>>>22944914, >>22944933, >>22945011 Enough is enough: Growing calls for Trump to suspend Habeas Corpus
3….2….1….District judge over rules.
Here comes another district judge reversal.
DOGE Shuttering Millennium Challenge Corp Aid Agency
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/elon-musk-doge-donald-trump/2025/04/23/id/1208088/
Wednesday, 23 April 2025 07:20 PM EDT
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is ending the work of a U.S. aid agency launched by Republican former President George W. Bush to reduce poverty and promote economic growth around the world, according to a recording of a staff meeting and an email to staff seen by Reuters.
The move to shut down the Millennium Challenge Corporation comes as part of an unprecedented push by President Donald Trump and his billionaire adviser Musk to shrink the federal government, saying U.S. taxpayer money is misspent.
MCC staff were told in a meeting on Wednesday that all of the agency's programs will be closed and staff numbers would be minimized, according to a recording of the meeting.
"Foreign aid is not a priority for the administration, and so MCC's work needs to wind down," Kyeh Kim, a senior MCC official, told staff.
Officials from DOGE arrived at the agency early last week and entered talks with leadership, who were attempting to save the agency, Kim said.
The MCC did not respond to an email requesting comment.
Trump's administration has already dismantled Washington's main aid agency, the U.S. Agency for International Development, which administered about $40 billion in aid annually.
The MCC, which was created by the U.S. Congress with support from Republicans and Democrats in 2004, has an annual budget of about $900 million. It partners with developing countries on projects like improving electricity supply for businesses and improving roads for farmers to get their goods to market, according to its website.
An MCC employee told Reuters all the agency's work had been ordered halted apart from a small number of active construction projects, including a wastewater treatment plant in Mongolia, electrical power grids in Senegal and Nepal, and schools in Ivory Coast.
"This is very much a business- and infrastructure-focused way of doing development. It's very much in America's interest," said the employee, who requested anonymity.
Politico first reported the move, citing an email sent to staff at the agency on Tuesday, which Reuters has also reviewed. The email gives the agency's 300 or so staff until April 29 to decide whether to take voluntary early retirement or a deferred resignation, under which they will receive pay until the end of September, or face being placed on administrative leave.
"I would encourage you to think very hard of what makes sense for you and your family at this time, and that is more important than your commitment to this organization," Kim said in the meeting on Wednesday, warning that the organization's future "looks very stark."
https://www.whitehouse.gov/america250/
Under the President’s leadership, the Salute to America 250 Task Force (“Task Force 250”) has commenced the planning of a full year of festivities to officially launch on Memorial Day, 2025 and continue through July 4th, 2026.
The White House is engaging and encouraging the entire federal government, state and local governments, the private sector, non-profit and educational institutions, and every citizen across this country to join in this historic celebration.
Task Force 250 invites citizens to have a renewed love of American history, experience the beauty of our country, and ignite a spirit of adventure and innovation that will raise our nation to new heights over the next 250 years.
As part of these efforts, Task Force 250 is proud to present an original video series, “The Story of America.” Read more below and check back soon for more details about additional White House initiatives.
It would appear congress gave the Ecoterrorist more power than the House has.
House to Vote on Overturning Calif. Gas Car Ban
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/california-gas-electric/2025/04/23/id/1208091/
Wednesday, 23 April 2025 09:04 PM EDT
The House is set to vote next week on overturning the Biden-era approvals of California regulations to ban sales of new gas-powered cars, The Hill reported Wednesday.
However, according to a ruling from the Government Accountability Office, under the Congressional Review Act, Congress does not have the authority to overturn the ban, as the Environmental Protection Agency issued a notice or order rather than a rule on the matter.Per the GAO, under the act, an agency must submit a rule to be overturned.The nonpartisan watchdog's report indicates that the House vote may lack legal standing.
Nonetheless, a spokesperson for House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., told The Hill that a vote will commence next week.
In April, House Oversight sent a letter to the GAO, announcing it would review the watchdog's "decision to publish observations on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) submission of Clean Air Act (CAA) waivers as rules under the Congressional Review Act (CRA)."
"GAO's decision to publish observations in this matter is inconsistent with its own plain language description of its role in monitoring 'agency compliance' with obligations to 'submit major and non-major rules to Congress and GAO,'" House Oversight Chair James Comer, R-Ky., and Energy and Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., wrote to the GAO.
