Trump administration 2024-2028

[brihard]

Just posting here since this is the going US politics threat- Dick Cheney has died at age 84.

Former US Vice-President Dick Cheney dies aged 84 - live updates

He died from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease on Monday night, his family say.

www.bbc.com

 

[HavokFour]

New webpage.

Criminal Aliens Receiving Medicaid

The Trump administration has arrested criminal aliens receiving Medicaid benefits, including those with serious criminal records.

www.whitehouse.gov

No additional information, just random headshots and an accompanying allegation.

 

[HavokFour]

TACO'd into taking ownership of 40 million people going hungry because the GOP wants insurance premiums under ACA to double (and even triple in some States). Democrats literally don't have to do anything, Republicans are eagerly taking up all the rope being laid out for them.

Trump says he will withhold SNAP benefits until the government shutdown ends

President Donald Trump said he will withhold November food stamps. This comes a day after the administration said it will pay partial benefits.

www.businessinsider.com

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[RangerRay]

Totally normal for “police” to bundle up a citizen after they crash into her while they perform an illegal maneuver, and leave the accident scene…nothing to see here!

Dissent in Bloom 🌼 (@dissentinbloom)

NEWS: ICE making an illegal u-turn in Chicago rammed into the car of Dayanne Figueroa, a U.S. citizen, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by her legs, and kidnapped her without charges. She wasn’t protesting. She was literally just driving through West Town when men with guns and no badges...

substack.com

 

[ModlrMike]

Piggybacking off my own post... it looks like the Democrats dominated tonight. NYC - Dem, NJ - Dem, VA - Dem, CA Prop 50 - win.

 

[HavokFour]

Tomorrow is election day in a number of contests. Current indicators are that the Democrat contenders are in a good position. Trump's outbursts will be all the more entertaining!

Talk about a sweep. 2026 is shaping up to be rough for the Republicans.

Democrats sweep all 30 House of Delegates seats in Northern Virginia

Democratic candidates won all 30 of Northern Virginia's seats in the Virginia House of Delegates on Tuesday as the party seemed likely to significantly expand its 51-49 majority in the

www.cbs19news.com

Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority

NBC News projects the incumbents survived an up-or-down vote to keep their seats on the battleground state’s high court.

www.nbcnews.com

Democrat Mikie Sherrill elected governor of New Jersey, defeating opponent who aligned with Trump

Democratic U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill has been elected governor of New Jersey. Her victory over Republican Jack Ciattarelli shores up Democratic control of a state that has been reliably blue in presidential and Senate contests but had shown signs of shifting rightward in recent years.

apnews.com

Virginia elects Democrat Abigail Spanberger as state's first woman governor

Spanberger’s campaign asked voters to weigh in on Trump’s second term and promised to address cost-of-living issues.

19thnews.org

Democrat Jay Jones wins Virginia attorney general race, CBS News projects

CBS News projects that Democrat Jay Jones has won the Virginia attorney general race, defeating his Republican opponent, incumbent Jason Miyares.

www.cbsnews.com

Vance's half-brother lost his race, with only 18% of the vote.

AP Race Call: Democrat Aftab Pureval wins reelection as Cincinnati mayor, defeating Vance’s relative

Aftab Pureval won reelection as mayor of Cincinnati on Tuesday, defeating Cory Bowman, a Republican who is Vice President JD Vance’s half-brother.

apnews.com

And last but not least, the Trump endorsement curse strikes again. And the highest turnout the city has seen in 30 years.

Zohran Mamdani Wins NYC Mayor’s Race

 

[mariomike]

Zohran Mamdani Wins NYC Mayor’s Race

Gotta love da Post.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1985903551160238574

 

[Brad Sallows]

Piggybacking off my own post... it looks like the Democrats dominated tonight. NYC - Dem, NJ - Dem, VA - Dem, CA Prop 50 - win.

Democrats tend to win in "blue" cities and states. Film at 11.

 

[Lumber]

I don't know whether to laugh, or cry. People are dumb:

Kentucky official forced to remind residents they can’t vote in NYC and Virginia elections: ‘We do not have elections today’ | The Independent

Kentucky official forced to remind residents they can’t vote in NYC election

‘Have I mentioned my repeated call for civic education,’ said Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams

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Either they somehow thought the mayor of NYC had some power/influence over them and needed to vote against it, or they thought there was also elections taking place in Kentucky and we're ready to vote without having any idea of who was running and for what. Either way...

