"Real American said...and by "protesters" she means Hamas supporters who vandalize and destroy University property, illegally occupy community spaces and buildings, and terrorize Jewish students and faculty." Comment to the below.
Maxine would agree but not thank her. TD
Tim Walz’s daughter announced that she was accepted into a graduate school but has decided not to attend, stating that as a “privileged white woman,” she does not want to support institutions that fail to protect student protesters. 🤡 pic.twitter.com/F995YVHPrl
"Nothing more privileged than choosing to do nothing. She's just doing nothing for a year. But that's okay. She's "not really in a rush."
"I wonder which institution "said institution" was. It would help in understanding how much of a sacrifice this is. In some cases, an ambitious person, who can afford to take a year off, could do things to bolster her credentials and gain access to a more prestigious school. Why, this public declining of an offer is itself a credential! Especially in some fields... so I have to wonder what she majored in, undergrad. Sociology? I looked it up. It was indeed sociology! And a minor in women’s gender and sexuality studies.
"So, great viral video. Great audition tape.
"I remember when feminism involved seeing woman as the victim, but now we see young women contemptuous of that viewpoint and not worried about whether I would be protected. "
IamDevo said: I wonder if she enjoys smelling burning tires, like her mom.
"Specifically, activists linked to or trained by Greenpeace-paid protesters would cut wires, put sand in the gas tanks of various machines, vandalize equipment by painting over windows and more, Cox said. In effect, the hardline protesters would do “anything that they could do to stop the construction of this pipeline.' ”
"Greenpeace’s 2016 and 2017 protest campaign against Energy Transfer’s Dakota Access Pipeline was one of the group’s most celebrated and popular initiatives. Nine years later, that very crusade has brought the legacy green group to its knees.
"A North Dakota jury ruled March 19 that Greenpeace is liable for $667 million in damages payable to Energy Transfer, the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline and target of the group’s organized activism in 2016 and 2017. Led by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP’s Trey Cox, Energy Transfer has Greenpeace on the verge of having to shutter its U.S. operations thanks to the protests that supporters once hailed as a heroic stand against the oil industry and the first Trump administration, as Cox explained to the DCNF.
"A number of prominent officials and figures lined up behind the anti-pipeline activists as they disrupted construction, lending credibility and cover to the movement. Among them were the Democratic Socialists of America, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Affleck, Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, the late Arizona Democratic Rep. Raul Grijalva as well as former Democratic Hawaii Rep. — and current Director of National Intelligence — Tulsi Gabbard, among others.
" ‘Anything That They Could’
"For starters, Cox said that Greenpeace’s branding of its involvement in the demonstrations as “indigenous-led” was misleading because the group brought in paid indigenous activists from outside North Dakota to participate in actions against the pipeline’s construction.
“ 'Greenpeace says they did this in solidarity with the indigenous tribe and that it was indigenous-led, but the tribe there is the Standing Rock Sioux. Greenpeace didn’t do anything with the Standing Rock Sioux,” Cox said. “Instead, they paid indigenous professional protesters from California and from Canada and from other locations to come. They flew them there. They paid them. They gave them a stipend to organize and train and teach people how to cause more problems and create more delay for the pipeline.” . . .
World at War "On 6 May 1945, Major Kirke B. Lawton is granted special permission for a special ceremony: at Allied headquarters in Reims, the Wehrmacht signs the unconditional surrender on all fronts. The Second World War in EurOn 6 May 1945, Major Kirke B. Lawton is granted special permission for a special ceremony: at Allied headquarters in Reims, the Wehrmacht signs the unconditional surrender on all fronts. The Second World War in Europe ends two days later. In London, people are celebrating in the streets – just like in the Netherlands and Czechoslovakia. In Augsburg, a team of the “Special Film Project 186” films the defeated, among them Hitler’s second man, Hermann Göring. At the beginning of July, the American camera teams are also allowed to shoot in Berlin. They succeed in taking unique color pictures of the destroyed capital and its inhabitants. While George Stevens does not get permission to film the Potsdam Conference, Major Lawton is at least allowed to be present at the first meeting of the new US President Harry Truman with Kremlin ruler Josef Stalin.ope ends two days later. In London, people are celebrating in the streets – just like in the Netherlands and Czechoslovakia. In Augsburg, a team of the “Special Film Project 186” films the defeated, among them Hitler’s second man, Hermann Göring. At the beginning of July, the American camera teams are also allowed to shoot in Berlin. They succeed in taking unique color pictures of the destroyed capital and its inhabitants. While George Stevens does not get permission to film the Potsdam Conference, Major Lawton is at least allowed to be present at the first meeting of the new US President Harry Truman with Kremlin ruler Josef Stalin." 43 minutes
Node two has multiple maintenance work areas (MWAs) that act as “work benches” for astronauts.
