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... Over 10 months since the relevant government agencies were ordered to start a re-evaluation of the permitting process, testimony revealed that they had barely begun to develop the concept of a review. As such, the only reason they could offer in defense of the suspension consisted of Trump's executive order and a Department of the Interior memo implementing it.

"Whatever level of explanation is required when deviating from longstanding agency practice," Judge Saris wrote, "this is not it." ...

@#15 ... Since his release, Linen has become community activist, eventually co-founding Until Freedom.

Linen's post-prison story also includes writing children's books and continuing music projects." ...

He served his time for what he was convicted of doing, it's not like he was pardoned and allowed to leave imprisonment early.

And after he completed his sentence he has shown that he learned his lesson.

@#9 ... Trumpers like him because he's a dumbass, too, but he's got a lot of money. ...

I mostly disagree.

My current thoughts are along the lines that MAGA loved Pres Trump for his campaign promises.

But now, that those promises seem to have been worth little more than the imaginary paper upon they were written, MAGA seems to be having issues with Pres Trump.

Case in point: Rep Taylor-Greene (soon to be fmr Rep...)

Stated differently, Pres Trump, in his alignment with billionaires, seems to have deserted his MAGA base and endorsed the very people that his MAGA base seems to despise.

@#2

trying to get the trgets t ive

-- should be ---

trying to get the targets to give

One of these decades, I'll learn how to use a keyboard ....

:)

OK, another gruesome crime enabled by those trying to get the trgets t ive up the access codes to their crypto fortune.

Not the first and, likely, not the last.

@@47 ... Consider it a cameo appearance. ...

Oh, I do.

But I still have to ask ... for what purpose?

@#44

Yep. Trolling.

So then the question seems to become, why the trolling?

A lame attempt to disrupt or deflect?

If so, why?

The presence and activity of those trolling aliases speaks volumes about what is discussed here on this most august site.

Stated differently, if the discussions on this site were not so good, then why would there seem to be the need to dispatch trolls to disrupt those discussions?

@#41 ... You lost your paper route?!...

Nah.

At this point, that current trolling alias just looks like it is trying to get replies and disrupt.

Gee, what other aliases have done that?

;)

OK, imo, Pres Trump's response indicates to me that he may be trying to hide something.

So, what might he be trying to hide, beside the Epstein files?

Whoa ...

@#38

Do try harder.

Are the Republicans in Congress finally growing a spine?

imo, too soon to tell, but worth watching.

Get yer popcorn ready ...

Interesting ...

@#66

Found this ...

... The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case on whether some children born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship ...

What does the Constitution say about this?

@#64 ... You are missing the nuance. Many states require ID to vote. I'm okay with that. I'm not aware of any state that requires ID to register, that is what I addressed not ID to vote. ...

Good point.

I just checked.

I don't see an ID requirement in my state (CT) to register.

While I do see an ID requirement to vote.

Thanks, I may start asking questions of State officials. :)

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... President Donald Trump presided over a roundtable on Monday afternoon with a handful of farmers, along with lawmakers and members of his administration to announce the aid package.

Rollins said that $11 billion will be provided to commodity producers, while USDA will hold back $1 billion for specialty crop producers.

"So, you are going to your lender, as you are working to ensure and understanding what you can plant for next year, you will have that number in hand," Rollins said.

FARMER BRIDGE ASSISTANCE

FBA payments will provide aid to the primary commodity crops: barley, chickpeas, corn, cotton, lentils, oats, peanuts, peas, rice, sorghum, soybeans, wheat, canola, crambe, flax, mustard, rapeseed, safflower, sesame and sunflower.

USDA stated the aid will support farmers dealing with a host of challenges. "FBA will help address market disruptions, elevated input costs, persistent inflation, and market losses from foreign competitors engaging in unfair trade practices that impede exports."

USDA will use a "uniform formula to cover a portion of modeled losses during the crop year." ...

@#5 ... Life is a mystery, ...

Perhaps not as much of a mystery as your current alias seeks to hide behind.

:)

Threads need to be merged ...

@#4 ... The population density of the blue areas outside NYC in the embedded map above are far less than super-packed NYC. ...

Back to the topic at hand ...

Perhaps that is why Pres Trump seemed to be so, well, soiling of his diapers, when Mayor-elect Mamdani won.

Pres Trump saw the political ramifications of such a win in NYC, and I won't go into detail at this point. Ask if you have a question..

Then there was that meeting between Mayor-elect Mamdani and Pres Trump in the Oval Office.

Pres Trump's admiration of the Mayor-elect during that meeting still is a wonder for me.

I mean that in the sense of, ~WTF happened there?~

@#4 ... The population density of the blue areas outside NYC in the embedded map above are far less than super-packed NYC. ...

I do not disagree.

(to be honest with you, I posted that comment an embedded map mainly to see if my alias was still on your "ignore" list.) :)

... Without the Big Apple, NYS is a Red State ...

I have offered that view here in my comments in the past.

Thanks for providing the numbers to back it up.

... Honduras's top prosecutor has issued an international arrest warrant for former President Juan Orlando Hernandez, intensifying legal and political turmoil just days after the ex-leader walked free from a United States prison. ...

What may have been given to Pres Trump in the transaction to allow this convicted drug trafficker to be pardoned?

A drug trafficker who was convicted of bringing over 400 tons of cocaine into the United States.

@#1 ... "Today, under Trump and three decades of Republican rule in Texas, those very Texans are under daily attack," Crockett wrote on her campaign website. "I'm running to protect Texans from these attacks and safeguard the rights our Constitution guarantees." ...

OK, I do not live in Texas, nor do I presuppose I understand the political thinking of Texans.

Given that, my first question might be along the lines of ... is that really your opening volley in the current political environment?

To me, at this point, this race for the Senate may turn into the usual Democratic loss due to ineffectual messaging, i.e., pushing policies rather than listening about concerns.

But that's just me opining ...

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... Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a rising star within the party who has built a reputation as one of President Trump's fiercest critics in Congress, has joined the race for the U.S. Senate in Texas. She is seeking to unseat Republican Sen. John Cornyn and provide Democrats a critical victory in their pursuit of flipping the Senate in next year's midterms.

"Today, under Trump and three decades of Republican rule in Texas, those very Texans are under daily attack," Crockett wrote on her campaign website. "I'm running to protect Texans from these attacks and safeguard the rights our Constitution guarantees."

Her decision comes just hours after Colin Allred, who led Democrats' unsuccessful bid to oust Sen. Ted Cruz in 2024, announced that he is dropping out of next year's race.

Allred, who lost to Cruz by more than 8 points last year, didn't mention Crockett in his statement explaining his decision to drop out of the race. But he did make the case that a "bruising" Democratic primary could undermine their chances of ousting Cornyn in the general election, arguing that his party will need to be "unified" if it stands a chance at pulling off an upset in November. ...

... and please explain once again the ~worst and the violent~ aspect of those being deported?