Good morning one and all to another wonderful day!
Kash Patel to Cut ‘as Many as 1,000 ATF Agents’
FBI Director Kash Patel sends memo calling CNN report of ATF cuts ‘entirely false’
Trump Admin Invokes ‘State Secrets Privilege’ to Block Release of Deportation Information
‘This is a problem’: Boasberg attending anti-Trump org’s event spurs calls to ban judicial junkets
White House Responds After Journalist Apparently Looped Into Group Chat on Houthi Strike
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Responds to Atlantic Report: ‘Nobody Was Texting War Plans’
DOGE honing in on federal consulting contracts; wants waste identified
Musk Reveals Shocking Cases Of Fraud Found At Small Business Administration
RNC, election integrity advocates secure legal victories in election cases across several states
Pennsylvania Police Arrest Woman For Alleged Hate Crime Hoax Involving ‘Noose’
That’s all I got for today. I’ll leave you with a song and move along with my day.
“Kash Patel to Cut ‘as Many as 1,000 ATF Agents’”
Well, if anyone would know how to run a convenience store.
I think it means he’s going to stab them with a knife.
Patels are more often Motel operators.
Thank you, come again?
All joking aside, I want to see real criminals being locked up, and parents that have had enough of school boards that want to indoctrinate and prostitute their kids or old ladies praying at abortion sites, to name a couple of examples of what the left turned into domestic white supremacy terrorism, to be left alone until a real criminal act (like violence visited on assholes, no matter how deserving) is committed.
That’s a start. Bring back the Whiskey Rebellion!
Ok… wrong sort of Indian Takeback!
Unless it’s really More layoffs, I am disappointed.
If the Cheeto Hitler administration isn’t constantly leaking bogus stories to the media, they are wasting a golden opportunity.
What Not Adahn said
Ahh… Breitbart. Garbage reporting.
But, they included a link to the original CNN story.
FBI Director Kash Patel, who also serves as acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, has outlined plans to move as many as 1,000 ATF agents to the FBI, cutting ATF’s agents by more than a third, three people briefed on the plan told CNN.
Huh. Shuffling deck chairs.
Later in the CNN article:
The prospect of Patel running both agencies stoked speculation over whether Trump plans to merge at least part of ATF with the FBI.
Translation: Trump doesn’t plan to cut anything.
“Join Fox News for access to this content”
No.
They have a rolling registration wall. You are allowed so many views in a certain time period, then it gets all naggy. And even after you give them a burner email address they still make you re-enter that every so often. Very annoying.
Since I have read anything on FoxNews in a long time, in my case I think it’s like National Review, they just block VPN’s.
Yeah, that happens when the incentive is to spend everything Congress gives you.
And more…
Don’t forget that “And more” part…
I am shocked that an open spigot of money with little accountability would attract anything but the most honest, patriotic, selfless people.
*sigh* Are you a citizen or do you have a current visa or green card? No? Out you go.
I. Don’t. Care. about anything else. No fake “asylum”. No odd semi-legal status. Either you have a Federal permit to be here (which they would know) or you don’t. And President Autopen saying “come on in” doesn’t count. Shouldn’t need a court hearing — shouldn’t need anything else.
This.
GTFO. Go home. No more free shit.
This thinking violates the good and plenty cause! Wrongthinker!!!
I disagree. This thinking is required by the Good and Hard clause.
Boasberg attended the conference last summer in ritzy Sun Valley, where two of the four Rodel Institution sessions were titled “Role of Judges in a Democracy” and the “State of Democracy.”
Uh-huh, and so no more Federalist Society get-togethers than either, right?
Federal judges must now be kept in suspended animation and only broken out when needed — to remain impartial and unaffected by society.
(Just about as likely to happen).
“Uh-huh, and so no more Federalist Society get-togethers than either, right?”
Correct. What’s fit for the goose is fit for the gander.
Judges get the same rights as anyone else, 1st included. What is really needed is better vetting at the congressional level, and a sense of propriety in what should or should not require recusal.
If they gave 2 flying fucks about their reputation, they would not attend, or would attend and sit in the back with a hat on.
