The justices said in an unsigned order that Hampton Dellinger, head of the Office of Special Counsel, could remain in his job at least until Wednesday. That’s when a lower-court order temporarily protecting him expires.
With a bare majority of five justices, the high court neither granted nor rejected the administration’s plea to immediately remove him. Instead, the court held the request in abeyance, noting that the order expires in just a few days.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson has scheduled a Wednesday hearing over whether to extend her order keeping Dellinger in his post. The justices could return to the case depending on what she decides.[continues]
The Supreme Court, in its first decision on President Trump’s use of executive power in his second term, ruled on Friday that he cannot, for now, remove a government lawyer who leads the watchdog agency that protects whistle-blowers.
But the court’s brief, unsigned order indicated that it may soon return to the issue, noting that a trial judge’s temporary restraining order shielding the lawyer, Hampton Dellinger, is set to expire next week.
Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson said that they would have rejected the Trump administration’s request for Supreme Court intervention outright. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, joined by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., filed a dissent.
The majority, Justice Gorsuch wrote, presumably acted as it did because temporary restraining orders like the one in place in the case generally cannot be appealed — that is, he said, it “may not yet have ripened into an appealable order.”
[…]
Mr. Matz acknowledged that the court had allowed for such firings in the past, at least where the agencies in question had broad authority.
But he said the Office of Special Counsel has far more limited responsibilities. Indeed, he wrote, the Supreme Court distinguished it from the C.F.P.B. in the decision allowing the removal of its leader.
Presidents of both parties have expressed reservations about whether Congress is entitled to place limits on the president’s power to remove the head of the Office of Special Counsel. But the Supreme Court has suggested that the agency may have distinctive features that justify differing treatment.
Bob Rivers crafted this “King Trump” parody in 2016—and apparently, he nailed it! What was satire back then, feels like prophecy today. Steve Martin’s classic gets a modern re-twist in this funny (and eerily accurate) parody.
Just 48 hours after declaring himself “king,” President Donald Trump, in a highly public display, launched a verbal attack on Maine Democratic Governor Janet Mills over his stance on transgender girls in sports. He threatened to cut all federal funding — literally defund the entire state — and vowed to end her political career, in what is being called a “terse” exchange.
“The president directly threatened Mills over the state’s refusal to comply with a recent executive order that would bar transgender athletes from competing on women’s sports teams,” NBC affiliate NewsCenter Maine reports.
Speaking to a bipartisan group of governors at the White House, Trump asked Governor Mills (video below) if her state would not “comply” with his executive order.
“Is Maine here? Is the governor of Maine here? Are you not going to comply with it?”
“I’m complying with state and federal laws,” Mills replied.
“Well, I’m — we are the federal law,” Trump angrily shot back. “Well you’d better do it. You better do it, because you’re not going to get any federal funding at all if you don’t. And by the way, your population, even though it’s somewhat liberal, although I did very well there, your population doesn’t want men playing in women’s sports. So you’d better comply, because otherwise you’re not getting any — any — federal funding.”
“See you in court,” Mills responded.
“Good, I’ll see you in court. I look forward to that,” Trump said. “That should be a real easy one. And enjoy your life after governor, ’cause I don’t think you’ll be in elected politics.”
“If the President attempts to unilaterally deprive Maine school children of the benefit of Federal funding, my Administration and the Attorney General will take all appropriate and necessary legal action to restore that funding and the academic opportunity it provides. The State of Maine will not be intimidated by the President’s threats.”
Critics are slamming the president.
“An incredibly revealing exchange, but especially a window into Trump’s view when he says ‘We are the federal law.’ As opposed to, you know, actual laws (& constitutional provisions) that authorize and limit what he can do,” noted CNN senior political analyst Ronald Brownstein.
“L’etat c’est moi as Louis XIV might (or not) have said,” Brownstein added, which loosely translates into “I am the state,” or, “I myself am the nation.”
“Not so easy to cosplay as a king when you aren’t hiding behind a phone screen,” Human Rights Campaign national press secretary Brandon Wolf commented.
“The distance between the most benign possible interpretation of Trump’s public statements and clear autocracy has narrowed to the width of a hairline fracture. Yet Republicans continue to insist that what he ACTUALLY meant was something totally cool and not autocratic,” observed veteran Democratic political strategist Tom Bonier. [continues]
Trump has fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Charles Q. Brown Jr. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth just fired Lisa Franchetti, the Chief of Naval Operations.
These top-level Pentagon firings are all about installing puppets who swear loyalty to Trump over the Constitution.
I have been wondering if krasnov still has his private security inside the Secret Service protection. He did it before. I know he is too stupid to think things through, and apparently, reading the always reliable intertubes, his paranoia about germs and assassination is increasing. If he had been told the story of Caesar and the Ides of March we could be seeing the super duper double secret hidey place back in use.
Seems the article about krasnov being a russian agent are disappearing off the interweb, so for posterity I will leave a copy here:
Former Intelligence Officer Claims KGB Recruited Trump
Isabel Van Brugen – The Daily Beast – 21 February 2025
A former Soviet intelligence officer has alleged that Donald Trump was recruited by the KGB in 1987 and given the codename “Krasnov.”
Alnur Mussayev, 71, a former Kazakh intelligence chief, made the explosive claim in a Facebook post on Thursday. He claimed that he served in the 6th Directorate of the KGB in Moscow, which was responsible for counter-intelligence support within the economy. One of its key objectives, he claimed, was “recruiting businessmen from capitalist countries.”
Mussayev wrote that in 1987 “our directorate recruited Donald Trump, a 40-year-old American businessman, under the pseudonym Krasnov.”
He reiterated that the department specialized in recruiting spies and intelligence sources from the West, asserting once again that Trump had been brought into the fold.
“I hope I’ll survive a third assassination attempt,” he said in a comment below his post.
He made another shocking allegation in another comment, saying: “Today, the personal file of resident ‘Krasnov’ has been removed from the FSB. It is being privately managed by one of Putin’s close associates.”
Mussayev’s allegations, while unfounded, add to ongoing speculation about Trump’s connections to Russia. Trump’s first visit to Moscow as a real estate developer in 1987 drew intense scrutiny and speculation that the trip was arranged by the KGB for dubious reasons.
According to Politico, in 1985, the KGB updated a secret personality questionnaire distributed among the agency, advising case officers what to look for in a successful recruitment operation.
The document instructed agents to target “prominent figures in the West” with the goal of drawing them “into some form of collaboration with us… as an agent, or confidential or special or unofficial contact.”
Trump has denied any improper ties to Moscow or collusion with President Vladimir Putin.
The Daily Beast has reached out to the White House and Russia’s Foreign Ministry for comment.
Anthony Scaramucci who briefly served as Trump’s White House communications director in 2017, said during an episode of “The Rest Is Politics: US” podcast with co-host Katty Kay on Friday that he thinks there is a mysterious “hold” on the president.
Scaramucci did not elaborate on what he believes that “hold” might be, adding only: “I don’t know why it’s like this. [H.R.] McMaster couldn’t figure it out, [James] Mattis couldn’t figure it out, [John] Kelly couldn’t figure it out.”
Well, Caine certainly fits the profile for a MAGA
POS, but did he use the word “for” in the sentence?
All of those poor, white MAGAts should ask themselves, how are the armed forces going to fill spots if they only take white, straight males for “warfighting.” I smell a draft.
I also smell defeat for us because Cadet Bone Spurs touched the armed forces by installing an abusive, talk show guy (who can quit drinking any time he wants). I can also smell easier times for Putin as he moves into Europe, because we are without experienced, top military brass.
Headline from July: “JD Vance joked that Britain is now a nuclear-armed Islamist state because of its left-wing leaders”
Noticed how it’s morphed from a joke to a warning. Putin’s puppets are trying to foment hate and division in the UK. Vlad is injecting his desire into things, just like he did with BREXIT. People need to follow crumbs like JD Vance right back to the Kremlin.
ps -Is the term “warfighting” from the actual military, or is that something yt supremacist incels use when they are communicating on their gaming devices?
The economic talking heads are not talking about the boycotts (ongoing & upcoming), and the layoffs if federal employees whose livelihoods have been cut off and will be spending only on absolute necessities, and who may need to rely on good banks or state, utility assistance programs.
Elon said they were going to crash the economy, and that’s what they’re doing. It’s all going to go poof, and younger folks will never get to build back retirement money lost. Rich investors will snap up stuff for a song when/if things stabilize.
I just wouldn’t bet on anything right now. ps – Last summer, a TikTok astrologer predicted a wider, world war in April, 2026.
“In his annual letter to shareholders Saturday, Warren Buffett celebrated the successes of Berkshire Hathaway’s companies last year and in the 60 years since he took over a struggling New England textile company and began converting it into a massive conglomerate.”
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“Berkshire’s cash pile stood at more than $300 billion, a record, as of the end of its third quarter. Cathy Seifert, an analyst at CFRA, expects Saturday’s annual report to show it at around $320 billion.”
