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Tina
Fib raid and shut it down.
JUST IN: The U.S. African Development Foundation blocked DOGE employees from accessing their headquarters to fire employees. SUPER TREASONOUS! Agency Leader Ward Brehm also just sued the Trump administration to block all access and attempts to remove him from his position. SHUT IT DOWN.
Tina – why would you want to eliminate the SALT limit? It raises a lot income for the federal government, and all at the expense of high income earners, especially in high tax states?
The Reagan haters always try to pretend Reagan was an AFL-CIO “conservative”.
Reagan believed in free trade, and his trade policy was not based on stupid tariffs and trade wars. The limited and targeted tariffs he imposed (wrongly) were completely different in scope and duration compared to Trump’s policies of blanket tariffs on all or most of our most important trading parties.
For Reagan, tariffs were at worst an exception, not the rule like they are for Trump.
Reagan would never say the “the most beautiful word in the English language is tariff”, because Reagan believed in free trade, free markets, and free enterprise.
#BREAKING: The FBI has arrested 2 active duty Army soldiers, and one former soldier, for “theft of government property and a bribery scheme.” FBI Director Kash Patel: “These individuals have been charged with stealing America’s defense intelligence capabilities and empowering adversaries like China in betrayal of our country. They will now face American justice.”
I am sure England and France “Will figure it all out.”
BREAKING: Europe has just failed to reach a deal on how to handle additional support for Ukraine – NYP They met after it became clear the Trump administration would not provide endless support.
JUST IN: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard goes off on the military industrial complex and warmongers for constantly calling her and Trump “Russian assets.”
“We’ve heard this over and over again – that anyone who dares to stand for peace, as President Trump has, I have, as JD Vance has – saying we need to end the k*lling…they accuse us of being Russian assets, or puppets of Putin.”
“It really is quite disgusting, in my own view, and really speaks to the influence the warmongers, the Military Industrial Complex, has.” “They throw out these smears and lies, and accusations, that the American people are seeing right through.”
Correct, Bitter. When the 2017 Tax Bill was passed, the SALT limit, doubling of the standard deduction, elimination of AMT, and the revisions of the tax brackets were all part of the same package. The SALT limitations are just the piece that hit Democrat states the hardest.
The only thing better would have been elimination of the tax deduction for home mortgage interest and charitable contributions. Since the doubling of the standard deduction, I no longer itemize, so I get zero benefit from those deductions.
Can you imagine the screaming if Congress eliminated those two tax loopholes?
I agree with Bitterlaw and BillW on the SALT deduction – do NOT give it back to those in high-tax states. Cut corporate tax rates across the board, and lower capital gains taxes.
Lot of work. But with charitable contributions and State income tax we were still better than not itemizing. (House was paid off, so no more interest on mortgage was being able to be deducted by me.)
When they doubled the standard deduction, it is FAR better on wife and I to not bother to itemize. No way we can get anywhere close to itemizing $29,200. (again, we have no mortgage payment.)
A day earlier, U.S. African Development Foundation workers had refused entry to Department of Government Efficiency workers and the State Department official in charge of foreign aid.
Federal marshals on Thursday escorted officials from the Department of Government Efficiency into the U.S. African Development Foundation, a day after its employees refused entry to the Trump administration’s budget-slashing unit and Pete Marocco, the State Department official in charge of foreign aid.
Once inside, security officials were directed to change the federal agency’s locks, according to a security official at the scene. Mr. Marocco was seen entering the building separately from DOGE officials, according to video posted online, and the security official said he was briefly in the building.
Thursday’s takeover of the small foundation, which has about 55 employees and an annual budget of about $45 million, came after a weekslong standoff between administration officials and the foundation’s leaders. The leaders refused to succumb to the efforts of Mr. Marocco and the Department of Government of Efficiency team, overseen by Elon Musk, to assume control of their functions, dismiss staff members and install Mr. Marocco as the acting leader…
On Wednesday, the test of wills came to a head when Mr. Marocco and at least two of Mr. Musk’s deputies — Jacob Altik, a lawyer, and Ethan Shaotran, a software engineer — were denied entry to the offices, according to Mr. Brehm and video captured at the foundation. Mr. Marocco threatened to return with U.S. Marshals and the Secret Service if they were not allowed access.
Mr. Altik and Mr. Shaotran did not respond to requests for comment. But both were seen entering the building that houses the foundation on Thursday, alongside other members of Mr. Musk’s team, including Nate Cavanaugh.
Brief comment on today’s hearing in the USAID funding case before Judge Ali. The hearing lasted almost 3 hours and covered literally dozens of topics. I think four different attorneys spoke for the 10-12 plaintiffs, and one attorney for the Govt. By far the best advocate as the attorney for the Govt.
