“There is simply no plausible argument that the president has the constitutional authority to refuse to spend appropriated funds because he doesn’t like how the money is being spent.
It looks to me that President Fuckwit has out-kicked his coverage on damned near everything from his pardons (Silk Road, really) to firing the IG’s in clear violation of the applicable statute to this nonsense. He didn’t buy the government or win it in some lawsuit or poker game; he was elected to serve, not to rule (much less to reign). We need to bring this to a crashing fucking stop immediately!
Why are people surprised, Tom? They told us boldly what they planned to do. Even trump told people what he planned to do. If some held a gun to your head and sais 'I'm going to kill you' would you laugh and say 'ah you're just joking'?
I'm incredibly surprised that they didn't all cut off individual payments, such as SNAP and Welfare as well. We know they want to eliminate SSI and Medicare. How long before they start cherry picking payments based on a person's demographic? BIPOC and LGBTQ communities are the very definition of DEI.
And let's all remember that however illegal these actions are, it means nothing to the person sitting in the Oval Office. He's immune from criminal prosecution!
But he's not immune from Impeachment and House Democrats need to issue Articles of Impeachment immediately!! Surely there are some Republicans who can see the outrageousness of this!!
I hate to say this Denise, but don't hold your breath that there are some Republicans in Washington who can see anything but their self-interest in bending the knee to keep their power (which by so doing they lose) and position (also lost by so doing).
Oh TC, I'm not holding my breath on any of this. I've said that I won't be surprised by anything he does or tries to do, and I'm not. But I am surprised by the speed of it all coming out at once. Again, I shouldn't even be surprised by that. But I am seriously looking for an exit. I'm having trouble seeing how this will end other than through a complete collapse of the government, since there's been a severe lack of anyone, other than an Episcopalian Bishop, to stand up to him.
The GOP are traitors, and most should also be impeached for aiding and abetting a hostile takeover of the country. Trump is the Manchurian/Russian Candidate. He couldn't be doing their bidding more if Angela Lansbury had been his mother. He merely wants revenge, but his 2025ers want more, so he'll give it to them. May all who voted for this monster suffer the most.
Gotta hand it to the Grifter-in-Chief: I think this is the fastest he has moved in his life. He and the people who own him are not wasting a second, and no longer care whether or not we know what is happening. Right now, MAGAs see "wokeness", DEI and the hated left being cut down and deprived of appropriated federal funds and no doubt enjoying it immensely..... Chortle now, for they will be coming for you next.....
The court ordered DC Stay was signed before the FALSE 5:00 PM Eastern 'deadline' [NOT].
Please do not try to make Wreck sane. Do you really think the 3 points you listed is the 'deal'? Apparently, you missed Wreck's one word request to federal workers, "RESIGN" which came after his 5:00 PM order [not] went down the toilet.
Take note of Senator RON WYDEN's (D-Ore) statement today that "Medicaid portals are down all 50 States".
Obviously they are "not the whole deal", but they have been the boogie men Trump and his minions have used for years to rile up the crowds. Essentially Trump has tried to shut down the government for three months, with no thought for the people affected, because he is a raging sociopath and so are most of the tech-bros supporting him.
Wreck's 2 page coup-delirium was HALTED by DC Federal Judge today on or before the FALSE deadline of 5:00 PM Eastern.
Lead DC Attorney JESSICA ANNE MORTON & others filed a 3 Count complaint against the Office of Management & Budget (OMB) & Matthew [Dark] Veeth.
The two (2) lead Plaintiffs are the American Public Heath Foundation & the National Council of Non-Profits. There are others including SAGE.
***** The Plaintiffs' 3 Counts are as Follows *****
Count One: Violation of the APA (Administrative Procedures Act specifically Section 706 (2)(A)
for patent arbitrary & capricious conduct.
Count Two: Obvious Violation of the First Amendment. The United States Congress has Article 1 powers not the mad coup leader. Congress established federal courts, can tax & spend, regulates interstate commerce & handles many other constitutional duties.
Count Three: Patent violation of the APA including Section 706(2)(C). That section specifically empowers a court reviewing unconstitutional orders to"hold unlawful & set aside [OMB] agency actions, bogus "findings" & patently false "conclusions"/
Call your senators and representatives! Tell them this will not stand - if they start fearing their constituents more than they fear Trump, maybe a few will grow a spine. A judge just put a temporary injunction on this so it’s going straight to the courts.
They want to destroy the federal government, literally, this is all part of that plan. If the judges get in the way they will ignore them, they will have all the power with the military. Democracy is inconvenient and an impediment to their ends, they literally mean to destroy every institution that comprises the government. They are clueless, if you think the military is complex just add in Education, Health, Interior, Transportation, State…………..a lot of people doing their jobs is what makes it all work. As flawed as our health care system is, we are world leaders in the development of new medicines, they just shut down the National Institute of Health, do the morons not think that diseases don’t care how you voted, we have a pandemic just about to cut loose, it’s in animals all around us. We are going to need an educated response in order to avoid another covid debacle, firing all of the scientists who have the knowledge of how best to fight it, seems suicidal. If you think to yourself about anything that the government does that benefits everybody, the FDIC for instance, they want to destroy it, that is who they are. Fuck every one of them.
