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Credit where it is due, these are two excellent lawyers and great people.
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We should never give him credit under any circumstance anymore, regardless of how lovely and competent these people may be. You are probably the best thing about this board but sorry you seem incapable or unwilling to acknowledge how dire things are. At best, Trump has no clue that these are decent people. The days of hoping accidents like this might turn a corner and set us on a better path are long gone, IMO. We’re not battling over inches, we’re at full scale war. And we need people as smart and informed as you to stop acting like we’re a few decent legal beagles away from normalcy. I’m not trying to be a dick, and I know this is just a minor comment I’ve decided to reply to, but we’re completely fucked if people like you are reluctant to acknowledge just how bad things are.
 
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His heart is falling. But not fast enough to save our republic
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As if JD Vance and Peter Theil, Marc Andreesen, Ben Horowitz, and the other tech bros give a shit about our Republic.

When Andreesen and Horowitz (and Tim Howes - a good guy and great in sales calls - and In Sik Rhee) founded Loudcloud, they named all of the conference rooms after well-known rappers; because, well, because Ben was just that cool.
 
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McAdooSmackinYou said:
We should never give him credit under any circumstance anymore, regardless of how lovely and competent these people may be. You are probably the best thing about this board but sorry you seem incapable or unwilling to acknowledge how dire things are. At best, Trump has no clue that these are decent people. The days of hoping accidents like this might turn a corner and set us on a better path are long gone, IMO. We’re not battling over inches, we’re at full scale war. And we need people as smart and informed as you to stop acting like we’re a few decent legal beagles away from normalcy. I’m not trying to be a dick, and I know this is just a minor comment I’ve decided to reply to, but we’re completely fucked if people like you are reluctant to acknowledge just how bad things are.
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I hear you. And I think things have accelerated drastically this month. Not sure if the timing is a plan from the Project 2025 folks — get the OBBB passed and Congress out of session before going all in or it has just taken this long to get the snowball rolling down hill this fast?

I wasn’t suggesting that a few good nominees (who I’m sure Trump had zero meaningful input in choosing) means some sort of sea change in the Trump Admin trajectory. More like a couple of wildflowers blooming in a deserted lot.

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Justice Dept. declines to defend grants for Hispanic-serving colleges, calling them unconstitutional​



“… In a memo sent to Congress, the Justice Department said it agrees with a lawsuit attempting to strike down grants that are reserved for colleges and universities where at least a quarter of undergraduates are Hispanic. Congress created the program in 1998 after finding Latino students were going to college and graduating at far lower rates than white students.

Justice Department officials argued the program provides an unconstitutional advantage based on race or ethnicity.

The state of Tennessee and an anti-affirmative action organization sued the U.S. Education Department in June, asking a judge to halt the Hispanic-Serving Institution program. Tennessee argued all of its public universities serve Hispanic students but none meet the “arbitrary ethnic threshold” to be eligible for the grants. Those schools miss out on tens of millions of dollars because of discriminatory requirements, the suit said.

… Trump is taking steps to dismantle the Education Department and has called for massive funding cuts, yet his 2026 budget request preserved grants for Hispanic universities and even asked Congress for a slight increase. Even so, there have been doubts about his administration’s commitment to the funding.…”

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Not sure why the Trump Admin doesn’t defund the program. They’ve done it with plenty of programs established by law and funded by Congress, why stop here?
 

Donald Trump Signals Move To Rebrand Kennedy Center With His Own Name: “Maybe In A Week Or So”​


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Donald Trump Signals Move To Rebrand Kennedy Center With His Own Name: “Maybe In A Week Or So”

"Maybe in a week or so," Trump told reporters.
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“…“On December 5 of this year, the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw will take place at the Kennedy Center,” Trump said. “Some people refer to it as the ‘Trump Kennedy Center,’ but we’re not prepared to do that quite yet. Maybe in a week or so.”…”

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Donald Trump Signals Move To Rebrand Kennedy Center With His Own Name: “Maybe In A Week Or So”

"Maybe in a week or so," Trump told reporters.
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