These are specialized areas of law and the Federal Programs Branch has the expertise on matters involving Govt programs. The attorney today knew his subject matter — much better than did the Judge. Judge Ali, CLEARLY chastened by the Chief Justice having stepped in to stop his ill-advised Order last week, followed by 4 Justices essentially saying he didn’t know what he was doing yesterday, was FAR MORE “judicious” in asking hundreds of questions. It was clear that he sort of thinks he understands the subject matter while at the same time realizing there is a lot he does not understand. Right at the start he wanted to deal with a couple of subjects he just blew past in the hastily called hearings the day after the complaints were filed — standing and jurisdiction to provide the remedies the plaintiffs were asking for.
In the TRO hearing three weeks ago it was obvious that he was animated by two facts and two facts only — the plaintiffs claimed they were owned money for work they had already done under USAID contracts/grants, and without payment under the agreements they were going to go out of business, lots of people were going to lose their jobs, and all these terrific foreign aid programs pumping money to foreign countries were going to be shut down. His only interest three weeks ago was how he could make sure that didn’t happen. Today he was far more concerned with the limits of his authority, and the degree to which it was probably unwise of him three weeks ago to assume that his black robe allowed him to substitute his judgment on what is worthwhile foreign aid spending for that of the newly elected President. Because the hearing went on so long I was not able to stick around for the end.
But I heard enough to be fairly confident that while he is still likely to enter an Injuction, it will be far more limited than the TRO. It will likely be limited to just the parties to the suit — and not every entity who might have a similar claim — and it will exclude those contracts/grants where the Govt has made a decision already to continue the funding. I don’t think his pride and sense of “righteousness” will let him walk away completely so there may be something for the Govt to appeal to the Circuit Court — but I didn’t get the feeling it will be anything as outrageous of what he was trying to do with his TRO.
Should Trump be worried. Adam Schiff as the tough guy?
Adam Schiff posts bizarre “Message to Donald Trump” video: “Elon Musk and Donald Trump, they call me a criminal. They call me a traitor. Their MAGA minions online come after me to try to create fear. I’ll tell you my response” — “Screw you and the horse you rode in on!”
The conclusion of the article above for those too lazy to read it.
“In short, it was not the West’s aggressive pursuit of an anti-Russian agenda, but rather the weakness and lack of strategic clarity it communicated at every turn post-Cold War that encouraged Moscow’s revisionism. It was not our alleged geostrategic assertiveness, but our timidity each time Putin used military power to occupy territory – first in Georgia in 2008, then in Ukraine in 2014, in Syria in 2015 and finally in Ukraine for the second time in 2022 that set the stage for the unfolding tragedy in Eastern Europe.
If the West is responsible for the Russian invasion of Ukraine it’s not for the reasons its critics now propound, i.e., because of our allegedly aggressive behavior, but because of our inability to grasp the basics of power politics as we swam into an ideological soup of our own making that bore no resemblance to how the world really works.
We are poised to communicate weakness once again, only this time unabashedly and without pretense that we are about norms or the “rules-based international order.” If the final peace agreement on Ukraine simply ratifies the status quo on the battlefield, the Trump administration will hand Moscow a major win, in effect undoing the consequences of the Western victory in the Cold War.”
Basically, I agree with this. Pay now to contain the Russians or pay a lot more later.
I saw an interesting article somewhere yesterday asking if maybe just about everything Biden signed was moot and void because he use some sort of automatic pen instead of actually signing himself.
Another theory was that if he was incapacitated would anything he signed be valid.
I think both scenarios are weak, I believe the automatic signature pens are legal just like you can sign Docusign docs online and as far as we know there is no confirmed diagnosis of Biden’s incapacity on record.
But it will interesting to see if this has any legs.
Bitter said….Electronic signatures are valid in the courts where I practice. Attorneys usually do ask the signer if they understand it has the same legal effect.
Is the electronic signature valid if performed without the consent and approval of the person whose name is signed?
Zzzzzzz. Sanction Russia as much as possible but they have have been useless so far. Send weapons to kill as many Russians as possible. Both can be true.
Is the electronic signature valid if performed without the consent and approval of the person whose name is signed?
Chicon”
So I addressed that in my post.
In order to prove Biden was incompetent to sign you would need a positive diagnosis of incapacity at the time of the signing. Unless a physician attested to that, which I doubt, it would be very difficult to establish that he was indeed incompetent.
Witness testimony won’t do it, because there will be witnesses that attest he was fine, even if you could find some to say he was not.
UST IN – Trump is considering large-scale sanctions and tariffs on Russia as it is “pounding Ukraine on the battlefield right now.”
Putin will laugh at sanctions. Because he is a dictator with total control of the media, he doesn’t care what impact it has on the population.
What Putin understands is force.
If Trump says “listen, you either negotiate in good faith or I will arm Ukraine to the teeth with weapons that will do real ddamage INSIDE Russia and kill a lot of Russians inside Ukraine” Putin will understand that.
But because Trump has boxed himself in catering to the Putinistas and isolationists, he can’t make that threat without losing support.
Jason said…In order to prove Biden was incompetent….