Time for the streets in every state capital and in DC. If the Congress does not stand up to him and the Federal courts, then this nation is toast. And putin is laughing his ass off, as is orban, and xi and all the other dictators. I understand that a Federal judge has halted this "decree" from taking effect. Does that mean the computers get turned back on DC so states can be receiving what has been appropriated by Congress for various programs? Interesting - end of the month shit. Like firing someone just before payday. I mean this guy has often not paid anyone - how are all these guys in his WH getting paid -someone ought to pull the plugs on those computers - and elmo muck at the same time.
It would be rather interesting to see the MAGA reaction (and Trump's) if some of the larger blue states stopped sending their collected federal tax money to Washington.....FAFO.
Update: A judge has already issued a temporary stay pausing Trump’s illegal impoundment effort.
According to the Guardian, there’s already a lawsuit filed. And as Robert Hubbell recommended, I suggest reading Steve Vladeck’s Substack post last night wrt the lawlessness of Trump and impoundment:
None of which means there isn't a crisis that is continuing. They will merely turn to the next thing. Bob is a friend, but being a lawyer he has a now-unwarranted religious belief that the rule of law will prevail.
Right. And what does SCOTUS do when they rule that unconstitutional and he laughs at them? They made his every move as president immune from prosecution. We're effed.
What happens in the courts immediately and what happens with the cabinet appointments will reveal is there is any form of political resistance. The hugh project 2025 bulldozer is wrecking the government. Terrifying. Time to resist, impeach and all the rest----but can it happen?
It looks to me that President Fuckwit has out-kicked his coverage on damned near everything from his pardons (Silk Road, really) to firing the IG’s in clear violation of the applicable statute to this nonsense. He didn’t buy the government or win it in some lawsuit or poker game; he was elected to serve, not to rule (much less to reign). We need to bring this to a crashing fucking stop immediately!
We're going to have to overthrow him. Plain and simple. And send the rest of the Rethugs out.
Why are people surprised, Tom? They told us boldly what they planned to do. Even trump told people what he planned to do. If some held a gun to your head and sais 'I'm going to kill you' would you laugh and say 'ah you're just joking'?
And then hand him the car keys?
Yes, and that's just what 77 million people did
I'm incredibly surprised that they didn't all cut off individual payments, such as SNAP and Welfare as well. We know they want to eliminate SSI and Medicare. How long before they start cherry picking payments based on a person's demographic? BIPOC and LGBTQ communities are the very definition of DEI.
And let's all remember that however illegal these actions are, it means nothing to the person sitting in the Oval Office. He's immune from criminal prosecution!
But he's not immune from Impeachment and House Democrats need to issue Articles of Impeachment immediately!! Surely there are some Republicans who can see the outrageousness of this!!
I hate to say this Denise, but don't hold your breath that there are some Republicans in Washington who can see anything but their self-interest in bending the knee to keep their power (which by so doing they lose) and position (also lost by so doing).
Oh TC, I'm not holding my breath on any of this. I've said that I won't be surprised by anything he does or tries to do, and I'm not. But I am surprised by the speed of it all coming out at once. Again, I shouldn't even be surprised by that. But I am seriously looking for an exit. I'm having trouble seeing how this will end other than through a complete collapse of the government, since there's been a severe lack of anyone, other than an Episcopalian Bishop, to stand up to him.
The GOP are traitors, and most should also be impeached for aiding and abetting a hostile takeover of the country. Trump is the Manchurian/Russian Candidate. He couldn't be doing their bidding more if Angela Lansbury had been his mother. He merely wants revenge, but his 2025ers want more, so he'll give it to them. May all who voted for this monster suffer the most.
Gotta hand it to the Grifter-in-Chief: I think this is the fastest he has moved in his life. He and the people who own him are not wasting a second, and no longer care whether or not we know what is happening. Right now, MAGAs see "wokeness", DEI and the hated left being cut down and deprived of appropriated federal funds and no doubt enjoying it immensely..... Chortle now, for they will be coming for you next.....
Hitler destroyed the Weimar Republic in 53 days.
And, absolutely nobody believes has believed me when I have told them that. CASSANDRA
The court ordered DC Stay was signed before the FALSE 5:00 PM Eastern 'deadline' [NOT].
Please do not try to make Wreck sane. Do you really think the 3 points you listed is the 'deal'? Apparently, you missed Wreck's one word request to federal workers, "RESIGN" which came after his 5:00 PM order [not] went down the toilet.
