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Smoove_B wrote: Wed Mar 05, 2025 6:26 pm And they love him:

About six-in-ten registered voters who say they have served in the U.S. military or military reserves (61%) support former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, while 37% back Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in early September.

The executive order denounces what it calls “dishonest and dangerous activity” at Perkins Coie, singling out its hiring of a research firm that led to the compilation of a dossier of unsubstantiated allegations against Mr. Trump related to possible ties between his campaign and Russia. The executive order accused the firm of “undermining democratic elections, the integrity of our courts and honest law enforcement.

Kurth wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 8:00 pm I saw it written in an opinion piece in the NYT this morning, and it’s 100% true: We are entering McCarthy territory.

A federal judge on Thursday reinstated Gwynne Wilcox, a Democratic member of the National Labor Relations Board, and suggested that U.S. President Donald Trump's attempt to fire her was an example of the Republican testing how much he can exceed his constitutional powers.

Wilcox filed a federal lawsuit in February, after Trump ousted her and NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell—who was appointed by former President Barack Obama to serve in the District of Columbia—declared Wilcox's dismissal "unlawful and void."

"The Constitution and case law are clear in allowing Congress to limit the president's removal power and in allowing the courts to enjoin the executive branch from unlawful action," Howell wrote in a 36-page opinion. She also sounded the alarm about arguments made by lawyers for the defendants, Trump and Marvin Kaplan, chair of the NLRB.
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The judge cited a widely criticized February 19 social media post from the White House, which features an image of Trump in a crown, with text that states, "Long live the king."
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The president's attempt to fire Wilcox halted federal labor law enforcement in the United States. AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler celebrated Howell's ruling in a Thursday statement, saying that "more than a month after Trump effectively shut down the NLRB by illegally firing Gwynne Wilcox, denying it the quorum it needs to hold union-busters accountable, the court ordered Wilcox immediately returned to her seat, allowing the NLRB to get back to its essential work."

Victoria Raverna wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 8:39 pm The judge forgot that according to the Supreme Court, the president is above the law. He can order Navy Seal to kill Wilcox. Firing her is nothing compare to that.

WASHINGTON (AP) — References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and the first women to pass Marine infantry training are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts marked for deletion as the Defense Department works to purge diversity, equity and inclusion content, according to a database obtained by The Associated Press.

The database, which was confirmed by U.S. officials and published by AP, includes more than 26,000 images that have been flagged for removal across every military branch. But the eventual total could be much higher.

hepcat wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 9:55 am Apparently being laughed at on the transgender mice research thing touched a nerve with ol' orange thin skin himself and he had his people put up a special page on the WH government site to tell everyone it was true.

hepcat wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 9:55 am Apparently being laughed at on the transgender mice research thing touched a nerve with ol' orange thin skin himself and he had his people put up a special page on the WH government site to tell everyone it was true.

Note: NONE of these studies involved "making mice transgender" which is what Trump literally said.

Our findings will determine the molecular basis of hormonal triggers of asthma exacerbations in cis and transgender women and lead to the future development of better personalized therapeutic options for lung disease.

YellowKing wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 12:52 pm If the Republicans cared as much about gun violence as they did people's genitalia, we'd never have another school shooting in this country again.

Smoove_B wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 1:51 pm I mean...yes and no. It's not a coincidence that the goddamn Nazis started with LGBTQ+ folks first. And it's also not surprising that there are plenty of Democrats (politicians and voters) that are willing to throw them under the bus because "there are more important things to focus on". I strongly disagree (if I haven't made that clear elsewhere). Abandoning LGBTQ+ people is not the path forward here. Ever.

raydude wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 1:22 pm

hepcat wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 9:55 am Apparently being laughed at on the transgender mice research thing touched a nerve with ol' orange thin skin himself and he had his people put up a special page on the WH government site to tell everyone it was true.

Note: NONE of these studies involved "making mice transgender" which is what Trump literally said.

I'm no medical researcher, but reading the abstracts one could make the case that the first 4 studies do. However, the last 2 certainly don't, and only explicitly say "transgenic mice". The last study in particular doesn't even seem like its focusing on asthma in transgender women per se, only that

LordMortis wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 8:03 am I don't even know where to put these things any more

https://apnews.com/article/dei-purge-im ... 0d49c78074

WASHINGTON (AP) — References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and the first women to pass Marine infantry training are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts marked for deletion as the Defense Department works to purge diversity, equity and inclusion content, according to a database obtained by The Associated Press.

