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28 minutes ago, Willfully Horn said:

Doge is close to information on US nukes.

“A representative from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, was granted access to the Energy Department’s IT system on Wednesday by Energy Secretary Chris Wright, two people with knowledge of the situation told CNN.

Wright granted access to DOGE representative Luke Farritor — a 23-year-old former SpaceX intern — even over objections from the department’s general counsel and chief information offices, the people told CNN. The DOE chief information office is the department’s IT and cybersecurity office.”

 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/06/climate/doge-energy-department-trump/index.html

 

 

Lol what could go wrong?  @staboner

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11 hours ago, SubliminalHorn said:

Republicans have always been bigot shit heads, they just disguised it with the facade of the country club republican 

See for instance Mitt Romney on hidden video at a campaign fundraiser in 2012 and how he characterized the Democratic base:

Spoiler

Video won't embed, follow the link to YouTube:

 

 

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17 hours ago, Willfully Horn said:

Instagram video from an American Revolution historian about how his website, funded by the National Endowment of the Humanities, was taken down, scrubbed, then reposted.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDtV7vrOg4D/?igsh=MXJ2cGthdTV3cGl0bg%3D%3D

(Would appreciate schooling on posting Instagram videos so that they embed).

Fuck the fascist deniers, deflectors, and enablers. UnAmerican fucks.

Delete the question mark and everything that comes after it. That’s superfluous (always). I’ll post it twice. Once as a link and then I’ll let it embed.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDtV7vrOg4D/

 

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Economic pushback requires coordination. February 28th is the economic boycott day. One day, at first. Shop only at small, local businesses on the 28th.

Also, fuck this year’s Super Bowl. I hope viewership tanks.

 

 

 

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3 hours ago, Willfully Horn said:

Also, fuck this year’s Super Bowl. I hope viewership tanks.

We are going to see The Brutalist this afternoon instead. 

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turnip’s turd tonguers are manipulating Google results to instill fear in folks. An example is that news articles are being post dated, because ICE isn’t meeting their quota.

”Since the election of President Donald Trump — who ran on mass deportations of undocumented immigrants — immigrant communities have feared increased crackdowns by the new administration. A quick Google search for arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) results in pages of press releases from the agency announcing arrests and raids.

But many of those articles, Guardian tech reporter Dara Kerr found, were outdated. For example, an operation in Colorado happened in 2010, and arrests in Wisconsin happened in 2018. AlterNet found a press release about arrests in Idaho is from 2010 as well, but the date on the Google result says January 24, 2025.

Indeed, the outdated press releases all had a note at the bottom of the page: “Updated: 01/24/2025.”

There was a lot of noise online,” an immigration lawyer who noticed the pattern told the Guardian. “And it was creating terror in the community.” She remained anonymous out of fear of retaliation by the Trump administration.

“Every article was updated on the 24th, which was causing the Google SEO to interpret that as a recently updated article, and therefore rank it higher,” a tech expert who also chose to remain anonymous said.“


https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/creating-terror-trump-administration-accused-of-manipulating-google-to-send-a-message/ar-AA1yxyAW

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Posted
4 hours ago, David Dennison said:

Who enforces federal court orders, kids?

 

Sure, the judiciary relies on the executive to enforce its rulings, but a judge can also order a US Marshal to enforce its rulings. 

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14 minutes ago, Willfully Horn said:

turnip’s turd tonguers are manipulating Google results to instill fear in folks. An example is that news articles are being post dated, because ICE isn’t meeting their quota.

”Since the election of President Donald Trump — who ran on mass deportations of undocumented immigrants — immigrant communities have feared increased crackdowns by the new administration. A quick Google search for arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) results in pages of press releases from the agency announcing arrests and raids.

But many of those articles, Guardian tech reporter Dara Kerr found, were outdated. For example, an operation in Colorado happened in 2010, and arrests in Wisconsin happened in 2018. AlterNet found a press release about arrests in Idaho is from 2010 as well, but the date on the Google result says January 24, 2025.

Indeed, the outdated press releases all had a note at the bottom of the page: “Updated: 01/24/2025.”

There was a lot of noise online,” an immigration lawyer who noticed the pattern told the Guardian. “And it was creating terror in the community.” She remained anonymous out of fear of retaliation by the Trump administration.