I was asking about something slightly different. Let’s say someone drafts an executive order without consulting Joe, and then electronically signs it in Joe’s name. Seems like a forgery to me. Proof will be difficult there, too.
“ActBlue, the online fund-raising organization that powers Democratic candidates, has plunged into turmoil, with at least seven senior officials resigning late last month and a remaining lawyer suggesting he faced internal retaliation.
The departures from ActBlue, which helps raise money for Democrats running for office at all levels of government, come as the group is under investigation by congressional Republicans. They have advanced legislation that some Democrats warn could be used to debilitate what is the party’s leading fund-raising operation.
The exodus has set off deep concerns about ActBlue’s future. Last week, two unions representing the group’s workers sent a blistering letter to ActBlue’s board of directors that listed the seven officials who had left. The letter described an “alarming pattern” of departures that was “eroding our confidence in the stability of the organization.”
“Too many people on both sides of the political divide are operating on the risky and unsubstantiated assumption that Putin shares the same goal as we do, i.e., an end to the war. WE want an end to the war. Putin wants to reconstruct the Russian Empire. And he wants his empire more than we want an end to the war.
In a speech given this week, Putin stated his position in simple terms. Ukraine must not join NATO, Russia must receive security guarantees, and not only would Russia not withdraw from a single inch of stolen Ukrainian territory, but also Ukraine must surrender more territory in the four regions partially occupied by Russia.
Does that sound like a reasonable, conciliatory guy tired of being on the ropes and looking to make peace as soon as possible?
In all fairness, maybe this is just Putin’s opening bid, made with the expectation that the final deal will involve some eventual concessions. If that’s the case, though, his opening bid is a lot more impressive than Trump’s.
President Trump has repeatedly made the point that the art of the deal involves possessing the will and the ability to say “no” and walk away from the negotiating table. But it’s not clear he’d walk away from this particular table before Putin would beat him to the punch.
Trump is sinking too much political capital into the idea of securing a meaningless piece of paper declaring an end to the Ukraine War, even with lopsidedly horrible terms that reward Russia for its blatant aggression. I had assumed that peace deals like this require a lot of give and take from both sides of the conflict. But right now, Trump is putting all the pressure on Ukraine to accept terms determined by America, terms that we have no idea whether or not Russia will accept.”
First decent jobs report for American borne workers in a while –
The economy added a net of 151,000 jobs in February while unemployment rose to 4.1%. Notably, native-born Americans gained 284,000 jobs while foreign-born workers lost 87,000.
“For the first time in 15 months, the job gains for native-born Americans… exceeded job gains for migrant and foreign-born workers,” Trump celebrated. “You’ve heard the same stat where foreign workers were taking up all the jobs.”
“In celebration of its 50th anniversary, Monty Python and the Holy Grail will officially be heading back to nationwide theaters on Sunday, May 4, and on Wednesday May 7, 2025. Tickets for the special screenings will be available to purchase starting on Friday, April 4 at Fathom Entertainment website, or at participating theater box offices.
Memo to all the MAGA members of Congress — you’re dealing with a Harvard Law School grad — she’s a lot smarter than you, and she is leading the safest city in the nation. You’re just embarrassing yourselfs while failing to address our nation’s actual problems.
Huh, she went to Harvard but you should go back to grade school.
“Yourselfs”?
Does he think Ted Cruz is smarter too? He went to Harvard Law School.
Ron DeSantis? Mike Pompeo?
Vance and Josh Hawley went to Yale Law School, can they question Wu?
BREAKING: Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey asked the DOJ to investigate whether Biden’s cognitive mental decline allowed unelected officials to make decisions without his knowledge or approval. If that’s the case, Biden’s executive orders, pardons, and other actions, may be unconstitutional and void.
This reminds me of the Dems who claimed Reagan was not competent as President after he left office and revealed the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s a few years later. But the Cult does use the Dems’ playbook.
Bitter lawyer says – But the Cult does use the Dems’ playbook.
This is hilarious. The bitter lawyer who calls everyone on this board with mainstream Republican views who disagrees with him a “cult “ member just like the leftists on daily Kos and democrat underground now says the people he attacks are using the dems playbook! Talk about a hypocritical lack of perspective.
Here’s to favorable rulings on a Friday afternoon…..
A federal judge on Friday denied a request to block the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) staff from accessing sensitive data from the Treasury Department. The Alliance for Retired Americans and several employee unions sued the federal government over the staff’s access to the data from the Fiscal Service. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly rejected the lawsuit, stating that the plaintiffs failed to show how they would face irreparable harm if the DOGE staff gained access
Hey let’s play a game. Who said this Bitter lawyer of some radical crazy leftist –
“If you claim you back the blue but want to defund the police when the police go to your nominee’s house to retrieve national security secrets, you might be in a cult,” and “Republicans who support Trump despite having “felony convictions that prevent him from going to” several countries “might be in a cult,”
Answer – You can’t tell because they both sound alike. However, that exact quote is from Eric Swalwel on Democrats Underground
Congress needs to restrict the authority of a single district judge to issue nationwide injunctions against the U.S. government Working on legislation to do that
I said that the criminal trials against Trump were BS since the beginning. The Cult is defined to complete devotion to Trump as an infallible political leader not responsible for any of his actions as well as a cold hatred of Ukrainians and Zelensky.
