It rained today. Not a lot, not for long, but better than nothing.
The administration of 47 continues to violate the constitution. He froze funds already allocated. Congress controls the budget. How it affects Arizona is not too much different than any other state. Article here. The worst is that all of the Medicaid portals are down. Doctors use the portals to bill Medicaid. Several clinics are now concerned about making payroll. This just sucks. It's always the poor people that suffer the most. Another article here. This is a good article, it talks about the multiple impacts.
He fired Jennifer Abruzzo, general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board. This he is allowed to do. He also fired Gwynne Wilcox of the NLRB. This, he is not allowed to do. A 1935 Supreme Court case known as Humphrey's Executor
established limits on the president's power to remove officials who
perform quasi-legislative or quasi-judicial functions, as NLRB board
members do. Ms Wilcox plans to take this to court. Until this is resolved, NLRB does not have a quorum and can do nothing about union busting activities performed by the billionaires. Article is here.
Is it just me, or are the Democrats being particularly spineless? They seem to think cooperation and bipartisanship and all of that other happy crap will accomplish something to moderate 47's dictatorial urges. Several Democrats voted for puppy killer Kristi Noem. Why? She would have gotten the nomination anyway, but what ever happened to being an opposition party?
This is an interesting piece about how the election was actually stolen. Voter suppression works. It was done with voter roll purges, ballots being invalidated, all of that old fashioned Jim Crow stuff. Article is here. It's a long read, and it will make you angry.
We are still in wait state on the irrigation system. The guy has not called us back.
Words fail me!
ReplyDeleteI just find I am overwhelmed right now...and to be honest, I think that is the point of all of this. He and his band of predators want chaos. The end goal is total control. So many people said that Project 2025 was nothing more than democratic hysteria, yet here we are. The whole reason this is happening so quickly is because it was planned well in advance.
ReplyDeleteBut the thing that I know is that children are going to suffer. I can only do the best that I can for them, and prepare myself for what is coming. We all see it.
Much of what he is doing is already being challenged in courts. And yeah, the silence from Democrats, with the exception of our few strong women, is deafening. I just read Schumer the riot act on their silence.
ReplyDeleteI wrote a very angry post and then deleted it when I realized I was spewing hatred as well. That's how it works, divide and conquer.
ReplyDeleteAnd they call themselves Christian...
ReplyDeleteI mourn the days I could take my anger to the streets. But on reconsideration, it took us years of blood, sweat and tears to accomplish anything. On the other hand, where the hell is today's youth? Does revoking the passports of anyone who protested the Lebanon outrages last year scare protestors this year? Is this that much worse than Vietnam that outrage no longer matters?
ReplyDeleteLiving in the Bible belt has made me realize just how gullible these "Christians" are. As long as the pastor, or the elders say Trump is great, they blindly follow along. They question nothing, just take the word of so and so as it were gospel. If someone asks what in particular made them choose to vote for him, they cannot answer. They have no idea what this man stands for. I read today that one of his flunkies has already proposed a bill that would allow him to serve a third term. It is scary!
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