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Friday, November 15, 2024

Vivek Ramaswamy, who was picked to lead the newly-created Department of Government Efficiency, proposed defunding federal programs that no longer have congressional authorization - which includes money for veterans' health care, NASA and early education. read more


Trump picks RFK Jr. , anti-vaccine activist, for Health and Human Services secretary read more


That effort, if successful, could give Trump far greater authority to remake the federal budget on his own, altering the balance of power between the branches of government. read more


Thursday, November 14, 2024

Trump's Nominee for Solicitor General is D John Sauer John Sauer, a lawyer arguing Donald Trump's presidential immunity case, generated significant controversy when he asserted, in response to a judge's hypothetical, that a president could not be prosecuted if he were to order the assassination of a political rival -- unless he were first impeached and convicted. read more


Here's a tough one for ya. Rank from best to worst the following Appointments Matt Gaetz AG Pete Hegseth Dept of Defense Tulsi Gabbard Dir. of National Intelligence RFJ Jr. Dir. of HHS Kristi Noem Dir. of Homeland Security


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This is Peggy's argument for what should be done:

"Unaligned Americans who don't even like Trump are tired of being browbeaten for not hating him enough." If voters have made a terrible mistake, "that's a risk of democracy, so we must live with it." Mr. Friedersdorf himself doubts Mr. Trump's character, judgment and respect for the Constitution. He fears recklessness in some areas and cruelty in others. What he urges toward Mr. Trump is in line with our past: "normal political opposition," which is "more likely to yield good civic results." "Our constitutional and civic checks on executive power are formidable, frustrating every administration."

"Until 2028, normal checks can constrain Trump."

These are wise words.

TH: This is blind stupid institutionalism. The ------- SC gave him complete and utter immunity. He can do literally anything, He can walk into a girls dressing room rape every child in there-not a crime. He is loading the DoJ to pursue his enemies. He WILL be going after his rivals with actual -------- criminal cases. Congress IS going to bow to him. The most vile nominees will be appointed.

I close with this. People say they fear authoritarianism from Mr. Trump, latent or overt fascism, a reign of intolerance. My fears are in the area of foreign policy. Mr. Trump no doubt believes he's ready for a major foreign crisis, but he's never had one. I mean not something like the pandemic, a crisis with foreign-affairs aspects that rolled out over a matter of months and years, but a sharp and immediate crisis, a big and crucial one. He tends to think foreign affairs comes down to personal relationships, but it doesn't. Xi Jinping, "Little Rocket Man""he had them all wary in his first term. Who is this guy? Better not push him. But now they know him"how he operates, what he wants.

He isn't a mystery to them anymore. He isn't a mystery to anyone. That will have some impact on things going forward.

TH: And Peggy bounces to the absurd. Peggy, your fears are misplaced. Your fears should be with the concentration camps and the violent suppression of protestors and the removal of basic rights here at home. Let Lil Kim take over S Korea, Let china take Taiwan, Let Israel genocide the Palestinians, Let Putin take Poland, they are no longer within our ability to care

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In 2019, Sauer defended the state health department over its effort to revoke the license for Missouri's only abortion clinic, run by Planned Parenthood in St. Louis. As part of that case, it came out that the agency had been tracking the menstrual cycles of the Planned Parenthood's patients, supposedly in order to determine if any had failed abortion procedures.

After Missouri's administrative hearing commission found that the state had wrongly denied the clinic's license, and ordered the state health department to pay $146,000 to cover Planned Parenthood's legal bills, Sauer continued fighting. He argued the state shouldn't have to pay, and attempted to use the opportunity to pursue discovery and keep going after Planned Parenthood.

"This is not the little guy we're dealing with here," said Sauer. "This is the thousand-pound gorilla when it comes to litigation resources."

Sauer also spearheaded Missouri's defense of a law that attempted to block Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood on the grounds that it is an abortion provider, when most of its work involves non-abortion services and many of its clinics don't provide abortions. The effort failed at the state Supreme Court.

In 2021, Sauer filed a brief for the Missouri attorney general in a case supporting an Arizona law that criminalized abortions based on genetic abnormalities. In another case involving Planned Parenthood, Sauer sought to have the Supreme Court approve a similar Missouri law that not only prohibited medical providers from performing abortions due to Down Syndrome, but from performing abortions at all after 8, 14, 18, or 22 weeks.

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