He hardly needs a horse as a senator when he can have Republican senators approve any horses butt to his cabinet.
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to be honest…i think GAZA is really none of our business…unless you live there, you really do not know what it is all about…the Arabs and JEWS have been at each other for a very long time., that conflict has been going on for hundreds of years.i do not like to see american colllege kids dressed in the the PALI garb.and the ‘WAR’ is thousands of miles away…i know. they have a ‘right’ to protest whatever.
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You can stop wondering. It is. That’s all this is. I’ve told this story before but it’s worth retelling. Back in the early 90s shortly after the fat asshole suspiciously emerged from his first bankruptcy that most people thought had finished him, he had lunch with Sir Richard Branson. For years, Branson related the story that during the entire lunch all the fat asshole talked about was getting even, and he had a long list of people he checked off for Branson. Now, mind you, these people didn’t actively do anything to bankrupt him, the stupid moron did that all by himself. He was raging at these people - because they didn’t step in to bail him out (much like his father bailed his worthless ass out again and again). Branson came away from the lunch reeling and sick to his stomach because he was sure the fat asshole had lost his mind.
Now, imagine what he’s going to do with the power of the American government and a long list of people who actively came after him. Yeah, we’re facing the madness of a king.
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lol, first, kill alll the lawyers…who said this? its the people who twist the laws to suit their agenda…to me. laws are the ‘rules’ under which we have agreed to live.
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Trump runs on vengeance and retribution. It’s his bread & butter
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FIFY. Everyone else that hopes he deals with their grievances will be disappointed.
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Yes.
Clinton Foundation? Terrorist organization
Gates Foundation? Terrorist organization
ACLU? Fight for the Future? Concious objectors? All terrorist organizations
Immigration lawyers? Terrorist organization
Homeless advocates? Terrorist organization
Does your org do good things without wetting the beak or giving credit to The One True Orange God? Terrorist organization.
Thats the problem.
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the group loses its tax exemption after the 90 days, and then must fight through administrative and judicial appeals to regain it.
Guilty until proven innocent will be the foundation of the Trumpstitution.
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Clinton Foundation
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It is very simple.
Any group that says anything DJT or a member of his administration find offensive.
ANYTHING.
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It would be nice if you could be more timely on reporting these types of bills so we have a chance to respond? This appeared the day of the vote.
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Welcome to the community @varzano
This topic was first mentioned 8 days ago in a community thread.
https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/t/why-aren-t-the-dems-fighting-back/253748/7?u=xcopy
Day of is still better than after the fact (or never), which is what i expect from mainstream news orgs.
Agree that i would like to hear more of what is being done (or could still be done) to close some additional windows ahead of the coming storm.
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HR 9495 passed the House.
(@jordanuhl.com on Bluesky)
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The House just passed HR 9495, the bill that would allow the Treasury department to unilaterally kill non-profit groups. 15 Dems voted for it:
Allred Caraveo Case Cuellar Davis (NC) Golden (ME) Gonzalez, V. Lee (NV) Moskowitz Panetta Perez Schneider Suozzi Torres (CA) Wasserman-Schultz
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They Judge shop, surely we can too. I’m sure there are plenty of judges in California that will be happy to hear the case.
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Political action committees are organized as non profits. None of them should be. This bill in these people’s hands would certainly be abused to make the Democratic PACs cost 25% more, while leaving the Republican PAC’s a revolving door between slush funds.
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So – correct me if I am wrong, those of you who are lawyers, but non-profits are incorporated, yes? And hasn’t SCOTUS ruled that corporations are persons? And that they have First Amendment rights? And if they have First Amendment rights, don’t they have other Constitutional rights granted to persons, like the right to due process?
Granted, the current SCOTUS is not exactly noted for its consistency, but I don’t see how this bill passes a constitutionality smell test even with them.
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William Shakespeare, of course, via “Dick the Butcher” in Henry VI, Part 2, Act IV, Scene 2.
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First they came for the non-profits they see as threats.
Then they’ll come for media outlets – newspapers, magazines, TV stations that fail to slobber over Dear Leader.
Then they’ll come for Josh, and you and me.
Hitler had all newspapers not friendly to the Nazis shut down in 6 mos after taking office.
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In Russia we have the example of how interesting it can get.
They recently outlaws Meduza, e.g.
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IANAL but isn’t “due process” a tradition from British common law? Smite me if need me with truth and facts.