“This may sound familiar. After all, investors a year ago were similarly focused on a Berkshire cash hoard that has only continued to grow. Investors have grown only more nervous, wondering if the pile of cash reflects a tacit fear of a market fall.”
THOM TILLIS: Reacting to Trump, Putin is the ‘cancer’ and ‘threat to democracy’
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the transcript of an address Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., delivered Thursday, Feb. 20, in the U.S. Senate. Watch and hear Tillis’ speech here”
*It’s been almost 3 years since RUSSIA INVADED Ukraine.
“The billionaire said he planned to “fix” the social network’s system of community notes, which allows users to label fake news and add fact-checks or further context. Mr Musk claimed the system was being “increasingly gamed by governments [and] legacy media” and said he was “working to fix this”.
(F)Elon is also threatening to cut off Ukraine’s use of Starlink if they don’t sign that dirty, mineral rights deal I posted about.
ps – I’d still like to hear from the lawyers here as to how private attorneys can write up a contract with Ukraine that will be “governed by New York law,” for 50% of mineral rights, port access, etc., in perpetuity…and the Commerce Department or State Department is out of it, and where does that 50% of everything go? To tRUMPsky and his spawn.. maybe to pay off his Russian bank loans?
Stur-Joe-Neigh
13 hours ago
My reply:
Painting by my long-dead old friend D. C. Stanley, of Rapid City, SD
Space industry in Huntsville taking a DOGE-hit. Elon’s had personal grudge against our astronauts since he was the snotty-nosed kid. But of course it’s Alabama, so they’re rationalizing it.
The defense industry and a diverse economy will help offset the loss of federal jobs in Huntsville, U.S. Rep. Dale Strong said Thursday.
Strong, a Republican who represents north Alabama’s 5th Congressional District, said the area has experienced federal job losses before.
The federal job cuts are part of an effort by the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, which is advising the Trump Administration on reducing federal spending. Strong voiced support for DOGE’s work.
“The big thing we’re trying to do is reduce the national debt,” Strong said.
“Some of it will be positive. Some of it might not be positive. But I believe they campaigned on this. They said you’ve got to reduce the debt. You look at the money that’s going to these foreign countries that hate America. We’ve got to reel that money back in.”
Hope y’all are calling your Senators & Rep every day. I never give them a break. If the office is closed, I leave a voicemail, and if the mailbox is full, I send a email. Nobody’s going to do a town hall out in the sticks, and I’m not getting in a plane for at least 4 years because it no longer feels safe, so no big protests for me…although I’d love to sit myself down in a couple of offices and spout off.
anonstuff
13 hours ago
mine’s a regime stooge
i’d call and be like “hey your boy is destroying the country” and he’d be like “yeah, i’m helping, thanks for your call”
“The CEO of Tesla stated that he was never in the army and that he left the country at the age of 17.
Musk noted that in part, his reasoning for leaving SA was to ‘avoid conscription into the army’.”
“A viral meme in the mid-2010s claimed that South African-born Elon Musk — one of the most influential tech entrepreneurs of our time as the founder of SpaceX and CEO of Tesla — was once, in his brother’s words, an “illegal immigrant” in the United States.”
“Derek Proudian, a board member for the Musks’ former internet startup Zip2, which they founded in late 1995, told the Post, “Their immigration status was not what it should be for them to be legally employed running a company in the U.S.,” adding, “We don’t want our founder being deported.”
“It’s also worth noting that under the Privacy Act of 1974, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services does not share or discuss personal immigration information about U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents due to privacy considerations.”
Hmmm, the very same Act that Elon & the incels began violating weeks ago.
Stur-Joe-Neigh
13 hours ago
Don Stanley remains largely anonymous. He got run over by a truck when he was a kid and spent a year in a Shriner hospital where he amused himself drawing cartoons like that hot rod with the very tall floor shift and the long arm reaching up to grab the knob. Later in life he attended some painting classes up in Winston-Salem.
“Steve Bannon calls Elon Musk a ‘parasitic illegal immigrant’, escalates criticism and questions his influence in the US Government” “During a recent interview, Bannon suggested that Musk may have outstayed his visa while establishing his businesses in the United States, hinting at possible legal irregularities in his residency status. While Musk has repeatedly denied such claims, Bannon insisted that Musk should “go back to South Africa,” questioning why White South Africans should have any role in U.S. affairs.”
Even a clock is right twice a day. A diseased, unwashed, fascist clock, but still…
Self portrait with red nose and halo as he was approaching death
anonstuff
12 hours ago
Medusa is cool
anonstuff
12 hours ago
oh i wouldn’t mind a king log repost if you have it handy, seems as relevant as ever
Slava Ukraine
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Stur-Joe-Neigh
12 hours ago
Aesop
The Frogs were tired of governing themselves. They had so much freedom that it had spoiled them, and they did nothing but sit around croaking in a bored manner and wishing for a government that could entertain them with the pomp and display of royalty, and rule them in a way to make them know they were being ruled. No milk and water government for them, they declared. So they sent a petition to Jupiter asking for a king.
Jupiter saw what simple and foolish creatures they were, but to keep them quiet and make them think they had a king he threw down a huge log, which fell into the water with a great splash. The Frogs hid themselves among the reeds and grasses, thinking the new king to be some fearful giant. But they soon discovered how tame and peaceable King Log was. In a short time the younger Frogs were using him for a diving platform, while the older Frogs made him a meeting place, where they complained loudly to Jupiter about the government.
To teach the Frogs a lesson the ruler of the gods now sent a Crane to be king of Frogland. The Crane proved to be a very different sort of king from old King Log. He gobbled up the poor Frogs right and left and they soon saw what fools they had been. In mournful croaks they begged Jupiter to take away the cruel tyrant before they should all be destroyed.
“How now!” cried Jupiter “Are you not yet content? You have what you asked for and so you have only yourselves to blame for your misfortunes.”
“So earlier today, the Daily Beast’s Isabel van Brugen published a bombshell story about allegations by Kazakh Spy Chief Alnur Mussayev that the KGB had recruited Donald Trump as a Soviet Asset way back in 1987 under the code name “Krasnov.”
“I expected to see this story covered heavily here, but nary a peep, and within hours, it was scrubbed from both the Daily Beast’s site, as well as various other outlets on the internet. There is no retraction on the Daily Beast site, or even any acknowledgment that the story existed, and several republishers have pulled the story as well.”
“If you go to Google news and search “Trump Krasnov,” you may still find a couple of sites where the story, either in the van Brugen version, or under other bylines, is still up, but they are dropping like flies.”
Craig – if the reports are correct (no guarantee any more) the majority of the outbreak is an area where immigrants to the U.S. live. I think they are U.S. citizens, just having a pigment issue.
a reporter is supposed to be there, (CRS today) but I do not remember the name.
A decision by Donald Trump to fire everyone and wrest control of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on the banks of the Potomac has led to an alarming downward spiral in ticket sales and artists canceling performances in protest.
I can’t think of anyone, other than krasnov cult, who thought sfb “leading” the Kennedy Center would increase ticket sales. Canceling any event that might be enjoyable does not help. Good to see the constant stream of performers canceling.too.
Craig – If it were any other “senior citizen” I would have had thoughts of ‘that is too bad, I am glad I am not like that’. But, we know he has always been a fascist and a real bad person. With dementia and other mental problems, we know a demented senile low intelligence fool is now spewing all the inner hate he has built up since birth.
His mush brain blends things around to fit his hate. It is not false in his mind, he lives in an alternate universe. Brindle brown is his sky.
I keep wondering who will be triggered by his hate. Someone who no longer cares about their life or future. Any other person they would be sitting in an institution.
The full replay of his idiocy at cpac will be sad to watch. He still has the ability to kill millions of people.
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(📢) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: The Daily Beast publishes a sourced allegation that Trump has been a Russian spy since 1987 and then—possibly under some form of threat—deletes it. But in an act of unusual heroism, it left it up long enough for Wayback Machine to capture it
Stur-Joe-Neigh
5 hours ago
Well I’ll be durned
Stur-Joe-Neigh
5 hours ago
i reckon Jimmy hopped a fence or two in his day.
Jimmy at LsGuardia, 1976
“…federal workforce, employees began receiving emails Saturday asking them to explain what work they did last week, as Muskannounced that “failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.”
“The email blast came on the heels of a social media post by Musk threatening the jobs of workers who do not comply.”
“Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week,” Musk posted Saturday on X, hours after Trump suggested he be more “aggressive.”
“However, the email itself does not state that failure to answer will be taken as resignation. It says the deadline for submission is Monday at 11:59 p.m. ET.”
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision to fire the top lawyers for the Army, Navy and Air Force represents an opening salvo in his push to remake the military into a force that is more aggressive on the battlefield and potentially less hindered by the laws of armed conflict.”
Hello, war crimes…including attacking citizens of your own country, which is what I meant by the previous post.
Guess what’ll happen when the gun nuts decide to fight the government. Yep, it’ll be the end of the Second Amendment.
“JD Vance Funded AcreTrader. Here’s Why That Matters”
“Vance invested up to $65,000 in private investments in AcreTrader during his stint as a venture capitalist, according to his 2022financial disclosure to the Senate ethics committee. The investment firm Narya Capital—which Vance launched in 2020 with backing from PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel—was a vehicle for these investments, and a key backer in early funding rounds of the farmland startup.”
Hmmm, farmers are going to their farms because of contracts for improvements the government has reneged on, and cuts to farm subsidies, which is where companies like ACRETRADER come in.
anonstuff
1 hour ago
chillpop
anonstuff
1 hour ago
while liberals try to promote disorganized protests and boycotts, conservatives are STILL hosting leadership conferences and rallies
Dems need a vision, a leader, and a program FAST
Stur-Joe-Neigh
1 hour ago
Current messaging inadequate
Stur-Joe-Neigh
55 minutes ago
Song from the movie “War of the Gargantuas”
anonstuff
33 minutes ago
Hollywood has rebooted the old Kaiju genre: “Kong: Skull Island” and “Kong Vs. Godzilla” are the best of the new crop
The Supreme Court won’t allow Trump to immediately fire head of whistleblower office | AP News
Supreme Court Rejects, for Now, Trump’s Bid to Fire Government Watchdog – The New York Times
in the beginning… it was foretold
Bob Rivers crafted this “King Trump” parody in 2016—and apparently, he nailed it! What was satire back then, feels like prophecy today.
Steve Martin’s classic gets a modern re-twist in this funny (and eerily accurate) parody.
Donald Trump Says, ‘We Are the Federal Law’ – The Atlantic
‘I’m — we are the federal law’: Trump blasted for attack on Dem governor
Trump has fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Charles Q. Brown Jr. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth just fired Lisa Franchetti, the Chief of Naval Operations.
These top-level Pentagon firings are all about installing puppets who swear loyalty to Trump over the Constitution.
craig, not a coincidence either that the “firings are all about installing puppets who” are also lily-white males.
Right out of the autocrat handbook — destroy Democracy by claiming to protect it.
“Trump was cultivated as a Russian asset over 40 years and proved so willing to parrot anti-western propaganda that there were celebrations in Moscow”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/29/trump-russia-asset-claims-former-kgb-spy-new-book
When a MAGAt dies does he get 76 virgins in heaven?
2,600 in Omaha for Bernie (plus another 800 overflow) in one of the most vulnerable Republican districts in the country.
https://x.com/jeremyslevin/status/1893122398427189609
Trump once boasted new Joint Chiefs chair told him ‘I’ll kill for you, sir’ https://www.rawstory.com/joint-chiefs-of-staff/
I have been wondering if krasnov still has his private security inside the Secret Service protection. He did it before. I know he is too stupid to think things through, and apparently, reading the always reliable intertubes, his paranoia about germs and assassination is increasing. If he had been told the story of Caesar and the Ides of March we could be seeing the super duper double secret hidey place back in use.
Seems the article about krasnov being a russian agent are disappearing off the interweb, so for posterity I will leave a copy here:
“the super duper double secret hidey place”
BB, he’s too fat to fit in that hidey hole under the desk
https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.H48BUFbUmxbnpEKO3pCNUgAAAA?w=149&h=194&c=7&r=0&o=5&pid=1.7
speaking of the desk
Trump swaps out Resolute Desk in the Oval Office days after Elon Musk’s son X appeared to wipe booger on it
Well, Caine certainly fits the profile for a MAGA
POS, but did he use the word “for” in the sentence?
All of those poor, white MAGAts should ask themselves, how are the armed forces going to fill spots if they only take white, straight males for “warfighting.” I smell a draft.
I also smell defeat for us because Cadet Bone Spurs touched the armed forces by installing an abusive, talk show guy (who can quit drinking any time he wants). I can also smell easier times for Putin as he moves into Europe, because we are without experienced, top military brass.
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https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/us-vice-president-jd-vance-warns-uk-could-become-first-islamist-country-with-nuclear-weapons
Headline from this week: US Vice President JD Vance Warns UK Could Become ‘First Islamist Country With Nuclear Weapons’
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https://www.businessinsider.com/jd-vance-joked-britain-uk-nuclear-armed-islamist-state-trump-2024-7
Headline from July: “JD Vance joked that Britain is now a nuclear-armed Islamist state because of its left-wing leaders”
Noticed how it’s morphed from a joke to a warning. Putin’s puppets are trying to foment hate and division in the UK. Vlad is injecting his desire into things, just like he did with BREXIT. People need to follow crumbs like JD Vance right back to the Kremlin.
ps -Is the term “warfighting” from the actual military, or is that something yt supremacist incels use when they are communicating on their gaming devices?
Send in the kid with the boogers.
The economic talking heads are not talking about the boycotts (ongoing & upcoming), and the layoffs if federal employees whose livelihoods have been cut off and will be spending only on absolute necessities, and who may need to rely on good banks or state, utility assistance programs.
Elon said they were going to crash the economy, and that’s what they’re doing. It’s all going to go poof, and younger folks will never get to build back retirement money lost. Rich investors will snap up stuff for a song when/if things stabilize.
I just wouldn’t bet on anything right now. ps – Last summer, a TikTok astrologer predicted a wider, world war in April, 2026.
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https://wnyt.com/us-news/warren-buffett-celebrates-berkshire-hathaways-success-over-60-years-as-ceo-while-admitting-mistakes/
“In his annual letter to shareholders Saturday, Warren Buffett celebrated the successes of Berkshire Hathaway’s companies last year and in the 60 years since he took over a struggling New England textile company and began converting it into a massive conglomerate.”
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https://www.marketwatch.com/story/warren-buffetts-growing-cash-pile-and-3-other-things-investors-want-to-hear-about-in-berkshires-investor-letter-b9b4690e
“Berkshire’s cash pile stood at more than $300 billion, a record, as of the end of its third quarter. Cathy Seifert, an analyst at CFRA, expects Saturday’s annual report to show it at around $320 billion.”
“This may sound familiar. After all, investors a year ago were similarly focused on a Berkshire cash hoard that has only continued to grow. Investors have grown only more nervous, wondering if the pile of cash reflects a tacit fear of a market fall.”
Republicans not welcome at their own town halls.. https://www.wpr.org/news/glenn-grothman-faces-hostile-crowd-at-oshkosh-town-hall
“Is the term “warfighting” from the actual military”
There’s a weird alt-right adjacent special-forces (+admirers and wanna-bes) veteran podcast universe that i think popularized it
the kind of vid the algorithm suggests IF you watch shit like Bannon
Crowds outside the courthouse chanting, “Luigi”.
It won’t take too long for the Kennedy Center to use up their supply of right wing “celebrities”. Then what?
https://www.wral.com/thom-tillis-reacting-to-trump-putin-is-the-cancer-and-threat-to-democracy/21873450/
THOM TILLIS: Reacting to Trump, Putin is the ‘cancer’ and ‘threat to democracy’
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the transcript of an address Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., delivered Thursday, Feb. 20, in the U.S. Senate. Watch and hear Tillis’ speech here”
*It’s been almost 3 years since RUSSIA INVADED Ukraine.
Picture I saw on Bluesky:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/02/21/elon-musk-fix-x-users-correct-trumps-ukraine-claims/
“Elon Musk has vowed to crack down on X users who have tried to correct false claims by Donald Trump that Volodymyr Zelensky’s approval ratings have collapsed.”
“The billionaire said he planned to “fix” the social network’s system of community notes, which allows users to label fake news and add fact-checks or further context. Mr Musk claimed the system was being “increasingly gamed by governments [and] legacy media” and said he was “working to fix this”.
(F)Elon is also threatening to cut off Ukraine’s use of Starlink if they don’t sign that dirty, mineral rights deal I posted about.
ps – I’d still like to hear from the lawyers here as to how private attorneys can write up a contract with Ukraine that will be “governed by New York law,” for 50% of mineral rights, port access, etc., in perpetuity…and the Commerce Department or State Department is out of it, and where does that 50% of everything go? To tRUMPsky and his spawn.. maybe to pay off his Russian bank loans?
My reply:
Painting by my long-dead old friend D. C. Stanley, of Rapid City, SD
Anonstuff – Thanks. It’s sounded odd, like something big brother, Chet, would’ve said in the movie “Weird Science.” Waaarfiiightrrzzzz!
Rapid City, by Kinky.
Space industry in Huntsville taking a DOGE-hit. Elon’s had personal grudge against our astronauts since he was the snotty-nosed kid. But of course it’s Alabama, so they’re rationalizing it.
https://www.al.com/politics/2025/02/huntsvilles-economy-can-withstand-doge-job-cuts-congressman-says-trump-campaigned-on-this.html?
is your friend Staley’s work known, mysterious fellow anonymous person? Quite a coincidence
Hope y’all are calling your Senators & Rep every day. I never give them a break. If the office is closed, I leave a voicemail, and if the mailbox is full, I send a email. Nobody’s going to do a town hall out in the sticks, and I’m not getting in a plane for at least 4 years because it no longer feels safe, so no big protests for me…although I’d love to sit myself down in a couple of offices and spout off.
mine’s a regime stooge
i’d call and be like “hey your boy is destroying the country” and he’d be like “yeah, i’m helping, thanks for your call”
https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/offbeat/how-elon-musk-narrowly-avoided-military-service-south-africa-2-november-2022/
“The CEO of Tesla stated that he was never in the army and that he left the country at the age of 17.
Musk noted that in part, his reasoning for leaving SA was to ‘avoid conscription into the army’.”
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/musk-undocumented-immigrant/
“A viral meme in the mid-2010s claimed that South African-born Elon Musk — one of the most influential tech entrepreneurs of our time as the founder of SpaceX and CEO of Tesla — was once, in his brother’s words, an “illegal immigrant” in the United States.”
“Derek Proudian, a board member for the Musks’ former internet startup Zip2, which they founded in late 1995, told the Post, “Their immigration status was not what it should be for them to be legally employed running a company in the U.S.,” adding, “We don’t want our founder being deported.”
“It’s also worth noting that under the Privacy Act of 1974, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services does not share or discuss personal immigration information about U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents due to privacy considerations.”
Hmmm, the very same Act that Elon & the incels began violating weeks ago.
Don Stanley remains largely anonymous. He got run over by a truck when he was a kid and spent a year in a Shriner hospital where he amused himself drawing cartoons like that hot rod with the very tall floor shift and the long arm reaching up to grab the knob. Later in life he attended some painting classes up in Winston-Salem.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/steve-bannon-calls-elon-musk-a-parasitic-illegal-immigrant-escalates-criticism-and-questions-his-influence-in-the-us-government/articleshow/118411667.cms
“Steve Bannon calls Elon Musk a ‘parasitic illegal immigrant’, escalates criticism and questions his influence in the US Government”
“During a recent interview, Bannon suggested that Musk may have outstayed his visa while establishing his businesses in the United States, hinting at possible legal irregularities in his residency status. While Musk has repeatedly denied such claims, Bannon insisted that Musk should “go back to South Africa,” questioning why White South Africans should have any role in U.S. affairs.”
Even a clock is right twice a day. A diseased, unwashed, fascist clock, but still…
FCC threats to follow
There’s a lot of dirt on Elon somewhere, maybe even as it pertains to the outcome of the election.
Happy Birthday, George W.
Some of his stuff.
Cold ride xxxxx
He liked clowns and whiskey.
And indigenous people
Self portrait with red nose and halo as he was approaching death
Medusa is cool
oh i wouldn’t mind a king log repost if you have it handy, seems as relevant as ever
Slava Ukraine
Aesop
The Frogs were tired of governing themselves. They had so much freedom that it had spoiled them, and they did nothing but sit around croaking in a bored manner and wishing for a government that could entertain them with the pomp and display of royalty, and rule them in a way to make them know they were being ruled. No milk and water government for them, they declared. So they sent a petition to Jupiter asking for a king.
Jupiter saw what simple and foolish creatures they were, but to keep them quiet and make them think they had a king he threw down a huge log, which fell into the water with a great splash. The Frogs hid themselves among the reeds and grasses, thinking the new king to be some fearful giant. But they soon discovered how tame and peaceable King Log was. In a short time the younger Frogs were using him for a diving platform, while the older Frogs made him a meeting place, where they complained loudly to Jupiter about the government.
To teach the Frogs a lesson the ruler of the gods now sent a Crane to be king of Frogland. The Crane proved to be a very different sort of king from old King Log. He gobbled up the poor Frogs right and left and they soon saw what fools they had been. In mournful croaks they begged Jupiter to take away the cruel tyrant before they should all be destroyed.
“How now!” cried Jupiter “Are you not yet content? You have what you asked for and so you have only yourselves to blame for your misfortunes.”
https://www.voanews.com/a/amid-rising-worldwide-populism-america-s-premier-conservative-conference-goes-global/7984267.html
The first C in CPAC stands for Cancer…and it’s spreading; see map.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/21/2305351/-Magic-Disappearing-DB-Story-About-Allegations-Trump-Was-Recruited-as-a-Russian-Asset
“So earlier today, the Daily Beast’s Isabel van Brugen published a bombshell story about allegations by Kazakh Spy Chief Alnur Mussayev that the KGB had recruited Donald Trump as a Soviet Asset way back in 1987 under the code name “Krasnov.”
“I expected to see this story covered heavily here, but nary a peep, and within hours, it was scrubbed from both the Daily Beast’s site, as well as various other outlets on the internet. There is no retraction on the Daily Beast site, or even any acknowledgment that the story existed, and several republishers have pulled the story as well.”
