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Pam Bondi may have twisted the law in Maine anti-trans lawsuit: legal expert According to one legal analyst, Attorney General Pam Bondi's lawsuit against the state of Maine Department of Education appears to incorrectly quote the law. As CBS News reported, Bondi announced on W...

Bondi's lawsuit against Maine over trans athletes purposely misquotes Title IX, twisting the law to fit Trump's agenda, claiming it requires strict sex segregation. A legal expert called it "amazingly mendacious bullshit." There are only two trans athletes in Maine. This is pure political theater.

Judge Boasberg: "The Constitution does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders ... To permit such officials to freely 'annul the judgments of the courts' … would not just 'destroy the rights acquired under those judgments'; it would make 'a solemn mockery' of 'the constitution itself.'"

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

NEW: Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.

ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

Kash Patel was paid by Russian filmmaker with Kremlin ties, documents show Patel, Trump’s nominee to be FBI director, was paid $25,000 last year by a film company that has promoted anti-Western views advanced by the Kremlin, documents show.

Normal, right? Add chainsaw video, pleading Fifth, Cayman/China deal, enemies list, “King Donald,” grand jury secrets, close counterterror section, “deep state” fantasies — mos def the guy you want running FBI. But enough for an R to grow a spine? www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Trump's FBI Pick Kash Patel Took Up to $5M in Stock from Chinese Ecommerce Giant Shein Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director told senators he has no plans to divest his shares, which his financial disclosure form says were received in exchange for consulting services.

SCOOP: FBI director nominee Kash Patel disclosed he received up to $5M in shares of a mysterious entity in the Cayman Islands called Elite Depot. Elite Depot is a parent organization of fast-fashion giant Shein, according to corporate records I reviewed www.wired.com/story/kash-p...

Thank you Senator

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He’s already been impeached for withholding foreign aid. Do your thing

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Mitch McConnell: Tariffs "will drive the cost of everything up. In other words, it will be paid for by American consumers. I mean, why would you want to get in a fight with your allies over this?"

It’s official: Elon Musk’s staffers have now illegally obtained classified information from the USAID office.

Here’s a recap of what’s happening:

Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"

Turmoil inside USAID: DOGE reps take over offices, senior officials placed on leave Amid ongoing turmoil inside the U.S. Agency for International Development, sources say that Department of Government Efficiency staffers have moved to take over offices.

DOGE staffers took over USAID offices as senior officials and other employees placed on leave, sources tell ABC News

DOGE is a billionaire's coup.

The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.

If you’ve been wondering what Elon Musk and his lackeys are up to since taking control of the US government, look no further. Our latest story names six 19- to 24-year-olds working with his DOGE organization, which now has access to sensitive federal systems. wrd.cm/4jzpiSN

This guy. Ugh.

Report this shit
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Tariff hikes unnerve Wall Street, markets prepare for fresh jolt Analysts expect a selloff in stocks and other high-risk assets.

The risk of a global trade war could hurt U.S. corporate profits and pressure inflation, potentially upending U.S. interest-ratecut expectations and further weakening currencies such as the Canadian dollar and China's yuan reut.rs/40WkEXC

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Investigate this

Senior USAID security officials put on leave after refusing Musk’s DOGE access to agency systems | CNN Politics Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave Saturday night after refusing to allow officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Ef...

Who actually has standing to bring in US Marshals? Apparently the DOGE dweebs threatened to do so to USAID officials that wouldn't give them access www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/p...

NTSB to stop emailing news outlets with updates on plane crashes, press briefings The NTSB says it will only notify the media about press conferences and investigative updates on two recent plane crashes via the social media platform X.

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Thank you, Senator! Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden demanded answers from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent after reports surfaced that personnel affiliated with Elon Musk have sought access to a highly sensitive Treasury Department payment system.

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This week, it was reported that a November outbreak of avian influenza at a California duck farm was caused by a strain previously unseen in the United States: H5N9.

Another strain of bird flu has been discovered in California.
In today’s episode, we discuss this and other top science news of the week.

Plus, we explore what a new genetic study reveals about the biology of bipolar disorder.

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Do more than demand answers!

The Executive's statement that the Executive Branch has a duty "to align Federal spending and action with the will of the American people as expressed through Presidential priorities," (ECF No. 48-1 at 11) (emphasis added) is a constitutionally flawed statement. The Executive Branch has a duty to align federal spending and action with the will of the people as expressed through congressional appropriations, not through "Presidential priorities." U.S. Const. art. II, § 3, cl. 3 (establishing that the Executive must "take care that the laws be faithfully executed .."). Federal law specifies how the Executive should act if it believes that appropriations are inconsistent with the President's priorities-it must ask Congress, not act unilaterally. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may ask that Congress rescind appropriated funds.? Here, there is no evidence that the Executive has followed the law by notifying Congress and thereby effectuating a potentially legally permitted so-called "pause."

And, here's the central part of McConnell's reasoning:

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