The overreaction from the Democrats & their judicial allies at the District Court level will force SCOTUS's hands in ways they will not anticipate. E.g., we may see Congressional power to protect bureaucrats minimized, if not eliminated, the power of POTUS to manage agencies maximized. Cases from the New Deal era reversed and a new political paradigm established.

Ouch. To paraphrase Mark Twain: "Never let the Constitution get in the way of a political narrative." Kind of funny, though in a sad & disappointing way, that so many district judges are willing to base decisions on politics rather than the Constitution or duly enacted laws.

[Sigh] As expected, District Court judges are starting to side with the Resistance(TM) and against the American voter and Trump Administration. A few reminders: USAID was not created by Congress. It was created by Executive Order in 1961, which means President Trump is acting within his authority to dismantle it and delegate its responsibilities elsewhere. The statute giving rise to Kennedy's creation of USAID, only requires the gov't to spend certain sums on foreign aid in certain areas. It even required the funds be spent "under the policy guidance of the Secretary of State." Incidentally, Congress should take a look at the current iteration of the Foreign Assistance Act when engaging in the reconciliation process. The US really should not be funding things like family planning, climate change (under the rubric of forestation and tree canopy) and other causes that tend to be more left wing. Federal foreign aid should be spent in ways that advance US interests.

So indicative of how the Left(TM) views gov't Stopping waste, fraud, & abuse; identifying federal misuse of taxpayer funds; & fighting back v the entrenched bureaucracy is theft Democrats revealing, again, just how contrived & fake the "protect democracy" narrative really was

Section 230 does prevent civil lawsuits for social media companies' decision to, or not to, remove content. But it does not bar enforcement of any federal criminal law. It strikes me that if social media companies are made aware that drug traffickers are using platforms to promote and sell their illegal materials, they may be violating federal law. Or, at the very least, the DOJ would be warranted to open investigations. I will go out on a further limb: platforms' use of AI or other automated, or semi-automated moderation programs will not be sufficient to excuse them from potential criminal liability.

@RonColeman There are plenty of private sector jobs for Bureau agents. The difference is that the private sector tends to recruit the good, competent agents.

@Tr53733Tracy @jaycjackson Good, competent agents don't tend to last long at the Bureau. Because they are recruited by the private sector.

Another example of propaganda from the far-left legacy media. States will not lose out on federal education money. More likely than not, it will be block-granted to states. And without the Dept of Education, there will be fewer strings on the money & it will go further.

I don't like efforts to bypass the duly elected Speaker of the House. Having said that, there are pros and cons of both. And I happen to like the two-reconciliation bill approach. Fit as much as possible into 1, but wait to see what DOGE and others find re: gov't waste etc. Congress can address those in a 2nd.

Whelp. You know the economy is bad when egg theft is a top headline. At $6/dozen (the price I paid over the weekend), this is a $50,000 crime...

Fine. Time to make the Senate Democrats try to hold the floor of the Senate 24/7. Senate Republicans should force quorum calls as frequently as necessary. Don't let senators leave the building. Oh, and Dems still failing to understand that the voters support what Trump and Musk are doing.

Congress should ask questions. How many FBI agents either went along willingly or failed to object? How many agents objected, but were ordered to investigate any way? Did the Biden/Garland admin try to "poison the well," insuring that as much of the Bureau as possible was tainted?

Big if true: ABC News identified a supposed USAID employee. Note the terminology used. Books though to be incriminating. That usually has a specific connotation. As in, causing one to appear guilty of a crime. I wonder what type of materials/crimes they are concerned about.