CURRENT EVENTS MARCH 24 - 29

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Trump recently pardoned a big money donor. Trevor Milton founder of Nikola, was sentenced to 4 years for defrauding investors. He lied (and was guilty of fraud) about the viability and success of the EV startup company to investors in 2023. He was also found guilty of wire fraud.

He had yet to serve one day as his case was under appeal. But it was also believed he woukd be ordered to re-imburse 100s of millions to investors. At one time, the EV truck maker was valued at more than Ford. It is now going through bankruptcy.

Coincidentally, last year he gave nearly a million dollars to Trump campaign efforts. He gave another $750K to RFK Jr. He had previously never donated anything significant.

After receiving the news, he compared his plight and sentencing to the witch hunts of Dear Leader Orange Turd, and nefarious prosecutions. That tells you all you need to know about his guilt, and pandering (financially) to criminal Trump.

Also, the name Nikola, is in reference to Nikola Tesla the great scientist.
 
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Trump signs Executive Order putting Vance in charge of removing any negative factual U.S. history or liberal "ideology" from Smithsonian. A whitewashing.

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Trump Signs Executive Order Directing JD Vance to Remove ‘Improper Ideology’ from the National Zoo, Other Institutions

President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing Vice President JD Vance to remove "improper ideology" from institutions such as the National Zoo.
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday evening abolishing union rights at more than two dozen federal agencies and offices, in a major expansion of the administration’s efforts to shrink the federal government.

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The White House cited national security concerns for terminating workers’ ability to bargain collectively, but the order applies at agencies with both direct and indirect links to national security. Those include the entirety of the departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, State and Justice, and parts of Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, Interior, Energy and Commerce, among others.

“President Trump is taking action to ensure that agencies vital to national security can execute their missions without delay and protect the American people,” the White House said in a fact sheet accompanying the memo.


Hours later, eight federal agencies sued a group of unions in federal court in Texas, asking a judge to declare the union contracts void under Trump’s executive order.

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The suit was filed in the Waco Division of the Western District of Texas, where the sole judge, Alan D. Albright, a Trump appointee, hears all of the civil and criminal cases. The move to file the lawsuit in Waco comes as lawmakers and legal experts raise concerns about judge-shopping, the practice of filing a lawsuit in a carefully chosen court where the judge is most likely to rule in the plaintiff’s favor.
 

Two Big Law Firms Sue Trump Administration to Stop Executive Orders​

Jenner & Block and WilmerHale are among several prominent law firms to be targeted by the president​


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“… Jenner & Block and WilmerHale filed separate lawsuits in a Washington, D.C., federal court, both alleging the administration engaged in unconstitutional retaliation that violates the First Amendment.

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President Trump has targeted five big firms so far, most recently with an order issued Thursday evening against WilmerHale, the former law firm of Robert Mueller, who led the Russia interference investigation.

Mueller worked at Hale and Dorr from 1993 to 1995, before it merged to create WilmerHale. He later rejoined in 2014 as a partner before his appointment as special counsel in 2017, during Trump’s first term, to investigate any possible ties between Russia and the president and his campaign. That investigation infuriated Trump, who called it a witch hunt. …”
 
nycfan said:

Two Big Law Firms Sue Trump Administration to Stop Executive Orders​

Jenner & Block and WilmerHale are among several prominent law firms to be targeted by the president​


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Finally. I can't believe Paul Weiss caved. Paul Weiss leans on its corporate practice so maybe that was a problem for it, and Jenner & Block has a smaller one. But WilmerHale, IIRC, does have a corporate practice so I conclude they are just more principled and bolder than Paul Weiss.
 
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Andrew Tate Accused of Assault Within Weeks of Being Bailed Out of Romania​

Bri Stern, his now ex-girlfriend, alleges that Tate assaulted and almost strangled her during a sexual encounter earlier this month, then threatened to "ruin my life, rape me, or kill me" if she came forward.​



 
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Finally. I can't believe Paul Weiss caved. Paul Weiss leans on its corporate practice so maybe that was a problem for it, and Jenner & Block has a smaller one. But WilmerHale, IIRC, does have a corporate practice so I conclude they are just more principled and bolder than Paul Weiss.
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Meanwhile, Skadden caved. Same jerks who negotiate claiming they make the market just capitulated.



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US law enforcement wearing face coverings and dragging people off on made up charges. Do people not think this will be happening to citizens soon? We are entering a full Stazi era.
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It’s happening to citizens today.

A significant percentage (majority?) of Americans have long believed that the government only arrests guilty people.

Guilty of what? Doesn’t matter.

Aside from J6. They’re innocent. Everyone else arrested? Guilty.
 

Panama Ports Deal Touted by Trump to Miss April 2 Deadline​

Chinese regulator will review $23 billion plan for BlackRock-led group to buy facilities from Hong Kong company​



“… China’s antitrust regulator said Friday that it would review the deal “to protect fair competition and safeguard public interest.”

The deal came after Trump criticized what he said was Chinese control of the canal. In his March 4 address to Congress, Trump applauded the planned transfer of the Panama ports, saying of the Panama Canal, “We’re taking it back.”

Chinese leader Xi Jinping was angered by the dealand Beijing has been reviewing what tools it might have to hinder it, The Wall Street Journal has reported. …”
 
What ever happened to the Conservative concept of States' rights, the Federal Gov not interfering in the private sector (law firms) etc? Does that only apply when there is a Dem Prez, House, and/or Senate?

Because Trump is trampling all over those concepts, most illegally through Executive Order.
 
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So you are part of the problem, since you don't see this as disqualifying behavior for the leader of a country.
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I didn't vote for him. I'm just saying, flawed or not, an R candidate is going to get tens of millions of votes simply because there's a R next to their name. Most of the country only considers R and D candidates when voting. They aren't going to vote third party....something I hope changes.
 
Henderson going back to doing Henderson things, and Walker remains a disaster. I wonder if they will appeal to the en banc court? They aren't likely to get an en banc hearing on this, but anything is possible in today's judiciary.
 
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