2Crew quarters
The crew quarters are one of the only places in the ISS where an astronaut may have a little bit of personal space. They house sleeping bags, laptops, and personal items for each crew member.
3Racks
Research racks facilitate experiments in systematic combustion, fluid physics, materials, microgravity, observational Earth science, and biological and life sciences, among others.4U.S. Lab robotic workstation
The US lab robotic workstation is one of the workstations that can be used to control the Canadarm2. Also, since the ISS orbits the globe every 90 minutes, many of the work stations on the ISS also have a “world map” software that shows where the ISS is in relation to the earth.
5CEVIS
The Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation and Stabilization System (CEVIS) is primarily used for cardiovascular conditioning, and has foot straps for the astronaut to hold themselves in place.
6Eating
Food on the ISS consists of items that can provide necessary nutrition while also easily and safely stored. Items can include drink mixes, irradiated meat, granola bars, freeze dried foods, tortillas, and condiments.
7COLBERT
The Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (COLBERT) can provide 1 g-like forces on the lower body. Astronauts strap themselves in with bungee cords.
8Restroom & hygiene area
The restroom uses a suction system to pull waste and smells into a plastic bag and container. The air used for the suction is recycled through the ECLSS and reused in the station. “Showering” is accomplished with soap, water, and a towel to wipe down with. Other hygiene basics like brushing teeth are done here as well.
9ECLSS
The Environment Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) consists of hardware to control carbon dioxide, contaminants, oxygen generation, water, human waste, nitrogen storage, oxygen storage, temperature, and humidity. The hardware is distributed throughout the entire station.
10Cupola
The Cupola has 7 windows total and houses the largest window in space at 31 in (80 cm) across. It allows the crew to conduct experiments, observe the Earth, or assist in docking operations and spacewalks.
"Let’s hope this time will be different. Republicans and conservative voters cannot sit this one out. This election is not just about the Wisconsin Supreme Court. It’s about all of us."
Soros donated $1 million directly to Crawford’s campaign before the race received its current publicity.
"All eyes are on the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, where liberals currently hold a 4-3 majority. On Tuesday, voters will choose between a conservative judge, Brad Schimel, and a liberal judge, Susan Crawford, to fill a vacancy and possibly flip the court to conservative control.
"What difference does it make? A lot — and not just in Wisconsin.
"If liberalsretain control, it is likely that the court will unwind the public sector union reforms enacted when Scott Walker was governor, something high on labor unions’ wish list for the past decade. Issues such as abortion are also on the agenda.
"Voters gave Republicans an 18-15 majority in the Wisconsin Senate and a 54-45 majority in the Wisconsin Assembly. Yet a liberal Supreme Court bench would spell disaster for any Republican initiatives.
"This is a classic Soros tactic: to identify an election that few people are paying attention to but which embodies a weakness in society that can be exploited for other purposes.
"Remember Soros funded the election of soft-on-crime prosecutors around the country who’ve destroyed many large cities to advance the left-wing agenda. Soros even donated to a group backing New York City’s own Alvin Bragg, who did the left’s dirty work in prosecuting Trump." . . .
William A. Jacobson is a clinical professor of law at Cornell University and founder of the Equal Protection Project and CriticalRace.org, where Kemberlee Kaye is operations and editorial director.
“In many cases, programs funded by the Biden administration focused on DEI initiatives that are contrary to the values of millions of American taxpayers,” USDA added."
