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Is Social Security still the third rail?



We may find out. (BTW, Treasury is not the department that would “deduplicate” Social Security, the SSA does that)
 
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Pretext, pretext, pretext.

Do not be surprised if the US violently seizes the canal, mobilizes naval forces towards Greenland, and builds up troops near the northern border. Don and elon’s guide stars invaded Czechoslovakia, Poland, russia, France, Libya, Greece, Albania, and Ethiopia.
 


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Trump announced Friday that he was removing Biden’s access to classified information by revoking his security clearance and stopping his daily intelligence briefings, a move that Biden took against Trump after January 6. In the social media post announcing the move, Trump recalled a tagline from his reality television era, saying, “Joe, you’re fired.”

In an interview with the New York Post published Saturday, the president said he intended to target other political rivals with the same measures, restricting New York Attorney General Letitia James and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a symbolic move that Trump warned would “take away every right they have.”

Trump initiated a number of dismissals Friday night that also appeared to focus on revenge.

He announced aggressive plans to gut the board of trustees of the Kennedy Center, removing multiple members who he said “do not share our Vision for a Golden Age in Arts and Culture,” as well as ousting its chairman, the billionaire philanthropist David Rubenstein, an ally of Biden.

And the administration announced it had dismissed the archivist of the United States, Colleen Shogan, at Trump’s direction. While Trump had said he wanted to replace the archivist, it still amounted to a shocking move targeting Shogan, who had largely been loyal to Trump. …”
 
Tulsi Gabbard, Hegseth, RFK Jr - all fine candidates to GOP. This woman however, wholely unqualified for the job. Good thing Republicans are the party of the working man now.

www.nbcnews.com

Senate Republicans cast a wary eye on Trump's nominee for labor secretary

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said he predicts Lori Chavez-DeRemer will “lose 15 Republicans" due to her union-aligned views. Some business lobbyists are unhappy and mystified by the pick.
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“I’m not going to support her,” Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., a senior member of the committee that will oversee her nomination, told NBC News on Monday. “I’m the national spokesman and lead author of the right-to-work bill. Her support for the PRO Act, which would not only oppose national right to work but would pre-empt state law on right to work — I think it’s not a good thing.
"And it’d be sort of hard for me, since it’s a big issue for me, to support her. So I won’t support her. I think she’ll lose 15 Republicans,” Paul said, predicting she would win some Democrats because “she’s very pro-labor.”


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The stark opposition from a Republican senator who is otherwise aligned with Trump points to the challenges ahead for Chavez-DeRemer, an unorthodox GOP pick who supported the PRO Act, which would beef up labor protections for employees to collectively bargain and expand the scope of what counts as an unfair labor practice. She has also earned qualified praise from traditionally Democratic-aligned labor groups, including the AFL-CIO.

For the same reasons, Chavez-DeRemer has drawn deep skepticism from the business lobby, which has had a strong relationship with Republicans for many years.

“My biggest concern going into a new Trump administration is the dramatic shift on labor unions, traditionally a large Democratic fundraising base,” a veteran business lobbyist said. “The nominee for labor secretary has shown previous support for anti-employer rights legislation, and there is no reason to believe that she won’t put people and policies in place to enact new employment regulations that restrict employer’s rights.
 
altmin said:
Tulsi Gabbard, Hegseth, RFK Jr - all fine candidates to GOP. This woman however, wholely unqualified for the job. Good thing Republicans are the party of the working man now.

www.nbcnews.com

Senate Republicans cast a wary eye on Trump's nominee for labor secretary

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said he predicts Lori Chavez-DeRemer will “lose 15 Republicans" due to her union-aligned views. Some business lobbyists are unhappy and mystified by the pick.
www.nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com

“I’m not going to support her,” Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., a senior member of the committee that will oversee her nomination, told NBC News on Monday. “I’m the national spokesman and lead author of the right-to-work bill. Her support for the PRO Act, which would not only oppose national right to work but would pre-empt state law on right to work — I think it’s not a good thing.
"And it’d be sort of hard for me, since it’s a big issue for me, to support her. So I won’t support her. I think she’ll lose 15 Republicans,” Paul said, predicting she would win some Democrats because “she’s very pro-labor.”


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The stark opposition from a Republican senator who is otherwise aligned with Trump points to the challenges ahead for Chavez-DeRemer, an unorthodox GOP pick who supported the PRO Act, which would beef up labor protections for employees to collectively bargain and expand the scope of what counts as an unfair labor practice. She has also earned qualified praise from traditionally Democratic-aligned labor groups, including the AFL-CIO.

For the same reasons, Chavez-DeRemer has drawn deep skepticism from the business lobby, which has had a strong relationship with Republicans for many years.

“My biggest concern going into a new Trump administration is the dramatic shift on labor unions, traditionally a large Democratic fundraising base,” a veteran business lobbyist said. “The nominee for labor secretary has shown previous support for anti-employer rights legislation, and there is no reason to believe that she won’t put people and policies in place to enact new employment regulations that restrict employer’s rights.
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Great opportunity for Dems to hit them hard on labor issues. Especially if she ends up not being confirmed.
 

Trump’s acting chief of federal financial watchdog orders staff to pause activity​

Russell Vought is now acting head of CFPB, created in wake of 2008 financial crash to supervise financial companies

“Russell Vought, Donald Trump’s newly installed acting head of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, announced on Saturday he had cut off the agency’s budget and reportedly instructed staff to suspend all activities including the supervision of companies overseen by the agency.

… In his Saturday missive, Vought ordered staff to “cease all supervision and examination activity”, going a step further than a directive issued last week by the treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, whom Trump had briefly put in charge after firing Rohit Chopra.

The CFPB, which Congress created in the wake of the 2008 financial crash, supervises consumer-facing financial companies like banks, title lenders, mortgage originators and cash transfer services to prevent unfair, deceptive and abusive practices and other predatory conduct.

Vought’s order leaves much of that business activity without federal government oversight. …”
 
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