Originally published at: Trump Abuses Power To Target Law Firm In Retribution Spree - TPM – Talking Points Memo
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. Dangerous Times In a dramatic escalation of his lawlessness, President Trump issued a new executive order targeting the Seattle-based international law firm Perkins Coie in an act of retribution for what he labeled its “dishonest…
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Did I miss this one in the MM?
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Remember when Donnie decried the alleged weaponization of the Executive Branch/DOJ in allegedly targeting political opponents?? Trump’s hypocrisy and autocratic instincts know no bounds. Impeach him!!
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I think we can all answer these questions correctly. But somehow I don’t think we’d pass.
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Not gonna happen with the current crop of congresscritters. There have for at least the last 20 years different rules for Dem vs GQP Presidents. The GQP set of rules is firmly in place.
ETA: Pam Bondi said she would do this in the confirmation hearings and they still confirmed her. The GQP is all on board with this.
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I am now wondering why I got out of bed this morning–the ongoing horror show makes me want to curl up in a ball for the next 4 years.
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But let me tell you about the time when Biden threw a dead cat over the wall into my yard!!
soon. It has plunged. I think the boom times are over."
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Proving Emil’s point that SpaceX people should take over ATC. They’ll be able to hit it next time.
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A little inspiration for the morning:
We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender,
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I maintain neither of the leaders of Canada and Mexico know what, exactly or even inexactly, Trump wants. It is clear, however, that the effect on Canada of what he’s threatening is “a total collapse of the Canadian economy”, so may as well say so.
ETA: Total collapse is probably an exaggeration, and the damage to the US economy will be worse, but in what universe is it ok to take aim at the economy and wellbeing of another country? Speaking for Mexico as well.
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The only time Article 5 was used in NATO?
To come to the mutual defense of a fellow NATO member?
After 9/11, when NATO members came to the aid of the USA.
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The streets of Tucson will be awash with blood taco sauce!
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I know, I know. I am venting (and fantasizing) with the call to impeach. Not sure what else to do other than lean on my Congressional reps.
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I have lots of questions. SpaceEx was grounded in January after an explosion. The Turks and Caicos are still dealing with the debris from that disaster. How is it that it was allowed to launch yesterday without a completed investigation after the first explosion.
SpaceX has long embraced an engineering and development philosophy it calls “rapid iterative development.”
What does this gobbledy gook mean?
Live Updates: SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft lost after Flight 8 launch | CNN
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Government by Algorithm. What could possibly go wrong. The value of incidents like this is they prove that Government by Algorithm is exactly what DOGE is doing.
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It leads to rapid unplanned disassembly.
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Visa should show data of transations, like a chart…
Whatch it dip after 21-Jan
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Mrs. Von Holst (She who is never wrong) told me that some Florida Airports had to temporarily shut down owing to the falling debris.
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