Trump administration 2024-2028

[FJAG]

Hey Trump. Look what your best buds are doing.

Remember your dinky parade?

 

[Czech_pivo]

No, I’m talking other unilateral executive options. There are still enough free market Republicans in congress that I don’t think he could get wide-ranging tariff legislation through.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/03/sen-rand-paul-calls-trump-stake-in-intel-a-step-towards-socialism.html

Sen. Rand Paul blasts Trump’s stake in Intel as ‘a step towards socialism’​

Don't underestimate the fact the Sen Paul very well might end up being our biggest, most vocal supporter down in the US.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Poke, poke, poke ...

Trump slaps sanctions on Canadian International Criminal Court judge

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration slapped sanctions on a Canadian judge on the International Criminal Court as the U.S. State Department continues to push back on the tribunal.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

More than just the CAN judge according to the State Dep't info-machine - highlights mine
View attachment 95324
state.gov Fact Sheet attached

The latest from Canada's foreign minister ....

https://twitter.com/x/status/1962980926624862617

... after, according to the Toronto Star, Canada's envoy to the U.N. posting condemnation on x.com, then having it disappear (highlights mine):

BTW, you may want to be careful lending money or anything to the sanctioned judges, according to this U.S. Fact Sheet

 

[daftandbarmy]

Compare and contrast

Photos show how US and Chinese military parades compare

 

[GR66]

Sounds like the National Guard deployment to DC is starting to wear a little thin on the deployed members.

With no end in sight, National Guard troops deployed to DC grow weary​

Meanwhile the latest jobs data suggests that job growth in the US continues to slow. Clearer indications should come tomorrow when the August jobs report is released.

America just got another slate of lousy job market news​

 

[HavokFour]

Sounds like the National Guard deployment to DC is starting to wear a little thin on the deployed members.

With no end in sight, National Guard troops deployed to DC grow weary​

Meanwhile the latest jobs data suggests that job growth in the US continues to slow. Clearer indications should come tomorrow when the August jobs report is released.

America just got another slate of lousy job market news​

Can't blame them. I doubt many signed on to be in the National Gardeners, they also have their actual jobs back home that they probably want to get back to so the bills can get paid.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Reports of OTHER military staff taking on ... outside their usual box duties ....

Pentagon authorizes up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press.

apnews.com

Hundreds of US military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges

Head of the American Immigration Lawyers Association says plan similar to having ‘a cardiologist do a hip replacement’.

www.aljazeera.com

Pentagon authorizes up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges, according to a memo.

www.fox8live.com

Using military lawyers as immigration judges sets precedent with no limits

"Using military officers to adjudicate civil proceedings — it’s going to be the Wild West," Ira Rushing said.

federalnewsnetwork.com

 

[brihard]

Reports of OTHER military staff taking on ... outside their usual box duties ....

Pentagon authorizes up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press.

apnews.com

Hundreds of US military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges

Head of the American Immigration Lawyers Association says plan similar to having ‘a cardiologist do a hip replacement’.

www.aljazeera.com

Pentagon authorizes up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges, according to a memo.

www.fox8live.com

Using military lawyers as immigration judges sets precedent with no limits

"Using military officers to adjudicate civil proceedings — it’s going to be the Wild West," Ira Rushing said.

federalnewsnetwork.com

Oh FFS…

 

[Retired AF Guy]

Compare and contrast

Photos show how US and Chinese military parades compare

Well at least the US personnel act like human beings, not to sure about the Chinese marchers!

 

[daftandbarmy]

Well at least the US personnel act like human beings, not to sure about the Chinese marchers!

Based on the UN's experience in the Korean War, I'd say they'd be pretty formidable these days too

 

[Blackadder1916]

Reports of OTHER military staff taking on ... outside their usual box duties ....

Pentagon authorizes up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press.

apnews.com

Hundreds of US military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges

Head of the American Immigration Lawyers Association says plan similar to having ‘a cardiologist do a hip replacement’.

www.aljazeera.com

Pentagon authorizes up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges, according to a memo.

www.fox8live.com

Using military lawyers as immigration judges sets precedent with no limits

"Using military officers to adjudicate civil proceedings — it’s going to be the Wild West," Ira Rushing said.

federalnewsnetwork.com

How do you instantly make 600 military lawyers into "judges"?

Federal Register :: Request Access

www.federalregister.gov

Designation of Temporary Immigration Judges
A Rule by the Executive Office for Immigration Review on 08/28/2025

. . . This final rule aligns the regulatory requirements for candidates for Temporary Immigration Judge (“TIJ”) appointments to mirror the regulatory requirements for permanent Immigration Judge (“IJ”) appointments, thus allowing the Attorney General and Director of EOIR to select TIJs from a larger pool of well-qualified candidates. Additionally, the Department of Justice (“the Department” or “DOJ”) is making various technical and non-substantive changes to its regulations.

I. legal authority
The Department issues this rule pursuant to section 103(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA” or “the Act”), 8 U.S.C. 1103(g), as amended by the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (“HSA”), Public Law 107-296, 116 Stat. 2135 (as amended). The HSA provides that EOIR exists within the Department and that it shall be “subject to the direction and regulation of the Attorney General” under section 103(g) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1103(g). . . .

. . . Prior to this final rule, individuals eligible to be designated as TIJs were limited to former IJs and Appellate Immigration Judges, EOIR administrative law judges (“ALJs”) [1] or ALJs retired from EOIR, ALJs from other Executive Branch agencies with the consent of their agencies, and Department attorneys with at least 10 years of legal experience in the field of immigration law.

The qualifications to be appointed as an Immigration Judge (and now as a Temporary Immigration Judge) are :

Education: Applicants must possess a LL.B., J.D., or LL.M. degree. (Provide the month and year in which you obtained your degree and the name of the College or University from which it was conferred/awarded.)
AND
Licensure: Applicants must be an active member of the bar, duly licensed and authorized to practice law as an attorney under the laws of any state, territory of the U.S., or the District of Columbia. (Provide the month and year in which you obtained your first license and the State from which it was issued.)
AND
Experience: Applicants must have seven (7) years of post-bar admission experience as a licensed attorney preparing for, participating in, and/or appealing formal hearings or trials involving litigation and/or administrative law at the Federal, State or local level. Qualifying litigation experience involves cases in which a complaint was filed with a court, or a charging document (e.g., indictment or information) was issued by a court, a grand jury, or appropriate military authority. Qualifying administrative law experience involves cases in which a formal procedure was initiated by a governmental administrative body.
NOTE: Qualifying experience is calculated from the date of your first admission to the bar. . . .