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Posted by: positronium
« on: Today at 03:58:38 pm »

Quote from: NC Yankee on Today at 12:37:19 pm
Unlike you, I don't claim to know it all
Yes you do and your history here proves it...
Posted by: positronium
« on: Today at 03:55:21 pm »

Quote from: NC Yankee on Today at 12:30:24 pm
It's not up to me to fund your social security.  rse results.
I saved that money myself...Those that tamper with it should be shot and burned to  erase all sembelencies of fraud in my nation...
Posted by: Frodo
« on: Today at 03:45:05 pm »

 Perlmutter has claimed she got on the president’s bad side with a report that suggested some copyrighted works used to train artificial intelligence models would likely require licensing — that is, tech companies would have to pay to use that material. Perlmutter’s lawsuit said that Trump “allegedly disagreed” with that report. Days later, a White House official sent an email to Perlmutter asserting that she had also been terminated.

In a 2-1 decision earlier this year, a panel of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals said that the register of copyrights is part of the legislative branch, meaning that only a Senate-confirmed Librarian of Congress can remove her, and not the president.

“The executive’s alleged blatant interference with the work of a legislative branch official, as she performs statutorily authorized duties to advise Congress, strikes us as a violation of the separation of powers that is significantly different in kind and in degree from the cases that have come before,” US Circuit Judge Florence Pan wrote.

The Trump administration told the high court in its appeal that the DC Circuit’s decision “contravenes settled precedent and misconceives the Librarian’s and Register’s legal status.” That’s partly because the register of copyrights, it argued, performs “executive functions,” such as taking part in meetings with foreign governments about copyright issues, which it described as “an increasingly sensitive issue in international diplomacy.”

“Treating the Librarian and Register as legislative officers would set much of federal copyright law on a collision course with the basic principle that Congress may not vest the power to execute the laws in itself or its officers,” Solicitor General D. John Sauer told the court in the emergency filing.
Posted by: Frodo
« on: Today at 03:42:49 pm »

Library of Congress official Trump tried to fire can keep her job for now, Supreme Court says
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/30/politics/supreme-court-allows-library-of-congress-official-trump-tried-to-fire-to-keep-her-job
Little long but not much other way to describe it. Is she executive branch or legislative branch is a key issue

They stress not ruling on merits of Trump's claims.
One of her arguments is her job is under legislative branch, not executive branch

The move means that Shira Perlmutter will remain the director of the US Copyright Office despite a long-pending request from Trump to remove her immediately.

In a brief order, the court stressed that it was not ruling on the merits of the legal issues raised by Trump’s claim.

Trump launched a battle with the Library of Congress last spring. The president removed the former Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, in early May and then attempted to install then-Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, one of his former private attorneys, as the acting librarian. He also attempted to fire Perlmutter at the Copyright Office, which is part of the library.

Last fall, the Supreme Court paused action in the Perlmutter kerfuffle while the court resolved two other major cases dealing with the president’s power to fire members of the executive branch. On Monday, the court resolved those cases, granting president’s broad power to remove the leadership at independent agencies within the executive branch. But one of Perlmutter’s arguments is that her position is part of the legislative branch, which she has argued should make her out of Trump’s reach.

Posted by: Frodo
« on: Today at 03:37:54 pm »

This will be a big case next term

The Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will decide whether cities and states may ban people from owning AR-15 rifles and similar semi-automatic weapons, taking up a major Second Amendment dispute that it had previously declined to address.

One of the appeals involving certain semi-automatic rifles came from two Illinois residents who want to purchase AR-15 style rifles but are blocked from doing so by an ordinance in Cook County that makes it unlawful to sell or possess any “assault weapon or large capacity magazine,” specifically listing dozens of models that were off limits.
Posted by: Frodo
« on: Today at 03:36:50 pm »

GOP Rep. Tom Kean announces depression diagnosis after mysterious monthslong absence from Congress
Posted by: Frodo
« on: Today at 03:30:59 pm »

This guy challenging Messi for most goals in tournament-Golden Boot
 Messi has 6. Haaland goal today and he  has 5 now

Started Tuesday with Erling Haaland and Norway ousting Ivory Coast in a 2-1 thriller. The Vikings took an early lead on a beautiful goal from Antonio Nusa, but Ivory Coast leveled things in the 74th minute. That’s when Haaland took command. After a frustrating game, Haaland locked in and finished in front of goal in the 86th minute to win the match for Norway. Next up will be Brazil in the Round of 16.
Posted by: Waco1909
« on: Today at 02:28:48 pm »

Quote from: NC Yankee on Today at 01:00:27 pm
The way this country is run and how our media behaves, many people vote against their own interest based on lies and propaganda.
THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF THE WORLD SHOWS THAT PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS WORKED AGAINST THEIR OWN BEST INTEREST BECAUSE OF LIES AND PROPAGANDA. DIDN’T JUST HAPPEN THIS WEEK..
Posted by: Waco1909
« on: Today at 02:27:31 pm »

Quote from: Texas Pete on Today at 01:23:21 pm
They in no position to push thru anything.
GIVE IT A FEW MONTHS.
Posted by: NC Yankee
« on: Today at 01:53:47 pm »

Also, how many people has our current healthcare system done things like this to them?