I don’t call all Republicans cult members. I call the Cult members cult members. Try to keep up.
If you agree Ukraine started the war, you are in the Cult. If you think Zelensky is a dictator but never criticize Putin, you are in the Cult. If you name your fish after Trump, you are in the Cult.
Nah, That’s not exactly like it’s been since I’ve been here. It’s more like if you disagree with bitter and say Zelensky acted like a fool in the Oval Office, you’re in a cult according to bitter, or if you think we shouldn’t continue the open checkbook Biden policy of funding this war, you’re in a cult according to bitter or if you think some tough sacrifices need to be made to achieve peace and end the killing in the ukraine, you’re in a cult according to bitter. There’s more but you get the drift. It’s definitely more like if you disagree with the bitter lawyer, who professes to a true Republican, he will act like a leftist and attack you with the same terms leftists use, just like I demonstrated.
Boden started the war with the Maidan coup in 2014, and he blocked any peace deals sending Boris johnson when a good deal could have been made. Little Marco is now saying out loud what used to be called “russian propaganda” as he now says that it’s become a US proxy war against Russia.
Just like Obama started the the Syria coup to put Al Qaeda in charge with operation sycamore timber in 2012
Thanks Bitter. However you should also thank me and the posters like Tina and Jan, who you keep referring to as cult members, for continuing to post here as well. Maybe if you get enough traffic, you’ll be able to monetize this site, sell some ads, and maybe finally stop chasing clients or kissing partner butt.
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Fib raid and shut it down.
JUST IN: The U.S. African Development Foundation blocked DOGE employees from accessing their headquarters to fire employees. SUPER TREASONOUS! Agency Leader Ward Brehm also just sued the Trump administration to block all access and attempts to remove him from his position. SHUT IT DOWN.
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https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/little-red-hens-thursday-march-6
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That is not treason. It is wrong. Both can be true.
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“This was roto escape tariffs and quotas set up by Reagan.”
-Reagan would never!?!?
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yup. Reagan had tariffs and quotas on Japanese vehicles. He even had tariffson the entire electronics industry. Remeber the American tv companies?
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Reagan’s tariffs were wrong. That does not mean that Trump’s tariffs are right.
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He better get the tax cuts through soon to offset the effects of the tariffs.
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And end the salt limitation.
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Tina – why would you want to eliminate the SALT limit? It raises a lot income for the federal government, and all at the expense of high income earners, especially in high tax states?
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Zzzzzz…
The Reagan haters always try to pretend Reagan was an AFL-CIO “conservative”.
Reagan believed in free trade, and his trade policy was not based on stupid tariffs and trade wars. The limited and targeted tariffs he imposed (wrongly) were completely different in scope and duration compared to Trump’s policies of blanket tariffs on all or most of our most important trading parties.
For Reagan, tariffs were at worst an exception, not the rule like they are for Trump.
Reagan would never say the “the most beautiful word in the English language is tariff”, because Reagan believed in free trade, free markets, and free enterprise.
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#BREAKING: The FBI has arrested 2 active duty Army soldiers, and one former soldier, for “theft of government property and a bribery scheme.” FBI Director Kash Patel: “These individuals have been charged with stealing America’s defense intelligence capabilities and empowering adversaries like China in betrayal of our country. They will now face American justice.”
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I am sure England and France “Will figure it all out.”
BREAKING: Europe has just failed to reach a deal on how to handle additional support for Ukraine – NYP They met after it became clear the Trump administration would not provide endless support.
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JUST IN: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard goes off on the military industrial complex and warmongers for constantly calling her and Trump “Russian assets.”
“We’ve heard this over and over again – that anyone who dares to stand for peace, as President Trump has, I have, as JD Vance has – saying we need to end the k*lling…they accuse us of being Russian assets, or puppets of Putin.”
“It really is quite disgusting, in my own view, and really speaks to the influence the warmongers, the Military Industrial Complex, has.” “They throw out these smears and lies, and accusations, that the American people are seeing right through.”
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It also makes states like CA, NJ, etc able to raise state taxes knowing their citizens won’t feel it as much and hate Dems.
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Correct, Bitter. When the 2017 Tax Bill was passed, the SALT limit, doubling of the standard deduction, elimination of AMT, and the revisions of the tax brackets were all part of the same package. The SALT limitations are just the piece that hit Democrat states the hardest.
The only thing better would have been elimination of the tax deduction for home mortgage interest and charitable contributions. Since the doubling of the standard deduction, I no longer itemize, so I get zero benefit from those deductions.
Can you imagine the screaming if Congress eliminated those two tax loopholes?
