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I knew you yahooed it lol but you posted it to a reply to a post that was off topic of the post which you dont like others doing
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how does the wine keep flowing like that for so long? Its like a waterfall lol
 
Kinda mixed messages here.

Mexico doesn't want the either?


A White House official said, “The flights thing was an administrative issue and was quickly rectified.”

The Mexican Embassy did not immediately return a request for comment.
 

Trump’s first orders hit workers in construction, ag and government — and other labor news​

BY: MAX NESTERAK - JANUARY 24, 2025 10:22 AM​


Executive orders hit construction, agriculture and government​


MERICA
In his first week in office, Trump signed a flurry of executive orders and rescinded more than 40% of Biden’s executive orders, affecting everything from immigration to the environment. Agency leaders are still interpreting the orders — and the White House is still clarifying them — so the extent of their effects on workers across industries isn’t yet clear. But three sectors in particular will be greatly impacted Trump’s executive actions this week: construction, food production and processing, and the federal bureaucracy.

Construction

Trump ordered agencies to stop making payments through two of Biden’s signature policy achievements: the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The two laws have already funded a bevy of good-paying jobs building infrastructure across the country, with hundreds of billions more expected should implementation continue despite Trump’s executive order.

The order caused massive confusion with the Federal Highway Administration halting payments for road projects. Politico reported road and bridge projects — even those in the middle of construction — were in jeopardy, and states and cities could be left with massive bills. The White House later issued a clarification that the order only applies to funds supporting the “Green New Deal” and agency heads may disburse funds “as they deem necessary.” That could still kill tens of thousands of new jobs in renewable energy infrastructure.

Congressional Democrats also cried foul that the president would interfere with funding passed by the legislative branch. Trump’s nominee to head up the federal budget agency is asserting that the executive branch has the right to withhold spending, or “impound” the money. The issue could end up in the courts.

Food production

Trump laid the groundwork for his promised mass deportation operation with numerous orders, including allowing military service members to act as immigration and border enforcement officers and directing Homeland Security to secure contractors to set up detention facilities.

Deporting undocumented immigrants is popular with Americans (at least in the abstract), despite the country’s reliance on millions of them in critical industries like farming, meat and poultry processing, dairy production and construction. There are roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States, many of whom have been in the country for longer than a decade and have legal residents in their households.

It’s unclear how targeted Trump’s deportation program will be. U.S. farm industry groups have urged him to spare their sector and many are confident he will. CNN interviewed a dairy farmer in South Dakota who supported Trump and was sure his industry will not be affected given the consequences of a mass round-up.

“How are they going to do that?” he said. “Within two days we will not have food.”

It’s also unclear if Trump will roll back the protections former President Joe Biden instituted for undocumented immigrants who are victims of labor abuses. The threat of deportation makes undocumented immigrants more vulnerable to labor abuses like wage theft, which has ripple effects throughout the labor market by giving disreputable businesses an advantage.

Federal workforce

Trump froze new hiring for civilian positions across the federal government, except for the military or positions related to immigration enforcement, national security or public safety. The order also spared Social Security, Medicare and veterans’ benefits.

Sen. Tina Smith posted on social media that she had received a report that the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs health system had “rescinded offers to dozens of people” for critical roles. Asked for comment, a spokeswoman for the Minneapolis VA shared a news release saying the White House had clarified its order that VAs may continue filling essential positions.

Trump also ordered federal agencies to terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to the office full-time, although the order also grants agency heads the ability to make exceptions.

Congress passed a bill promoting telework in 2010, but since the pandemic increased remote work, many conservatives have turned against the practice. World’s richest man and Trump advisor Elon Musk claimed on social media that just 1% of government workers show up in person and do 40 hours of work a week, excluding security and maintenance workers. But according to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, telework isn’t any more common in the federal government than the private sector and only about 10% of federal employees are fully remote.