"U.S. taxpayers have shelled out tens of thousands of dollars in recent years to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for research on LGBT issues, the kind of funding now under scrutiny by the Trump administration.
"The research relies on conducting interviews – in one case for $373 per Zoom call – to explore a researcher's hypothesis of widespread discrimination.
"For instance, one taxpayer-funded research grant studied “queer farmers quality of life in Pennsylvania,” federal records show, one of several grants of its kind.
"The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Projects – a federally funded research arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture – paid $14,997 for the 2018 grant.
"While this grant is relatively small, there are others, and critics argue the spending is a distraction from helping farmers and lowering food prices, which soared during the Biden administration alongside this kind of research funding.
"The aforementioned 2018 queer farmers grant went to Pennsylvania State University for a project titled: “Sexuality and Sustainable Agriculture: Examining Queer Farmers' Quality of Life in Pennsylvania.”
"Thegrant proposalsays the topic is “woefully understudied.”
"“The deeply entrenched assumption of heteronormativity in farming has excluded queer farmers from full inclusion and benefits from agriculture, even within sustainable agriculture,” the grant’s proposal abstract said.
"The graduate student who assisted with the project, Michaela Hoffelmeyer, presented the findings to the Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting in Richmond, Virginia.
"Herresearchhighlighted some of the challenges faced by queer farmers, reporting that "findings suggest that transgender, non-binary, and women farmers faced additional hurdles" but create support networks to overcome those challenges.
"Hoffelmeyer has since gone on to join the faculty at the University of Wisconsin, where she has become a voice in the media and public policy on LGBT issues." . . .
"LEGOLAND, CA — Representatives from LEGO gathered at Legoland in San Diego to unveil a new series of building sets called ‘California Home' that requires kids to fill out building permits and wait two years before starting construction.
" 'We are thrilled to announce the new ‘California Home' edition of our popular Lego building sets," Lego representative Nancy Snyder said while speaking to a group of Legoland attendees. "Kids will love applying for permits, getting denied, waiting two years, doing environmental studies, and then hoping their approved permits don't need any amending before then can get to work on construction of the sets!"
"The new boxes will contain all the necessary paperwork to begin filing permits for building construction, as well as a chuckling government employee who will laugh at the children's misfortune.
"If kids start building their sets before the permits are approved, representatives from the California government will come to their houses, confiscate their bricks, and throw the kids in jail," Snyder said. "We can't wait to see how much fun families have with this process!"
"At publishing time, Lego announced it would also be releasing a new "California Homeless Encampment" series where builders can construct tent cities and open-air drug markets out of bricks."
The American Spectator "Nobody voted for judicial supremacy, and it certainly wasn’t the Founding Fathers’ intent."
"But the coming showdown could easily have been averted two weeks ago, and Roberts and Barrett blew it. This is all Roberts’s fault. And he has absolutely no room to lecture anyone else about judicial impeachments."
"Several days back, when one of the near-countless cases of judicial overreach in which partisan Democrat operatives in black robes issued absurd orders delaying presidential orders involving immigration issues or spending reforms or other changes well within the sole purview of the executive branch made its way to the Supreme Court for review, this column discussed a piece by the Federalist’s John Daniel Davidson that shredded the Supreme Court’s Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett for siding with the Democrats.
"After noting that for procedural reasons the specific case in question would likely still come out all right, I joined Davidson’s rejection of Roberts and Barrett. From that entry…
Still, this was a missed opportunity, and Davidson isn’t wrong in his fury over it. The correct ruling would have been a sharp rebuke of the district court on jurisdictional grounds and an unmistakable signal that these restraining orders are all null and void, and it’s time for the courts to stop granting them. It was an act of cowardice and dereliction by the constitutional court not to provide a clear statement of constitutional law when given an opportunity.
Do better, dammit.
"Well, that was almost two weeks ago, and things have only gotten worse. The number of absurdly partisan judicial orders purporting to thwart the Trump administration’s executive actions — whether deporting illegal aliens, scrubbing the federal budget, laying off superfluous or unproductive federal employees, or other items that involve things purely within the purview of Article II powers under the Constitution — has only grown.