Not sure if this is Dan Rather II, where he not only attended anti-Bush rallies, but was a speaker at them, which sorta destroys any notion that you put your personal politics aside when pretending to be a journalist.
“The Allentown Police Department alleges that LaTarsha Brown contacted the department on January 10, 2025, just after 7:30 a.m. to report that she had found what she claimed was “a noose on her desk upon arriving at work,” police say.
Numerous law enforcement entities quickly became engaged in the criminal investigation, including the FBI, the Pennsylvania State Police, and the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office.”
I wonder what the response would have been if she reported her car stolen.
She should be required to legally identify herself as “LaTarsha, Hate Crime Hoaxer” in perpetuity.
What sort of name is “LaTarsha” anyway? Sounds derogitory.
Isn’t that the scientific name for the bones in the heel?
LaTarsals?
So many people believe multiple hate crimes happen daily because America is evil. People that actually pay attention know most of these reported or talked about hate crimes are fiction created by people that want to either capitalize on the victimhood cult’s bullshit, or DEI employees that want to justify their existence.
https://youtu.be/H2y5hMiBwIo
There is also a certain segment of the population who love drama. Their own, other ppls. When they don’t have drama they create it.
Concur Tonio. I have taken to calling democrats the “Theatre kids party” for a reason…
Also note that people keep making this sort of shit up because if they do it in the right place, the law (prosecutors) turns a blind eye to their criminal activity because that johnny law bunch is basically politically motivated scum.
Depends. Did she have a Car of Color? Was its body color black or brown?
Well, if leaving a noose on a desk is hate crime, they should charge her with it, shouldn’t they?
Leaving a noose on your own desk isn’t a crime – making a false police report is.
Yes… someone done did fuck up there.
And I’ve heard it is a Dem talking point of “National Security! Argle Bargle Blarg!” that apparently Signal isn’t encrypted enough or something. And that’s a point — which I’d be more willing to discuss if it wasn’t from folks happily trying to sell the country down the river for the last umpteenth years and all.
But it does make one wonder… what happened to the .mil network? Has no one done secure encrypted cell networks / back channels (I mean c’mon… the NSA should be more than just data slurpers!) and secure Cabinet level chat apps? Really? Yes, hardline is better security — yes the best security is not electronic at all… but given that folks have to travel and all — surely there’s some milspec option for these folks. Use it guys — otherwise you do look like an insane clown posse at times like this.
But whatever… I don’t think anyone seriously leaked anything important. The aide who f’ed up the Signal chat invite will likely find it a career limiting move… take the note to do secure communications properly and vet the lists before you spew ops intel and move on.
I don’t use the app in question, can someone who does let me know on a scale from 1 to Boltzmann Brain, how possible it is to accidentally add someone?
A phone app? Probably pretty easy, most security does rely on the user paying attention.
I never get people that do shit on their phone. It is the least secure platform you can imagine. And what is this shit with clicking links in texts or other communications directly? Are people that uninformed?
Your phone should only be for texting, looking at safe content (you need big screens to watch pr0n, or you doing it wrong), and listening to audio books or podcasts. Anything else is blah.
Wouldn’t that presuppose that Goldberg’s contact info was stored in someone’s phone?
Not Adahn:
Yes, yes it does. The alternative would be that his number was close enough to someone they meant to add, but that makes things worse to me (who adds a new number to a group chat without verifying it and saving it to a contact first?).
My favorite take on the war plan leak story:
“Republicans aren’t serious about national security”
Being said by the same people who excused the e-mail server, the Biden laptop, and the Clinton foundation.
Signal is a 1000 times better than some e-mail server sitting in an old bathroom but this is still a fuck-up.
AFAIK, the only real ding on Signal is that it’s tied to your phone number vs. being totally anonymous. Not sure if that also allows any sort of traffic analysis.
But still way better than e-mail (somehow I don’t think Herself was doing end-to-end encrypted e-mail).
Yes, it was a serious fuckup, but more from a political than operational perspective. Now The Atlantic has their Big Scoop(tm), their Pentagon Papers, their period of moral preening. Yes, her emails are mentioned with barely-concealed glee, even though there are important differences between the two scandals.
