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#NPR & #PublicRadio stations sue #Trump over funding ban

NPR & 3 #Colorado public radio stations filed suit Tues in federal court against the admin over the #ExecutiveOrder purportedly barring the use of Congressionally appropriated funds for #NPR & #PBS.

"It is not always obvious when the government has acted with a retaliatory purpose in violation of the #FirstAmendment. 'But this wolf comes as a wolf,'" states the #legal brief….

#law #Congress #SeparationOfPowers
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/27/nx-s1-5413094/npr-public-radio-lawsuit-trump-funding-ban

WTF

A federal appeals court on Thursday allowed #Trump to continue collecting #tariffs under an #EmergencyPowers law for now, as his admin appeals an order striking down the bulk of his signature set of economic policies.

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit granted an emergency motion from the Trump admin arguing a halt is “critical for the country’s national security.”[bull-fucking-shit]

#law #judiciary #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #Congress #economy
https://apnews.com/article/trump-trade-tariffs-lawsuit-court-73cd7e1e8528336989f091b2b782360c

IMPACT: Senators Call on DOJ to Investigate Potential DOGE Conflicts of Interest After ProPublica Report

Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden and Jack Reed cited our reporting on how one aide assigned to the CFPB helped oversee the mass layoffs of the agency’s staff while holding as much as $715K in stocks that bureau employees are prohibited from owning.

https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-aides-conflict-of-interest-senators-letter?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #DOJ #Congress #Senate #Ethics #Government #USPolitics

#TulsiGabbard left no doubt when she testified to #Congress about Iran’s #nuclear program earlier this year.
#Iran was not building a nuclear weapon, the national #intelligence director testified, & its supreme leader had not reauthorized the dormant program even though it had enriched uranium to higher levels.

But #Trump dismissed the intelligence assessment…
“I don’t care what she said,” Trump told reporters. In his view, Iran was “very close” to having a #NuclearBomb.
https://apnews.com/article/gabbard-trump-intelligence-iran-nuclear-program-51c8d85d536f8628870c110ac05bb518

Congress Is Pushing for a Medicaid Work Requirement. Here’s What Happened When Georgia Tried It.
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GOP lawmakers want to nationalize Medicaid work requirements to offset Trump’s proposed tax cuts. Yet Georgia’s example shows that this could threaten health care for nearly 16 million Americans and cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-medicaid-work-requirement-big-beautiful-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Medicaid #Healthcare #Congress #Trump #GOP #BigBeautifulBill

#Trump Urges #Congress to ‘Kill’ #VoiceOfAmerica as Its *Leader* Defends Gutting It

In a heated hearing, #KariLake, the Trump [crackpot] ally in charge of the federally funded international broadcasting network, called the #media agency “a rotten piece of fish” that should be defunded.

#law #democracy #FreePress #SoftPower #journalism #independence #censorship #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/us/politics/trump-lake-voice-of-america.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

The #Senate on Friday rejected a #Democratic measure that would have forced #Trump to go to #Congress for approval of another #military strike against #Iran [he was supposed to for the first]. The resolution had little chance of succeeding in a #Republican-controlled & Trump lick-spittle Congress.

#Constitution #law #SeparationOfPowers #ChecksAndBalances #ExecutiveAuthority #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/us/politics/trump-war-powers-iran-strike.html?smid=url-share

The #Trump admin has *declined* to release nearly $7 billion in federal #funding for #schools that helps pay for after-school & summer programs, support for #students learning English, #teacher training & other services.

The money, which was already allocated by #Congress, was expected to be released by Tuesday. But in an email on Monday, the Trump *#Education* Department notified #state education agencies that the money would not be available.

#law #policy #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/trump-education-funds.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare