David Blatt

It's remarkable how much national crime and violence and murder debates go on with no grasp of the history of crime/violence in the USA. Deep South/Gulf coast states have always had highest murder/gun violence in the country. Always. In general the South has higher rates of crime/violence ....

As the only Democrat still voting no, Sen. Goodwin must be loving the attention

Senate roll call for the veto override of HB2769 has been open for two hours. One more vote is needed to override the veto...

Anyone know what the holdup is about?

How about that

Yup. I don’t post much but I’m here

Records show how DOGE planned Trump’s DEI purge — and who gets fired next A DOGE team plans to fire federal workers who are not in DEI roles and employees in offices that protect equal rights, internal documents show.

Great reporting by WaPo on the DOGE blueprint to wipe out anyone even remotely DEI-adjacent in federal agencies. Discrimination, Exclusion and Inequality FTW

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Bad news: I fell for a con this weekend and ended up with my FB account hijacked and likely the permanent loss of control of my account. Good news: I don’t have to be out of town until Tuesday moving my uncle to a care facility.

Big, growing crowd just west of the U.S. Capitol protesting Trump, Musk and DOGE on President’s Day. “Hey Congress, grow a spine,” they shout, gathering for a rally around the reflecting pool.

If Mayor Adams was fired by the Governor, wouldn't that remove the rationale supporting DOJ motion to dismiss the indictment? Couldn't the judge then reject it?

Yikes. Spooning Robert Goulet would have felt dated in 1975. That was dreadful #snl50

Read the letter of resignation from SDNY AUSA Hagan Scotten, Bronze Star recipient, former clerk to Chief Justice Roberts. Bravo!
👏👏👏

To your point: The crowd at the Ottawa Senators hockey game tonight against Minnesota booed the American anthem. I really doubt fans in American rinks will boo O Canada when Canadian teams are in town.

The silence of most Republican members of Congress on the Trump tariffs tells you two things:

1. They know it is a terrible idea.

2. They are so afraid of Trump that they won’t say anything even though they know how much it is going to hurt their constituents and the country.

Fully endorse this idea

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.

Opportunities are everywhere.

Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

Public Comment: Proposed immigration rule would be an unnecessary, illegal barrier to public education — Oklahoma Appleseed Center for Law & Justice The Oklahoma State Department of Education has proposed a new administrative rule that would require parents to provide proof of citizenship or immigration status at the time of enrollment and to re...

For those following Oklahoma’s proposed student citizenship requirement, I submitted a a lengthy public comment for Okla. Appleseed laying out the rule’s multiple problems

www.okappleseed.org/articles/pub...

Right there with you. There are no consequences for not filling out the form. Let’s urge every parent in the state to opt out.

Today’s federal funding freeze fiasco is the Muslim ban of the second term. All of a sudden I’m feeling less certain that this time they know what they’re doing.

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

Let’s show a little grace for Dr. Strangelove and his awkward gestures.

False. This was just an awkward gesture. Let’s show Dr. Strangelove some grace.

Si la migra te detiene, ¡recuerda esta canción! No tienes que firmar ni decir nada. Tienes derecho a permanecer en silencio, y tienes derecho a un abogado. ¡Mantén la calma y recuerda tus derechos!

#conozcasusderechos #knowyourrights #immigration

(b) The Federal contracting process shall be streamlined to enhance speed and efficiency, reduce costs, and require Federal contractors and subcontractors to comply with our civil-rights laws. Accordingly: (1) Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965 (Equal Employment Opportunity), is hereby revoked. For 90 days from the date of this order, Federal contractors may continue to comply with the regulatory scheme in effect on January 20, 2025. (ii) The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs within the Department of Labor shall immediately cease: (A) Promoting "diversity"; (B) Holding Federal contractors and subcontractors responsible for taking "affirmative action"; and (C) Allowing or encouraging Federal contractors and subcontractors to engage in workforce balancing based on race, color, sex, sexual preference, religion, or national origin.

(iii) In accordance with Executive Order 13279 of December 12, 2002 (Equal Protection of the Laws for Faith-Based and Community Organizations), the employment, procurement, and contracting practices of Federal contractors and subcontractors shall not consider race, color, sex, sexual preference, religion, or national origin in ways that violate the Nation's civil rights laws. (iv) The head of each agency shall include in every contract or grant award: (A) A term requiring the contractual counterparty or grant recipient to agree that its compliance in all respects with all applicable Federal anti-discrimination laws is material to the government's payment decisions for purposes of section 3729(b) (4) of title 31, United States Code; and (B) A term requiring such counterparty or recipient to certify that it does not operate any programs promoting DEI that violate any applicable Federal anti-discrimination laws.

BREAKING: In a new executive order sent out by the White House, Donald Trump has revoked the federal contractor nondiscrimination executive order, EO 11246, that was signed by Lyndon Johnson in 1965 and has protected employees of businesses seeking federal contracts from discrimination ever since.

Read this - TFG! This is people lead with compassion and not vengeance!

They cut pediatric cancer research out of the bill after President Musk got involved.

Pediatric cancer research.

Merry Christmas.

The Musk Administration "ELON MUSK, WHO HAS NEVER RECEIVED A SINGLE VOTE, IS APPARENTLY RUNNING THE COUNTRY NOW - AND HE WANTS A SHUTDOWN, HEY, IT'S NOT GONNA HURT HIM." NBC NEWS Congress releases short-term funding bill as deadline nears to avert a holiday shutdown By Sahil Kapur, Scott Wong and Kyle Stewart, December 17, 2024 > BREAKING NEWS GOP SCRAPS BUDGET BILL UNDER PRESSURE FROM TRUMP, MUSK MSNBC How F'd Up Is That?

The Musk Administration

Musk Kills Government Funding Deal, Demands Shutdown Until Trump Is Sworn In Elon Musk went on a posting spree on X to block a congressional funding bill, saying the government should shut down until Trump becomes president.

In his first big flex of power on Capitol Hill, Elon Musk shitposted a bunch of misinformation to kill a bipartisan spending bill that would have averted a government shutdown, threatened reps supporting it, and demanded Congress stop working until Trump is in office. Awesome stuff