The order could force remote federal workers in Minnesota to either relocate to Washington, D.C. or quit their jobs, and they may not be replaced given the hiring freeze. Culling the workforce through voluntary terminations would be a welcome outcome, Musk and his erstwhile partner in “government efficiency” Vivek Ramaswamy wrote in the Wall Street Journal.

It’s unclear how many workers that could affect. There are a little over 18,000 federal employees in Minnesota, not including military personnel, federal contractors, federal law enforcement officers or U.S. Postal Service workers, according to the Congressional Research Service.

Trump also revived a version of a policy from his first term that was never implemented called Schedule F, which aims to reclassify tens of thousands of workers to make them easier to fire. The order is a response to Trump’s complaints of a “deep state” of disloyal bureaucrats intent on thwarting his agenda. Critics say it’s an attempt to strip apolitical workers of their rights and ultimately replace them with Trump loyalists. The order is already facing a legal challenge by the National Treasury Employees Union.

Finally, Trump ordered an end to all diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal government and put all DEI officers on immediate paid administrative leave pending their terminations. He also rescinded executive orders from his predecessors going back decades, including one by former President Lyndon Johnson requiring government contractors to adopt nondiscriminatory practices in hiring and employment, NPR reported.

Notably, Trump hasn’t yet touched Biden’s executive order requiring federal contractors to pay a minimum wage — currently, $17.75 per hour.
 

Trump’s first orders hit workers in construction, ag and government — and other labor news​

BY: MAX NESTERAK - JANUARY 24, 2025 10:22 AM​


Executive orders hit construction, agriculture and government​


MERICA
In his first week in office, Trump signed a flurry of executive orders and rescinded more than 40% of Biden’s executive orders, affecting everything from immigration to the environment. Agency leaders are still interpreting the orders — and the White House is still clarifying them — so the extent of their effects on workers across industries isn’t yet clear. But three sectors in particular will be greatly impacted Trump’s executive actions this week: construction, food production and processing, and the federal bureaucracy.

Construction

Trump ordered agencies to stop making payments through two of Biden’s signature policy achievements: the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The two laws have already funded a bevy of good-paying jobs building infrastructure across the country, with hundreds of billions more expected should implementation continue despite Trump’s executive order.

The order caused massive confusion with the Federal Highway Administration halting payments for road projects. Politico reported road and bridge projects — even those in the middle of construction — were in jeopardy, and states and cities could be left with massive bills. The White House later issued a clarification that the order only applies to funds supporting the “Green New Deal” and agency heads may disburse funds “as they deem necessary.” That could still kill tens of thousands of new jobs in renewable energy infrastructure.

Congressional Democrats also cried foul that the president would interfere with funding passed by the legislative branch. Trump’s nominee to head up the federal budget agency is asserting that the executive branch has the right to withhold spending, or “impound” the money. The issue could end up in the courts.

Food production

Trump laid the groundwork for his promised mass deportation operation with numerous orders, including allowing military service members to act as immigration and border enforcement officers and directing Homeland Security to secure contractors to set up detention facilities.

Deporting undocumented immigrants is popular with Americans (at least in the abstract), despite the country’s reliance on millions of them in critical industries like farming, meat and poultry processing, dairy production and construction. There are roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States, many of whom have been in the country for longer than a decade and have legal residents in their households.

It’s unclear how targeted Trump’s deportation program will be. U.S. farm industry groups have urged him to spare their sector and many are confident he will. CNN interviewed a dairy farmer in South Dakota who supported Trump and was sure his industry will not be affected given the consequences of a mass round-up.

“How are they going to do that?” he said. “Within two days we will not have food.”

It’s also unclear if Trump will roll back the protections former President Joe Biden instituted for undocumented immigrants who are victims of labor abuses. The threat of deportation makes undocumented immigrants more vulnerable to labor abuses like wage theft, which has ripple effects throughout the labor market by giving disreputable businesses an advantage.