“Every article was updated on the 24th, which was causing the Google SEO to interpret that as a recently updated article, and therefore rank it higher,” a tech expert who also chose to remain anonymous said.“


https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/creating-terror-trump-administration-accused-of-manipulating-google-to-send-a-message/ar-AA1yxyAW

This reminds me of what CNN did after the DC plane crash. They took an older pre-crash web page and updated it with their coverage on the crash so it would optimize the SEO. So the crash happened an hour ago but the Google results show 7 hours ago. No, CNN is not psychic, they are just getting a leg up to optimize their SEO.

Trump and his cronies are taking this playbook and using it to spread misinformation or falsely dated news to optimize their search results and get clicks. Im not saying CNN is Trump, I’m just saying that what CNN did was pretty clever to push their reporting to the top of the search. Trump’s people saw how this worked for CNN and used their own twisted version of it to pervert perception of what is currently going on. 

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7 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

What is this referring to 

if you search to find the post on X & click through <mike lee> is commenting on a post by charlie cyclops kirk chewing his cud about unitary president shit; lee posts this is a coup of the judiciary; the dictator replies "yes"

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Posted
12 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

the us marshal service reports to the attorney general

checkmate

Fair enough. Nevertheless, force the AG to countermand a judge’s directive. Let’s get this abscess out in the open.

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7 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

What event is Mike Lee calling a coup

I don’t have a twitter account, but I assumed Lee is talking about the activities of Doge. The screenshot I posted was from Bluesky.

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Just now, Willfully Horn said:

I don’t have a twitter account, but I assumed Lee is talking about the activities of Doge. The screenshot I posted was from Bluesky.

I don’t either and am confused. Isn’t Lee a republican senator and trumper? He mentions a “judicial coup” so I presume he means something trump is trying to do has been stopped by an injunction. Anyone got details?

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5 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

I don’t either and am confused. Isn’t Lee a republican senator and trumper? He mentions a “judicial coup” so I presume he means something trump is trying to do has been stopped by an injunction. Anyone got details?

Ah, I see your point. Thanks.

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12 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

I don’t either and am confused. Isn’t Lee a republican senator and trumper? He mentions a “judicial coup” so I presume he means something trump is trying to do has been stopped by an injunction. Anyone got details?

Good chance this is the answer:

”Elon Musk wants the judge who blocked his access to the Treasury Department payment systems to be impeached.

U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer ruled early Saturday that only civil servants with a job-related need could access Treasury’s payment systems, explicitly barring Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The decision, prompted by 19 Democratic state attorneys general, cited concerns over sensitive data security and potential misuse of federal funds.”

https://balleralert.com/profiles/blogs/elon-musk-calls-for-judges-impeachment-after-treasury-access-blocked/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky

 

So, they’re muddying language and conflating a judge’s decision with unelected actors taking the reins of government.

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Posted
1 hour ago, Willfully Horn said:

Today’s ruling states the administration is not complying with the TRO. Threatens contempt charges. Demands the executive branch immediately restore frozen funding.

https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/962025-02-10-Order-granting-motion-for-enforcement-of-temporary-restraining-order.pdf
 

 

Plaintiffs in the USAID case also moved showing employees not reinstated, etc. so I’m counting at least 2 cases where plaintiffs obtained an injunction and now have presented evidence that Trump admin isn’t complying. 
 

Will Elon and others back down before a court issues a criminal contempt ruling- or will we have the Trump admin publicly order the US marshals to fuck off. 
 

An unrelated aside, what’s the modern equivalent to dumping a ship full of tea shipments in the Boston Harbor?

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56 minutes ago, Pig Bellmont said:

Plaintiffs in the USAID case also moved showing employees not reinstated, etc. so I’m counting at least 2 cases where plaintiffs obtained an injunction and now have presented evidence that Trump admin isn’t complying. 
 

Will Elon and others back down before a court issues a criminal contempt ruling- or will we have the Trump admin publicly order the US marshals to fuck off. 
 

An unrelated aside, what’s the modern equivalent to dumping a ship full of tea shipments in the Boston Harbor?

A judge has also indefinitely extended the “Fork” deferred resignation program while he considers the merits for a final ruling on its legality. The administration protested by saying they are suffering harm because they need the deadline to end so they can move to “phase 2.”

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Posted
5 minutes ago, The Original Greaser Bob said:

I've always felt that Marbury v. Madison insists upon itself.

The original “gotcha bruh” ruling. 