The database, which was confirmed by U.S. officials and published by AP, includes more than 26,000 images that have been flagged for removal across every military branch. But the eventual total could be much higher.

Where are our censorship free speech absolutists?

President Donald Trump's administration has been trying to import large quantities of eggs from overseas to make up for the loss of eggs that has occurred while American farms struggle to contain bird flu.

However, Bloomberg reports that the administration has been flailing in its efforts so far given the logistic challenges in importing a fragile agricultural product with a limited shelf life.

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“It’s a very local industry,” Mulder explained. “If you want to rebalance the market, you need big volumes. It’s almost impossible, in the short term, to do that.”

Bloomberg notes that the United States will have to import between 70 million to 100 million eggs in the next month to make up the current gap produced by eggs lost to bird flu.

"Turkey, which plans to sell 15,000 tons to the US through July, recently added an export tax to control local prices," reports Bloomberg. "The country is also dealing with bird flu outbreaks, and eggs are important during the ongoing holy month of Ramadan when families often gather for large meals after a day of fasting."

Rumpy wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 2:14 pm Next up, they'll dismantle the Department of Transportation for having the word 'trans' in the title. Or at the very least rename it to the 'Department of Vehicular Motion'.

hepcat wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 2:07 pm There have been studies that indicate they do.

Holman wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 2:48 pm

Rumpy wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 2:14 pm Next up, they'll dismantle the Department of Transportation for having the word 'trans' in the title. Or at the very least rename it to the 'Department of Vehicular Motion'.

The Pentagon's anti-DEI team just flagged a set of images for removal. Some of them are pictures of the the plane that bombed Hiroshima, the B-29 Enola Gay.

They're just Ctrl-F/Ctrl-Xing the whole government.

Holman wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 2:48 pm

Rumpy wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 2:14 pm Next up, they'll dismantle the Department of Transportation for having the word 'trans' in the title. Or at the very least rename it to the 'Department of Vehicular Motion'.

The Pentagon's anti-DEI team just flagged a set of images for removal. Some of them are pictures of the the plane that bombed Hiroshima, the B-29 Enola Gay.

They're just Ctrl-F/Ctrl-Xing the whole government.

Rumpy wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 3:16 pm

Holman wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 2:48 pm

Rumpy wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 2:14 pm Next up, they'll dismantle the Department of Transportation for having the word 'trans' in the title. Or at the very least rename it to the 'Department of Vehicular Motion'.

The Pentagon's anti-DEI team just flagged a set of images for removal. Some of them are pictures of the the plane that bombed Hiroshima, the B-29 Enola Gay.

They're just Ctrl-F/Ctrl-Xing the whole government.

Yeah, I know, that's what I responding to? Hence the joke I made...

Rumpy wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 2:14 pm

Next up, they'll dismantle the Department of Transportation for having the word 'trans' in the title. Or at the very least rename it to the 'Department of Vehicular Motion'.

“While Trump’s favorability rating barely moved since last month, his overall job approval rating took a little hit since February, largely as a result of Republican approval ‘falling’ from 86-10% approval last month to 78-20% approval this month,” Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg said. “His approval rating also fell in the downstate suburbs, from 58-41% last month to 46-51% today.”

That’s a 22-point swing in the downstate suburbs, and political analyst Tom Watson says those numbers are “still moving” in a bad direction.

“Trump’s overall job approval rating may be 13 points underwater, and he gets similar negative grades for unifying Americans, enhancing America’s reputation abroad, and reducing the cost of living, but a majority of voters approve of the job he’s doing to combat the flow of fentanyl into the US,” Greenberg said.

“Voters are evenly divided on whether they approve or disapprove of Trump’s actions to fix the country’s immigration system. “Democrats disapprove of the job Trump is doing on each of these issues and three-quarters or more of Republicans approve of the job he’s doing on each issue,” Greenberg said. “Independents approve of the job Trump is doing on six of the issues and they are closely divided on two others — unifying Americans and enhancing America’s reputation.”