Federal workforce

Trump froze new hiring for civilian positions across the federal government, except for the military or positions related to immigration enforcement, national security or public safety. The order also spared Social Security, Medicare and veterans’ benefits.

Sen. Tina Smith posted on social media that she had received a report that the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs health system had “rescinded offers to dozens of people” for critical roles. Asked for comment, a spokeswoman for the Minneapolis VA shared a news release saying the White House had clarified its order that VAs may continue filling essential positions.

Trump also ordered federal agencies to terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to the office full-time, although the order also grants agency heads the ability to make exceptions.

Congress passed a bill promoting telework in 2010, but since the pandemic increased remote work, many conservatives have turned against the practice. World’s richest man and Trump advisor Elon Musk claimed on social media that just 1% of government workers show up in person and do 40 hours of work a week, excluding security and maintenance workers. But according to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, telework isn’t any more common in the federal government than the private sector and only about 10% of federal employees are fully remote.

The order could force remote federal workers in Minnesota to either relocate to Washington, D.C. or quit their jobs, and they may not be replaced given the hiring freeze. Culling the workforce through voluntary terminations would be a welcome outcome, Musk and his erstwhile partner in “government efficiency” Vivek Ramaswamy wrote in the Wall Street Journal.

It’s unclear how many workers that could affect. There are a little over 18,000 federal employees in Minnesota, not including military personnel, federal contractors, federal law enforcement officers or U.S. Postal Service workers, according to the Congressional Research Service.

Trump also revived a version of a policy from his first term that was never implemented called Schedule F, which aims to reclassify tens of thousands of workers to make them easier to fire. The order is a response to Trump’s complaints of a “deep state” of disloyal bureaucrats intent on thwarting his agenda. Critics say it’s an attempt to strip apolitical workers of their rights and ultimately replace them with Trump loyalists. The order is already facing a legal challenge by the National Treasury Employees Union.

Finally, Trump ordered an end to all diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal government and put all DEI officers on immediate paid administrative leave pending their terminations. He also rescinded executive orders from his predecessors going back decades, including one by former President Lyndon Johnson requiring government contractors to adopt nondiscriminatory practices in hiring and employment, NPR reported.

Notably, Trump hasn’t yet touched Biden’s executive order requiring federal contractors to pay a minimum wage — currently, $17.75 per hour.
only a matter of time before the whole thing comes crashing down & like his last adminstration wecks the economy....
 
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Constitutional amendment to allow Trump and any other future president third term introduced in the House​


Yeah what the hell...why not lol!!!
Good for you.

Obama waiting in the wings. Maybe that's what him and Trump were laughing about at Carter's funeral........or that Michelle caught him cheating. It's gotta be one or the other!
 
DAY 3!!! Still high grocery prices...still War in Ukraine.....Gasoline rising.....PACO and CHICO still outside home depot For MAGAS to put them in their pick up and hire them for a few pesos....I for one am disappointed!!!
That's not fair!

It took God 7-8 days to create the universe. Give PRESIDENT TRUMP at least another week to straighten out this mess!
 

How Trump used his first week to exact political retribution​


THE REVENGE TOUR LOL!!
Jeremy Herb, CNN
Sat, January 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM EST·7 min read

President Donald Trump’s termination of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s security detail was just one of the ways in which he’s used his first week in office to carry out the political retribution he vowed to unleash if voters returned him to the White House.

With actions big and small, Trump has spent his first days in office pushing the levers of government – and his unique powers as commander in chief – to target his perceived political enemies both inside and outside the government.

The president has revoked security clearances from his critics. He’s canceled security details for officials who worked for him in the first administration. He’s personally announced the firings of individuals he loathes. And he’s teased a desire to launch wide-ranging investigation into both his predecessor, Joe Biden, and many others who criticized him after he left office the first time.

It’s still too early to say how much Trump’s desire for political retribution will color his second term – and whether he will in fact push for far more drastic actions inside the Justice Department once his team is confirmed. The Trump Justice Department this week quickly reassigned at least 20 career officials from senior-level positions where they’ve worked for years.