Part of me would like to believe that this was deliberate to entrap him into revealing classified info, or to send a message to the EU about expected reimbursement for this, but he makes it clear he was suspecting shenanigans of some sort.
Having said all that, I’m deeply, deeply disappointed by this. It hands the administration’s critics a scandal and a gotcha not even 100 days into the administration.
I think the Bee as usual has it covered.
I am with this assessment…
The Bee covered it twice:
https://babylonbee.com/news/security-concerns-as-trump-holds-strategy-meeting-at-cracker-barrel
I know the MSM will pretend otherwise but as far as scandals go, this doesn’t come close to the level of malicious evil represented by the dozens of scandals perpetrated by the Other Side in recent years.
Isn’t Signal the app that just got its CEO arrested (and then released) in France?
*adjusts infoil hat*
Is it possible that Signal coughed up some data to cover their asses?
Pretty sure that was Telegram.
That was Discord, AFAICR.
Signal is end-to-end encrypted, so the operator can’t be leaned on to cough up data.
Neph is right – Telegram, not Discord.
Signal was the name of a WW II German propaganda magazine…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(magazine)
So, you know, Trump Administration Nazis use it.
That’s some community note in response to Hegseth’s tweet
https://x.com/DODResponse/status/1904311661629964334
Ouch… that’s a heaping flaming dog poo pile of receipts on Hegseth’s front door there, yeah.
Not showing up for me (non-X user)
I’m not seeing the community note now, either.
Don’t fucking do that, Elon. Take your lumps.
Ah, I take it back, Elon – no longer showing because it was down-voted by (presumably) rabid Trump fans
Needs more ratings
Not shown on X
Note originally added to the video on this post, and could be shown on 59 posts that include this video
link to note: https://x.com/i/birdwatch/n/1904345176924893501
Looks like Hegseth is splitting hairs, as it isn’t a text, but a Signal. So, technically right, which is the best kind of right.
Still, someone messed up.
Hmmm… now that they mention it — seems like a good time while there’s a limited control of Congress and the Presidency to force through certain standards for Federal elections (which I believe Congress gets to set, does it not? Maybe I’m misremembering…). Kill “vote by mail”, mandatory voter id verification should suffice. If states want to do whatever they see fit for any election which is either party primaries or state/local only… that’s their problem/business.
Congress, do something?
You need more coffee this morning, SDF.
Or take a break from the hallucinogenics.
Who doesn’t need more coffee?
which I believe Congress gets to set, does it not? Maybe I’m misremembering…
Only for Congressional elections.
Given the front page image – I was expecting this for music.. but you and Sloopy seem to be on a theme here… yeeessss….
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(That’s from a CNN article, but the filing is the filing.)
That is some of the strongest GFY language I have read in a filing. A thing of beauty and wonderment.
Agreed, that’s spicy.
Sadly, if that gambit does work, it’ll be used by future administrations to conceal all sorts of fuckery. Shit, even if it doesn’t work this time the mere fact it was put forward will likely mean future administrations can use that argument (provided they’re helmed by someone with a ‘D’ after their name).
I still hope that eventually they say, well we will pull an Obama 1.0-3.0, and tell the courts we are gonna do what we want and simply ignore them. Cause that would finally be tit-for-tat (don’t get excited Q!).
For Q…
I’m curious who brought the action to the court and what FUCKING STANDING they have?
Also, I want to point out these were the same sort of judges that in 2020 kept telling everyone they had no standing to bring cases about the “fortification efforts” to the courts or that other states were disenfranchised by clearly criminal ballot harvesting in others.
My hope is that the court of appeals rules that the district judge overstepped his authority, which would render the whole state secrets question moot.
Also, the house is working on a bill to strip district judges of the ability to issue nationwide injunctions. That would be wonderful.
I’m curious if that ability was explicitly granted to district judges? Or did they just assume that power and no one said you can’t do that and ignored it.
Yay. Unconstitutional government actions will need to be filed in every jurisdiction or it will be allowed to continue. What could possibly go wrong?
