5/9/25

‘Game Changer’ Is a Fun and Unpredictable Game Show

‘‘The reason we’re here is because the government of the United States wants you to leave the United States,’ Judge Ubaid ul-Haq, presiding from a courtroom on Varick Street, told a group of about a dozen children on a recent morning on Webex.’

‘The ABA asked a federal judge in Washington, DC, to block the Justice Department and US Attorney General Pam Bondi from canceling $3.2 million in grants used to train lawyers to represent victims of domestic and sexual violence[.]'

Paul Krugman: “You should look at everything they do through that lens. Yes, we can ask whether a policy move makes sense in terms of its announced goals. But you should also always ask, ‘How does doing this serve the [self-coup]?'”

“[The Corporation for Public Broadcasting] is not a federal executive agency subject to the President’s authority. Congress directly authorized and funded CPB to be a private nonprofit corporation wholly independent of the federal government. In creating CPB, Congress expressly forbade ‘any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over educational television or radio broadcasting, or over [CPB] or any of its grantees or contractors…’ 47 USC. § 398(c).”

@peoplefor: The Trump administration is defunding the suicide hotline for LGBTQ+ youth […] The hotline has received 1.3 million calls and texts since 2022.

“The annual earnings of a single adult working full-time, year-round at $7.25 an hour now fall below the poverty threshold of $15,650.”

“[T]he Integrated Research Facility in Frederick, Maryland was ordered to completely cease its experimental research by April 29. The facility has long researched the treatment and prevention of ‘high consequence’ infectious diseases, including Ebola and Lassa fever. The facility’s ultimate fate is uncertain at this time.”

CNN: “The Trump administration has dismissed all the scientists and other authors working on the next authoritative look at how climate change is affecting the United States.” “Losing this report makes us less prepared for extreme weather, wildfire, sea level rise and other important changes we face on a warming planet.”

“On Monday [… Trump declared] two new holidays: one on November 11, to mark the U.S. victory in WWI, and one on May 8, to mark the U.S. victory in WWII.”

“President Donald Trump has pardoned a Nevada Republican politician who was awaiting sentencing on federal charges that she used money meant for a statue honoring a slain police officer for personal costs, including plastic surgery.”

“[USPS Law Enforcement] has quietly begun cooperating with federal immigration officials to locate people suspected of being in the country illegally.”

Trump, Asked if He Has to ‘Uphold the Constitution,’ Says, ‘I Don’t Know’

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