Republican Behind “Trump Derangement Bill” Accused of Soliciting Minor
The definition of schadenfreude.
NYT:
In an interview with Laura Ingraham on Fox News, President Trump maintained his view that his administration is not actually defying the courts because, in his estimation, the judge who ruled against him should not have been allowed to do so.
Oh, well that’s all right then.
Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act blasted as abuse of power
A roundup of responses to the administration attempt to send all the Venezuelans they can catch to prison in El Salvador with zero due process.
New filing in the Alien Enemies Act case
If the president can designate any group as enemy aliens under the act, and that designation is unreviewable, then there is no limit on who can be sent to a Salvadoran prison, or any limit on how long they will remain there.
Yeah, exactly. Including current citizens, if they manage to get the birthright citizenship nonsense to stick.
Judge finds Elon Musk likely acted unconstitutionally in shuttering USAID
The interesting thing is that this is an appointments clause decision - which, if upheld, would make everything Musk has done unconstitutional. Unfortunately, the eggs are already broken.
FTC Removes Posts Critical of Amazon, Microsoft, and AI Companies
Another break for poor oppressed billionaires.
Moscow and Beijing rejoice at looming death of Radio Free Europe, VOA
The enemy of my enemy is (checks notes) a free press.
NASA’s Webb Images Young, Giant Exoplanets, Detects Carbon Dioxide
I’m a child of the Space Age (grew up in 1960’s SoCal) so to me PICTURES OF PLANETS OUTSIDE OUR SOLAR SYSTEM is pretty darned exciting.
Update: the Newegg seller refunded the excessive markup. On the one hand, this makes me happier. On the other, I wonder how often they get away with this. Not naming them, on the off chance that this really was an honest mistake.