But it’s clear from Trump’s rhetoric during his first five days in office that he still has a desire to do. The new president this week bemoaned Biden’s preemptive pardons of potential targets of Trump’s retribution – like former Rep. Liz Cheney. And he even suggested in an Oval Office interview with Fox host Sean Hannity on Wednesday that Biden made a mistake by not pardoning himself.

“I went through four years of hell by this scum that we had to deal with,” Trump said. “It’s really hard to say that they shouldn’t have to go through it also. It is very hard to say that.”

Revoking clearances and security details​

Trump used his first batch of executive actions signed on the first day of his presidency to begin his retribution tour.

Included among them: Trump revoked the security clearances of the 51 former intelligence officials who signed a 2020 letter arguing that emails from a laptop belonging to Hunter Biden carried “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.”



The letter had been a target of Republican-led congressional investigations over the past two years, but Trump’s action to revoke clearances took things a step further. The letter was signed by a number of top former officials from both the Obama and Bush administrations, including former director of national intelligence Jim Clapper, former CIA director John Brennan and former acting CIA directors John McLaughlin and Michael Morell.

Trump tacked on another former national security official in the order: It also revoked the clearance of his former national security adviser John Bolton over a memoir about his time at the National Security Council that was deeply critical of the president – which the first Trump administration investigated for the potential inclusion of classified material.

Trump went after Bolton in another way within hours of his swearing in, terminating his Secret Service detail, which has been assigned to him because of threats from Iran. (Trump initially terminated his protection after he left his administration in the first term, but Biden restored it once he took office.)

Trump also revoked the security detail for his former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who like Bolton, also received protection due to threats from Iran. And he yanked the detail from Fauci, which was being provided and paid for by the National Institutes of Health due to ongoing threats from his public-facing role during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Fauci has now hired his own private security that he’ll pay for himself, CNN reported Friday.



Asked whether he would feel partially responsible if something were to happen to Fauci or Bolton, Trump said no.

“They all made a lot of money. They can hire their own security too,” Trump said Friday while touring storm damage in North Carolina. “All the people you’re talking about, they can go out, I can give them some good numbers of very good security people. They can hire their own security. They all made a lot of money. Fauci made a lot of money.”

Targeting federal workers and firing by Truth​

Trump also took actions to reshape the federal workforce – both as part of his campaign to weed out the so-called “deep state” from inside the government and to target federal employees who focus on diversity, equity and inclusion.

He issued an executive order making it easier to fire federal workers, placed workers in any federal DEIA offices on paid administrative leave and directed all federal agencies to revise their telework policy to require workers to be in the office.



But Trump also made sure to use his newly regained bully pulpit to personally announce the firings of several critics by “Truth.”

Early Tuesday morning, Trump posted on his Truth Social account that he was removing four individuals from presidential advisory boards: José Andrés, the celebrity chef and restaurateur; former Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley; former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms; and Brian Hook, a top State Department official in the first Trump administration who was at one point expected to lead Trump’s State transition team.

“Let this serve as Official Notice of Dismissal for these 4 individuals, with many more, coming soon: Jose Andres from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition, Mark Milley from the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, Brian Hook from the Wilson Center for Scholars, and Keisha Lance Bottoms from the President’s Export Council—YOU’RE FIRED!” Trump wrote.

There was no reason Trump needed to announce the firings himself – Andrés even responded by saying that he’d already submitted his resignation before Trump was sworn in.

Still, Trump made a show of going after some of his vocal critics, like Milley, who called Trump a “fascist to the core” ahead of the 2024 election.

Following his campaign promises​

During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly suggested that his perceived enemies should be jailed, from the prosecutors in the Biden administration Justice Department who indicted him to members of the House select committee that investigated the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.

Now in office, Trump has kept up the same rhetoric, even if some of his targets received a preemptive pardon from Biden.