 

[brihard]

Today is the long awaited oral arguments day in the U.S. Supreme Court on the Tariffs case under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Good summary on CTV:

Ontario’s ad, and a potential ‘complete mess’: Takeaways from the U.S. Supreme Court’s tariff hearing

The U.S. Supreme court weighed in on one of the most economically significant cases in decades, with huge implications for Canada.

www.ctvnews.ca

A loss at SCOTUS will remove one tool - arguably the most potent - from his tariff toolbox. He of course has others. But this is also a critical case in the separation of powers between different branches of government.

 

[Altair]

Today is the long awaited oral arguments day in the U.S. Supreme Court on the Tariffs case under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Good summary on CTV:

Ontario’s ad, and a potential ‘complete mess’: Takeaways from the U.S. Supreme Court’s tariff hearing

The U.S. Supreme court weighed in on one of the most economically significant cases in decades, with huge implications for Canada.

www.ctvnews.ca

A loss at SCOTUS will remove one tool - arguably the most potent - from his tariff toolbox. He of course has others. But this is also a critical case in the separation of powers between different branches of government.

Annnnd it appears the court will defer to the president on what constitutes an emergency.

I think it's cooked.

 

[brihard]

Annnnd it appears the court will defer to the president on what constitutes an emergency.

I think it's cooked.

There are multiple facets to the case. That’s just one. Thus far it sounds like the administration is getting some serious skepticism from at least a couple conservative judges.

 

[Altair]

There are multiple facets to the case. That’s just one. Thus far it sounds like the administration is getting some serious skepticism from at least a couple conservative judges.

If they defer to the president on what constitutes an emergency, the administration just switches to section 122, section 232, and section 338 tariffs and nothing changes.

 

[brihard]

If they defer to the president on what constitutes an emergency, the administration just switches to section 122, section 232, and section 338 tariffs and nothing changes.

Yeah maybe. But it’s appropriate for the courts to generally defer to the executive on what constitutes an emergency.

 

[Altair]

Yeah maybe. But it’s appropriate for the courts to generally defer to the executive on what constitutes an emergency.

If the states and business win, but nothing changes other than the repayment of tariffs they have already paid, did they win really?

Cooked.

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

We don't defer. Our courts have determined that Trudeau's use of the Emergency Act against the Ottawa protest did not meet the Act's test as to constituting an emergency.

 

[HavokFour]

Still trying for the nuclear option, that even a large majority of the GOP disagrees with. Might be seeing further cracks form in the party.

Trump summons GOP senators to White House to call for end to filibuster

 

[Altair]

We don't defer. Our courts have determined that Trudeau's use of the Emergency Act against the Ottawa protest did not meet the Act's test as to constituting an emergency.

The SCOTUS is going to rule agaisnt Trump here while leaving open the door to do the exact same thing via other means.

The equivalent of a security guard saying you cannot enter by this door, while 3 other doors remain wide open.

I knew they were going to twist themselves in knots to give trump what he wanted.

 

[Cloud Cover]

My employer had been before the USSC in the 2000’s on several IP matters. In my experience, long before the hearing each of the justices will have their own teams of clerks review a mountain of documentation, factums and other items and then brief the individual justice that they work for.
The top clerk will isolate the most persuasive elements and work with the justice to draft a preliminary opinion. So before a hearing even starts there could already be 9 draft opinions.
Having that in mind, they will then hear arguments and verbally beat up the litigants in court, essentially testing their own theories of a case.

After that, a whole other process takes place between the judges to determine who is in the affirming camp and who is in dissent.

Which opinions stand and which opinions will remain in the infamous draft folder. They will also determine who will write final opinions and who will write dissenting opinions. Sometimes there is only 1 of each, and very rarely there can be 4,5 or 6 opinions and sometimes even 9 opinions each partly affirming and dissenting, but one way or the other they affirm or deny whatever is under appeal. Or they send the matter back down the chain for a re-hearing.

It can be messy and hopefully with this tariff matter they do not come up with a tangled weave that takes the legal mind on a roller coaster, like this dogs breakfast

 

[Brad Sallows]

We don't defer. Our courts have determined that Trudeau's use of the Emergency Act against the Ottawa protest did not meet the Act's test as to constituting an emergency.

We don't actually have a real executive branch. Deference or lack thereof appropriate for us is irrelevant in the US.