Federal judge declines to temporarily restore AP’s full access to White House

By Devan Cole and Hadas Gold, CNN, Mon February 24, 2025

A federal judge declined on Monday to temporarily restore the Associated Press’ access to some of President Donald Trump’s events, the Oval Office and Air Force One.

US District Judge Trevor McFadden turned down a request from APto temporarily lift a ban Trump imposed earlier this month to punish the news organization over its decision to continue using the phrase “Gulf of Mexico” even though Trump renamed the body of water “Gulf of America.”

But while McFadden denied the request for a temporary restraining order during a hearing Monday,the judge scheduled a hearing for March 20 to hear arguments over the AP’s request for a preliminary injunction.

McFadden, of the US District Court in Washington, DC, was appointed by Trump in 2017.

McFadden gave a number of reasons for why he decided to deny the request for emergency relief at this stage in the litigation, including thathe wasn’t persuaded that the AP was facing “irreparable harm” as a result of the ban.

He said thenews organization “can get access to the same information” from the pool notesthat are given to all members of the White House Correspondents Association even if it’s barred from being at the events where that news is made.

And he said theorganization’s delay in bringing its lawsuit were evidence that it wasn’t being injured in a way that necessitated his interventionmore than a week after the White House instituted the ban.

During the hearing, however, the judge appeared somewhat skeptical of the legality of the ban, describing it at one point as “discriminatory” and “problematic.”

And while he repeatedly seemed confused by how the pool is set up, at one point he said that the White House “has accepted the White House Correspondent Association’s ability to be the referee here.”

This story is breaking and will be updated. (Just imagine how the lawyers at the AP are that stupid to bring emotional hurt into a court of law? No basis of law saying the President can't do this either.Honestly how stupid is that?)

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/politics/ap-white-house-access-ruling/index.html

Nearly 200K sign petition to revoke Musk’s Canadian citizenship

(hired activists, almost guaranteed)

by Ailia Zehra - 02/24/25 2:45 PM ET

Alex Brandon, Associated Press (Oh is that the AP that just tried to override Trump’s ban?)

Thousands of individuals have signed anonline petition urging the revocationof tech billionaireElon Musk’s Canadian citizenshipover his involvement in the Trump administration, which the petitioners argue undermines Canada’s sovereignty.

The petition, which is progressing through the Canada’s House of Commons,was filed by Qualia Reed(dig required), an author from Nanaimo, British Columbia.

Democrat MP Charlie Angus, a vocal critic of Musk, has also backed the petition, which had garnered over 34,000 signatures from across Canada by Saturday evening, according to Canadian outlet CTV News.

The petition calls on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to cancel Musk’s citizenship and Canadian passport.

An electronic petition is required to have 500 or more signatures to be presented to the House of Commons, which may then lead to a formal response from the government.

Muskwas born in South Africa, buthe holds Canadian citizenship due to his mother, Maye Musk, who was born in the Canadian city of Regina, Saskatchewan. (Can a ½ citizen be revoked, he’s still a Canadian Citizen,only Trudeau would be this stupid enough to start this fight)

The petition accusesMusk of engaging “in activities that go against the national interest of Canada” by acting as an adviser to President Trump.

It adds that the billionaire hasbecome “a member of a foreign governmentthat is attempting to erase Canadian sovereignty.” (That is such a made up cockamamie statement, the court will kick that out if they are real Judges)

Trump has recently garnered the disdain of Canadian citizens by threatening to impose significant tariffs on Canadian goods and saying the U.S. could annex the country and make it its 51st state.

On Feb. 11, Trudeau reacted strongly to the Trump administration’s tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Criticizing the decision, he called the tariffs “entirely unjustified.” He said the country would respond “if it comes to that.”

“Tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminumwould be entirely unjustified,”Trudeau told reporters. (If you have state that, prove why it's unjustified!)

https://thehill.com/policy/international/5161428-elon-musk-canadian-citizenship-revocation-petition/

The Canadian Nation anthem under Trudeau should be "Oh Canada, Our home and Native Land, don't let Trudeau pick fights he cannot win"! (just kidding canucks here)

Second US judge who ruled against Trump, faces Republican impeachment bidBy Nate Raymond Feb 24

A second federal judge is facing a long-shot bid by a Republican lawmaker to have him impeached as conservative members of the U.S. House of Representatives ramp up public criticism of judges who rule against U.S. President Donald Trump's agenda (it’s called Lawfare with no basis in fact, just to drag out, punish or cost money).

Republican U.S. Representative Andy Ogles of Utah on Monday said hefiled a resolution seeking to have U.S. District Judge John Bates in Washington, D.C., removed from office after he ordered the Trump administrationto restore government health websitesthat were taken offline in response to an executive orderrequiring the removal of "gender ideology extremism."

Ogles' impeachment measure argued that Bates failed to consider that thewebpages at issue maintained information about gender-affirming careand that the "continued socialization of this grave moral evil necessitates immediate action against those who would promote it." Bates did not respond to a request for comment.The U.S. Constitution provides that the grounds for impeachment are treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.

To remove a judge from office, the House must pass articles of impeachment by a simple majority vote and then the Senate must vote by at least a two-thirds majority to convict the judge. Republicans control both chambers of Congress but do not have a two-thirds majority in the Senate. (I read that they can just be fired, and the Judge could take it to court for years)

But despite facing an unlikely path to success, a small group of House Republicans have in recent days have been ramping up calls to impeach judges who rule against Trump, formally moving to do so already with one other jurist, U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer in Manhattan. The impeachment resolutions were filed against Engelmayer after he temporarily blocked the Department of Government Efficiency, the government cost-cutting team spearheaded by billionaire Elon Musk, from accessing U.S. Treasury Department systems responsible for trillions of dollars in payments.

Musk on Monday threw his support behind impeaching Bates, writing on X: "Time to impeach judges who violate the law."

The attacks against judges for their rulings and calls for impeachment have been sharply criticized bybar groups and law professors(almost all liberals and left leaning esp in DC), includingJohn Collinsof George Washington University, who said that theeffort "smacks of intimidation." (Oh you mean like the intimidation that every Judge in the 4-5 Fake prosecutions did to Trump, his family, staff and others? Like that?)

"It's completely inappropriate," Collins said in an email. (Wait, Judges can’t be criticized or judged by the Congress or the People?Are they above the law?)

The ruling Bates issued came in a lawsuit by theliberal-leaning medical advocacy group Doctors for America, which said the sudden removal of websites by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administrationhampered doctors' and researchers' ability to fight disease. (What disease is related to trans surgeries they are trying to research?Are they talking about psychological illness and perversion of the minds of young people? That sounds totally made up. How did that judge rule in their favor, did he ask any questions? That sounds like absolute BS)

The webpages had been removed pursuant to an executive order Trump signed on his first day back in office on January 20 that directed the federal government to only recognize two, biologically distinct sexes, male and female.

The February 11 ruling requiring the pages to be restored incensed Trump's allies, including Musk, who described Bates as "corrupt" and "evil" and called for his removal. Ogles' resolutionalleged Bates, an appointee of Republican former President George W. Bush, "has engaged inconduct so utterly lacking in intellectual honesty and basic integritythathe is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors." (misdemeanors could work, but the judge certainly has a conflicted mind, maybe he has a mental disorder, like liberalism, or fetishes on trans surgeries; Or maybe he just hates Trump, being a Bush appointee, which is political bias, and he can’t rule on the case.)

Almost, all DC judges hate Trump or the ones that don't are threatened to go along with the corrupt ones. Including almost every Trump appointee in DC has ruled against him or his supporters. (Sorry I love commenting on Nutty professionals)

https://archive.is/uv5PJ#selection-1101.0-1401.10

(Bates picture looks like he wants to popular with Anti Trump judges.)

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I love it when these assholes out themselves, don't they understand?