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I agree with Bitterlaw and BillW on the SALT deduction – do NOT give it back to those in high-tax states. Cut corporate tax rates across the board, and lower capital gains taxes.
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Tina, I like that Covid&Coffee site. Found this from yesterday:
https://jennasside.rocks/p/rfk-jr-completely-flip-flops-on-vaccines?r=qsimv&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true
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i always itemized my F.I.T.
Lot of work. But with charitable contributions and State income tax we were still better than not itemizing. (House was paid off, so no more interest on mortgage was being able to be deducted by me.)
When they doubled the standard deduction, it is FAR better on wife and I to not bother to itemize. No way we can get anywhere close to itemizing $29,200. (again, we have no mortgage payment.)
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https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1897802213197496349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1897809548309635403%7Ctwgr%5E0ff515a04f339a2df9bcdcbf262e58cec4c91508%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finstapundit.com%2F706536%2F
-Ridiculous.
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“And end the salt limitation.”
High doses of Salt and Sugar, caffeine and nicotine are the only things that keep me alive.
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And Miss Daisy as well, of course, isn’t that right, Walt?!?!
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https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-8
-For some crazy reason, I don’t worry about Elon and his DOGE henchpersons stealing my Social Security number.
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C’mon Pam, get it together.
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2025/03/07/ag-pam-bondi-still-unreleased-epstein-files-to-be-redacted-for-national-security-n4937664
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Bondi is a disaster.
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Well that didn’t take long ….
Marshals Escort DOGE Team Into African Aid Agency
A day earlier, U.S. African Development Foundation workers had refused entry to Department of Government Efficiency workers and the State Department official in charge of foreign aid.
Federal marshals on Thursday escorted officials from the Department of Government Efficiency into the U.S. African Development Foundation, a day after its employees refused entry to the Trump administration’s budget-slashing unit and Pete Marocco, the State Department official in charge of foreign aid.
Once inside, security officials were directed to change the federal agency’s locks, according to a security official at the scene. Mr. Marocco was seen entering the building separately from DOGE officials, according to video posted online, and the security official said he was briefly in the building.
Thursday’s takeover of the small foundation, which has about 55 employees and an annual budget of about $45 million, came after a weekslong standoff between administration officials and the foundation’s leaders. The leaders refused to succumb to the efforts of Mr. Marocco and the Department of Government of Efficiency team, overseen by Elon Musk, to assume control of their functions, dismiss staff members and install Mr. Marocco as the acting leader…
On Wednesday, the test of wills came to a head when Mr. Marocco and at least two of Mr. Musk’s deputies — Jacob Altik, a lawyer, and Ethan Shaotran, a software engineer — were denied entry to the offices, according to Mr. Brehm and video captured at the foundation. Mr. Marocco threatened to return with U.S. Marshals and the Secret Service if they were not allowed access.
Mr. Altik and Mr. Shaotran did not respond to requests for comment. But both were seen entering the building that houses the foundation on Thursday, alongside other members of Mr. Musk’s team, including Nate Cavanaugh.
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Shut that agency down.
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https://americafirstreport.com/made-in-america-trump-racks-up-3-trillion-of-investments-in-the-u-s-economy/
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March 7, 2025 at 8:22 am
Bondi is a disaster.”
You are never one comment, one decision or one vote away from making Tina’s RINO list.
Unless you are the Mother of all RINOS, then you get a pass.
Btw, did Trump appoint her?
Nah, he would never make a mistake. The Deep State must have appointed her.
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High doses of Salt and Sugar, caffeine and nicotine are the only things that keep me alive.”
Walt is the only person alive to. eat the caveman diet while actually a cave man.
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I pass on sugar and nicotine, I survive on caffeine, salt, meat and alcohol.
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Excellent article on the “why” Putin invaded Ukraine from a historical standpoint. It debunks a lot of the Putinista theories.
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2025/03/the-real-reason-russia-invaded-ukraine-hint-not-nato-expansion/
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Brief comment on today’s hearing in the USAID funding case before Judge Ali. The hearing lasted almost 3 hours and covered literally dozens of topics. I think four different attorneys spoke for the 10-12 plaintiffs, and one attorney for the Govt. By far the best advocate as the attorney for the Govt.
These are specialized areas of law and the Federal Programs Branch has the expertise on matters involving Govt programs. The attorney today knew his subject matter — much better than did the Judge. Judge Ali, CLEARLY chastened by the Chief Justice having stepped in to stop his ill-advised Order last week, followed by 4 Justices essentially saying he didn’t know what he was doing yesterday, was FAR MORE “judicious” in asking hundreds of questions. It was clear that he sort of thinks he understands the subject matter while at the same time realizing there is a lot he does not understand. Right at the start he wanted to deal with a couple of subjects he just blew past in the hastily called hearings the day after the complaints were filed — standing and jurisdiction to provide the remedies the plaintiffs were asking for.
