#Federal
#President #JoeBiden's #Administration to #Overhaul #Welfare Following #ProPublica #Reporting.
The #regulations intend to ensure that more #federal and #state #welfare #dollars make it to #lowincome #families, rather than being #spent on other things, or not spent at all.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Welfare #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Racism #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.propublica.org/article/tanf-welfare-biden-proposal-state-spending-low-income-families
Back in 2009, #RobertKurz wrote about how ultra-right and right-wing extremist organizations are sprouting up like mushrooms in #Israel and also provided a rather unique explanation for this.
So while in Israel even a #primeminister is being shot by #rightwing radicals and it is now life-threatening to openly advocate left-wing positions, the German #federal government doesn't want to have noticed? Really?
Orthodox Jews, who have often been counted among the relicts like in every religion, are now part of Israel's main left-wing politics because they don't want their religion to be negotiated against misanthropy. The original Jewish idea of autonomous kibutzes is now considered radical left-wing. (🙄 what it might be)
Green is once again cuddling up to the ultra-right. Well, it's normal now.
Unfortunately, I can only report from lectures, discussions and books. I don't have a background in Jewish movements. But now that it's slowly coming to the surface anyway.
ISMG Editors: Will Federal Budget Cuts Bite US Security? – Source: www.govinfosecurity.com https://ciso2ciso.com/ismg-editors-will-federal-budget-cuts-bite-us-security-source-www-govinfosecurity-com/ #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #govinfosecuritycom #CyberSecurityNews #Editors #Federal
ISMG Editors: Will Federal Budget Cuts Bite US Security? – Source: www.databreachtoday.com https://ciso2ciso.com/ismg-editors-will-federal-budget-cuts-bite-us-security-source-www-databreachtoday-com/ #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #CyberSecurityNews #DataBreachToday #DataBreachToday #Editors #Federal
Advice on #transformation from the CIO who transformed a #federal agency from deploying every 18 months to deploying multiple times per week.
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/enterprise-strategy/everyone-is-busy-who-has-time-to-transform/
#devops #agile #lean #devsecops #modernization #enterpriseit
The #EighthCircuit appeals court on Mon drastically weakened the #VotingRightsAct, ruling only the #federal govt could bring a #legal challenge under §2 of the #VRA, effectively barring private citizens & #CivilRights groups from filing #lawsuits, a crucial part of the #law that prohibits #election or #voting practices that #discriminate against #Americans based on #race.
12-18 months from now, 10s of 1000s of #federal #employees & civilians working for the military will likely #lose their #jobs if #Trump is allowed in the White House. Soon after, Trump, with or without Congress, will end #SocialSecurity & #Medicare as we know it, plunging millions of seniors & disabled recipients into abject poverty w/o continued access to health care & medications they need for life.
This isn't the message being spread by ANYONE. Instead we're hearing "fluff" warnings #Wakeup
Ex-#Chicago #Police #Sergeant #Guilty in #Transgender #Woman’s #SexualAssault #Case.
#JamesBSajdak accepted a #PleaDeal to a #misdemeanor #civilrightsviolation and faces a #maximum 1-year #federal #prison #sentence for the 2019 #incident after facing up to #lifeinprison.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Illinois #Police #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #SexualAssault #Injustice #ACAB #NoPoliceAtPride
https://www.advocate.com/news/chicago-cop-transgender-sex-assault
Federal grand jury indicts Kenai man for threatening U.S. Senator
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"Actions that threaten the safety and well-being of public...
https://alaska-native-news.com/federal-grand-jury-indicts-kenai-man-for-threatening-u-s-senator/70950/
#graham #threats #murkowski #kenai #indictment #federal
In the late 1970s, the mayor of a small town in the #US asked the #SovietUnion to build a bridge between #WestVirginia and #Kentucky because both states and the #Federal government failed to get it done.
Courtesy of the #podcast "Well There‘s Your Problem" Episode 56, The #Vulcan #Bridge
Judge #Chutkan Rejects #Trump Motion to Strike #Jan6 Mentions From #Federal #ElectionInterference Case
Trump’s lawyers asked to remove language from his #indictment describing the role he played in the #violence at the Capitol.
The ruling was a step toward allowing prosecutors to introduce evidence that the mob believed they were following Trump’s orders.
@godsouza #Federal #States #SupremacyClause
They can try but there's something called the Supremacy Clause which will prevent in unless, of course, Texas wants to succeed from the Union. 🤷♂️
#Transgender #Deputy to #Defend #HealthPlan #Coverage at #11thCircuit.
