tyb grabbed a few late ones too, added to your bun and posted "there". Seems there is a competition now. Fuck'em
kek
9th Circuit rules in favor of Trump admin in 'sanctuary city' case
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled in favor of the Trump administration's efforts to prioritize federal dollars for local policing to towns and cities that complied with certain immigration policies.
The ruling, a split 2-1 decision, said the Department of Justice (DOJ) was within its rights to withhold Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grants from sanctuary cities and states over their refusal to work with federal immigration enforcement authorities and instead prioritize agencies that focused on unauthorized immigration and agreed to give Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) access to jail records and immigrants in custody.
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The city of Los Angeles first sued the administration after it was denied a $3 million grant on the grounds that it did not receive the money because it did not focus on immigration for its community policing grant application. The decision reversed a district court’s ruling.
“The panel rejected Los Angeles’s argument that DOJ’s practice of giving additional consideration to applicants that choose to further the two specified federal goals violated the Constitution’s Spending Clause,” wrote Judge Sandra Ikuta, joined by Judge Jay Bybee.
“The panel held that DOJ did not exceed its statutory authority in awarding bonus points to applicants that selected the illegal immigration focus area or that agreed to the Certification,” she wrote.
Judge Kim Wardlaw wrote in dissent that the Justice Department’s efforts to prioritize immigration in determining the awarding of COPS grants was “Orwellian” and said the majority’s ruling goes “astray.”
“The majority goes astray by finding no meaning in Congress’s use of the term ‘community-oriented policing’ and then deferring under Chevron to DOJ’s Orwellian effort to define ‘community-oriented policing’ to include 'partnering with federal law enforcement to address illegal immigration,' ” she wrote.
“Congress did not authorize COPS grants for anything other than placing additional state and local cops on the beat and promote community partnerships,” she wrote.
Congress created the fund in 1994 to provide federal assistance to state and local law enforcement to get more cops on beats and improve police-community interaction. It allowed the Justice Department to administer the funds.
President Trump has repeatedly railed against sanctuary cities as he touts his hard-line immigration stances.
He floated the idea earlier this year of retaliating by releasing undocumented immigrants and refugees last year to the cities. He also issued an executive order last year blocking sanctuary cities from receiving certain federal funding. San Francisco sued over the order, and ultimately won its case.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/452862-9th-circuit-rules-in-favor-of-trump-admin-in-sanctuary-city-case
you don't know what you are doing. Nice spacing
Hezbollah leader says U.S. seeking to talk
The leader of Hezbollah said on Friday that Washington was seeking to open channels of communication despite ramping up sanctions against the Iran-backed movement’s officials.
U.S. President Donald “Trump’s administration is seeking to open channels of communication to Hezbollah in Lebanon through mediators. … These are the American pragmatists,” Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in an interview with Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV without elaborating.
There was no immediate comment from the U.S. State Department on the assertion.
New sanctions this week marked the first time the United States has targeted lawmakers of the heavily-armed Shi’ite Hezbollah, which is part of Lebanon’s coalition government.
The U.S. Treasury added three Hezbollah figures to its sanctions list, including two Lebanese MPs and a security official.
The move widens a U.S. campaign that since 2017 has designated 50 people and entities linked to Hebzollah, which Washington classifies as a “terrorist” organization.
Nasrallah called the new sanctions “an honor” that came as “part of the ongoing battle” against Hezbollah and its allies.
“What’s new is the affront to the Lebanese state,” Nasrallah said.
“At the end of the day, Hezbollah is an important part of the country. The Lebanese government will tell the Americans, as it has before, that these are a part we can not ignore.”
A U.S. State Department official said on Tuesday that the message was that the rest of the Lebanese government “needs to sever its dealings” with these officials.
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Wednesday that the sanctions moved in a “new direction,” but would not affect government work.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-lebanon-hezbollah/hezbollah-leader-says-u-s-seeking-to-talk-idUSKCN1U72JV?il=0
got to give it moar time. Not even 24 hours yet.
Shit don't habben quickly with things like this.
o7
Still don't trust any of the BO's…huge piles of shit with both. Seems too sychophantic with that one. Been here long time so seen how all this developed. I'll have a looksey later but last night it was too fawning for my tastes.
he only know rescinds his rec'd//too late buddy, trust lost. Was before for killing crowd-bake. That was total bullshit.