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More than a dozen state attorneys general and numerous current and former government employees filed lawsuits Thursday aiming to stop billionaire Elon Musk from shuttering federal agencies.
Two new federal lawsuits challenge Trump, Musk and DOGE on constitutional grounds • Arkansas Advocate
More than a dozen state attorneys general and numerous current and former government employees filed lawsuits Thursday aiming to stop billionaire Elon Musk from shuttering federal agencies.
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February 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
More than a dozen state attorneys general and numerous current and former government employees filed lawsuits Thursday aiming to stop billionaire Elon Musk from shuttering federal agencies.
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Fourteen Democratic state attorneys general sued Elon Musk and President Trump on Thursday to challenge Musk’s "unchecked power." The lawsuit came on the same day that Musk and his team were sued by government employees represented by the State Democracy Defenders Fund, a nonprofit watchdog.
14 States Sue to Challenge Musk’s ‘Unchecked Power’
Since President Trump’s inauguration, Mr. Musk’s team has inserted itself into at least 19 agencies, according to a tally by The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Fourteen Democratic state attorneys general sued Elon Musk and President Trump on Thursday to challenge Musk’s "unchecked power." The lawsuit came on the same day that Musk and his team were sued by government employees represented by the State Democracy Defenders Fund, a nonprofit watchdog.
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Meta, which has major pending matters including an antitrust trial before the federal government, is abandoning any pretense of fact-checking the litany of lies we all know are coming from the incoming Trump administration.
This is pay-to-play politics at its worst.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
This is pay-to-play politics at its worst.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
Meta to End Fact-Checking on Facebook, Instagram Ahead of Trump Term: Live Updates
The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact-checkers on Facebook, Threads and Instagram and instead rely on users to add notes to posts. It is likely to please President-elect Trump a...
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Meta, which has major pending matters including an antitrust trial before the federal government, is abandoning any pretense of fact-checking the litany of lies we all know are coming from the incoming Trump administration.
This is pay-to-play politics at its worst.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
This is pay-to-play politics at its worst.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
Scotus should actually have some ethics and standards and stand by them. SCOTUS has had serious rot for decades and Chief Justice John Roberts far from taking action has just enabled its continuation.
“The Supreme Court’s chief justice, John Roberts, is now echoing Trump’s demand that people stop criticizing him, his colleagues, and other federal jurists — while continuing to pretend that judges are not political.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
John Roberts Absurdly Suggests the Supreme Court Has No 'Political Bias'
The Supreme Court’s chief justice bashed “public officials” who criticize judges for partisan rulings “without a credible basis for such allegations.”
www.rollingstone.com
January 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Scotus should actually have some ethics and standards and stand by them. SCOTUS has had serious rot for decades and Chief Justice John Roberts far from taking action has just enabled its continuation.
Interesting post, but what is more critical is that enough money can overcome any and all obstacles and become an oversized and unmanageable obstacle to actual democracy. Just looks what big money did in Syria and Russia. The people of both of those countries are absolutely miserable.
An African immigrant to the US has managed to capture the federal government and is now actively influencing European politics. A real source of inspiration as it shows that being an immigrant, stupid and mentally ill are not obstacles to success in the U.S.
January 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Interesting post, but what is more critical is that enough money can overcome any and all obstacles and become an oversized and unmanageable obstacle to actual democracy. Just looks what big money did in Syria and Russia. The people of both of those countries are absolutely miserable.
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“The bedrock assumption of our judicial system is that truth and justice, law and order, are values of paramount importance, and are worth protecting even at great expense." — Reagan-appointed federal judge, one month ago tomorrow www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
January 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
“The bedrock assumption of our judicial system is that truth and justice, law and order, are values of paramount importance, and are worth protecting even at great expense." — Reagan-appointed federal judge, one month ago tomorrow www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
What is John Fetterman doing? Pennsylvania liberals ... talk to your guy (is he the new Joe Manchin?)
John Fetterman just became a full sponsor of the Laken Riley Act, which would mandate detention for any noncitizen even *arrested* for a theft offense (even if not convicted) and give state AGs sweeping and privileged private enforcement powers in federal court. www.foxnews.com/politics/rep...
Republicans look to finally push through Laken Riley bill with new GOP trifecta
Republicans are stepping on the gas and renewing bills Democrats ignored in the last Congress, the first of which being the Laken Riley Act.
www.foxnews.com
January 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
What is John Fetterman doing? Pennsylvania liberals ... talk to your guy (is he the new Joe Manchin?)
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PALISADES FIRE: "Gov. Gavin Newsom said “it didn’t take more than a text message” for President Biden to approve federal fire assistance for this disaster. “No politics, no handwringing, no kissing of the feet.” - NYT
January 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
PALISADES FIRE: "Gov. Gavin Newsom said “it didn’t take more than a text message” for President Biden to approve federal fire assistance for this disaster. “No politics, no handwringing, no kissing of the feet.” - NYT
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I often think about how this time is gonna be described in history books…
November 20, 2024 at 3:14 AM
I often think about how this time is gonna be described in history books…
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
- James Baldwin
- James Baldwin
November 18, 2024 at 5:15 AM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
- James Baldwin
- James Baldwin