A #Georgia #county #denied #healthplan #coverage for a #sheriffdeputy’s #genderaffirming #surgery, will try to convince a #federal #appealscourt that #policy didn’t amount to #SexBased #employment #discrimination.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Georgia #Courts #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
"Why do we continually have major #bank crises and failures when there's a #federal agency, the #FDIC, tasked specifically with ensuring banks are financially sound?"
Seems no one in #journalism is following the money to determine if banks are paying off senior FDIC officials to allow such a toxic and wholly dysfunctional atmosphere across the #regulatory landscape.
#pay: https://www.wsj.com/us-news/fdic-toxic-atmosphere-strip-clubs-lewd-photos-boozy-hotel-12c89da7?mod=mhp
#Criticisms of #Trump #GagOrders Echo #SupremeCourt’s #Selectivity.
Two #Federal #judges have had enough of former President Donald #Trump attacking their #law #clerks and potential #witnesses in the multiple #civil and #criminal #trials he’s facing.
When you hit the bottom of decency:
#Rep. #Ragan
(which to be a SHIT of such GALACTIC proportions it has to be,
I'm sure he MUST be,
a 'very religious' #MAGARepublican' )
suggests
that #Federal funds TO FEED Low Income students & students with disabilities
should be subject to a
'performance-based testing'
because perhaps 'they' may be 'WASTING' food.
...
When a nation has people in politics like this...
it is difficoult to find appropriate words...
#Trump offers striking candor about post-2024 #WeaponizationOfGovernment #plans
He intends to use the full power of the #federal #government against his perceived #foes. He's practically #bragging about it.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Racism #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
Back to Trump's proposal for the redevelopment of the historic #OPO building, which would for a time become the #Trump International Hotel Washington #DC.
The building was owned by the #federal #government, so Trump et al had to lease it from the GSA.
#NYAG showed an email, which listed a number of questions the GSA had about Trump's development proposal & asked #Ivanka if she remembered the deficiencies the GSA identified in Trump's #SFC.
Colony Capital was founded by #TomBarrack, a real estate mogul who chaired #Trump's #inauguration cmte & was the 2016 Trump campaign’s go to on foreign policy stuff.
Barrack was charged & went to #trial in Brooklyn #federal court re #FARA - it was alleged he was secretly acting as a foreign agent on behalf of the UAE in the campaign & then the WH.
In the end he was acquitted - but there was a cooperation deal.
#legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #NYAG #TrumpTrial
#SCOTUS seems likely to allow #gun #bans for those under #ProtectiveOrders
The #SupremeCourt on Tues appeared inclined to uphold a #federal #statute that forbids people who are the subject of #DomesticViolence #RestrainingOrders from possessing #firearms.
#GunControl #CommonSense #2A #SecondAmendment #FirearmPossession
#Biden #law #DomesticAbuse #Constitution #Bruen #RestrainingOrder
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/07/supreme-court-guns-domestic-violence-rahimi/
Is 2024 the Year of Federal Data Protection? – Source: www.govinfosecurity.com https://ciso2ciso.com/is-2024-the-year-of-federal-data-protection-source-www-govinfosecurity-com/ #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #govinfosecuritycom #CyberSecurityNews #Protection #Federal
#SpecialCounsel #JackSmith’s office called Trump’s motion a “meritless effort” to evade allegations that he was responsible for the attack at the #UnitedStates Capitol on #Jan6 because they were the "culmination" of his conspiracies to overturn the 2020 presidential election, special counsel says in a new filing in Trump's #federal #criminal #ElectionInterference case.
#Springfield #Maine #neoNazi #compound #sold, but #worry remains.
#Federal #hatecrimes in #Maine have quadrupled in recent years
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Homophobia #Transphobia
https://thecounty.me/2023/11/06/houlton/springfield-neo-nazi-compound-sold-but-worry-remains/
[Video] ‘Shows what #GOP #conference has become’: #Rep. #AngieCraig on Speaker #MikeJohnson's #antiLGBTQ #record.
He has voted against #federal #recognition of #SameSexMarriage, sponsored a federal "#DontSayGay" #law like the one #RonDeSantis put in place in #Florida, and partnered with #MarjorieTaylorGreene on #legislation to #block #gender #affirming #care for #transgender #teens.