In the TRO hearing three weeks ago it was obvious that he was animated by two facts and two facts only — the plaintiffs claimed they were owned money for work they had already done under USAID contracts/grants, and without payment under the agreements they were going to go out of business, lots of people were going to lose their jobs, and all these terrific foreign aid programs pumping money to foreign countries were going to be shut down. His only interest three weeks ago was how he could make sure that didn’t happen. Today he was far more concerned with the limits of his authority, and the degree to which it was probably unwise of him three weeks ago to assume that his black robe allowed him to substitute his judgment on what is worthwhile foreign aid spending for that of the newly elected President. Because the hearing went on so long I was not able to stick around for the end.
But I heard enough to be fairly confident that while he is still likely to enter an Injuction, it will be far more limited than the TRO. It will likely be limited to just the parties to the suit — and not every entity who might have a similar claim — and it will exclude those contracts/grants where the Govt has made a decision already to continue the funding. I don’t think his pride and sense of “righteousness” will let him walk away completely so there may be something for the Govt to appeal to the Circuit Court — but I didn’t get the feeling it will be anything as outrageous of what he was trying to do with his TRO.
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Should Trump be worried. Adam Schiff as the tough guy?
Adam Schiff posts bizarre “Message to Donald Trump” video: “Elon Musk and Donald Trump, they call me a criminal. They call me a traitor. Their MAGA minions online come after me to try to create fear. I’ll tell you my response” — “Screw you and the horse you rode in on!”
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LOL
Comment on X:
“Does the horse also have a preemptive pardon? Asking for a friend”
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No Beotchy 2.0
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/03/06/mike_davis_trump_is_not_going_to_pick_rattled_law_professors_in_his_second_term.html
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https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/03/06/mike_davis_justice_barrett_and_chief_justice_roberts_exhibited_cowardice_in_their_usaid_decision.html
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Bitter, what do you think of purchasing a Hunter Biden painting for the parlor of the A-hole Club?
I think it would make a great conversation piece.
Last I saw we had $8.47 in the Treasury. We could invest half of it in the painting.
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Is it because of the USAID FUNDS drying up?
https://wltreport.com/2025/03/06/top-democrat-fundraising-organization-turmoil-senior-officials-abruptly/?utm_source=PTN&utm_medium=mixed&utm_campaign=PTN
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The conclusion of the article above for those too lazy to read it.
“In short, it was not the West’s aggressive pursuit of an anti-Russian agenda, but rather the weakness and lack of strategic clarity it communicated at every turn post-Cold War that encouraged Moscow’s revisionism. It was not our alleged geostrategic assertiveness, but our timidity each time Putin used military power to occupy territory – first in Georgia in 2008, then in Ukraine in 2014, in Syria in 2015 and finally in Ukraine for the second time in 2022 that set the stage for the unfolding tragedy in Eastern Europe.
If the West is responsible for the Russian invasion of Ukraine it’s not for the reasons its critics now propound, i.e., because of our allegedly aggressive behavior, but because of our inability to grasp the basics of power politics as we swam into an ideological soup of our own making that bore no resemblance to how the world really works.
We are poised to communicate weakness once again, only this time unabashedly and without pretense that we are about norms or the “rules-based international order.” If the final peace agreement on Ukraine simply ratifies the status quo on the battlefield, the Trump administration will hand Moscow a major win, in effect undoing the consequences of the Western victory in the Cold War.”
Basically, I agree with this. Pay now to contain the Russians or pay a lot more later.
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I saw an interesting article somewhere yesterday asking if maybe just about everything Biden signed was moot and void because he use some sort of automatic pen instead of actually signing himself.
Another theory was that if he was incapacitated would anything he signed be valid.
I think both scenarios are weak, I believe the automatic signature pens are legal just like you can sign Docusign docs online and as far as we know there is no confirmed diagnosis of Biden’s incapacity on record.
But it will interesting to see if this has any legs.
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According to his filing, Hunter Biden has only sold one painting in the last 14 months, compared to 27 the prior 3 year.
I think he will accept the $4.18 offer from the A-hole Club.
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JUST IN – Trump is considering large-scale sanctions and tariffs on Russia as it is “pounding Ukraine on the battlefield right now.”
https://t.me/disclosetv/15484
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https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1898019999496728790?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
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Electronic signatures are valid in the courts where I practice. Attorneys usually do ask the signer if they understand it has the same legal effect.
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Zzzzzzzz. How about continuing the weapons to Ukraine. Sanctions don’t kill Russian troops.
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Bitter said….Electronic signatures are valid in the courts where I practice. Attorneys usually do ask the signer if they understand it has the same legal effect.
Is the electronic signature valid if performed without the consent and approval of the person whose name is signed?
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Is Bitter against tightening sanctions on Russia?
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I said what I said. In my cases, there was consent. You are talking about forgery.
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Zzzzzzz. Sanction Russia as much as possible but they have have been useless so far. Send weapons to kill as many Russians as possible. Both can be true.
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Trump’s response to that wacky dem video from yesterday –
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Fla2025 above. Is there a trick to getting the system to post a handle instead of an anonymous default?