Even if not totally destroying someone's life like it did this man, it still causes many people a lot of unnecessary cost, pain and financial hardship, to varying degrees. Then you get people who die or don't live as long as they do in other countries. 

We also spend waaaaaay more than we should to for this dog sh1t system.

It's not all about you.

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/P5eHmy4IXbg
Posted by: NC Yankee
« on: Today at 01:30:36 pm »

If we did that 30 years ago, we'd get much better healthcare results and have 50% more to spend than we currently spend at the federal level on things other than debt and inefficient and insufficient healthcare.

Pozi has a better solution than me, I am sure.  It's so good he won't embarrass himself sharing it, lol.
Posted by: NC Yankee
« on: Today at 01:26:53 pm »

Now stop and think.  What if we adopted a system like Germany has 30 years ago and used all those savings to reduce national debt.  If we were wise (we aren't, we'd just blow the savings and still take on debt), we'd have no national debt and would be a creditor nation.  Instead of paying 19% of ALL federal tax revenue (and growing), we'd be paying zero and have pretty much 19% more of our federal tax revenue to spend each year on things that benefit Americans.  Instead we pizz away 19% and growing on what are essentially credit card payments, albeit at a much lower interest rate.  It still adds up.  It's over a trillion we spend teach year on interest on debt.

Imagine we weren't spending that trillion and we were also now saving 1.6 trillion a year on healthcare.  That's 2.6 trillion, with a T, dollars more we could spend each year.  Instead of that, I am trapped in a country with 345 million retards and it's squandered on stupid decisions and decisions, to anyone with a brain, that are illogical and cause self-inflicted pain.
Posted by: Texas Pete
« on: Today at 01:25:55 pm »

Occupy Democrats

BREAKING: MYSTERY SOLVED! A New Jersey Republican congressman VANISHED for 117 days, left his constituents without representation, and just finally told them why.
For 117 days, New Jersey's 7th District effectively had no congressman.
No votes cast on their behalf. No explanation. No timeline. Just silence — and vague assurances from staff that Tom Kean Jr. was dealing with "a personal medical issue." While his constituents wondered, while his colleagues speculated wildly, while Speaker Mike Johnson privately begged him to say something — anything — Kean said nothing.
Today, he finally broke his silence. He was hospitalized for depression.
And look — depression is real, it is serious, and treatment absolutely matters. Kean himself said it best: "It is physical, it is emotional, and until you experience it yourself, it is difficult to fully understand how powerful this illness can be." Over 48 million Americans are being treated for this illness. There is no shame in it.
But here's what there IS shame in: leaving your constituents completely in the dark for nearly four months while they had no representation in the United States Congress.
New Jersey's 7th is a competitive district. Every vote matters. While Kean was absent, Congress voted on legislation affecting his constituents' healthcare, their taxes, their lives. He missed more than 100 of those votes. And the people who sent him to Washington had no idea why — because he chose silence over transparency, privacy over accountability.
"I am a private person by nature," Kean said today.
Congressman, you work for the public. Your privacy ended the moment you asked New Jersey voters to trust you with their representation.
Speaker Johnson — hardly a bastion of Democratic values — said he "encouraged him many times" to be more forthcoming. Even his own Republican colleagues were frustrated. Even THEY didn't know what was happening.
Today's speech was moving. Kean's words about recovery and asking for help were genuinely important. But the format he chose — a five-minute floor speech to a nearly empty chamber — conveniently allowed him to say exactly what he wanted and dodge every question journalists and colleagues still want answered.
He's already scheduled a fundraiser for tonight. An election is five months away.
New Jersey's 7th deserved better than 117 days of silence. They can show their displeasure with Rep. Kean by voting to have his Democratic opponent, Rebecca Bennett, replace him as their representative and allow Kean to recuperate further from his depression with all the new free time he’ll have.
Posted by: Texas Pete
« on: Today at 01:23:21 pm »

Quote from: Waco1909 on Today at 01:17:16 pm
LOOKS LIKE THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO PUSH THROUGH A $200 A MONTH SOCIAL SECURITY INCREASE….
They in no position to push thru anything.
Posted by: Waco1909
« on: Today at 01:20:09 pm »

Quote from: positronium on Today at 12:08:16 pm
Is that what you want?
IF I WANTED IT, I WOULD’VE SAID IT… but the implication is simple… YOU HAVE A POWERFUL POLITICAL FIGURE SITTING AROUND A TABLE FULL OF CHILDREN WHO DON’T HAVE PARENTS AROUND… IMPLICATION BEING THAT HE’S PUT THE PARENTS IN THE GULAG… OF COURSE I’M PARANOID BY NATURE
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