"In passing the CRA, Congress intended for GAO to help safeguard congressional authority through published observations on agency attempts to side-step CRA requirements. GAO's decision to adversely opine on an agency's efforts to comply with the CRA is a distortion of its role and could make agencies less likely to follow the intent of this important statute in the future."
Just when you think this cunt has proven she can't get any stupider…
Gov. Whitmer: Guns Leading Cause of Death
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/guns-deaths-whitmer/2025/04/23/id/1208084/
Wednesday, 23 April 2025 06:35 PM EDT
On Tuesday, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer claimed during a press conference held outside the state's capitol that guns were the leading cause of death among young people.
"Guns are the number one killer of young people," Whitmer said alongside a group of mostly older female activists. "Let it sink in. It's not car accidents. It's not cancer. It's guns. In 2022, 2,526 children and teens died by a firearm."
A report from Johns Hopkins University stated guns were the leading cause of death for those aged 1 to 17 in 2022, followed by motor vehicle crashes, cancer, poisoning and suffocation.
However, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, from 2018-23, the leading cause of death for teens aged 15 to 19 was "accidents." Assault or homicide ranked second, followed by suicide, malignant neoplasms or cancer, and heart disease.
Notably, figures can fluctuate based on interpretation of data.
>get rid of income tax.
He's cutting tariffs, making deals to end tariffs…we'll still have internal revenue service instead of external revenue service, which means you will still be paying an income tax.
>>22947139
With hollywierd stars and sports people making comments on issues for years, you're really wanting an answer to that question?
Just like they started building a huge wall right before the zombie outbreak, eh?
Yale Strips Status of Pro-Palestinian Student Group
https://www.newsmax.com/us/yale-student-group-campus-protest/2025/04/23/id/1208099/
Wednesday, 23 April 2025 10:27 PM EDT
Yale College, the undergraduate branch of Yale University, said Wednesday it revoked the status of a pro-Palestinian student group a day after anti-Israel student activists set up an encampment on campus to protest a speech by Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.
The Ivy League institution withdrew Yalies4Palestine's status as a registered student group, although the group said Tuesday night it was not responsible for the protest, the Yale News student newspaper reported. Ben Gvir spoke Wednesday night as a guest of the Shabtai organization as part of his first official tour in the United States, according to The Jerusalem Post.
The university said in a news release Wednesday that the group made calls on social media for people to join the event and a public statement allegedly "taking credit." Yale acknowledged that the gathering was not affiliated with Yalies4Palestine or any official student organization.
In an Instagram reel post, Yalies4Palestine captioned a video of the protest with the all-caps words "Repost! Share! Join the students!" The Yale News reported that the group posted several videos of the crowd, which erected tents and announced their intention to stay on Beinecke Plaza overnight before dispersing after administrative warnings.
The group posted a video with the caption "HAPPENING NOW YALE STUDENTS RELAUNCH ENCAMPMENTS" and co-posted several videos with similar captions.
"Concerns have been raised about disturbing antisemitic conduct at the gathering," the university said in the news release.
"The university is investigating those concerns, as harassment and discrimination are antithetical to learning and scholarship. Yale condemns antisemitism and will hold those who violate our policies accountable through our disciplinary processes."
"Yale supports free expression on campus, including permitting peaceful vigils, rallies, protests, and counterprotests that comply with the university’s time, place, and manner rules," the university said.
Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, reposted on X Wednesday a video posted by Netanel Crispe, a Jewish Yale student, that showed Crispe being blocked by protesters from walking through the campus.
"DOJ @CivilRights is tracking the concerning activities at Yale, and is in touch with affected students," Dhillon wrote.
Yale student Sahar Tartak told The Jerusalem Post that Jewish students were restricted or denied access by activists, who also shone lights in their faces. In a video shared by Tartak, an activist accused the Jewish students of trying to present themselves as victims because that was what "Israelis, Zionists, Caucasians" did.
Colleges and universities across the country are under intense pressure by the Trump administration and Republicans to stem anti-Israel campus protests that have arisen since Iranian-backed Hamas' terrorist attack in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and the Israeli military's response in the Gaza Strip.
The university said staff identified students who they knew had been "warned or disciplined" for previous violations of university policy, and on Wednesday, those students were notified that the university would take "immediate" disciplinary action against them.
"Those who violate the university's policies and instructions regarding use of outdoor spaces face law enforcement and disciplinary action, including reprimand, probation, suspension, or expulsion," the university said.
