The latest benchslaps arose in the blue states’ case to block the freeze on dispensing federal funds to people President Trump and Grand Vizier Musk don’t like.
“The Executive Branch has a duty to align federal spending and action with the will of the people as expressed through congressional appropriations, not through ‘Presidential priorities,’” Rhode Island federal Judge John McConnell scolded in the January 31 TRO, reminding the feds that actually Congress has the power of the purse.
And he reiterated that “the plain language of the TRO entered in this case prohibits all categorical pauses or freezes in obligations or disbursements” when he granted the plaintiffs’ emergency motion to enforce after the government was caught blatantly defying the first order. Judge McConnell pointedly noted that parties who defy a court order are risking criminal contempt, even if the order is later reversed.
So what happened in response to a JUDGE, part of the third separation of powers branches doing this? Republicans in Congress want to impeach him. Why did ANYONE vote for a Republican, ever?
The doge.gov website that was spun up to track Elon Musk’s cuts to the federal government is insecure and pulls from a database that can be edited by anyone, according to two separate people who found the vulnerability and shared it with 404 Media. One coder added at least two database entries that are visible on the live site and say “this is a joke of a .gov site” and “THESE ‘EXPERTS’ LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN -roro.”
Doge.gov was hastily deployed after Elon Musk told reporters Tuesday that his Department of Government Efficiency is “trying to be as transparent as possible. In fact, our actions—we post our actions to the DOGE handle on X,
Let’s be frank, few things chill the impulse to pray and learn like knowing that officers are going to pepper you with questions just for practicing your faith. Even if the entire congregation had their papers, there is a non-zero chance that each interaction with an officer could be your last — there’s a whole slew of unarmed people who’ve been killed by police during routine traffic stops. It was rough enough to see Sonya Massey getting shot after saying Jesus’s name; it’s only a matter of time before flooding churches with ICE results in something similar. This also isn’t a huge ask — Biden-era protections had carve outs that respected sanctuaries. Trump’s current policy suggests that there’s no place that the government can’t put their hands in. What happened to Republicans being small state advocates?
Quakers, Bishop Budd, and Pope Francis have been vocal about protecting their flock from government reach. Given Trump’s recent lamentation about anti-Christian violence and bias, this would be a great time for him to tell his administration to let the faithful practice their religion as the Founders intended: without the state eyeing their pews.
“Since Inauguration Day, the Justice Department has paused all investigations into corporate foreign bribery, curtailed enforcement of a foreign agent registration law and deemphasized the criminal prosecutions of Russian oligarchs. And senior administration officials have considered eliminating the Department’s Public Integrity Section, which investigates and prosecutes alleged misconduct by federal, state and local public officials.”
Robert F Kennedy was voted in to be Health Secretary (stop laughing now at that goober. ““If you have been involved in good science, you have nothing to worry about.” hahahahahah, sorry couldn’t stop. This is an indicator of a quid pro quo or how much did Kennedy bribe Trump to get this job?
