“But our parent company, Paramount, is trying to complete a merger. The Trump administration must approve it. Paramount began to supervise our content in new ways.”
Seems like 60 Minutes, to whatever extent it will still exist, is warning that soon it will be propaganda.
“As you guys look at other judges, would you ever arrest somebody higher up on the judicial food chain, like a federal judge or even a Supreme Court justice?” Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asked.
“Anyone who is breaking the law or obstructing federal law enforcement officials is putting themselves at risk of being prosecuted, absolutely,” she said.
The source is left-biased, but the news is just from hours ago, it’s being slowly picked up.
Even someone in the executive branch? Asking for a friend.
A few lessons from Poland.
They had to fight back against a serious rise in government authoritaniarism right after they defeated communism, which did take them by surprise.
Related to the injunction against the Trump admin from coercing law firms into doing free legal work:
Due to the DOJ trying this lame stalling tactic, when trying to advance their government pressure on legal firms, the DOJ is forced to prepare legal arguments from each specific federal agency named, rather than one combined argument.
Speaker Johnson putting forward changes to limit congressional oversight of the White House.
According to the executive order, the new legal defense structure will provide support for law enforcement officers nationwide “who unjustly incur expenses and liabilities for actions taken during the performance of their official duties to enforce the law.”
Other components of the executive order include directives to increase officer compensation, expand legal protections, review federal consent decrees with local police departments and increase the use of national security resources, including the military, for crime prevention.
We’re going to have the military hunting down immigrants.
Not just immigrants. He wants to have police/troops kill POC’s in the street.
I don’t think it is only immigrants or people of color. I think Trump wants to use the military as his personal army. Shut down peaceful protests of all types, for example.
A good thread from the Freedom of the Press Foundation with numerous Trump attacks on press freedom in his first 100 days
Trump Signs Order Requiring Nationwide List of Sanctuary Cities and States
Oh, goody. More litigation when the White House blocks money Congress has instructed it to spend.
Trump signed a bunch of EOs on his first day in office. I expect that many of them directed somebody in the administration to provide some report within ____ days.
Since we are now 100 days in, I wonder if anyone is keeping a tally of reports completed in the allotted time.
I read a story where NOAA Fisheries is struggling to open fishing seasons on time because so many people got fired.
delaying The Opener will not play well with the base. Hard to blame Antifa for that
So no way to get a license, but also no enforcement, so it kind of evens out.
I’m taking this with a grain of salt until I see more objective information, but from Congressman Swalwell (D-CA14) (NSFW for language):
News that mentions some of what the Judiciary Committee considered:
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5276149-trump-immigration-priorities-judiciary-committee/
It’s not clear from the article exactly what vote Swalwell was referring to. I’m guessing it’s one that could be seen as a failure to support due process.