If #Trump Wins, His Allies Want #Lawyers Who Will Bless a MORE #Radical Agenda
“They want lawyers in #federal agencies & in the #WhiteHouse who are willing to use theories that more establishment lawyers would reject to advance his cause(s).”
#legal #law #democracy #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Kleptocracy #MafiaState #DemocraticBackslidingInTheUnitedStates #EnemiesList #Jan6 #MAGA #Republicans #Extremism #FarRight
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/01/us/politics/trump-2025-lawyers.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
It's one of those "close enough for rock-n-roll" things. It's easier to say we have national healthcare when the truth is subtly different and (usually) not that relevant to the conversation.
One of the lovely things about a #federal (as opposed to #national) #government.
It's wildly inefficient, by the way. 13 bureaucracies all doing almost the same things in entirely different ways.
Big mistake. Over $30 billion to appease Alberta, siphoning federal monies to pay their workforce and industry. Otherwise, not listening nor seeing reality, they would endlessly threaten CPP withdrawal or sovereignty action. Wait, it didn’t stop them. That’s just the way of UCP and CPC, always politics and one industry first, with no integrity to know the difference.
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/10/13/Dear-TMX-Oilsands-Pipeline-Owner-More-Bad-News/
#StitchedInkMedia #Politics #Canada #TMX #OIl #Alberta #CPP #World #Economics #Federal #Work
#Trump's final chief of staff, #MarkMeadows, has spoken w/ #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith's team ≥3X this yr, incl’g 1X before a #federal #GrandJury, which came only after Smith granted #Meadows #immunity to get him to #testify #UnderOath.
Sources said Meadows informed Smith's team he had REPEATEDLY told Trump in the wks after the 2020 election that the allegations of significant voting #fraud coming to them were baseless, a striking break from Trump's prolific rhetoric regarding the election.
#law
#Federal #judge #rules that #Tennessee's #ban on #drag #shows is #unconstitutional.
Tennessee's law banning #drag in #public or anywhere #children can see it is #unconstitutional, a #federaljudge #ruled #Monday.
#Fascist #Republican #leaders in #Tennessee are escalating their calls to #reject millions of #federal #Funds rather than #comply with #requirements over #LGBTQ+ #rights, #abortionaccess and other #Hotbutton #issues.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Health #Healthcare #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
Indian Federal Police Raid Tech Scam Centers – Source: www.govinfosecurity.com https://ciso2ciso.com/indian-federal-police-raid-tech-scam-centers-source-www-govinfosecurity-com/ #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #govinfosecuritycom #CyberSecurityNews #Federal #Indian
Indian Federal Police Raid Tech Scam Centers – Source: www.databreachtoday.com https://ciso2ciso.com/indian-federal-police-raid-tech-scam-centers-source-www-databreachtoday-com/ #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #CyberSecurityNews #DataBreachToday #DataBreachToday #Federal #Indian
From 23 Oct: Will ChatGPT’s hallucinations be allowed to ruin your life? - EnlargeAurich Lawson Bribery. Embezzlement. Terrorism. What if an AI chatbot ac... https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/will-chatgpts-hallucinations-be-allowed-to-ruin-your-life/ #chatbot #chatgpt #chatgtp #content-moderation #defamation #features #federal-trade-commission #generative-ai #libel #libel-laws #microsoft #openai #policy
The guy who created the "Don't Say Gay" bill for Florida pled guilty to stealing $150K from the COVID relief plan & will go to jail for 4 months. His brother-in-law who stole $7.8M is going to jail for 5 years.
#GOP #GQP #thieves #liars #stole #federal #funds #meant for #COVID #relief for #actual #businesses #DontSayGay #creator #jailed for #theft #wire #fraud #LGBTQ #rights #are #human rights https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/former-republican-lawmaker-joe-harding-of-ocala-sentenced-to-4-months-in-prison/ar-AA1ix5Jq
#Texas is putting over 18miles of concertina wire between Tx and #NewMexico.
There is stupid and "bait #Federal govt stupid".
Worked REAL WELL for #Arkansas in 1958. Ask them...
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/amendment-14/section-1/interstate-travel
#Attorney #SidneyPowell becomes the 2nd of Trump’s 18 co-defendants in the #racketeering case to plead #guilty following #ScottHall, a bail bondsman who took a #PleaDeal last month.
It’s unclear what the sudden plea deal means for Kenneth #Chesebro, another 2020 #Trump atty who was set to go on #trial alongside #Powell next wk.