Take note of Senator RON WYDEN's (D-Ore) statement today that "Medicaid portals are down all 50 States".
Obviously they are "not the whole deal", but they have been the boogie men Trump and his minions have used for years to rile up the crowds. Essentially Trump has tried to shut down the government for three months, with no thought for the people affected, because he is a raging sociopath and so are most of the tech-bros supporting him.
Wreck's 2 page coup-delirium was HALTED by DC Federal Judge today on or before the FALSE deadline of 5:00 PM Eastern.
Lead DC Attorney JESSICA ANNE MORTON & others filed a 3 Count complaint against the Office of Management & Budget (OMB) & Matthew [Dark] Veeth.
The two (2) lead Plaintiffs are the American Public Heath Foundation & the National Council of Non-Profits. There are others including SAGE.
***** The Plaintiffs' 3 Counts are as Follows *****
Count One: Violation of the APA (Administrative Procedures Act specifically Section 706 (2)(A)
for patent arbitrary & capricious conduct.
Count Two: Obvious Violation of the First Amendment. The United States Congress has Article 1 powers not the mad coup leader. Congress established federal courts, can tax & spend, regulates interstate commerce & handles many other constitutional duties.
Count Three: Patent violation of the APA including Section 706(2)(C). That section specifically empowers a court reviewing unconstitutional orders to"hold unlawful & set aside [OMB] agency actions, bogus "findings" & patently false "conclusions"/
DONE. Thank you Counsel for Plaintiffs.
Call your senators and representatives! Tell them this will not stand - if they start fearing their constituents more than they fear Trump, maybe a few will grow a spine. A judge just put a temporary injunction on this so it’s going straight to the courts.
That was Federal Judge Loren L. Alikhan District of Columbia.
What a mess!
They want to destroy the federal government, literally, this is all part of that plan. If the judges get in the way they will ignore them, they will have all the power with the military. Democracy is inconvenient and an impediment to their ends, they literally mean to destroy every institution that comprises the government. They are clueless, if you think the military is complex just add in Education, Health, Interior, Transportation, State…………..a lot of people doing their jobs is what makes it all work. As flawed as our health care system is, we are world leaders in the development of new medicines, they just shut down the National Institute of Health, do the morons not think that diseases don’t care how you voted, we have a pandemic just about to cut loose, it’s in animals all around us. We are going to need an educated response in order to avoid another covid debacle, firing all of the scientists who have the knowledge of how best to fight it, seems suicidal. If you think to yourself about anything that the government does that benefits everybody, the FDIC for instance, they want to destroy it, that is who they are. Fuck every one of them.
If you can believe it, the motherf*cker has still managed to go golfing three times since the inauguration.
Time for the streets in every state capital and in DC. If the Congress does not stand up to him and the Federal courts, then this nation is toast. And putin is laughing his ass off, as is orban, and xi and all the other dictators. I understand that a Federal judge has halted this "decree" from taking effect. Does that mean the computers get turned back on DC so states can be receiving what has been appropriated by Congress for various programs? Interesting - end of the month shit. Like firing someone just before payday. I mean this guy has often not paid anyone - how are all these guys in his WH getting paid -someone ought to pull the plugs on those computers - and elmo muck at the same time.
It would be rather interesting to see the MAGA reaction (and Trump's) if some of the larger blue states stopped sending their collected federal tax money to Washington.....FAFO.
Update: A judge has already issued a temporary stay pausing Trump’s illegal impoundment effort.
According to the Guardian, there’s already a lawsuit filed. And as Robert Hubbell recommended, I suggest reading Steve Vladeck’s Substack post last night wrt the lawlessness of Trump and impoundment:
https://open.substack.com/pub/stevevladeck/p/120-the-impoundment-crisis-of-2025?r=flasu&utm_medium=ios
None of which means there isn't a crisis that is continuing. They will merely turn to the next thing. Bob is a friend, but being a lawyer he has a now-unwarranted religious belief that the rule of law will prevail.
Because 🍊💩 is immune, how long before he simply doesn’t obey an injunction and, for example, keeps the payment portals closed?
Right. And what does SCOTUS do when they rule that unconstitutional and he laughs at them? They made his every move as president immune from prosecution. We're effed.
TC, this crap the clown show is pulling is FUBAR on steroids.
SNAFU AND FUBAR are not enough anymore; time to invent some new acronyms.
TC, how about California, Oregon, Washington, all six New England states, New York, New Jersey, and Minnesota leave the country and join Canada?
We're going to continue to see the systematic dismantling of the government...
systematic ATTEMPTED dismantling (I believe)
Agreed
Not on my watch.
What happens in the courts immediately and what happens with the cabinet appointments will reveal is there is any form of political resistance. The hugh project 2025 bulldozer is wrecking the government. Terrifying. Time to resist, impeach and all the rest----but can it happen?
Grover, see, my comment above. Wacko Wreck halted.