SSD, I don’t think it is explicit, as then they wouldn’t be District judges, but national judges.
So, assumed with no one (SCOTUS) shutting it down.
SSD – Someone wrote a pretty good historical legal analysis of nationwide injunctions and when they began, how they expanded, etc.
It’s worth a read if this is something people are interested in the subject.
https://treeofwoe.substack.com/i/159581468/the-basis-or-lack-therefore-for-national-injunctions
Ozzy. It looks like the article is subscriber only.
Can you provide a pithy, one-sentence summary?
😉
In 1913, SCOTUS issued the first nationwide injunction in the nation’s history, Lewis Publishing Co. v. Morgan, 229 U.S. 288 (1913), over a provision in the “Post Office Appropriation Act of 1912 requiring newspaper publishers to disclose the names and addresses of their editors and owners, and to label any paid content as “advertisement,” as a condition for mailing at second-class (subsidized) postage rates. The publishers viewed this as an unconstitutional interference with freedom of the press and sued the Postmaster General (executive official) to block enforcement of the law.” Eventually SCOTUS upheld the law, but it did enjoin its enforcement nationwide pendente lite.
It took another 50 years before an Appeals Court decided it had the power for nationwide injunctions. It was (of course) the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in Wirtz v. Baldor, 337 F.2d 518 (D.C. Cir. 1963). Wirtz arose from a challenge to executive action under a New Deal-era law requiring federal contractors to pay prevailing minimum wages. In 1963, Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz set a new nationwide “prevailing wage” determination for manufacturers of electrical motors and generators. A group of companies in that industry, led by Baldor Electric Co., sued to overturn the wage determination, arguing that the Secretary had not followed proper procedures (in particular, the companies were denied access to the data underlying the wage survey).
Ten years later, 1973 a district court decided it had the power of nationwide injunction. Again – the district court isn’t surprising for court watchers: SDNY. Harlem Valley Transportation Association v. Stafford, 360 F. Supp. 1057 (S.D.N.Y. 1973), Judge Marvin Frankel of the Southern District of New York confronted a challenge under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Environmental activists claimed that the proper Environmental Impact Studies hadn’t been done before FedGov was abandoning old rail lines. Boom! Nationwide injunction – a sweeping one, too – in favor of plaintiff environmental groups.
Here’s the money shot –
“From 1963 to 2008, there were only 37 nationwide injunctions total – less than 1 per year for 45 years.
However, in the 21st century, nationwide injunctions have become much more common, especially in high-stakes policy disputes. The Obama administration had 12 nationwide injunctions in eight years; the first Trump administration was hit with 64 in four years; the Biden administration faced 14 nationwide injunctions in four years; while the second Trump administration has been hit with 37 nationwide injunctions in two months.
That means Trump’s administration has endured 45 years of judicial activism in two months. We are watching a Constitutional crisis develop in real time.”
“Can you provide a pithy one sentence summary?” NO
Kinnath wanted key lime, but got Citron.
Thanks Ozy.
This injunction business is mostly leftist lawfare, so the recent barrage is just in keeping with their evolution.
“An LGBT activist teacher in Colorado and her trans-identifying male husband are housing a 17-year-old girl who identifies as a boy. Police say they are unable to intervene to bring the teen home to her mother.
JoAnn Smotherman, a former math teacher at Durango High School, took the teen, one of her students, into her Durango home in December when the girl left home after a fight with her mother. JoAnn is married to Vivian Smotherman, a trans-identifying man who ran for Colorado State Senate as a Democrat last year.
The teen’s mother, Cynthia Stein, has gone to the Smothermans’ home and attempted, unsuccessfully, to take back her daughter. She called in the police, but the officers who responded to the scene said they would not force the teen to go home, according to the police report and body cam footage of the incident obtained by The Daily Wire.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/colorado-lgbt-activist-teacher-trans-husband-house-minor-teen-girl-against-moms-wishes
WTF?
JoAnn Smotherman
You can’t fool me – this is some Derpy fiction.
Ran off to “join the circus,” eh?