#Federal prosecutors pressing a similar #ElectionInterference case in #Washington against Trump have also identified Powell as an alleged Trump co-conspirator.
#Plaintiffs in #SupremeCourt's #LGBTQ #workplace #ruling #inducted into #LaborHallofHonor.
The court’s 2020 ruling in #BostockvClaytonCounty, Georgia, found that existing #federal #law #prohibits #workplace #discrimination based on #sexualorientation and #genderidentity.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Activism #RoleModels #Courts #Rulings #Representation #Culture `
From 04 Oct: Report: Amazon made B with secret algorithm for spiking prices Internet-wide - EnlargeBloomberg / Contributor Bloomberg Last week, the Federal Trade Commiss... https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/report-amazon-made-1b-with-secret-algorithm-for-spiking-prices-internet-wide/ #amazon #antitrust #antitrust-law #federal-trade-commission #ftc #monopoly #online-marketplace #online-retailer #policy
Citing this #act, the #commission #reaffirmed that #sex is #nonbinary and #changeable, as far as #state and #federal #law in the #country are concerned.
Will #Ohio #Congressman #JimJordan Be #Indicted by #JackSmith? What We Know.
Jim Jordan is moving closer to becoming #Housespeaker, even as a former #federal #prosecutor said that #Jordan is "an #accessoryafterthefact" to former President #DonaldTrump's #alleged #election-#rigging attempts.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.newsweek.com/jim-jordan-indictment-jack-smith-1834419
#Federal #appealscourt #refuses to #halt injunction #blocking #Florida's #drag #show ban while #case moves forward..
In Wednesday's majority opinion, Judges #AdalbertoJordan and #RobinRosenbaum said Presnell #ruled that the #law was likely #overbroad and #unconstitutional under the #FirstAmendment.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #Courts #Entertainment #Drag #Representation #Culture https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/federal-appeals-florida-drag-show-ruling/
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/federal-appeals-florida-drag-show-ruling/
#Trump lawyers double down on request to #delay #ClassifiedDocuments #trial until after the election
(somebody’s scared)
His attorneys argued that prosecutors haven't yet handed over all #evidence & that the current trial date would conflict w/ another #federal trial in which he is a defendant.
(gee, maybe he shouldn’t have committed so many crimes?)
#NationalSecurity #law
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-lawyers-double-request-delay-classified-docs-trial-election-rcna120021
#Arizona agrees to #pay for #genderaffirming #surgery for #state #employees after #executiveorder, #federal #consentdecree
“Finding out that the federal judge…ordered the permanent removal of the exclusion of gender-affirming surgical care from state employee health insurance provides even greater relief”
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
As an opinion of heightened probability, it is important to note: with the UCP of Alberta making a claim on Canada's CPP, including ongoing, tax-payer funded advertising, the possibility of a future CPC federal government becomes serious and dire for Canada to avoid. In league together, these governments could attempt to steal this CPP from (or hold as leverage over) the rest of Canada without conscience.
#StitchedInkMedia #Canada #Politics #CPP #Future #Seniors #Pensions #Avoid #Ban #Federal
#Treasury Department laid out how #CarDealers can give #customers immediate access to #FederalTaxCredits for #electricvehicles #EVs a move Biden admin hopes will persuade more people to buy the #battery based cars. New guidance lays out how dealers can effectively reduce price for an electric vehicle for consumers by as much as $7,500 at the time of the #purchase, rather than requiring the buyers to wait until they file their annual #federal #taxes to claim the #credit. https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1783
Um, no bueno
DHS announced that the #Biden admin waived 26 federal laws to allow #border #wall construction
The #CleanAirAct, #SafeDrinkingWater Act & #EndangeredSpecies Act were some of the #federal #laws waived by #DHS to make way for construction that will use funds from a congressional appropriation in 2019 for #BorderWall construction. The waivers avoid time-consuming reviews & lawsuits challenging violation of #environmental laws.
video showed a confrontation involving protesters near a Pride festival in Oregon City, OR, some users posting to #Xitter falsely identified one of the participants as Brody, highlighting his post-college plans to work for the government to assert that #federal agents were involved.
The posts by #Musk were still on X as of Monday, including one in which Musk described it as a “probable false flag situation.” Brody has said he was in CA at the time of the event.
🛑 🏛️ In the event of a government shutdown, it's not just federal employees & contractors who face upheaval. WIC, the USDA program that provides health care services and food to millions of low-income women and their children, will end immediately, Deena Zaru Pettiford reports in ABC News.
Read the story here: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/millions-women-children-risk-losing-wics-nutrition-assistance/story?id=103473348
#Children #Mothers #Poverty #Nutrition #WIC #Federal #FederalGovernment #Shutdown #GovernmentShutdown #PublicPolicy #PublicHealth
At the #GOP #Debate, #Candidates Promised a #Federal #GenderAffirming #HealthCare #Ban
So called "#Christians" #MikePence and #VivekRamaswamy took the #strictest #positions on #treatment for #trans #youth.
https://www.them.us/story/mike-pence-vivek-ramaswamy-presidential-debate-trans-youth
#GOP #candidates outlined #sweeping #antitrans #agenda at second #presidential #debate.
None of the other five #Republicans onstage criticized #MikePence and #VivekRamaswamy’s proposals, which would amount to a major #federal #intervention in #American #adults’ ability to work with their #doctors to decide what #medicaltreatments are #appropriate for themselves and their #children.
#Tesla workers faced #slurs, #racist graffiti & #retaliation, #federal #suit says
#ElonMusk’s EV company Tesla allowed racial #harassment of its #Black employees to run rampant at its Fremont, CA, plant & retaliated against some workers who complained, the federal agency charged w/ enforcing #CivilRights #laws alleged in a #lawsuit Thurs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/09/28/tesla-federal-lawsuit-racial-harassment/
Le gouvernement canadien assure être indépendant du lobby agrochimique.
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2013298/ministeres-canada-federal-lobbyistes-fonctionnaires-ottawa
#canada #federal #ottawa #lobby #agrochimie #pesticides #makefoutagedegueulegreatagain
Two #men #charged with #attacking #Homeless #trans #PuertoRican #woman #plead #guilty to #federal #hatecrimes #charges
#AlexaNegrónLuciano attacked with #paintballgun just hours before her murder
In #PuertoRico, 2 #men #plead #guilty to #federal #hatecrime involving #AlexaNeulisaLuciano, a #slain #transgender #woman.
The #men were accused of #threatening and using a #Paintballgun to shoot at the victim, who was later found #dead from #bullet #wounds
No one has been charged in her murder.
US judge refuses to block venture capital fund's grants for #BlackWomen
A #federal #judge in #Atlanta on Tues rejected a bid by the #AntiAffirmativeAction activist behind the successful #SCOTUS challenge to #race-conscious #CollegeAdmissions policies to bar a small #VentureCapital fund (#VC) from awarding #grants to businesses run by #Black #women.
At the #federal courthouse in DC, a woman called the chambers of the judge assigned to the #Trump #ElectionInterference case & said that if Trump were not re-elected next yr, “we are coming to kill you.”
#FBI agents have reported concerns about #harassment & #threats being directed at their #families amid intensifying #anger among Trump supporters about what they consider to be the #weaponization of the #DOJ. “Their children didn’t sign up for this,” a snr FBI supervisor testified to #Congress.
But the #CodeOfConduct only applies to the lower courts. At the #SupremeCourt, justices decide what’s appropriate for themselves.
“I can’t imagine — it takes my breath away, frankly — that he would go to a #Koch network event for #donors,” said John E. Jones III, a ret #federal #judge appointed by President George W. #Bush. Jones said that if he had gone to a Koch summit as a district court judge, “I’d have gotten a letter that would’ve commenced a #disciplinary proceeding.”
The #CodeOfConduct for the #federal #judiciary lays out #rules designed to preserve judges’ #impartiality & #independence, which it calls “indispensable to #justice in our society.” The #code specifically prohibits both #political activity & participation in #fundraising. Judges are advised, for instance, not to “associate themselves” w/any group “publicly identified w/ controversial #legal, #social, or political positions.”
That puts #Thomas in the extraordinary position of having served as a #fundraising draw for a network that has brought cases before the #SupremeCourt, including one of the most closely watched of the upcoming term.
Thomas never reported the 2018 flight to PalmSprings on his annual #financial #disclosure form, an apparent #violation of #federal #law…. A #Koch network spox said the network did not pay for the #PrivateJet. Since Thomas didn’t disclose it, it’s not clear who did pay.
@gcblasing the problem is that the #USA is not a nation-state in the sense of #federal #law ruling above #state laws...
#Senator #RobertMenendez (D-NJ) & his wife have been #indicted on #federal #bribery charges offenses, #DOJ ofcls announced Fri morning.
#Menendez & his wife, Nadine Menendez, allegedly accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars of #bribes from #NewJersey business execs in exchange for using the senator’s #power & #influence to help them, according to the #indictment.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/09/22/menendez-indictment/
The #FederalReserve, along with the #SupremeCourt and the entire #state and #federal #judicial #systems (including all #prosecutors), need full and immediate restructuring from their foundations, up, because they do not at all serve the #public interest, as most #citizens believe they are designed and meant to do (they never have been).
@amaditalks @aprilfollies @aburka @futurebird @zzzeek
So like in #Germany where the #Federal #Law is above #State #Laws!
The #legality of #ScheduleF was never tested because Biden revoked the order before any federal #workers were reclassified. But #Trump has vowed to reinstate it if he returns to office in 2025 — & his motivations, now, are openly #vengeful. He has boasted that he will #purge a #federal bureaucracy that he has disparaged as a “deep state” filled by “villains” like globalists, Marxists & a “sick political class that hates our country.”
Critics saw the move as a throwback to the #corrupt 19th-century #PatronageSystem, when all #federal #jobs were #partisan spoils rather than based on #merit. #Congress ended that system with a series of #CivilService #laws dating back to the Pendleton Act of 1883. Everett Kelley, national president of the American Federation of #GovernmentEmployees, described #ScheduleF as “the most profound undermining of the civil service in our lifetimes.”
#Trump & snr advisers on his team came to believe #career ofcls who raised objections to their #policies on #legal or practical grounds — including some of their disputed #immigration plans (#TheCrueltyIsThePoint #FamilySeparation)— were deliberately sabotaging their agenda. Portraying #federal #employees as unaccountable bureaucrats, the #TrumpTeam has argued that removing #JobProtections for those who have any influence over #policymaking is justified because it is too difficult to fire them.
The rule addresses a move #Trump tried to make late in his presidency by issuing an EO known in shorthand as #ScheduleF. It would have empowered his admin to strip #JobProtections from #career #federal #employees — who are supposed to be hired based on #merit & cannot be arbitrarily fired. While the EO said agencies should not hire or fire Schedule F employees based on #political affiliation, it effectively would have made these employees more like political appointees who can be #fired #AtWill.
So, to start looping back to #Canadian #politics - it's a bit of a journey...
All of the semi-serious or serious #national #federal #political parties - #Conservative, #Green, #Liberal, New Democrat in alphabetical order - fall in the upper-right quadrant of the chart. They're not even particularly close to the center; the closest to the center would be the Conservatives, but they're only a tiny bit closer than the Liberals, a bit more than the others.
8/x
The #filing marks the 1st ofcl confirmation of the extent of the #FTC’s initial findings of its probe into whether the co was #violating the terms of a #settlement #Twitter made to address allegations that it collected #user #data #deceptively. FTC orders are among the most critical #enforcement tools that the #federal govt has to hold #SiliconValley accountable, & Facebook in 2019 had to pay a multibillion #fine to the agency for violating the #terms of its own #privacy agreement w/the agency.
#Trump demands recusal by Judge #Chutkan in #federal #Jan6 prosecution
#Attorneys for Trump on Monday asked US District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan to disqualify herself from presiding over his federal #ElectionObstruction case, asserting that Chutkan in past cases involving #Jan6, 2021, riot defendants made statements that give the appearance that she has prejudged Trump’s guilt.
(Not going to happen)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/09/11/trump-chutkan-recusal-jan-6-judge/
@threetails @douglasvb @GreenFire @fuchsiii @notjustbikes Sadly #VehicleTaxes and #Tolls are a #federal and not a #city level decision in #Germany....
Otherwise some Cities would try the same as one did with Bulldogs and tried to outlaw them with an absurd dog tax of €3.000 p.a. which OFC got canceled by courts as it was clear that it's an illegally high #paywall ...
But IDK how it's done in the #USA...
#Japan does incentivize #KeiCars tho with lower costs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7mSXMruEo&t=1811s
Conservative are set for a majority say recent polls.
We need to stop that.
Join and/or donate to https://ndp.ca or https://liberal.ca now. Election time vote for the candidate to defeat the Conservative.