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Is the electronic signature valid if performed without the consent and approval of the person whose name is signed?
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So I addressed that in my post.
In order to prove Biden was incompetent to sign you would need a positive diagnosis of incapacity at the time of the signing. Unless a physician attested to that, which I doubt, it would be very difficult to establish that he was indeed incompetent.
Witness testimony won’t do it, because there will be witnesses that attest he was fine, even if you could find some to say he was not.
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UST IN – Trump is considering large-scale sanctions and tariffs on Russia as it is “pounding Ukraine on the battlefield right now.”
Putin will laugh at sanctions. Because he is a dictator with total control of the media, he doesn’t care what impact it has on the population.
What Putin understands is force.
If Trump says “listen, you either negotiate in good faith or I will arm Ukraine to the teeth with weapons that will do real ddamage INSIDE Russia and kill a lot of Russians inside Ukraine” Putin will understand that.
But because Trump has boxed himself in catering to the Putinistas and isolationists, he can’t make that threat without losing support.
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Jason said…In order to prove Biden was incompetent….
I was asking about something slightly different. Let’s say someone drafts an executive order without consulting Joe, and then electronically signs it in Joe’s name. Seems like a forgery to me. Proof will be difficult there, too.
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Send weapons to kill as many Russians as possible.”
Nah, we can’t afford that.
Weapons cost money and if we did that we couldn’t send aid to hurricane victims in NC.
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Proof will be difficult there, too.”
Yep, because Biden would have to deny he signed it, which again won’t happen.
But I wouldn’t be surprised that actually happened, let’s say at the order of Jill Biden.
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Yep. So is the MO AG….
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At the old HHR, besides my jason handle I had several parody handles.
ssq, Wobbles, Poul Harris….. a couple others that weren’t obviously me so we won’t mention them.
I can’t get parody handles to work here.
I imagine that is why we lost Cash Cow too.
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Awww, this is too bad…
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Good advice for Trump..
https://pjmedia.com/caskeet/2025/03/07/beware-putins-trap-n4937666
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All good points…
“Too many people on both sides of the political divide are operating on the risky and unsubstantiated assumption that Putin shares the same goal as we do, i.e., an end to the war. WE want an end to the war. Putin wants to reconstruct the Russian Empire. And he wants his empire more than we want an end to the war.
In a speech given this week, Putin stated his position in simple terms. Ukraine must not join NATO, Russia must receive security guarantees, and not only would Russia not withdraw from a single inch of stolen Ukrainian territory, but also Ukraine must surrender more territory in the four regions partially occupied by Russia.
Does that sound like a reasonable, conciliatory guy tired of being on the ropes and looking to make peace as soon as possible?
In all fairness, maybe this is just Putin’s opening bid, made with the expectation that the final deal will involve some eventual concessions. If that’s the case, though, his opening bid is a lot more impressive than Trump’s.
President Trump has repeatedly made the point that the art of the deal involves possessing the will and the ability to say “no” and walk away from the negotiating table. But it’s not clear he’d walk away from this particular table before Putin would beat him to the punch.
Trump is sinking too much political capital into the idea of securing a meaningless piece of paper declaring an end to the Ukraine War, even with lopsidedly horrible terms that reward Russia for its blatant aggression. I had assumed that peace deals like this require a lot of give and take from both sides of the conflict. But right now, Trump is putting all the pressure on Ukraine to accept terms determined by America, terms that we have no idea whether or not Russia will accept.”
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Stacey Abrams says Biden gave her $2 billion to buy new appliances so poor people could cut energy costs.
At $500 per appliance that would be 4 million appliances.
GA has 4 million households.
Unless every household in GA got a new appliance where is the money?
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First decent jobs report for American borne workers in a while –
The economy added a net of 151,000 jobs in February while unemployment rose to 4.1%. Notably, native-born Americans gained 284,000 jobs while foreign-born workers lost 87,000.
“For the first time in 15 months, the job gains for native-born Americans… exceeded job gains for migrant and foreign-born workers,” Trump celebrated. “You’ve heard the same stat where foreign workers were taking up all the jobs.”
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/trump-touts-growth-jobs-native-born-americans
Moreover, a shift from government job creation, which was the primary reason for job growth under Biden, to private sector growth.
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Good news
“In celebration of its 50th anniversary, Monty Python and the Holy Grail will officially be heading back to nationwide theaters on Sunday, May 4, and on Wednesday May 7, 2025. Tickets for the special screenings will be available to purchase starting on Friday, April 4 at Fathom Entertainment website, or at participating theater box offices.
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@MikeConnollyMA
Memo to all the MAGA members of Congress — you’re dealing with a Harvard Law School grad — she’s a lot smarter than you, and she is leading the safest city in the nation. You’re just embarrassing yourselfs while failing to address our nation’s actual problems.
Huh, she went to Harvard but you should go back to grade school.
“Yourselfs”?
Does he think Ted Cruz is smarter too? He went to Harvard Law School.
