was you who appointed anti-Christian fanatics to your Czar Corps.
* It was you who appointed rabid Islamists to Homeland Security.
* It was you who said that NASA's "foremost mission" was an outreach to Muslim communities.
* It was you who as an Illinois Senator was the ONLY individual who would speak in favor of infanticide.
* It was you who was the first President not to give a Christmas Greeting from the White House, and went so far as to hang
photos of Chairman Mao on the White House tree.
* It was you who curtailed the military tribunals of all Islamic terrorists.
* It was you who refused to condemn the Ft. Hood killer as an Islamic terrorist.
* It is you who has refused to speak-out concerning the horrific executions of women throughout the Muslim culture,
but yet, have submitted Arizona to the UN for investigation of hypothetical human-rights abuses.
* It was you who when queried in India refused to acknowledge the true extent of radical global Jihadists, and instead
profusely praised Islam in a country that is 82% Hindu and the victim of numerous Islamic terrorists assaults.
* It was you who funneled $900 Million in U.S. taxpayer dollars to Hamas.
* It was you who ordered the United States Postal Service to honor the MUSLIM holiday with a new commemorative stamp.
* It was you who directed our UK Embassy to conduct outreach to help "empower" the British Muslim community.
* It was you who funded mandatory Arabic language and culture studies in Grammar schools across our country.
* It is you who follows the Muslim custom of not wearing any form of jewelry during Ramadan.
* It is you who departs for Hawaii over the Christmas season so as to avoid past criticism for NOT participating in seasonal
White House religious events.
* It was you who was uncharacteristically quick to join the chorus of the Muslim Brotherhood to depose Egypt's Hosni
Mubarak, formerly America's strongest ally in North Africa; but, remain muted in your non-response to the Brotherhood
led slaughter of Egyptian Christians.
* It was you who appointed your chief adviser, Valerie Jarrett, an Iranian, who is a member of the Muslim Sisterhood, an
off-shoot of the Muslim Brotherhood.
* It was you who said this country is not a Christian nation.
#3
All roads lead back to #Renegade.
If you don't know, you know now - that was his SS alias.
When you take out the head vampire, the whole coven collapses. The Boss Fight needs to happen.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[PJMedia] The latest scandal for the former Biden administration has exploded into the spotlight thanks to Trump’s declaration Sunday night that Biden's pardons are "VOID, VACANT, AND NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT" because they were signed via 
[JustTheNews] A gun was found in a backpack on the day of Trump's address to a joint session of Congress and the Capitol Police watchdog has been asked to probe whether or how a person evaded metal detectors on Inauguration Day when Trump spoke to Congress.