#cdnpoli #canpol #canpoli #cdnpol #liberal #ndp #federal #politics #ActionNotAnger
The #US state of #Georgia is the best current example of the death of even the idea of #democracy in this country as it prosecutes people in clear and open violation of the most basic of our supposed #CivilRights, #FreedomOfSpeech and association, as the #federal #government does literally nothing to stop the #state, tacitly granting its full approval.
#Mexico's #SupremeCourt upholds #AbortionRights #nationwide, paving way for #federal #access
#MexicoSupremeCourt on Wednesday struck down a federal #law #criminalizing #abortion, reaffirming an earlier ruling that #criminal penalties for abortion were #unconstitutional & allowing the federal #healthcare system to provide services.
(#SCOTUS has some explaining to do)
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexicos-supreme-court-upholds-abortion-rights-nationwide-paving-way-federal-2023-09-06/
#Alabama's congressional map is struck down again for diluting #Black voters' power
A panel of 3 federal judges has struck down Alabama's latest map of congressional #ElectionDistricts for not following a court order to comply w/the landmark #VotingRightsAct.
In an order released Tues, the judges said they are "deeply troubled that the State enacted a map that the State readily admits does not provide the remedy we said #federal #law requires."
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/05/1193749552/alabama-congressional-map?origin=NOTIFY
U.S. deficit projections double even as economy grows
The #federal #deficit is projected to roughly #double this year, as larger interest payments and lower tax receipts widen the nation’s spending imbalance despite robust overall economic growth.
The higher deficit may undermine Biden’s attempts to take credit for reining in the budget ahead of the 2024 presidential election...
And pose a challenge to Republican lawmakers, who — despite their calls for fiscal responsibility — are pushing to extend more than $3 trillion in tax cuts they approved in 2017.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/09/03/us-debt-deficit-rises-interest-rate/
Surely your #federal #government has a responsibility and right to ensure that people can use interstate highways freely?
# Judge rules Arkansas ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors violates US Constitution
* #Arkansas was the first state to enact a #ban on #GenderAffirmingCare for #minors.
* The #law was #temporarily #blocked in 2021, and on Tuesday, a #federal #judge #issued a #permanent #injunction against it.
* The judge #ruled that the #ban #violated the #DueProcess and #EqualProtection #rights of #transgender #youth and families.
* The law also violated the #FirstAmendment rights of medical providers.
* This is the first ruling to overturn such a prohibition, and it is likely to have a significant impact on the legal challenges to similar bans in other states.
https://apnews.com/article/politics-arkansas-gender-lgbtq-legislation-us-news-2a0d032f4e4f3195c180d879239e6521
A #federal #AppealsCourt has #ruled that a #KatyTexas company and #church can #deny #employment to #LGBTQ #workers without legal recourse. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (#5thCircuit) #overturned a #lower #court's #ruling that the company, #BraidwoodManagement, and the church, #BearCreekCommunityChurch, #violated #TitleVII of the #CivilRightsAct of 1964 by #discriminating #against LGBTQ workers.
The #court determined that the two entities are not mandated to abide by #federal #discrimination law because they are #religious #organizations. The court's opinion said that Braidwood Management follows the belief among some Christians that "marriage is between one man and one woman."
The ruling is a #setback for #LGBTQRights advocates, who had hoped that the 5th Circuit would follow the lead of the Supreme Court (#SCOTUS), which ruled in 2020 that Title VII protects LGBTQ workers from discrimination. The Supreme Court's ruling was a landmark decision, but it did not explicitly address the issue of religious exemptions.
The 5th Circuit's ruling leaves open the possibility that other religious organizations could also deny employment to LGBTQ workers without legal repercussions. This could have a significant impact on LGBTQ workers, who could be #denied jobs or #fired simply because of their #SexualOrientation or #GenderIdentity.
The ruling is also a reminder of the importance of the ongoing fight for LGBTQ equality. Despite progress in recent years, there are still many challenges that LGBTQ people face, including discrimination in the workplace. It is important to continue to fight for the rights of LGBTQ people and to ensure that they are protected from discrimination.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/katy/article/katy-company-and-church-can-deny-lgbtq-workers-18167418.php
# Kansas AG seeks to bar transgender people from updating birth certificates
The #Kansas #AttorneyGeneral has asked a #federal #judge to modify a consent judgement that required the state to allow #transgender people to #update their #birth #certificates. The request comes after the passage of new legislation that would bar transgender people from updating their birth certificates. The law, which is set to go into effect next week, was passed by the #Republican-controlled #legislature over Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's veto. The attorney general argues that the new law requires state officials to act in a way that would violate the consent judgement.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4066501-kansas-attorney-general-seeks-to-bar-transgender-updates-birth-certificates/
#US #Senate #Confirms #PatrickCaseyPitts, a #Gay #Man to #Federal #DistrictCourt in #SanFrancisco.
