I mean it makes zero logical sense but as we've discovered in recent years that's not always enough to stop this shit. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Trump's position gets at least two votes at SCOTUS. Maybe three.
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Alito and Thomas at least for sure. The rest of the court I kinda doubt it. Lopping off big important parts of the constitution because Donald Trump says so seems like a one way ticket to The Cool Zone. Which can end quite unpredictably for such people.
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lmao ok end FEMA and let FL fend for itself is something I can get behind.
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lgis2q577g26
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lgis2q577g26
IronWing
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I interpret this as block grants to the states with no oversight from the feds, you know, graft.
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Sure but like Medicaid block grants the goal is going to be to reduce overall spending instead of giving FL whatever money it needs because three major hurricanes strike in a season. Even better if the state government simply steals the money and uses it for other things and they have empty pockets when it happens.
MrSquished
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Maybe to specific high wealth MAGA neighborhoods but that's it. they don't give a fuck about the rest of FL or his voters.
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Another example of how even the threat of tariffs is going to raise prices. Steelmakers in Mexico and Canada refusing new US orders.
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MrSquished
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Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)
Trump: "We're looking at the whole concept of FEMA. I like, frankly, the concept when North Carolina gets hit, the governor takes care of it. When Florida gets hit, the governor takes care of it. Meaning the state takes care of it ... I'd like to see the states take care of disasters."
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Muse
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In my case, I grow all the tomatoes I use for 6 months of the year here in N. California. The other 6 months all the tomatoes I eat are either the tomatoes I canned during my growing season (hot sauce or Italian sauce) or Costco bought case of Kirkland brand organic canned Roma tomatoes grown in California.
Lol his new FEMA would only service Florida and maybe Texas. He’d ignore all other states even ruby red ones
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Who could have possibly foreseen this? Oh right.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article299094345.html
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article299094345.html
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ICE tried to raid a school in Chicago but was kept out.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/loc...ol-amid-heightened-concerns-of-raids/3655459/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/loc...ol-amid-heightened-concerns-of-raids/3655459/
Welp, someone's lying. Either ICE is which is bad, or the 'agents' are which is really, really bad.
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Cops lying? Let me get my fainting couch out lol.
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saw facebook posts from friends in the area that apparently ICE is conducting some form of raid/enforcement in the Tyson's VA area.
also, on the list of stupid shit....because southern and midwest states get hit by hurricanes, tornadoes, etc....
also, on the list of stupid shit....because southern and midwest states get hit by hurricanes, tornadoes, etc....
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Know that stuff is happing out in the Central Valley. Would expect localities that share his goals to take the most initiative which will be in red areas and red states.
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Just read of ICE raids at homeless shelters in NYC and also at a store in Jersey City. Unconfirmed but from those in those areas.
UNCjigga
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Listening in to another wife work call with the agency her firm works with. The agency is basically telling private contractors “please sue us” so that projects/funding and staff can continue to work under a court order. The employees of the agencies themselves can’t sue their employers due to GAO policy/precedent, but private contractors have standing to sue based on performance requirements written into the contracts.
What a crazy world when your customer is asking to be sued.
What a crazy world when your customer is asking to be sued.
UNCjigga
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WTF? What kind of proof of citizenship do homeless people carry? Going after homeless people smells like a purge of “undesirables”?
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Mexico denies landing to US military deportation flight.
https://bsky.app/profile/carlquintanilla.bsky.social/post/3lgjg3dn77s2m
https://bsky.app/profile/carlquintanilla.bsky.social/post/3lgjg3dn77s2m
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Uh... yeah? That's kind of what a lot of people have been predicting for quite some time now?
The admin has ordered federal employees to snitch on their coworkers who are secretly being DEI.
www.businessinsider.com
Pretty soon Trump will offer free lottery tickets for every neighbor you turn in for talking bad about him.
It sure would be a shame if people were to start flooding the email address they’ve set up with spam. Oh, wait! so it begins!
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A memo threatens federal workers with punishment for concealing DEI work from Trump's ban
OPM guidance sent to federal agencies included a letter template that called on workers to report any attempts to "disguise" DEI initiatives.
www.businessinsider.com
Pretty soon Trump will offer free lottery tickets for every neighbor you turn in for talking bad about him.
It sure would be a shame if people were to start flooding the email address they’ve set up with spam. Oh, wait! so it begins!
The New Republic (@newrepublic.com)
The Trump administration’s anti-DEI snitching plan is getting flooded with fake reports after it tried to strong-arm federal workers into ratting out their colleagues. https://newrepublic.com/post/190576/trump-dei-snitch-plan-federal-workers
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