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State Capture

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2760166345490170631/6228146223296965642?hl=en#   David French in NYT writes that Trump is not merely testing limits with a specific purpose, but smashing limits for the sole purpose of breaking limits. NYT French French states that Trump and his MAGA Minions aim to move beyond historic limits so that they can tear down the present state of the Union because they don’t care for constitutional restraints and Judicial or Congressional oversight. Trump himself appears to be daring the Supreme Court to stop him. In Executive Functions , Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith write that Trump/Musk’s presidential maneuvers are likely an effort to defy Constitutional Authority and any Supreme Court mandates in order to re-make the presidency as the supreme authority in the United States. https://executivefunctions.substack.com/p/the-trump-executive-orders-as-radical The whole point of the present Trump Administration appears to be, for Trump, with Mus...

Mid-East Riviera/US AID

<script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3976745055486891" Lawrence O’Donnell, the Last Word /MSNBC-   made some salient, if slightly dramatic, observations about Pres. Trump’s stunning, yet ridiculous announcement that the United States would annex the Gaza Strip. While Lawrence’s point that falling into the Trump/Gaza trap was a major distraction from more pressing concerns, such as Musk/Trump’s shuttering of U.S. AID, Trump’s proclamation could hardly be ignored. And the D.C. Press Corp. shouldn’t be blamed for inquiring further about Trump’s explosive yet completely ludicrous proposal. Yasmin Vossoughian, MSNBC noted –‘Trump, alongside Netanyahu, may have gotten the U.S. into another war’ [?]. ‘Across the Middle East there is real, deep dissatisfaction and anger over Trump’s proposal.’ A ‘straightforward’ crime NYT This, should not be dismissed. As the onslaught of threatening and divisive news, one disastrous mo...

'Trying Times' Indeed

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2760166345490170631/2616536681299866274#   I reported yesterday that Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove on Friday ordered Mr. Brian Driscoll, Acting FBI Director, to compile a list of all current and former FBI employees assigned “at any time” to the investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot… . Brian Driscoll Refused to comply and is now reported to be ‘on thin ice’ at FBI. https://joey2blog.blogspot.com/2025/02/trying-times.html Today, AP reports that two lawsuits were filed in federal court in Washington on behalf of anonymous agents:‘… lawsuits were filed Tuesday in federal court in Washington on behalf of anonymous agents, to demand an immediate halt to the collection and potential dissemination of names of investigators who participated in probes of the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol’   AP FBI Agents Assoc. v. Department of Justice https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277085/gov.uscourts.dcd.2...

TRYING TIMES

  <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3976745055486891 As a great American, who happened to be British, said “These are the times that try men's souls” – a quote from Thomas Paine's The American Crisis pamphlet series. (December 1776) Indeed. A more politically appropriate phrase now would be …’ Try One’s Soul’ Nonetheless, the same rings true today. Paine wrote the phrase in a pamphlet entitled ‘American Crisis’. Today’s American Crises is Donald Trump, and his completely willing and enthusiastic co-conspirator, Elon Musk: Musk’s Trump-Approved Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), is not a Real Government Agency just because Musk and Trump say it is. A Real Government Agency is Authorized and Funded by the U.S. Congress, a step DOGE has not undergone. ‘…there is no precedent for someone who is not a full-time employee to have such ability to reshape the federal work force. NYT 2/3/25 https://www.nytime...

1/30/25 Trump’s ‘Common Sense’

 <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3976745055486891"      crossorigin="anonymous"></script> With ‘Zero Evidence, No Proof at all’ (Nicole Wallace MSNBC ) Trump blames Obama and Biden for the DC Helicopter/Airliner Collision.   Trump absolutely, fantastically (as in Complete Fantasy) cited DEI Policies as the reason for the crash .   When asked by a Reporter during the White House Press Briefing how he had come to this conclusion, Trump ridiculously said ‘because I have ‘Common Sense’. MSNBC On Deadline Whitehouse on Thursday, Nicole Wallace with Von Hilliard laid out a Timeline of FAA Events since Pres. Trump’s Jan 20 Inauguration: .Jan21 Hiring Freeze for Air Traffic Controllers Jan. 22 FAA Safety Advisory Committee Disbanded Jan 30 67 People including 3 U.S. Army Personnel and about a dozen U.S. and World Figure Skating Champions die in Helicopter/Airliner Crash. I’m not...

1/30/25 Update - Target:

<script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3976745055486891"      crossorigin="anonymous"></script> 1/30/25 Update - Target: Black entrepreneurs urge shopping I recently encouraged Consumers  to consider TARGET's Canceling  DEI programs when shopping at TARGET. Black entrepreneurs meanwhile, urge Consumers to 'Clear the shelves'. : TARGET   jw

1/28 Power Grab Continues

 <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3976745055486891"      crossorigin="anonymous"></script> In the past few days, President Trump has accelerated his grab for complete control of the U.S. government. This blatant, unprecedented effort to remove control and eliminate oversight by appropriate authorities is staggering. Trump seeks to consolidate Power and Control squarely within his sole grasp and coordinated by a select few at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Trump’s latest actions have no historical precedent in the U.S., with the possible exception of the Lincoln Administration during the Civil War, and FDR during WWII. In these cases, the country was in fact under threat by enemy forces and in very real danger of being completely overwhelmed. No such overwhelming situation exists today and is entirely manufactured by Trump and his cronies to justify the outright seizure of Governmental Control. ...