“I was going to talk about the things that Joe did today with the pardons of people that were very, very guilty of very bad crimes, like the Unselect Committee of political thugs,” Trump said of the January 6 committee in remarks following his inaugural address.

On his first day in office, Trump issued an executive order directing his Justice Department and Office of the Director of National Intelligence to open broad investigations into Biden administration “weaponization” of law enforcement and intelligence agencies.

Trump also issued an order pardoning more than 1,000 people charged in the Capitol attack — the most sweeping action in his long-running effort to rewrite the history of January 6 and his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, which had led to now-dropped federal charges against him brought by former special counsel Jack Smith.

“And, you know, the funny thing, maybe the sad thing, is, he didn’t give himself a pardon. And if you look at it, it all had to do with him. I mean, the money went to him,” Trump said, repeating never-proven allegations that Republicans investigated in the last Congress about Biden receiving money from his family members’ business ventures.

Of course, if Trump actually directed his Justice Department to investigate Biden, he would face a key roadblock because of his own legal battles last year: The Supreme Court ruled in Trump’s challenge to the special counsel’s January 6 indictment that presidents have “absolute immunity” related to their official actions.
 

Trump testing limits of presidential power, but experts say his flex might not stick​

A federal judge has already blocked his order to stop birthright citizenship.
Only a week into President Donald Trump's second term and he has already tested the limits of executive power, a strategy to implement -- with blazing speed -- a controversial and bold conservative agenda, from ending birthright citizenship to ending federal Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policies.

He also issued pardons and clemencies for over 1,500 people involved with the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, including ones convicted of violently attacking police officers.
Legal experts and historians tell ABC News that the sheer number of these executive orders is unprecedented based on past presidents' actions but whether they will stick is far from guaranteed. In fact, Trump's agenda hit its first snag after a federal judge issued a temporary injunction on his EO over birthright citizenship Thursday.
"Executive orders do not have the same legal status or legal quality as laws enacted by Congress. Some are more just mere wishes that a president would like to see. And some are pursuant to law and can only be stopped by judicial review," Stephen Griffin, a professor of constitutional law at Tulane Law School, told ABC News.

Griffin and other legal experts said it is likely that some of the other decrees will not stand up to the airtight laws grounded in the Constitution. However, given the Republican-controlled Congress, the battles of these orders could be long drawn out and accomplish what they say Trump is really seeking with his "rapid-fire" decrees, sending a stark message to the nation.
Griffin said traditionally presidents have been more cautious about issuing many executive actions this early into their administration given the likely legal challenges that they face, even if the order is just done for face value.

"The use of executive orders at the beginning of an administration goes as far back as [President Ronald] Reagan. It really ramped up starting with the [George W.] Bush administration and hasn't stopped," he explained.

Legal experts said that Trump's latest decrees are unusual in that not only did he publicly announce his plans to crack down on immigration and diversity on "day one," but he and his allies have been working for years to craft these orders to meet that goal.

Sally Katzen, professor of law at New York University School of Law who worked in the Clinton administration and served in the Obama-Biden transition team, told ABC News that Trump's actions are far from a gimmick.
"My own personal view is I believe what he says and he's going big time. He's shooting for Mars and he's shooting to change so many things any way he can," she said.

Katzen noted that Trump has boasted that he could get away with anything even shooting someone on 5th Avenue and now that the Supreme Court has given him some immunity for his actions and he has both houses of Congress in Republican control he is ready to test out those limits.

Despite those weakened guardrails, Trump will still have limits that make it harder for his orders to go into full effect or remain in place, the experts said.

Several state attorneys general have filed a legal challenge to the birthright executive order, Katzen said, and have a strong case based on the wording and the strict guidelines put in place by the 14th Amendment.

"I don't think he can blink at that. I don’t think a court would be receptive to executive power. I don't think they would be willing to rewrite the Constitution even with judges that are more favorable toward him," she said.
 
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