Kristie Wells
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Read Derrick's summary. Then watch this performance again. Listen closely to the lyrics, take in the imagery, and really absorb what Kendrick Lamar just did. This isn’t just a show; it’s a masterful piece of storytelling, packed with powerful messages about the America we live in today.
Derrick A Harper Sr.
The biggest protest in Super Bowl history happened on the Stage tonight and folk screaming it's boring or trash because it went over their head! This what you didn't see.
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Then again the message is.....
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February 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Read Derrick's summary. Then watch this performance again. Listen closely to the lyrics, take in the imagery, and really absorb what Kendrick Lamar just did. This isn’t just a show; it’s a masterful piece of storytelling, packed with powerful messages about the America we live in today.
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New: A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing an order to halt payments of federal grants, loans and other assistance
Trump’s Freeze on Grant Funding Temporarily Halted by Judge
A federal judge in Washington has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a new directive to halt payments of federal grants, loans and other assistance to an array of programs acr...
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January 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
New: A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing an order to halt payments of federal grants, loans and other assistance
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Karoline Leavitt seems like the perfect press secretary for Trump- ignorant & combative.
And yes, they’re going after Medicaid, which pays for over 60% of long term care in America.
And yes, they’re going after Medicaid, which pays for over 60% of long term care in America.
January 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Karoline Leavitt seems like the perfect press secretary for Trump- ignorant & combative.
And yes, they’re going after Medicaid, which pays for over 60% of long term care in America.
And yes, they’re going after Medicaid, which pays for over 60% of long term care in America.
As a reminder ... Karoline Leavitt was a Newsmax conspiracy theorist before becoming the White House Press Secretary.
After Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that no individual would see a cutoff due to the federal funding freeze, she won't answer whether or not individuals on Medicaid will see a cutoff of services.
January 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
As a reminder ... Karoline Leavitt was a Newsmax conspiracy theorist before becoming the White House Press Secretary.
Via ABC News (on X)
JUST IN: New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that she will be filing a lawsuit alongside other Democratic attorneys general in response to the Trump administration's freeze on federal financial assistance programs.
JUST IN: New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that she will be filing a lawsuit alongside other Democratic attorneys general in response to the Trump administration's freeze on federal financial assistance programs.
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January 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Via ABC News (on X)
JUST IN: New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that she will be filing a lawsuit alongside other Democratic attorneys general in response to the Trump administration's freeze on federal financial assistance programs.
JUST IN: New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that she will be filing a lawsuit alongside other Democratic attorneys general in response to the Trump administration's freeze on federal financial assistance programs.
If Trump can ignore Congress and block funding whenever it suits him, what’s next? Declaring “emergency powers” to delay elections? Dissolving Congress? Silencing dissent?
He’s wants to freeze democracy. Call your Senators. We cannot let this administration steamroll America into submission.
He’s wants to freeze democracy. Call your Senators. We cannot let this administration steamroll America into submission.
U.S. Senate: Senators
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January 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
If Trump can ignore Congress and block funding whenever it suits him, what’s next? Declaring “emergency powers” to delay elections? Dissolving Congress? Silencing dissent?
He’s wants to freeze democracy. Call your Senators. We cannot let this administration steamroll America into submission.
He’s wants to freeze democracy. Call your Senators. We cannot let this administration steamroll America into submission.
Important read ⬇️
I see some suggestions, in the reporting regarding the OMB impoundment order, that a mere delay in spending appropriated funds is legal. But that's not really true. The delay OMB has ordered specifically contradicts the Impoundment Control Act. A thread.
January 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Important read ⬇️
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Trump has named Mark Paoletta to the Office of Management & Budget (OMB). Paoletta is a fellow at the Center for Renewing America, a key Project 2025 partner founded by Project 2025 leader Russ Vought (Trump’s choice 4 OMB Director). Paoletta says POTUS can withhold funds allocated by Congress. 1/
December 13, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Trump has named Mark Paoletta to the Office of Management & Budget (OMB). Paoletta is a fellow at the Center for Renewing America, a key Project 2025 partner founded by Project 2025 leader Russ Vought (Trump’s choice 4 OMB Director). Paoletta says POTUS can withhold funds allocated by Congress. 1/
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I'm a former OMB official and this is absolutely true.
And let's also not forget that these illegal actions have direct, harmful consequences for actual people. New moms won't get help feeding their infants. Small businesses won't make payroll. People could lose their jobs, their homes.
And let's also not forget that these illegal actions have direct, harmful consequences for actual people. New moms won't get help feeding their infants. Small businesses won't make payroll. People could lose their jobs, their homes.
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.
The legality of policy impoundments is just not a close question.
The legality of policy impoundments is just not a close question.
January 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I'm a former OMB official and this is absolutely true.
And let's also not forget that these illegal actions have direct, harmful consequences for actual people. New moms won't get help feeding their infants. Small businesses won't make payroll. People could lose their jobs, their homes.
And let's also not forget that these illegal actions have direct, harmful consequences for actual people. New moms won't get help feeding their infants. Small businesses won't make payroll. People could lose their jobs, their homes.
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For "One First," I wrote about Monday's OMB memo purporting to (temporarily) freeze billions of dollars of appropriated federal spending—and why it constitutes both unconstitutional and unlawful "impoundment" that's unlikely to be upheld by even *this* #SCOTUS:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/120-the-im...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/120-the-im...
120. The Impoundment Crisis of 2025
The Trump administration's Monday spending freeze is likely to provoke a crisis over the constitutionality of "impoundment"—one that the justices could well have to resolve *very* soon.
www.stevevladeck.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:49 AM
For "One First," I wrote about Monday's OMB memo purporting to (temporarily) freeze billions of dollars of appropriated federal spending—and why it constitutes both unconstitutional and unlawful "impoundment" that's unlikely to be upheld by even *this* #SCOTUS:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/120-the-im...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/120-the-im...