An LGBT activist teacher in Colorado…” Wait, that person is all of those things at once? Much accomplished.
The 17-year-old girl has identified as a boy since the fall and now uses a unisex name. She has been diagnosed with autism, ADHD, an eating disorder, depression, and anxiety, according to medical records provided by her mother.
Turning her forearm into a penis is the only path to happiness.
Oh, honey, that’s not a penis.
“THIS is a penis”
/Crocodile Dundee OFF
Legally a minor, mathematically late middle age.
So, babies arm?
Who found the magic word to make that little inconvenience go away.
“At school, the teen was seeing a counselor, without her mother’s knowledge, who advised the girl to terminate parental notification and encouraged her to participate in LGBT support groups, her mother said.”
As a parent of two daughters, this is the type of shit that makes me want to say fuck it all and send them to private school. The idea that a school can cut the parents out of the loop concerning their own children is evil and should be met with the hammer of the law coming down or the woodchipper.
“The teen’s lawyer has demanded Stein stop contacting her daughter and turn over the account numbers for the college fund and inheritance set up by Stein’s parents, the teen’s grandparents, she said.”
I love that part too. I wouldn’t turn over anything to that kid. Since she wants to go live with the Smotherman’s, they can provide for her now along with her college tuition.
Dead name, dead money.
Wait. The teen ditched her family, and is suing her parents for the money that they were saving?
I hope the parents burn the college fund suing the school and the teacher.
But, the next sentence:
“Because I love my child, I have honored that request,” Stein said.
At least we dodged a bullet here. I still can’t believe this Orwellian shit happened.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/british-chat-forums-shutter-avoid-new-internet-policing-law
I know they’re not big on civil liberties there, but WTF
That was absolutely on the table for Biden’s second term.
One of the core tenets of progressivism is, “Any culture we can’t control, we must destroy.”
Did this guy never watch that old Eddie Murphy/Dan Akroyd/Jamie Lee Curtis movie “Trading Places” to see what happens to people wearing animal costumes when they end up with a real animal? They will end up Clarence Beeksed. Or is it Clarence Cheeked?
DOH! One thread down..
I saw what happened in Top Secret.
Harassing hobby chatrooms is easier than going after rape gangs.
The bear scene in Asheville is wild.
https://nypost.com/2025/03/24/science/north-carolina-man-dons-bear-costume-to-scare-off-persistent-real-life-black-bear-video/
You’re baitin’ Tonio, aren’t you?
Well done, both of you.
That’s what passes for a science story in the NYP?
Daily Ray of Sunshine
This is hilarious:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23r10RnhvvY
Although, that someone bothered to make a Snapchat filter that makes people look retarded is a bit disturbing.
All Snapchat filters make people look retarded. This one just does it a bit more literally
I laughed, and now I feel like a terrible person for doing so.
“Shocking”
This is my shocked face. 😑
Cunty Aunt Sally reneged on signing the contract?
“The influencers were allegedly paid to “help push back against government overreach.” They were also told they’d be paid from several hundred to a thousand or more for every post they made, according to screenshots from Sortor.
Sortor accuses the influencers of receiving payments from Influencable — a marketing agency that “specialize[s] in high-impact campaigns for public affairs initiatives,” according to a LinkedIn profile.
Users were provided a format to follow for their posts, according to a screenshot. The format appears to call for pointing out government overreach, economic worries, individual rights and choice and President Donald Trump’s famous Diet Coke button.”
https://dailycaller.com/2025/03/24/maga-influencers-rewarded-opposing-rfk-jr-initiative-remove-soda-snap/
The ABA said restrictions on buying soda through SNAP would not improve health or save taxpayer money.
I still don’t want to subsidize Big Soda.
You’re subsidizing the corn syrup too.
rude
They were all reading from the same script, which isn’t a good look no matter which side does it. They’re also muddying the waters by conflating banning sodas altogether, with government payments going to buy sodas. I don’t think conservatives in general have a problem putting restrictions on how welfare money is spent.
Shit, for me I’m cool with people using SNAP for guns and SUV payments.