"We’ve had a federal judge order President Trump to rehire 30,000 federal employees he laid off. We’ve had more than one order him to spend money which violated an executive order he’d given.
"And over the weekend, one of the silliest and most corrupt judges in America, James Boasberg of the federal district court in Washington, D.C., actually ordered the Trump administration to turn planes around that were in the process of deporting Tren de Aragua gang members to a prison in El Salvador." . . .
"I’ve recognized manipulation in the past, and I see it now on the Supreme Court" . . ."And then there was my perplexity in 2005 when I found myself wondering why G.W. Bush had appointed Roberts, the “new guy,” directly into being Chief Justice of our Supreme Court rather than elevating a more experienced judge to that position. At the time, he seemed like a lightweight compared to Scalia, Thomas, and Alito. I thought he should be learning from them rather than being the chief.
"Now, we are facing the reality of that appointment, and I find myself wondering even more why we cannot fix the broken Supreme Court. We have a Chief Justice who belongs to the same secretive “club” as patently evil Judge Boasberg, chief judge of the DC district court. We have a supposedly “conservative” justice under whose robes, reliably, the dregs of our leftist society can sweep their evil manipulation of government. I now better understand how he could say that those questioning the 2020 election had no “standing.' ”. . .
An eye for an eye, an order for order . . ."Another way to respond to these lawless activist judges is simply to ignore their decisions. Issue blunt and stinging rebukes to their overreach, and carry on with Executive Branch activities as if they had never been involved. This will cause the Democrat party’s mainstream media outlets to scream that there is a “constitutional crisis,” but again, I think there is sufficient new media firepower to override that dead horse with the response that whatever “crisis” exists is solely due to the Judicial Branch’s inability to stay in its own constitutional lane." . . .
Jonathan Turley"I havepreviously writtenagainst calls to impeach federal judges who have ruled against the Trump Administration in the issuing of temporary restraining orders (TROs) and preliminary injunctions. The latest target of such calls in the House is District Court Judge James Boasberg, who issueda temporary restraining orderagainst Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act. GOP members are making a mistake in engaging in the same impeachment craze that took hold of the Democratic members in prior years (andcontinues this year). The way to respond to such rulings is to appeal them, not to try to remove judges (which is neither warranted nor likely).
"One of the greatest abuses of the Democratic party in the past eight years has been their use of impeachment investigations and charges against their political opponents. From President Donald Trump to conservative justices, liberal members have demanded impeachments over everything from opposing the NFL kneelers to hanging revolutionary-era flags.
"The Trump Administration was fully aware that the executive proclamationinvoking the use of the Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport members of Tren de Aragua would be controversial. While the Administration believes that it can establish the legal basis for such use of the largely dormant law, the issuing of a temporary restraining orderwithin hours of the EO was not unexpected. We expect an expedited and intense appeal process to now unfold.
"The Alien Enemies Act is best known as one of the notorious Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 used by the Adams Administration. I discuss the abuse of those acts in my book,The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage.”
"The case presents a number of novel issues. First, as a threshold matter, is whether a presidential determination of the underlying criteria is even reviewable by the federal courts. Some argue, and the Trump Administration is likely to assert, that this is a political question that is heavily laden with international and national security determinations.
"Second, assuming that it is reviewable, the Act was designed for deportations in wartime or in cases of “invasion.” We havepreviously discussedhow states sought to broaden the definition of “invasion” under Article IV, Section 4, the so-called Guarantee Clause. The Trump Administration is arguing that Tren de Aragua is different because it is being used or directed by the Venezuelan government. Trump has previously alleged that the radical regime is emptying its prisons to undermine the United States. Under this argument, the gang is being used by a “foreign nation or government.”
"The treatment of this as an invasion could also trigger other powers from states closing the borders unilaterally to even a move to suspend habeas corpus.
"The point is only that there are good faith arguments on both sides to be made in the courts. That is why we have independent courts and the finest judicial system in the world.
"I have criticized Judge Boasberg, who was involved in the controversial FISA surveillance during the first Trump term and made a poor choice of the attorneytasked with investigating that matter. I alsocriticizedhim in prior treatment of pro-life litigants in a case reversed by the D.C. Circuit. However, he has alsoruled against Trump critics).
