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Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

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Saved this from the Chattanooga subreddit and was just reminded by your latest video how much you like these. 🫶🏻 #FreeTheEpstein218

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations. The Bonhams auction is to begin Nov. 11 in Los Angeles with three of the paintings.

Great idea!!

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OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance An Office of Management and Budget FAQ document now states that only excepted employees forced to work without pay are guaranteed backpay at the conclusion of a lapse in appropriations.

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Corporate democrat bill foster hasn’t showed up to a single anti-ICE protest, but he’s so proud of his strongly worded letter he even magnified his name so you definitely know he signed this strongly worded letter. This is leadership yall! Fascism is over! We won! Strongly worded letters saved us!

These fuckers are betting everything on their party never losing power.

He is the speaker of the House. Johnson can gavel the House in anytime he pleases. That's kind of the point of being speaker.

"I want the fans and public to hear directly from me that, unfortunately, I will need to postpone my upcoming Las Vegas concerts. As many of you know, I have been dealing with some health challenges, and my doctors tell me that I must have a few procedures. As I joked with them, it must be time for my 100,000-mile check-up, although it's not the usual trip to see my plastic surgeon! In all seriousness, given this, I am not going to be able to rehearse and put together the show that I want you to see, and the show that you deserve to see. You pay good money to see me perform, and I want to be at my best for you. While I'll still be able to work on all of my projects from here in Nashville, I just need a little time to get show ready, as they say. And don't worry about me quittin' the business because God hasn't said anything about stopping yet. But, I believe He is telling me to slow down right now so l can be ready for more big adventures with all of you. I love you and thank you for understanding." Spill @dollyparton

Dolly Parton on September 28th:

“…God hasn't said anything about stopping yet. But, I believe He is telling me to slow down right now so l can be ready for more big adventures with all of you.”

Sanctimonious Richard “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal, perhaps the biggest “joke” in the United States Senate, is at it again! “Dick” lied until the midpoint of his political career, convincing everyone, in particular the Fake News Media, that he was a great “War Hero” who lived on the precipice of death in the jungles of Vietnam. He would talk about his life in the military in almost every speech, in particular the death defying dangers he faced in his many years “fight for freedom” while in Vietnam. He stated that “the battles were violent and long, but there was no going back” - And then it happened, Blumenthal was found out to be a FRAUD. The soldiers in his so-called “platoon” came forward and said that they had no idea who this guy was. He was revealed, broke down and admitted, tears flowing from his eyes, that he LIED, a Whopper, one that lasted 20 year. This guy shouldn’t even be in the U.S. Senate. It should be investigated, and Justice should be sought. Right now there is a Congressman sitting in prison for lying about his past during a campaign. Well, those lies were nothing compared to those of Richard “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal, perhaps the greatest phony in the history of the United States Senate. He should be allowed to speak no longer!

Trump posts that Sen. Blumenthal “should be allowed to speak no longer”

And... what would you say... *constitutes* this tradition he's bucking? What exactly is it *constituted* of?

NEW: Speaker Johnson pressed by Manu Raju on why he doesn’t swear in Adelita Grijalva during a pro forma session responds:

“Look, we'll schedule it. I guess as soon as she wants.”

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

This is very good.

I think the better question would have been:

"Pamela Jo, as a fellow taker of bribes, in your case from Donald Trump to shut down your Florida AG investigation of Trump University's consumer fraud, did you approve the shutting down of the bribery investigation into Homan?"

Good one!! Lol

I believe every word of this actually

Murray: I talked to a family that’s paying about $300 a month for their health insurance. It’s going to jump to over $1,800 per month.

Many people will turn away and not pay for it—obviously, they’ll lose their health insurance. The fewer people who have insurance, the more everybody pays.

The GOP literally wants to kill women.

This image was posted on X today by a Chicago Tribune reporter. Trump’s government has declared war on the American people — or some of them, based on race.

Verified Facebook post by Freida Parton. The caption reads: “Last night, I was up all night praying for my sister, Dolly. Many of you know she hasn’t been feeling her best lately. I truly believe in the power of prayer, and I have been lead to ask all of the world that loves her to be prayer warriors and pray with me. She’s strong, she’s loved, and with all the prayers being lifted for her, I know in my heart she’s going to be just fine. Godspeed, my sissy Dolly. We all love you! ❤️” Below the caption is a photo of Dolly Parton standing outdoors in front of lush green ivy, hands clasped in prayer, wearing a shiny silver outfit with lace-trimmed sleeves, her signature blonde hair styled in soft curls, looking upward serenely.

Dolly Parton’s sister, Freida Parton, is asking for people to pray for her sister’s health.

Renewables overtake coal as world’s primary source of electricity The milestone was led by solar and wind power adoption in China, with the US and EU relying more on fossil fuels in the first half of 2025 than in the previous year.

"Renewable energy surpassed coal as the world’s primary energy source in the first half of 2025, according to a new report.

The milestone was led by solar and wind power adoption in China, with the US and EU relying more on fossil fuels in the first half of 2025 than in the previous year."

READ: Trump's tyranny needs just ONE more thing to succeed Even his best henchmen can't provide him with the most powerful tool needed for a military takeover.