I can totally see why letting them buy junk food and soda is dumb.
..
On the other hand, I just don’t care all that much. Here’s what’s gonna happen. Left wingers are gonna get their turn and just put the rules back *and* use the precedent to make other stupid policies. Like maybe banning meat or dairy given who they are.
My opinion? This argument is a waste of time.
“Of the 19 states Harris won in 2024, 18 of them lack any requirements related to photo identification in order to vote, while Colorado and Washington hold all of their elections by mail.”
https://dailycaller.com/2025/03/24/msnbc-elie-mystal-voter-registration-eliminated/
That’s some coincidence.
“That’s some coincidence.”
I know it is sarcasm, but no it ain’t….
Permanently blue states are such because the elections no longer matter. All that matters is who counts.
Wet streets cause rain.
I thought payroll taxes were bad on the employee’s side, but it turns out to be a pure shakedown on the employer’s side. The state rate for unemployment insurance is double that of Medicare. The WC insurance company charges more to issue the mandatory workers comp policy than the actual premium costs.
Everyone wants to wet their beak. Unfortunately, it all comes out of total comp at the end of the day.
Everyone has their hands in your pockets.
I assume as self-employed they hit you on both ends.
“We’ve seen, you know, hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud go unprosecuted, so we’re taking that on,” she said. “We have a zero-tolerance policy for fraud, and we continue to crack down on it and make sure people are held accountable.”
You can tell that the Congressional GOP aren’t worth shit because if they actually cared about waste and fraud, they would have gone on a defunding spree instead of increasing our spending. DOGE is great but without buy in from the GOP leadership in Congress, it’ll amount to nothing.
ding-ding-ding (and every district that is reliably red will return the exact same Congress-critter)
We have met the enemy, and they is everyone that ain’t us.
GOPe is slow rolling until they can return to business as usual.
Yep. Useless is as useless does. The repubs will ride out this roller coaster and go back to being the lovable losers the dems manipulate.
Pretending that the “GOP” includes Trump, or is “his” party, is a mistake both linguistically and categorically.
Trump’s “party” at this point is largely a coalition of centrist Dems (blue dog/Reagan dems like Trump himself, Elon, Tulsi, RFK, Jr. etc.), conservatives, and anti-establishment types giving the finger to the party of Troons, Illegals, Thieves, and hardcore Statists (though I repeat myself).
Patrick Lancaster is one crazy bastard. He’s in Kursk trying not to get killed by drones
https://youtu.be/MowWjVqhWaI
Shotgun for the win. Our infantry platoons should have a couple of guys with combat shotguns who shoot skeet 3 times a week.
WHAT?? I CAN’T HEAR YOU. SPEAK UP.
A shotgun is the only type of gun whose projectile I’ve been hit by…
Okay it was falling birdshot that had already lost all of its energy in flight. That’s why I don’t even pretend to claim to have been shot. Even though I was hit by shot. It didn’t even hurt.
“I got hit by a shell fragment.”
“You got nervous peeling a hard-boiled egg!”
“It’s still listed as ‘shell fragment'”
Dick Cheney shot me a few times.
Gimme that old time religion
Sen. Bernie Sanders has emerged as a leading voice for voters opposed to President Trump’s rapid push to dismantle the federal government — and frustrated with the Democratic Party’s response.
Sanders and his fiery form of economic populism attacking the growing influence of billionaires and corporations in politics are not new, but interest in both message and messenger has been renewed by Trump’s second term and the outsized role Elon Musk has played in cutting federal spending and pushing agencies to fire workers.
“Well, when I talked about oligarchy over the years, I think for some people it was an abstraction,” Sanders said in an interview with NPR. Now though, “people understand you have to be blind not to see that what we have today is a government of the billionaires, by the billionaires and for the billionaires.”
But the independent senator from Vermont said, at the same time, the Democratic Party has also turned its back on the American working class and suggested the party capitalize on this moment by championing policies that address things like income inequality, health care and climate change.
Bernie’s tent show rambles on. I assume he’s passing the plate for his retirement fund.
