Air traffic control staffing hit for second day, delaying flights Air traffic control staffing issues are impacting flights for a second straight day at numerous U.S. airports as the partial government shutdown reaches its seventh day, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a notice on Tuesday.

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Furloughed workers not guaranteed back pay after shutdown, OMB claims Federal workers may not be entitled to back pay after the government shutdown ends, the Trump administration’s budget office wrote in a new draft memo obtained by The Washington Post, ratcheting up te...

A leaked memo shows Trump is trying to deny furloughed federal employees the backpay they are legally entitled to after the government shutdown ends. This won’t be allowed to stand. And it’s because of a law he signed!

yeah that was a stupid headline wasn't it? they've been dropping the ball on the Chicago story- didn't even cover the apt. bldg. raid (even People Magazine did) . the local NPR station- @wbez.org - though is doing a fantastic job as well as the @chicago.suntimes.com

Stephen Miller just said the quiet part out loud claiming that Trump has plenary authority when it comes to deploying troops. (Plenary means full authority.) After making the statement, he froze completely, like a deer in headlights. The video is worth watching.

Shaheen, a retiring Dem Rs are looking to flip on shutdown, says of OMB threats on back pay: “It would be a lot easier to resolve the situation if Russ Vought would stop talking.”

I'm on the record saying that Russ Vought will do things during the shutdown that will make his illegal rescissions visible in the way they otherwise weren't. And boy howdy, threatening to ignore the law on backpay is a great example. [corrected]

No TRO today in the second Illinois case, either, but Judge Ellis has found the plaintiffs challenging ICE protest enforcement actions have standing for TRO purposes and are likely to succeed on First and Fourth Amendment claims. They also went through the proposed TRO in depth. Follow up coming —>

Pair of lawsuits challenging Trump's targeting of Chicago get first hearings The lawsuits challenge the Trump administration's military deployment efforts and harsh treatment of protesters and journalists. More hearings are set for later this week.

A pair of lawsuits were filed in Illinois challenging two divergent aspects of Trump admin’s immigration enforcement policies that have already been blocked elsewhere — military deployment efforts and harsh treatment of protesters and journalists.

What happened so far? I have you covered:

Dick Durbin: Did you consult with ethics officials before you okayed the flying bribery palace?
Bondi: How dare you say I cut law enforcement?!?!?!

Good morning.

The government is shutdown and Republicans are hiding. They aren't even in Washington.

Why? Because Trump thinks he's king. He's told his sycophants to boycott budget talks so he can act lawlessly and steal people's health care to pay for his billionaire tax cut.

Republicans Caught Using Fake Image to Lie for Trump About Portland The Oregon Republican Party used images of riots in South America.

President Trump called Portland a war zone last week, and now state Republicans are trying to deliver one—by sharing a photo of “South American riot police” in 2008 from Getty Images. trib.al/jbtYwZg

The Trump regime’s desire for authoritarian domination is bottomless, but its capacity is very much not.

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​Pam Bondi stonewalls senator with pointblank refusal to discuss Epstein list Attorney General Pam Bondi told a Democratic senator she would not answer any of his questions about FBI agents being told to flag any records about President Donald Trump in files on sex offender…

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Democrat Beau Bayh to run for Indiana Secretary of State • Indiana Capital Chronicle Beau Bayh filed Monday to continue his families' political dynasty — running for Secretary of State.

Democrat Beau Bayh to run for Indiana Secretary of State

🚨ICE arrests AMERICAN citizen in front of Waukegan, IL Mayor
Sam Cunningham.

Notice how Mayor Cunningham repeatedly attempts to negotiate with ICE to communicate with his constituent who’s been detained.

They see another person and consider arresting her.

#AbolishICE #Illinois #NoKings

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The complete and total bullshit about this is that it should have been the FIRST question asked of Johnson. It is a disgrace that he was not asked about this before he ended his press conference. Unbelievable that he continues to get away with this. bsky.app/profile/atru...

I Refuse to Stay Silent. Will You? Read more here.

I refuse to let hopelessness prevail. This may just be one essay, by a lawyer few have heard of, in a newsletter read by a fraction of the public. But I will not stay silent.

Will you?
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US universities must reject Trump’s ‘compact’. It is full of traps | Jan-Werner Müller The administration is trying to make nine universities an offer they seemingly cannot refuse

"Precisely because they have been losing court cases over free speech and visas for foreign students, Trumpists now seek to entrap universities in a deal that effectively removes the protections of federal law and gives the administration arbitrary power over them."

I think most are afraid of really telling people what this administration is doing.

PAM BONDI LIES TO PROTECT PEDOPHILES 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

A fucking bitch...or worse.

Bondi is alternating between attacking Democratic senator when they ask her tough questions and punting them to Kash Patel (even though she's his boss)

Durbin: "What has taken place since January 20, 2025, would make even President Nixon recoil. This is your legacy, AG Bondi."

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse asked Pam Bondi about DOJ's decision to drop the investigation into Tom Homan.

MSNBC first reported that Homan was recorded in Sept. 2024 accepting a bag with $50,000 in cash in an undercover FBI sting.

Bondi refused to answer, then attacked Whitehouse.

Pam Bondi refuses to say whether the White House consulted her before deploying the National Guard to U.S. cities.

BONDI: The National Guard is on the way right now as we speak. You're sitting here grilling me and they're on their way to Chicago to keep your state safe.

DURBIN: It's my job to grill you

More Proof From Chump's Economy, Everything Chump
Touches Dies......

If I was a MAGA type who spent years obsessing over the Epstein client list I’d be furious with her no matter what the truth is.

The devolution of CBS News A network once revered for fact-based reporting is embracing right-wing pseudo-journalism

1. CBS, once one of America's most trusted sources for news, has hired anti-woke crusader Bari Weiss as its Editor-in-Chief

With Weiss, CBS is embracing someone who talks a lot about honesty but has a history of distorting the truth to conform to her right-wing ideological agenda.

Let's review.