Another good one by @milestaylor.bsky.social

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‘The law is the law:’ White House memo on pay for furloughed employees called into question The guarantee of back pay for furloughed federal employees is now in limbo, as the White House weighs a different interpretation of the 2019 law that ensures federal employees get compensated following a government shutdown. A new draft legal opinion from the Office of Management and Budget, as first reported by Axios, argues that whatever funding legislation Congress ultimately passes to end the current shutdown must explicitly include appropriations to provide back pay for furloughed federal employees. And if it’s not expressly written in the spending legislation, the OMB memo argues that furloughed workers cannot receive any retroactive compensation. A copy of the OMB document, which a senior White House official shared with Federal News Network, appears to contradict OMB’s previous interpretation of the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act, or GEFTA, which President Donald Trump signed into law in 2019 during the last government shutdown. Both OMB and the Office of Personnel Management previously affirmed that under GEFTA, excepted and furloughed employees would be given back pay as soon as possible, once any current or future shutdown ends. In technical terms, GEFTA amended the Antideficiency Act to state that both furloughed and excepted employees “shall be paid” for the length of the shutdown, “at the earliest date possible” after the shutdown ends. But the new draft legal opinion at OMB points to one specific phrase in the 2019 law, which states that the retroactive pay is “subject to the enactment of appropriations Acts ending the lapse.” Because of that phrasing, the White House document argues that the law does not create an obligation to pay furloughed employees after a shutdown. Excepted employees, however, should still be guaranteed retroactive pay, according to the draft legal opinion. OMB’s new interpretation of the provision was quickly called into question. Kevin Owen, a partner at Gilbert Employment Law, said he believes the White House’s view on the 2019 law is “too narrow.” “I interpret that last clause as triggering when the payment will go out — not if the payment will go out,” Owen said in an interview. “I don’t believe the court will interpret that last clause to be the exception that follows the rule.” If furloughed employees are not paid after the shutdown, Owen said that could also violate the Civil Service Reform Act, which prohibits agencies from suspending pay for employees without due process — as well as the Fair Labor Standards Act. Following the White House’s new draft opinion, federal unions, good government organizations and Democratic lawmakers criticized the Trump administration’s reinterpretation of the 2019 legislation. “The law is the law,” said Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a lead cosponsor on the 2019 bill. “That legislation was signed into law — and there is nothing this administration can do to change that.” Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-Va.) similarly cast doubt on the validity of OMB’s new guidance, calling it “more bluster and BS.” “The law is clear. Trump signed it,” Walkinshaw said in a statement. “They can’t just invent powers to punish federal workers.” “Every single furloughed federal employee is entitled to back pay, period, full stop,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told reporters Tuesday morning. “The law is clear, and we will make sure that law is followed.” Approximately 750,000 federal employees are either currently — or soon will be — furloughed as a result of the government funding lapse. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that their combined compensation will cost roughly $400 million for each day that the shutdown continues. “I hope that the furloughed workers receive back pay, of course,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday morning. “I can tell you, the President believes that as well. You know, I’ve talked about this personally, he doesn’t want people to go without pay.” Just before the House voted to pass the bill in 2019, every lawmaker who spoke during a floor session made clear their intentions that the bill would provide pay for both excepted and furloughed employees. The bill “provides for retroactive pay for nearly 800,000 federal workers who have been furloughed,” the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) said at the time. But on Oct. 3, OMB’s shutdown guidance was quietly updated to remove reference to the 2019 law ensuring back pay for feds. The White House’s revisions to the guidance removed language stating that “both furloughed and excepted employees will be paid retroactively as soon as possible after the lapse ends.” The update to OMB’s guidance, first reported by Government Executive, also removed a previous statement that more information on shutdown pay was available from OPM. The revisions late last week create discrepancy between OMB and OPM’s latest guidance on shutdown compensation for federal employees. Although OMB is calling into question the guarantee of pay for furloughed employees, OPM’s latest guidance still references the 2019 law. OPM’s September guidance specifically states that the law “provide[s] retroactive pay for Federal employees affected by a lapse in appropriations as soon as possible after the lapse in appropriations ends.” Additionally, OPM’s 2019 guidance on implementing GEFTA, signed by Trump’s then-acting OPM Director Margaret Weichert, cites the same provision that’s referenced in the White House’s draft memo. But in contrast to OMB’s new opinion, the OPM guidance instead said the provision guarantees both excepted and furloughed employees will receive back pay. “An employee who is furloughed as the result of a lapse in appropriations must be paid for furlough periods that occurred during the lapse,” the 2019 OPM memo states. An OPM spokeswoman declined to comment on the discrepancies between OPM’s guidance and OMB’s new draft opinion. The American Federation of Government Employees called the White House’s new legal opinion “an obvious misinterpretation of the law.” “It is also inconsistent with the Trump administration’s own guidance from mere days ago, which clearly and correctly states that furloughed employees will receive retroactive pay for the time they were out of work as quickly as possible once the shutdown is over,” AFGE National President Everett Kelley said. Max Stier, president and CEO of the Partnership for Public Service, said the 2019 law is “very clear” in its requirement to pay furloughed employees retroactively. “Thousands of federal employees did not choose to be furloughed from their jobs during this completely avoidable government shutdown,” Stier said. “Denying these workers back pay would be dubious, contradictory and immensely cruel.”The post ‘The law is the law:’ White House memo on pay for furloughed employees called into question first appeared on Federal News Network.

‘The law is the law:’ White House memo on pay for furloughed employees called into question

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

Ice is trying so hard to get a reaction to legitimize a call for the Insurrection Act.

Here’s the CBS News report about ICE making bogus 911 calls and filing false police reports in Chicago.

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