U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani paused the Trump administration's plan to use the Postal Service to limit the delivery of ballots.
A man was sent to the hospital [in Danbury, CT] Thursday morning after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent deployed a Taser on him while making an arrest, according to the mayor's office and a 911 call recording obtained by CT Insider.
A federal judge in California on Wednesday invalidated a Trump administration rule that could potentially lower wages to foreign guest workers by as much as a projected $2.46 billion annually.
Republicans have been eager for the group to start spending its massive war chest ahead of the general election.
Florida's attorney general got a fiery rebuke and some ecclesiastical schooling from the state's Catholic bishops after he boldly threatened to block funding to Catholic schools unless the church bends to the state's anti-vaccine policies -- policies allegedly intended to uphold religious freedom.
Aviation Safety At Risk Amid DOGE Cuts And Shutdown Fears, Industry Leaders Tell Congress (March 2025)
www.forbes.com
... Staffing cuts and uncertainty over a potential federal government shutdown later this month is putting further pressure on the already-strained U.S. air traffic system, aviation leaders warned Tuesday during a Congressional hearing on bolstering the beleaguered U.S. Air Traffic Control system. ...
Key Facts
Aviation leaders criticized DOGE for firing approximately 400 Federal Aviation Administration employees in mid-February, telling the hearing that a potential government shutdown in mid-March could threaten the country's aviation safety.
"Haphazardly eliminating positions and encouraging resignations are having a demoralizing effect on the workforce," testified David Spero, president of the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists, which represents 132 terminated FAA workers who installed, maintained, and certified air traffic control and national defense equipment.
Spero added "no assessment had been done" before the firings to determine their impact on aviation safety.
Although air traffic controllers were exempted from DOGE firings, additional pressures on them puts them in a "very vulnerable position and as risk to the system," Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, testified.
Transport Secretary Sean Duffy announced a "hiring supercharge" for air traffic controllers last week, but Nicholas Calio, CEO of lobby group Airlines for America, said: "It's not going to be enough. The numbers don't add up."
Daniels pushed back on Elon Musk's call last Thursday for retired air traffic controllers to return to work, pointing out that ATCs who were hired back would have to repeat the training process and would potentially bottleneck the training of younger controllers "that we need to actually invest in and sustain the system going forward."
DOGE did not respond immediately to Forbes' request for comment. ...
Also ...
Georgia's GOP House Speaker says vote-by-mail system would be 'devastating to Republicans' (April 2020)
thehill.com
..."... a multitude of reasons why vote by mail in my view is not acceptable," [Georgia state House Speaker David] Ralston went on, before adding "the president said it best, this will be extremely devastating to Republicans and conservatives in Georgia." ...
"The things they had in there were crazy. They had things, levels of voting that if you ever agreed to, you would never have a Republican elected in this country again," Pres Trump said...
... His message is simple, his persona is unglamorous, and his old-school North Carolina Senate bid is working. ...
As opposed to the approach ...
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts ... Now (2004)
www.youtube.com
Lyrics excerpt ...
...
I was walkin' down the street
In the town where I was born
I was movin' to a beat
That I'd never felt before
So I opened up my eyes
And I took a look around
I saw it written 'cross the sky
The revolution starts now
Yeah, the revolution starts now
The revolution starts now
When you rise above your fear
And tear the walls around you down
The revolution starts here
Where you work and where you play
Where you lay your money down
What you do and what you say
The revolution starts now
Yeah the revolution starts now
...
@#9 ... I'd imagine there are a lot of submarines around there. ...
yeah.
But likely also more provocative actions ...
Confrontation Over Taiwan
www.cfr.org
...
Overview
China's claim to sovereignty over the island of Taiwan and President Xi Jinping's stated objective of "re-unification" by 2049 have driven an escalating campaign of grey zone pressure, including air defense zone incursions and expanding Coast Guard operations.
Trump's contradictory statements on U.S. defense commitments have deepened uncertainty in Taipei, while a recent PLA missile test signals an enhanced nuclear second-strike capability.
A conflict would devastate global semiconductor supply chains, with severe economic consequences.
...
... and for acknowledgement ...
Aimee Mann
en.wikipedia.org
... In the 1980s, after playing with the Young Snakes and Ministry, she co-founded the new wave band 'Til Tuesday and wrote their top-ten single "Voices Carry" (1985). ...
MAGA flocking to Pres Trump?
Aimee Mann - The Moth (2002)
www.youtube.com
...
[Verse 1]
The moth don't care when he sees the flame
He might get burned, but he's in the game
And once he's in, he can't go back
He'll beat his wings till he burns them black
No, the moth don't care when he sees the flame
No, the moth don't care when he sees the flame
[Verse 2]
The moth don't care if the flame is real
'Cause flame and moth got a sweetheart deal
And nothing fuels a good flirtation
Like need and anger and desperation
No, the moth don't care if the flame is real
No, the moth don't care if the flame is real
...
MAGA, like Icarus, flying too close to the flame of Pres Trump?
Icarus
en.wikipedia.org
... Icarus ignored Daedalus' instructions not to fly too close to the Sun, causing the beeswax in his wings to melt. Icarus fell from the sky, plunged into the sea, and drowned. The myth gave rise to the idiom, "fly too close to the Sun". ...
... The classified intelligence suggesting that Putin sees the U.S. as weakened ...
Well, the US is reported to have diminished its military presence in the so-called Far East (i.e., Japan and that area).
Then, I also see this ...
US military damage sustained through Iran war marks 'end of an era' in Middle East strategy (July 2026)
www.abc.net.au
Lots of photos to illustrate what is reported.
@#20
Instead of using HOMES to remember the names of the Great Lakes, now we have to use SHAME for that purpose.