Ron DeSantis? Mike Pompeo?
Vance and Josh Hawley went to Yale Law School, can they question Wu?
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I slept at a Holiday Inn Express in Cambridge, right down the street from Harvard – can I question Wu?
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Kristi Noem says they’ve identified two DHS employees who leaked ICE raid info prior to raids.
She says they’ve been referred to DOJ for prosecution.
Woot woot.
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How long until a very prominent hack judge shuts this down?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2025/03/07/trump-administration-cancels-grants-at-columbia-after-pro-hamas-takeovers-of-sister-school-n2653448
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Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
BREAKING: Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey asked the DOJ to investigate whether Biden’s cognitive mental decline allowed unelected officials to make decisions without his knowledge or approval. If that’s the case, Biden’s executive orders, pardons, and other actions, may be unconstitutional and void.
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It is extremely unlikely that a diagnosis now is going to work as a past diagnosis. This is not going anywhere.
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This reminds me of the Dems who claimed Reagan was not competent as President after he left office and revealed the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s a few years later. But the Cult does use the Dems’ playbook.
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Cash Cow here.
I wondered off for a while.
But, contrary to what Jason said, I am not lost.
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wandered….
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I have to spend a lot of my time correcting Cash Cow’s spelling…
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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/federal-prosecutors-worked-eric-adams-case-escorted-workplace-rcna195398?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&taid=67cb63d89e013c00017a609a&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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Bitter lawyer says – But the Cult does use the Dems’ playbook.
This is hilarious. The bitter lawyer who calls everyone on this board with mainstream Republican views who disagrees with him a “cult “ member just like the leftists on daily Kos and democrat underground now says the people he attacks are using the dems playbook! Talk about a hypocritical lack of perspective.
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Here’s to favorable rulings on a Friday afternoon…..
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mainstream Republican views
I thought the Cult hates mainstream Republicans as Establishment RINOs.
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Hey let’s play a game. Who said this Bitter lawyer of some radical crazy leftist –
“If you claim you back the blue but want to defund the police when the police go to your nominee’s house to retrieve national security secrets, you might be in a cult,” and “Republicans who support Trump despite having “felony convictions that prevent him from going to” several countries “might be in a cult,”
Answer – You can’t tell because they both sound alike. However, that exact quote is from Eric Swalwel on Democrats Underground
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My conservatism has been on display at HHR since 2004.
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Mike Lee
@BasedMikeLee
Congress needs to restrict the authority of a single district judge to issue nationwide injunctions against the U.S. government Working on legislation to do that
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I said that the criminal trials against Trump were BS since the beginning. The Cult is defined to complete devotion to Trump as an infallible political leader not responsible for any of his actions as well as a cold hatred of Ukrainians and Zelensky.
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Bad News – Without Republicans like me (who you hate) Trump would not have been elected President twice. Deal with it.
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Just like radical democrats, bitter lashes out and calls republicans cult members for holding views a majority of the Republican Party hold.
Here is another one. Is this Bitter lawyer, wheo swears he’s a Republican unlike all of you, or radical crazy leftist Nancy pelosi? –
“this should be the Republican Party, not some personality cult centered around one man,”
Answer – It sure sounds like Bitter, but it’s his rhetorical doppleganger Nancy pelosi
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I don’t call all Republicans cult members. I call the Cult members cult members. Try to keep up.
If you agree Ukraine started the war, you are in the Cult. If you think Zelensky is a dictator but never criticize Putin, you are in the Cult. If you name your fish after Trump, you are in the Cult.
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NT at 8:00
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I keep this Cult echo chamber open. Ungrateful bastards.
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Nah, That’s not exactly like it’s been since I’ve been here. It’s more like if you disagree with bitter and say Zelensky acted like a fool in the Oval Office, you’re in a cult according to bitter, or if you think we shouldn’t continue the open checkbook Biden policy of funding this war, you’re in a cult according to bitter or if you think some tough sacrifices need to be made to achieve peace and end the killing in the ukraine, you’re in a cult according to bitter. There’s more but you get the drift. It’s definitely more like if you disagree with the bitter lawyer, who professes to a true Republican, he will act like a leftist and attack you with the same terms leftists use, just like I demonstrated.
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I have never used the term true Republican. None of your posts have been deleted. You certainly make a lot of them and they all remain.
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Niether.
Boden started the war with the Maidan coup in 2014, and he blocked any peace deals sending Boris johnson when a good deal could have been made. Little Marco is now saying out loud what used to be called “russian propaganda” as he now says that it’s become a US proxy war against Russia.
Just like Obama started the the Syria coup to put Al Qaeda in charge with operation sycamore timber in 2012
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Bunu always has the same act.
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Thanks Bitter. However you should also thank me and the posters like Tina and Jan, who you keep referring to as cult members, for continuing to post here as well. Maybe if you get enough traffic, you’ll be able to monetize this site, sell some ads, and maybe finally stop chasing clients or kissing partner butt.
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