A group of pro-Palestinian protesters released a statement to the Yale News that condemned Yale's decision to suspend the group, saying that it was an attempt by the university to appease the Trump administration and stave off federal funding cuts. Without a student organization designation, groups cannot, among other things, reserve Yale spaces, request funding, or use the Yale name.
Trump Admin Moved Venezuelan to Texas for Possible Deportation Despite Judge's Order
https://www.newsmax.com/us/trump-admin-venezuelan-texas/2025/04/24/id/1208124/
Thursday, 24 April 2025 06:48 AM EDT
President Donald Trump's administration moved a Venezuelan man who had worked in construction in Philadelphia to Texas for possible deportation after a federal judge had issued an order blocking his removal from Pennsylvania or the United States, according to court records.
A plane transporting the man took off on April 15 from an airport in the state capital Harrisburg about a half hour after U.S. District Judge Stephanie Haines issued an order temporarily blocking the administration from moving him out of her western Pennsylvania judicial district or the country, Justice Department lawyer Laura Irwin told an April 17 hearing, conducted as a conference call.
The Venezuelan, referred to in court papers as "A.S.R.," was then brought to the Bluebonnet Detention Center in Anson, Texas, according to the government and American Civil Liberties Union, which represents him. The administration has not been accused of violating the order by Haines, appointed by Trump during his first presidential term, by sending the man to Texas. But his transfer demonstrates the administration's tactics to try to swiftly deport Venezuelan migrants it accuses of being members of the criminal gang Tren de Aragua even as various courts including the Supreme Court impose restrictions.
Representatives of the Justice Department, Department of Homeland Security, and White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Nowfags have had their eyes opened.
Eyes being opened means they can see daily the evil being thrown at them, but see nothing being done about it.
I expect 2026 to be a glorious year, but it is getting tougher and tougher to sit and watch the status quo not change any at all.
That was posted 2019.
He BEGAN 2017.
That's 2 years.
2019 to 2021 = 2 years.
Now we are at 4 years.
2nd Term
2025 to 2027 = 2 years.
Now we are at 6 years total.
By 2027 it will all be cleaned up, that is why I say 2026 will be a glorious year.
Simplest math is the easiest way for 90% of the world to understand it all.
Starbase, the SpaceX site, is likely Texas’ next city. What happens next?
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/24/starbase-texas-election-space-x/
April 24, 2025
McALLEN — Nearly 10 years after SpaceX, Elon Musk’s effort to colonize Mars, began operating in a small community in Cameron County just a few miles inland of the Gulf Coast, employees who live there and other residents will vote next month to incorporate their Starbase community as Texas’ newest city.
If the majority of them vote yes on May 3, the leaders they elect at the same time will have the responsibility of creating a city from the ground up.
What does it take to have a fully functioning city?
A few of Starbase's first steps as a newborn city can be anticipated because state law sets certain requirements for raising and spending public money and how governing bodies can operate.
Texas generally gives municipalities a lot of discretion on how to manage and govern themselves, according to Alan Bojorquez, an attorney who specializes in city governance.
“The reality is, Texas cities under the law are not required to do much," Bojorquez said.
He emphasized that much of what the new city of Starbase will do will ultimately depend on what services and programs city officials and residents want the city to provide.
Day One
Before Starbase can officially incorporate, the election results must be certified by Cameron County. Incorporation will be effective on the day that Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño enters an order stating the community has incorporated, according to the Texas law.
As a Type C municipality, Starbase will have a commission form of government — a mayor and two commissioners — who will be elected by the voters on the same day they vote to incorporate. Their terms in office last two years unlike the typical four-year terms held by officials in larger cities.
City leaders are required under Texas law to hold elections and public meetings at least once a month. The city is also required to archive records and provide them for public inspection under the Texas Public Information Act.
The mayor will be tasked with running the city’s daily operations, unless voters later approve hiring a city manager. Many Texas cities and towns have a city manager who reports to elected leaders. They have broad responsibilities including hiring and firing other leaders like police and fire chiefs.
Leonardo Olivares, a former city manager to multiple cities in the Rio Grande Valley, including Rio Grande City, Weslaco, La Joya and Palmview, said the city commissioners must set priorities quickly.
“What are the needs of the community in terms of development, commercial, industrial development?” Olivares said.
Cities also need a budget if they want to spend money, which they will have to do if they provide services such as water, sewer, police or fire.