“a government of the billionaires, by the billionaires and for the billionaires”
And now, let’s give a warm welcome to the next President of the United States, JB PRITZKER!
“the Democratic Party has also turned its back on the American working class”
Sure is easy to criticize your party when there’s nothing at stake.
He is such a piece of shit who lacks any sort of principles. Gabbard basically destroyed her political career in part due to her standing up for him and he couldn’t even vote yes for her confirmation as DNI Administrator. He loves socialism and communism because he’s a lazy fuck who loves power and money.
That’s another thing that bothers me about him. I get too worked up about this because I have friends who still post his memes on social media. At one point he seemed to have some convictions but over the years I’ve seen he’s a complete hypocrite who talks a big game, but will always bow down to his DNC masters. And yes, a commie who tells people to pay their share, but owns three big houses on a government salary is a problem.
Go ahead, Dems, double down on socialism.
what we have today is a government of the billionaires, by the billionaires and for the billionaires.
Been that way for quite some time
More like a government by the corporations.
“A city councillor in British Columbia has called on PM Mark Carney to ban X, confiscate MAGA hats, as well as declared that supporters of US President Donald Trump are part of an “extremist organization” in Canada.
Victoria, BC councillor Jeremy Caradonna posted on Bluesky, writing, “If I’m Carney, l’d declare the MAGA movement an ‘extremist organization’ and clamp down on its activities, in defense of Canadian sovereignty.”
“That’s what Ukraine did against Russian state-backed entities. Ban X in Canada as hostile propaganda. Confiscate MAGA hats. Restrict travel for US MAGAS,” he added.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/bc-city-councillor-calls-for-banning-x-confiscating-trump-hats-in-canada-declare-the-maga-movement-an-extremist-organization
CWAA
“How did they allow the Soviet Gulags? Who would turn in Jews? I would have been a freedom fighter! I would have bravely resisted!”
(Sips latte, adjusts little red corve… beret)
“WHAT?!?!? IS THAT A MAGA PIN?!? ON YOUR SMARTLY TAILORED DRAB GREEN PANTS SUIT?!?!? TO THE EXTREMIST ORGANIZATION TIME-OUT CAMP WITH YOU!”
Strange for a America’s hat to ban MAGA hats …
It seems like every city council is where radical scum stew in feedback loops of encouragement to out-totalitarian each other. It’s amazing the stories that come out of those fetid swamps.
It would be funny if these people started wearing MACFA hats…
“A Florida man has been arrested after allegedly driving his vehicle into a crowd of protestors outside a West Palm Beach Tesla dealership on Saturday. 44-year-old Andrew Dutil was charged with one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent.
In a Monday court appearance, a judge ordered Dutil to be held without bail, per the Palm Beach Post. He is currently being held in Palm Beach County Jail.
Around 100 people gathered outside the Tesla dealership on Saturday as part of a series of protests planned by the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Palm Beach County. This comes as Tesla dealerships, charging stations, and vehicles have been targeted in recent weeks with violent attacks and acts of vandalism.
Two women told investigators that they were protesting peacefully outside the dealership when a black Nissan SUV drove past them, with the occupant yelling at the protestors. The driver then went onto the curb, causing the women to jump out of the way.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/florida-man-accused-of-driving-onto-curb-almost-striking-protestors-outside-tesla-dealership-police
This isn’t going to end well.
Protesting like this (blocking access) is supposed to be illegal in DeSantis’s Florida now. Am I wrong?
Dunk
YD’s Hong Kong-listed shares are already up more than 50% this year.
The Chinese company’s week of blowout news should amount to a rather satisfying dunk on Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who once scoffed at the idea of BYD as a competitor and who is currently a rather unpopular member of the Trump administration. (Trust us, we did polling!)
BYD’s moment in the sun comes just as Tesla is sliding into a crisis.
Ford outsells Ferrari, too.
In local news, Romania got kicked out of the visa waiver program. Which is causing some issues, as apparently some people had trips planned starting April 1st, payed airplane accommodation etc, and now it is too late to get a visa… Imo it was kinda risky to not let a couple of months after the date pass before booking a trip if you do not have an actual visa.