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On 2/9/2025 at 4:01 PM, Willfully Horn said:

Fair enough. Nevertheless, force the AG to countermand a judge’s directive. Let’s get this abscess out in the open.

This is going to come down to one of two things:  (1) law enforcement agents with integrity and loyalty to the Constitution will enforce the court's orders, or (2) SCOTUS will rule, which goes back to No 1 eventually.  These cases will go to the appeals courts and then will go up.  Justice Roberts will probably attempt to get unanimous rulings that Trump and his admin are way, way out of Constitutional bounds to send the strongest message possible. If Trump & Co. say, "Fuck that, we're doing it anyway" it will come down to violence. At some point, politics will come into play. How politically popular will it be to violate a Supreme Court ruling?  How about jailing government employees for doing their jobs? Sure the fascist shitbags will be for it, but 70% of the country probably will not. If he loses the majority of the people and if the minority he controls are stupid or ineffectual, then he cannot complete a takeover of the United States.  Right now there is a lot of bluster.  Trump and Elon are giving a lot of orders, people are suing them and now just about everything is in the courts.  I think we'll know in several weeks if we have a country left.

 

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47 minutes ago, Ojo Rojo said:

This is going to come down to one of two things:  (1) law enforcement agents with integrity and loyalty to the Constitution will enforce the court's orders, or (2) SCOTUS will rule, which goes back to No 1 eventually.  These cases will go to the appeals courts and then will go up.  Justice Roberts will probably attempt to get unanimous rulings that Trump and his admin are way, way out of Constitutional bounds to send the strongest message possible. If Trump & Co. say, "Fuck that, we're doing it anyway" it will come down to violence. At some point, politics will come into play. How politically popular will it be to violate a Supreme Court ruling?  How about jailing government employees for doing their jobs? Sure the fascist shitbags will be for it, but 70% of the country probably will not. If he loses the majority of the people and if the minority he controls are stupid or ineffectual, then he cannot complete a takeover of the United States.  Right now there is a lot of bluster.  Trump and Elon are giving a lot of orders, people are suing them and now just about everything is in the courts.  I think we'll know in several weeks if we have a country left.

 

Well, first we have to have SCOTUS rule that these things violate separation of powers, which is not a sure thing.

But, I do rather doubt that SCOTUS will tolerate flaunting of its rulings, or even those of the lower courts.  That strikes directly at the power of the judiciary.  They've been happy to aggrandize the executive at the expense of the legislative, and to a certain extent, their power.  But this is direct.

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1 hour ago, troph said:

Hard not to like this Republican… smart, principled, even if wrong most of the time on policy she get process.

I'm hardly a politico or conlaw expert, but I would think a natural byproduct of "checks and balances" would be the occasional clash between branches.

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1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:

Well, first we have to have SCOTUS rule that these things violate separation of powers, which is not a sure thing.

But, I do rather doubt that SCOTUS will tolerate flaunting of its rulings, or even those of the lower courts.  That strikes directly at the power of the judiciary.  They've been happy to aggrandize the executive at the expense of the legislative, and to a certain extent, their power.  But this is direct.

What’s their recourse if Trump ignores them?

Will they strenuously object? Write a sternly worded letter?

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12 minutes ago, hornmpa96 said:

What’s their recourse if Trump ignores them?

Will they strenuously object? Write a sternly worded letter?

In the words of our Vice President, and Andrew Jackson before him, "Let them try to enforce it."

I've recently seen clips of Vance saying that, and also saying that the United States needs a dictator. Did I miss this during the election? Why wasn't this spread to as many people as possible? Like the (R)s did with the trans stuff. You know, nonsense.

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3 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

Well, first we have to have SCOTUS rule that these things violate separation of powers, which is not a sure thing.

But, I do rather doubt that SCOTUS will tolerate flaunting of its rulings, or even those of the lower courts.  That strikes directly at the power of the judiciary.  They've been happy to aggrandize the executive at the expense of the legislative, and to a certain extent, their power.  But this is direct.

Neil Gorsuch titling a book "A Republic, If You Can Keep It" is the chef's kiss of the simulation. The most disappointing Episcopalian living today will absolutley vote in a way that will make clear to everyone but Trumpkins that the judiciary remains in place solely to keep up appearances.

The cons on the court are either firmly team Dotard or fear losing status, comfort and wealth. There is a future as figureheads in the Trumpire. There is only uncertainty ahead in defying the enshittening machine.