"The response for the Administration should be to seek an expedited appeal. The district court cannot drag out a TRO very long before issuing an order that can be appealed.
"This country is facing novel issues and the Administration is not surprisingly trying to use novel means to address them. I expect that it will prevail in many of these initial fights while losing others. That is part of the process in a nation committed to the rule of law.
"The Trump Administration can appeal and leave impeachment out of it."
Newsmax"On "Saturday Report," former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani said the people behind the Tesla attacks are the same group that funded the 2020 protests and anti-Israel demonstrations."
"Given all of that, I’m having a hard time getting worked up about President Trump refusing to flood the country with violent terrorists. We certainly have a growing constitutional crisis, but it’s not from a President disobeying an illegal order."
"Is President Trump creating a constitutional crisis? The Trump administration has deported 238 illegal aliens, who were members of the terrorist gang Tren de Aragua. District Judge James Boasberg has ordered the President to return them to the United States. The Dems are insisting that it will be a constitutional crisis if the President refuses to comply with the judge’s order. What complete hogwash. Their reasoning is completely backward.
"Our system of governance has 3 coequal branches of government to provide accountability as a check against government malfeasance. Were the President to comply with an illegal judicial order, it would undermine or system of checks and balances, creating an actual constitutional crisis. When a rogue judge issues an illegal order, our President’s duty is to disobey the judge.
"Members of our military are honor bound to obey orders from their leadership, but only when those orders are legal. Each soldier swears and oath to defend the Constitution – our pact of self-governance – which places them in service to the people. Hence, each soldier’s first duty is to the law as constitutionally enacted by the citizenry.
"Therefore, a soldier’s obedience is conditional. Orders must comply with the will of the people, as codified in the Constitution and duly enacted laws, to be considered valid orders.
"If ordered to violate a law or a Constitutional principle, soldiers don’t have a right to disobey. They have a duty to disobey. That’s a fine but important distinction.
"The same duty applies to all sworn federal officials:
Representatives,
Senators,
Judges,
Federal attorneys,
Law enforcement agents, and even
Presidents.
"We often think of the President as the supreme authority in America – not subservient, nor receiving orders from anyone else. But, that is simply not true in our system. Presidents receive orders all the time from the other branches of government. Congress passes laws, which the President is ordered to enforce. Courts issue decisions and injunctions, which the President is ordered to comply with." . . . Here Comes The Judge | Sammy Davis Jr |
"The Democrats said that President Biden did not have the power—or the money—to stop the flow of illegal aliens at the southwest border. Turns out, the only thing President Biden did not have was the will power."
WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered opening remarks at “A Hearing with Sanctuary City Mayors.” In his opening statement, Chairman Comer highlighted how the Biden Administration’s open border agenda created the worst border crisis in American history and President Donald Trump’s Administration has worked swiftly to secure the border and enforce the immigration laws of the United States. While President Trump continues to deliver on his promises, Chairman Comer emphasized that Democrat mayors across the country continue to obstruct federal immigration enforcement and shield dangerous criminal aliens, which jeopardizes the safety of all Americans. He stressed that the mayors of Chicago, Denver, New York City, and Boston are publicly testifying before the House Oversight Committee today because their cities’ reckless sanctuary policies have created a public safety nightmare. He concluded that Congress must take action and not allow a single penny of taxpayer funds to go to cities and states that prioritize criminal aliens over the American people." . . .
. . . Sanctuary cities make us all less safe and are a public safety nightmare.
That is why I launched an investigation into sanctuary cities, and why these mayors are here today.
We cannot let pro-criminal alien policies and obstructionist sanctuary cities continue to endanger American communities and the safety of federal immigration enforcement officers.
Today, Mayors Wu, Johnson, Johnston, and Adams will be held publicly accountable for their failure to follow the law and protect the American people.
President Trump and his administration are taking action against sanctuary cities. And Congress must follow by not allowing a single penny of federal funding to go to cities and states that prioritize criminal aliens over the American people. I now yield to Ranking Member Connolly for his opening statement