Pitts is a #labor-side #attorney and #partner in the #publicinterest #lawfirm of #AltshulerBerzon in #SanFrancisco. He will now join the #DistrictCourt for the #NorthernDistrictofCalifornia, covering #SanFrancisco, #Oakland, #SanJose, and #eureka
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #California #Courts #Progress
Then each new rotation, you move to a broader reach, next time it's #municipal, then it's #state or #provincial, then it's #federal, then #international, & as experienced #seniors, they #mentor in areas of expertise. Or just be retired from #publicservice.
All can participate bc there is a lot of work we need to do to survive #climatechange & we need to make it about #governance & #caring for the #earth & life including ourselves.
END #elections
BUILD #sortition
#Elections are for #oligarchs
#ACLU sues #Tennessee over #ban on #genderaffirming #Healthcare for #minors
The #federal #lawsuit was filed on behalf of three #Tennessee #families with #transgender #children
#LlanoCounty [#Texas] will convene to discuss whether to cease operations of the entire library system rather than comply with a court ruling "to end the [#LGBT and #CRT] literary witch hunt".
US #federal #judge Robert Pitman in Austin ruled that Llano county commissioners violated the constitution by #banning a dozen #books - mostly #children’s titles with #LGBTQ & #race-related themes - and orders them to put these books back in circulation in the libraries.
https://qz.com/texas-banned-books-llano-county-public-libraries-1850326794
#Restrainingorder on #Tennessee’s #oppressive #drag #ban #extended.
The #Federal #judge has moved to extend the #restrainingorder on #SB3 until 26 May.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Tennessee #DragQueens #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/09/tennessee-drag-ban-restraining-order-extended/
Watching "Age of Easy #Money (full #documentary) | FRONTLINE" on #youtube about #American monetary shenanigans from the #crash of #2008 to the present.
Am trying to keep a running tally of the trillions the #Federal #Reserve and the government pumped into the #economy and am getting dizzy. Tempted to spend time to figure out how much "real" growth we had when we count the #Fed's #QT & other lending, #trump #taxcuts & good old budget borrowing.
new class-action #lawsuit alleges US beverage maker #BolthouseFarms deceived customers with claims that its #GreenGoodness smoothie is made of “100% fruit juice” after testing found the drink contains #toxic #PFAS, a synthetic chemical, at levels far above #federal advisory drinking #water limits.
@TheConversationUS I do not have the right to leave my country, or return to it. I am required to apply to receive a #Passport. A #federal document which regulates the privilege of entering/exiting the #US
It is WILD to me that the Bureau of Prisons was willing to give second chances to this guy -- a warden! -- but so many prisoners IN the BOP who did the exact same shit will not get any second chance.
#bop #federal #prison
https://apnews.com/article/prisons-us-department-of-justice-united-states-government-e68aaf2e4ead5c9bfb0659db46275405?fbclid=IwAR1INTAXl8maVlO7sSpgOF-83XdfT-hJuT_KAmRldWrVT4t5vcng8TvHYHI
The US House of Representatives has passed #legislation that will enshrine #marriage #equality in #federal #law, protecting the rights of #same-sex and #inter-racial couples. 39 Republicans joined Democrats to vote in favour of the #Respect for Marriage act. President Biden says he’ll sign the legislation proudly and promptly.
POLL: What areas of money-in-politics are you most curious about as we head into the 118th Congress and the 2024 election cycle?
Please boost this #poll for participation... #money #politics #campaignfinance #usa #lobbying #darkmoney #billionaire #megadonor #election #state #federal
Ok here's the #introduction / #TwitterMigration hashtag storm of a #LawTwitter expat finding his way around #LawFedi.
I'm a #lawyer based in #Philly, working in civil #litigation in state & #federal #courts throughout #NewJersey & #Pennsylvania. Most of my practice involves the defense of healthcare, legal, financial, real estate, & other licensed professionals.
My interests include #SCOTUS, #NationalSecurity & #tech. I'm either listening to #poppunk, #podcasts or #lofi.
I live in #Princeton.