"I think the initial challenge for the first commission of Starbase is going to be to share with the electorate what they are going to be doing," Bojorquez said.
SpaceX leaders have made no secret of their plans to grow Starbase.
In a letter to Treviño, the county’s top elected official, submitted with the petition to incorporate, Starbase Manager Kathryn Lueders wrote that the community wished to incorporate so it could continue to grow.
“Incorporating Starbase will streamline the processes required to build the amenities necessary to make the area a world class place to live—for the hundreds already calling it home, as well as for prospective workers eager to help build humanity’s future in space,” Lueders wrote.
She added that through agreements with the county, SpaceX performs several civil functions such as management of the roads and utilities. They have also established a school and a medical clinic.
Incorporation would allow SpaceX to take over the management of those functions.
The company has already made moves to commercially develop the area as well. SpaceX is building a $15 million shopping center and restaurant there and a $100 million office facility and industrial factory.
Abbott signs first bill of session into law, creating a Texas DOGE
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/23/texas-doge-bill-signed-abbott/
April 23, 2025
Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday signed the first law of this year’s legislative session, a bill creating a new regulation-cutting agency inspired by Elon Musk’s federal Department of Government Efficiency.
“Texas can have our own DOGE,” Abbott said Wednesday. “What this law is going to do is make government more efficient and less costly.”
Senate Bill 14, which passed both the House and Senate with bipartisan supermajorities, establishes the “Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office” at a cost of $22.8 million over the next five years.
Abbott signed the bill with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, House Speaker Dustin Burrows and the bill’s sponsors — Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, R-Southlake, and Sen. Phil King, R-Weatherford — by his side.
“The fewer regulations we have, the more efficient they are, the easier they are to understand — is going to help Texas business and economy continue to boom, which is why I'm excited this is the first bill that is being signed,” Burrows said.
With five weeks left in the biennial legislative session, SB 14 is the first bill to reach Abbott’s desk. The Senate and House have each passed other priority measures — including a school voucher program that Patrick put on a glide path last week when he endorsed the House’s proposal — but some, like the budget, differ slightly across chambers and still require final approval before they can go to the governor.
The “Big Three” — Abbott, Patrick and Burrows — all touted the bill signing as one of the earliest in recent sessions, which have been bogged down in part by bitter relationships between the governor’s office, Patrick and former House Speaker Dade Phelan.
Patrick called the early bill signing “the first proof of efficiency.”
The “Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office” will be charged with helping other state agencies identify “unnecessary and ineffective rules.” It will also advise agencies on ways to make regulations more effective, streamline the regulatory process, reduce department costs and increase public access to regulatory information.
The governor will be responsible for appointing members of the panel, which will be supported by up to 18 full-time staff members.
The new law also states that courts in Texas are not required to defer to a state agency’s interpretation of the law in legal challenges of regulations.It follows the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of the Chevron doctrine, which for 40 years required the court to follow government agencies’ determination of the law when statutes were ambiguous, as long as it was reasonable. The doctrine was a prime target for those looking to roll back the power of federal agencies.
SB 14, which was designated a priority bill in the Senate, is part of a broader push by Republican elected officials to continue to make Texas more attractive to businesses and corporations. In 2023, the Legislature created a specialized business court, and lawmakers this session are looking to pass tighter restrictions on lawsuits.
Some Democrats in opposition to the bill questioned why the new agency was necessary on top of the state’s Sunset Advisory Commission, which already regularly assesses the continued existence and performance of state agencies and regulations.
Republicans who opposed the measure, including Rep. Brian Harrison, R-Midlothian, called the bill an expansion of government.
“The point of DOGE is to cut government, reduce spending and shrink the bureaucracy,” Harrison said on the House floor. “Unfortunately, this bill does the exact opposite.”
Other states have also established groups inspired by DOGE, including Kentucky, Iowa, Oklahoma, New Hampshire and Louisiana.
The Texas House created its own Delivery of Government Efficiency committee this session with the goal of eliminating waste, fraud and abuse in government.
During the bipartisan committee’s first hearing in March, Capriglione, the panel’s chair, said: “At times, we will use a scalpel, carefully dissecting inefficiencies to make government work smarter. At other times, we will wield a sledgehammer, tearing down systemic waste and corruption that may have gone unchallenged.”
>Only if we had an exact time to begin…..
More the piping, the easier to clog.
Simple is best, simple is what most people understand.
Adding biblical spans of time, mucks it all up.