I would just turn into a bat and fly into the other country.
Payed. Goddamn Reddit spelling.
paid… yeah I blame…. I dunno society at large
I think he’s doing it just to piss me off.
Perhaps the biggest threat BYD poses to Tesla: It’s managed to make a variety of sleek, tech-enabled cars — both EVs and plug-in hybrids — at a fraction of the cost. The entry-level BYD EV now starts at under $10,000 in China. Tesla’s Model 3, its cheapest model, costs three times more at $32,000.
On Monday, BYD launched a new electric sedan with roughly the same specs as a Tesla Model 3 for half the price, Elektrek reported. Then new Qin L EV comes with BYD’s smart driving tech and gets over 330 miles of driving range, starting at $16,500.
Can they do that at a profit?
Well, if you use slave labor or $1 a day wages anything is possible. Also we have no visibility to any subsidies at the manufacturer level.
Even then, I would not get in one. Lithium batteries are dangerous enough when made by competent companies.
And I’m sure those BDY cars totally pass US safety regs. Those regs in no way drive up Tesla’s costs.
Sure but they tend to explode so YMMV.
To be fair, so do Teslas.
CDU politician Julia Klöckner is the new president of the German parliament. She is seen as a controversial choice by many, both for her populist statements and her links to lobbyists.
The 52-year-old Klöckner is known as a feisty conservative who likes to get involved in a wide range of public debates. In January of this year, before the national election, she caused a stir by posting a combative statement on Instagram: “You don’t have to vote AfD for what you want. There is a democratic alternative: The CDU.” This was seen by critics as both a trivialization of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and an admission that the CDU had adopted its extreme anti-refugee stance.
It was not the first time that Klöckner had taken a populist line: In 2015, when refugees came to Germany in large numbers from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq, Klöckner demanded that they be legally obliged to integrate into society. In 2023, she also reposted a false claim on social media that dental care for asylum-seekers had cost the German state €690 million ($746 million) in the previous year.
Nor is her appointment to the new Bundestag role without some controversy: Klöckner gave up her position as CDU treasurer after NGO Lobbycontrol pointed out that, as Bundestag president, she would be tasked with overseeing party donations. She said that she had planned to give up the post anyway before taking on the new job.
Klöckner is the daughter of a winegrower from the western state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Among her prestigious early roles was as German Wine Queen in 1995, an office that involves more than 200 public appointments a year.
Trained as a journalist, Klöckner led the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in her home state from 2010 to 2022, during which time she spent four years, from 2018 to 2021, as Federal Agriculture Minister under Chancellor Angela Merkel.
https://www.dw.com/en/who-is-new-bundestag-president-julia-kl%C3%B6ckner/a-72031466
Sure they have. The same party that transformed the country with millions of these “refugees” in the first place.
Here I was thinking Merkel had been SPD not CDU. JFC, that’s like Walter Mondale being a Republican.
“In 2023, she also reposted a false claim on social media that dental care for asylum-seekers had cost the German state €690 million ($746 million) in the previous year.”
OK, what did it cost? What was the total cost of medical care?
Trump’s war on international trade
On Monday and Wednesday, hearings are being held by the U.S. Trade Representative to consider the implementation of penalties. The investigation, begun under President Joe Biden, culminated in a report released in January that concluded China’s shipbuilding and maritime industry had an unfair advantage. Now, it is being continued by the Trump administration as part of the president’s widening global economic and trade war, with Trump saying in his recent speech to Congress that he will create a new office of shipbuilding in the White House that would offer special tax incentives to bring more shipbuilding back to the U.S.
Out of the blue, Trump throws a monkey wrench.
Slight error. Trump announced an office of shitbuilding. We’re going to have the best shit. Truly the greatest shit the world has ever seen. And we’re going to do it right here. In the United States.
And, once Canada is fully under the heel, Bryan Adams will sing “Cuts Like a Knife” at the opening ceremony.
Why doesn’t he just repeal that law that everyone is always whining about?
The odious “JONES ACT”.
There’s only so much this guy can do with a pen and a phone.