If the executive branch's unquestioned superiority results from less than a 6-3 vote, I'll be surprised. Court packing would follow a major loss, anyway.

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16 hours ago, Fastbreak said:

You lost me when you said Roberts would go against Trump.

He's done it before.

15 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

Well, first we have to have SCOTUS rule that these things violate separation of powers, which is not a sure thing.

But, I do rather doubt that SCOTUS will tolerate flaunting of its rulings, or even those of the lower courts.  That strikes directly at the power of the judiciary.  They've been happy to aggrandize the executive at the expense of the legislative, and to a certain extent, their power.  But this is direct.

Hey, I know it's kind of fun and not-just-a-little comforting to say, "The country's fucked; we're all fucked." We're all sharing some good ol' fashioned gallows humor. But in truth, it is inconceivable to me (how many times have I said that since 2016) that SCOTUS will go against Marbury v. Madison. I mean that is THE case. Without it, the court, all courts, are totally emasculated. Would the illegitimate Trump-appointed shitbirds and the unrepentant right wing nuts (Alito and Thomas) side with Trump on certain things?  Probably.  But on this?  To cut their own power, let alone abandon the rule of law that has existed for over 200 years? I don't think so.

14 hours ago, hornmpa96 said:

What’s their recourse if Trump ignores them?

Will they strenuously object? Write a sternly worded letter?

At the state and federal district level, the courts can order the local law enforcement (sheriffs, constables and U.S. marshals) to do shit - levy property, execute bench warrants, etc.  I don't know for sure, but there has to be something similar at the Supreme Court level, where SCOTUS sends an order to the U.S. marshals to enforce their orders.  If the marshals break faith and their oaths and refuse then that could be the breaking point.  Or, if the marshals show up to DOGE headquarters, or whatever, and they are met with armed resistance, either by other federal law enforcement officials or otherwise, that could be another breaking point.

 

My opinion - I don't think the bastards have the balls to go through with it all the way to the violence phase.  Right now it's all rhetoric and I think that's what it will remain.  I continue to maintain that this is the cartoon version of a fascist dictatorship.  Yes, the president does have certain real powers that we can't do anything about - pardoning Jan. 6th traitors, deporting our cheap labor workforce, etc.  But the shit he cannot do, which is being challenged in court, will probably come out the right way, i.e. unconstitutional.  Trump and his band of wannabe fascists will bitch and demonize.  Some judges might get assassinated because of it, actually, by some true-believer dipshit.  But that's as far as I predict it will go.

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23 minutes ago, Ojo Rojo said:

He's done it before.

Hey, I know it's kind of fun and not-just-a-little comforting to say, "The country's fucked; we're all fucked." We're all sharing some good ol' fashioned gallows humor. But in truth, it is inconceivable to me (how many times have I said that since 2016) that SCOTUS will go against Marbury v. Madison. I mean that is THE case. Without it, the court, all courts, are totally emasculated. Would the illegitimate Trump-appointed shitbirds and the unrepentant right wing nuts (Alito and Thomas) side with Trump on certain things?  Probably.  But on this?  To cut their own power, let alone abandon the rule of law that has existed for over 200 years? I don't think so.

At the state and federal district level, the courts can order the local law enforcement (sheriffs, constables and U.S. marshals) to do shit - levy property, execute bench warrants, etc.  I don't know for sure, but there has to be something similar at the Supreme Court level, where SCOTUS sends an order to the U.S. marshals to enforce their orders.  If the marshals break faith and their oaths and refuse then that could be the breaking point.  Or, if the marshals show up to DOGE headquarters, or whatever, and they are met with armed resistance, either by other federal law enforcement officials or otherwise, that could be another breaking point.

 

My opinion - I don't think the bastards have the balls to go through with it all the way to the violence phase.  Right now it's all rhetoric and I think that's what it will remain.  I continue to maintain that this is the cartoon version of a fascist dictatorship.  Yes, the president does have certain real powers that we can't do anything about - pardoning Jan. 6th traitors, deporting our cheap labor workforce, etc.  But the shit he cannot do, which is being challenged in court, will probably come out the right way, i.e. unconstitutional.  Trump and his band of wannabe fascists will bitch and demonize.  Some judges might get assassinated because of it, actually, by some true-believer dipshit.  But that's as far as I predict it will go.

Take my $9.95.



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