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nycfan said:

Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Firings at Federal Agencies​

The Trump administration had asked the justices to block a lower court’s ruling that paused the largest phase of the president’s efforts to downsize the government.


“… The order, which lifted a lower court’s ruling that had blocked mass layoffs, was unsigned and did not include a vote count, which is typical in such emergency applications. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote a public dissent.

The case represents a key test of the extent of President Trump’s power to reorganize the government without input from Congress. The justices’ order is technically only temporary, guiding how the administration can proceed while the challenge to Mr. Trump’s plans continues. But in practice, it means he is free to pursue his restructuring plans, even if judges later determine that they exceed presidential power.

It was the latest in a series of recent victories for the Trump administration before the Supreme Court on emergency requests related to the president’s efforts to rapidly reshape government.…”

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Too bad Thurgood Marshall's seat was shamed by the most corrupt Supreme Court Justice ever. Ms. Jackson is a proud homage to the legacy of Mr. Civil Rights.
 
superrific said:
1. Automatic stabilizers that also increase health and welfare should be the last resort, not the first one.
2. If you have to cut automatic stabilizers, don't do it at the outset of a recession.
3. I know this is going to sound radical . . . but raising taxes is a much better solution to the fiscal imbalance for a number of reasons. Most GOP tax expenditures are comically inefficient from a cost-benefit analysis. Not all, but most.
4. Don't expand ICE. Cut it back dramatically. We are literally pouring money down the drain with these deportations.
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Exactly, how does one support cutting Medicaid because of the cost yet not have a problem with the expansion of ICE.

Considering the mask, I suspect that many of the new hires are J6th pardoned Sad, I mean proud, Boys.
 
WaynetheDrain said:
Imagine being stupid enough to believe that programs like Medicaid, the ACA, or (gasp!) even universal health care would be detrimental to our economy.

That’s next level stupidity to believe keeping your populace (consumers) healthy and with more money in their pockets because of affordable, quality healthcare would be anything other than an economic boon.
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But the Republicans have figured out how to get people to vote against this, which is actually in their best interest, for decades.
 
Ramrouser said:
8-1. Sotomayor calls out Brown for her dissent.

13th Supreme Court victory in last 6 months!
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Sotomayor did no such thing, unless by calling out you mean agreeing with. The first sentence of her one paragraph concurrence was "I agree with JUSTICE JACKSON that the President cannot restructure federal agencies in a manner inconsistent with congressional mandates."

These are not Supreme Court victories. A victory is a decided case. An unexplained stay, issued despite the government failing to meet any of the relevant stay factors, is just corruption.
 
superrific said:
Sotomayor did no such thing, unless by calling out you mean agreeing with. The first sentence of her one paragraph concurrence was "I agree with JUSTICE JACKSON that the President cannot restructure federal agencies in a manner inconsistent with congressional mandates."

These are not Supreme Court victories. A victory is a decided case. An unexplained stay, issued despite the government failing to meet any of the relevant stay factors, is just corruption.
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Moreover, Sotomayor's vote was strategic. Since the stay was going to be lifted, she voted with the majority to make it appear stronger than a dissent. Hey, I'm voting this way because the Court is not addressing the unlawful downsizing of agencies right now.
 
nycfan said:

At least 161 missing and 109 dead in catastrophic Texas flooding, governor says​




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When asked Tuesday who is to blame for the deadly, catastrophic flooding, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called that type of language “the word choice of losers.”

“Every football team makes mistakes. The losing teams are the ones that try to point out who’s to blame” he said.

“The way winners talk is not to point fingers. They talk about solutions. What Texas is all about is solutions.”…”

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No one in Texas EVER points fingers at the QB or coach after a loss. Unheard of!

And a crass comparison at a time they just announced an 8-fold increase in missing people and death toll continuing to rise. Counties adjacent to Kerr that also suffered flooding didn’t have the casualties … but did have county emergency plans.
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Asinine response by Abbott but also asking that question when kids are still missing and rescue efforts are still underway seems intentionally inflammatory and in bad taste IMO.
 
nrsair said:
Asinine response by Abbott but also asking that question when kids are still missing and rescue efforts are still underway seems intentionally inflammatory and in bad taste IMO.
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Kinda like we can’t talk about gun laws in the aftermath of a mass shooting? I get that media tend to turn to the question of who failed in most tragedies but when is it OK to start raising questions? I don’t know the answer but lean toward I would rather ask too soon than too late.
 

Fact check: Debunking 11 of Trump’s false claims at Cabinet meeting​



“… Tax on Social Security: Touting the new domestic policy legislation, Trump repeated his false claim that it achieves his campaign promise of “no tax on Social Security.” It does not.

The legislation does create an additional, temporary $6,000-per-year tax deduction for individuals age 65 and older (with a smaller deduction for individuals earning $75,000 per year or more), but the White House itself has implicitly acknowledged that millions of Social Security recipients age 65 and older will continue to pay taxes on their benefits – and that new deduction, which expires in 2028, doesn’t even apply to the Social Security recipients who are younger than 65….”
 


“Former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey are under criminal investigation for potential wrongdoing related to the Trump–Russia probe, including allegedly making false statements to Congress, Justice Department sources told Fox News Digital.

… The full scope of the criminal investigations into Brennan and Comey is unclear, but two sources described the FBI's view of the duo's interactions as a "conspiracy," which could open up a wide range of potential prosecutorial options. …”
 
nycfan said:
“Former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey are under criminal investigation for potential wrongdoing related to the Trump–Russia probe, including allegedly making false statements to Congress, Justice Department sources told Fox News Digital.

… The full scope of the criminal investigations into Brennan and Comey is unclear, but two sources described the FBI's view of the duo's interactions as a "conspiracy," which could open up a wide range of potential prosecutorial options. …”
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Good thing the Supreme Court saved us from the prospect of a president persecuting his predecessors via lawfare.
 
Calheel said:
Moreover, Sotomayor's vote was strategic. Since the stay was going to be lifted, she voted with the majority to make it appear stronger than a dissent. Hey, I'm voting this way because the Court is not addressing the unlawful downsizing of agencies right now.
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Right. She's trying to sketch out something of an alternative holding, made possible by the lack of any actual holding in the per curiam.
 
ZenMode said:
Without specifics on how much money this would save, if any, there isn't much to say.

The cuts to ICE, the only intentional spending cut you suggested, will do nothing by itself, But I agree with not increasing the budget.

Other than that, it's take more from Americans while maintaining the government status quo.
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Taxes were higher the last time we had a budget surplus and the economy was very strong. Why not raise taxes?
If you look at the five or six biggest contributors to our deficit after Clinton balanced the budget, I’m pretty sure Bush’s tax cuts and Trump’s tax cuts are among them.
 
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