“If you go to Google news and search “Trump Krasnov,” you may still find a couple of sites where the story, either in the van Brugen version, or under other bylines, is still up, but they are dropping like flies.”
Once again a Trump administration does nothing about a highly contagious disease while there’s time to stop it.
today’s meme….
Craig – if the reports are correct (no guarantee any more) the majority of the outbreak is an area where immigrants to the U.S. live. I think they are U.S. citizens, just having a pigment issue.
a reporter is supposed to be there, (CRS today) but I do not remember the name.
BID, the buzzword “warfighters” showed up in the Al.com article I linked quoting U.S. Rep. Dale Strong.
Democrats could use better buzzwordsmiths and jargon creators.*
*among other things
More proof everything Trump touches dies …
Kennedy Center reeling from ‘stunning’ ticket sales collapse after Trump takeover: report
A decision by Donald Trump to fire everyone and wrest control of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on the banks of the Potomac has led to an alarming downward spiral in ticket sales and artists canceling performances in protest.
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just wanted to share…
I can’t think of anyone, other than krasnov cult, who thought sfb “leading” the Kennedy Center would increase ticket sales. Canceling any event that might be enjoyable does not help. Good to see the constant stream of performers canceling.too.
Happy Birthday David
He is pure scum.
Trump Says Jimmy Carter Died ‘Happy’ Because Biden Replaced Him as Country’s ‘Worst President’
Craig – If it were any other “senior citizen” I would have had thoughts of ‘that is too bad, I am glad I am not like that’. But, we know he has always been a fascist and a real bad person. With dementia and other mental problems, we know a demented senile low intelligence fool is now spewing all the inner hate he has built up since birth.
His mush brain blends things around to fit his hate. It is not false in his mind, he lives in an alternate universe. Brindle brown is his sky.
I keep wondering who will be triggered by his hate. Someone who no longer cares about their life or future. Any other person they would be sitting in an institution.
The full replay of his idiocy at cpac will be sad to watch. He still has the ability to kill millions of people.
https://web.archive.org/web/20250221153932/https://www.thedailybeast.com/former-intelligence-officer-alnur-mussayev-claims-kgb-recruited-donald-trump-under-codename-krasnov/
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(📢) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: The Daily Beast publishes a sourced allegation that Trump has been a Russian spy since 1987 and then—possibly under some form of threat—deletes it. But in an act of unusual heroism, it left it up long enough for Wayback Machine to capture it
Well I’ll be durned
i reckon Jimmy hopped a fence or two in his day.
Jimmy at LsGuardia, 1976
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/22/politics/elon-musk-employees-emails?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_msn
“…federal workforce, employees began receiving emails Saturday asking them to explain what work they did last week, as Muskannounced that “failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.”
“The email blast came on the heels of a social media post by Musk threatening the jobs of workers who do not comply.”
“Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week,” Musk posted Saturday on X, hours after Trump suggested he be more “aggressive.”
“However, the email itself does not state that failure to answer will be taken as resignation. It says the deadline for submission is Monday at 11:59 p.m. ET.”
Bullets are cheap, and that’s all I have to say about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/us/politics/hegseth-firings-military-lawyers-jag.html
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision to fire the top lawyers for the Army, Navy and Air Force represents an opening salvo in his push to remake the military into a force that is more aggressive on the battlefield and potentially less hindered by the laws of armed conflict.”
Hello, war crimes…including attacking citizens of your own country, which is what I meant by the previous post.
Guess what’ll happen when the gun nuts decide to fight the government. Yep, it’ll be the end of the Second Amendment.
Stur-… sounds like the DODO(FFFF) admin has some messaging work to do with cabinet level folks.
https://civileats.com/2024/09/18/jd-vance-invested-in-acretrader-heres-why-that-matters/
“JD Vance Funded AcreTrader. Here’s Why That Matters”
“Vance invested up to $65,000 in private investments in AcreTrader during his stint as a venture capitalist, according to his 2022financial disclosure to the Senate ethics committee. The investment firm Narya Capital—which Vance launched in 2020 with backing from PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel—was a vehicle for these investments, and a key backer in early funding rounds of the farmland startup.”
Hmmm, farmers are going to their farms because of contracts for improvements the government has reneged on, and cuts to farm subsidies, which is where companies like ACRETRADER come in.
chillpop
while liberals try to promote disorganized protests and boycotts, conservatives are STILL hosting leadership conferences and rallies
Dems need a vision, a leader, and a program FAST
Current messaging inadequate
Song from the movie “War of the Gargantuas”
Hollywood has rebooted the old Kaiju genre: “Kong: Skull Island” and “Kong Vs. Godzilla” are the best of the new crop