quote:

Originally posted by 6guns:
Report: Trump to Take Control of USPS, Dismiss Postal Board

Good, another agency that has been failing for decades due to mismanagement.

They've suddenly gone all Cool Hand Luke at the post office.

"I'M SORTIN' OVER HERE, BOSS! I'M SORTIN' IT!"


"Yeah, Quaneshia, sortin' it over there."

Dayummmm

Surely, I have died and gone to Heaven...


https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1893019454247706802

Trump is the man!

He is direct and doesn't take any bs.

quote:

Originally posted by parabellum:
Dayummmm

Surely, I have died and gone to Heaven...

OMG, thinking the same thing. Calling a governor out in public and to their face. It's glorious to watch.

Is that what we call a mic drop moment? Holy shit. Rubbing her face in the shit in front of everyone. Lol.

quote:

Originally posted by parabellum:
Dayummmm

Surely, I have died and gone to Heaven...


https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1893019454247706802

Ooof!

Owww

Nationally, 80% of voters do not want men in women sports. 80%. As a CNN host stated, it is astounding to have 80% of the country to agree on anything. And this idiot from Maine wants to buck that.

"I look forward to it, that should be an easy one"

quote:

Originally posted by parabellum:
Dayummmm

Surely, I have died and gone to Heaven...


https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1893019454247706802

Daumn beautiful, that's what it is.

One thing I am 99% sure of, Trump has either learned the Constitutional swim lane of his position or, has someone on his side who does and is advising him VERY well indeed of what he can and cannot do.

Legislative Branch gives the Executive Branch the money, Executive Branch hands out the money.

If the Legislative Branch doesn't like what the Executive Branch spends the money on, they do not give the President anymore (or not as much as being asked for)

You know what's amazing. This thread as of this moment is 103 pages long. One hundred and three pages of everything going on in the Trump administration and beyond right now.



And there's not one single disappointment on any page. Every time I open it and read more of what's going on, it just gets better.

quote:

Originally posted by 6guns:
https://www.newsmax.com/politi...dkt_nbr=0101024nn8uo

Report: Trump to Take Control of USPS, Dismiss Postal Board

President Donald Trump is preparing to dissolve the leadership of the U.S. Postal Service and absorb the independent mail agency into his administration, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.

The newspaper, citing six people familiar with the plans, reported that Trump is expected to issue an executive order as soon as this week to fire the members of the Postal Service's governing board and place the agency under the control of the Commerce Department.

Couldn’t be doing any worse than they are now. The “re-organization and modernization” directed by the Postmaster General failed and he has quit, so who’s in charge of it ?

https://x.com/MAGAMichelleS69/.../1893044432007512248




and:

https://x.com/gatewaypundit/st.../1893049031435211072

quote:

Originally posted by parabellum:
Dayummmm

Surely, I have died and gone to Heaven...


https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1893019454247706802

[FLASH_VIDEO]<iframe id="twitter-widget-1" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-0&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&lang=en&theme=&id=1893019454247706802" style="position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px; height: 528px; display: block; border: medium; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-image: url('https://codejanitor.net/embeds/images/bgmessage.png'); background-position: center 85px; background-size: 200px; overflow: hidden;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe>[/FLASH_VIDEO]

Absolutely freakin' GLORIOUS!

As you no doubt know, I'm from Maine. One of the incidents that prompted this happened about 30 miles from me. Maine public schools are a sad joke. When the story on trans sports broke, my wife commented that she's almost ashamed to admit she's a Mainer.

The only reason that stupid twat got re-elected was that Paul LePage got over-confident and basically ran a basement campaign. I hope she gets it shoved good and deep and broken off.

quote:

Originally posted by oddball:
Nationally, 80% of voters do not want men in women sports. 80%. As a CNN host stated, it is astounding to have 80% of the country to agree on anything. And this idiot from Maine wants to buck that.

Walz and Ellison in MN are doubling down and supporting the MN state High School League in it's support of all of it in defiance of Trumps EO. Ellison went so far as to say that ending men in women's sports would be against the MN civil rights law. Our state government here is so fucking awful.

quote:

Originally posted by sreding:

quote:

Originally posted by oddball:
Nationally, 80% of voters do not want men in women sports. 80%. As a CNN host stated, it is astounding to have 80% of the country to agree on anything. And this idiot from Maine wants to buck that.

Walz and Ellison in MN are doubling down and supporting the MN state High School League in it's support of all of it in defiance of Trumps EO. Ellison went so far as to say that ending men in women's sports would be against the MN civil rights law. Our state government here is so fucking awful.

Those two twits better put their dicks back in their pants. Especially Walz as I think there is still an ongoing investigation going on with regards to his China visits when he was in the National guard.

The news is better and better every day.
Never in my wildest dreams would I have expected so much winning. It will never get old.

Judge denies bid to block Trump administration from placing USAID workers on leave

By Melissa Quinn, Jacob Rosen
Updated on: February 21, 2025 / 5:06 PM EST / CBS News


Washington — A federal judge on Friday declined to block the Trump administration from putting thousands of employees with U.S. Agency for International Development on administrative leave and recalling others from overseas, clearing the way for President Trump to resume his efforts to overhaul the agency as part of his plans to slash the size of the federal government.

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, appointed by Mr. Trump, denied a request for a preliminary injunction sought by two labor unions that represent members of the Foreign Service and civilian employees. Nichols had issued a temporary order earlier this month that prevented the administration from placing thousands of USAID employees on administrative leave and evacuating workers from overseas posts, and ordered the Trump administration to reinstate USAID workers who had already been placed on leave.

But in turning down the request for the preliminary injunction, Nichols now allows the Trump administration to resume those efforts.

In a 26-page decision, the judge said that the employment-related injuries asserted by the unions did not warrant the remedy of emergency relief that they had sought. He said the Justice Department had persuaded the court that the risk to USAID employees placed on administrative leave is "far more minimal than it initially appeared."

"Plaintiffs have presented no irreparable harm they or their members are imminently likely to suffer from the hypothetical future dissolution of USAID," Nichols wrote, adding that those employees who are likely to be put on leave can address their concerns with the applicable government body for employee complaints.

He added that complaints from the unions about the effects on their members stemming from being placed on leave and asked to return to the U.S. are "archetypal complaints about changed employment conditions and their follow-on effects — which at this point appear to be largely financial."

The judge also noted that federal laws allow domestic USAID employees or their union representative to object to being placed on administrative leave, indicating that the district court likely lacks jurisdiction over the unions' claims.

Nichols found that the Trump administration had made a justifiable case that the actions at issue "are essential to its policy goals."

Despite the unions' argument that USAID workers currently overseas had been stranded and locked out of computer systems, at times in dangerous situations, Nichols found that protections in place to keep workers stationed overseas safe were adequate, based on declarations from current USAID leadership.

USAID, which was established in 1961, emerged as an early target for Mr. Trump and Elon Musk, who the president said is leading the White House's Department Government Efficiency, or DOGE, as part of their plan to slash the size of the federal government.

Shortly after coming into office for his second term, the president ordered a 90-day pause on foreign aid, upending foreign development projects overseas and throwing contractors, nonprofit organizations and international aid groups into uncertainty.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio informed Congress earlier this month that the administration would begin the process of potentially reorganizing USAID. As part of that effort, more than 2,100 employees were placed on administrative leave, while the agency determined that roughly 611 staff were essential. It also ordered those in overseas posts to return to the U.S.

The agency had planned to place an additional 2,000 USAID workers on administrative leave by 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 7, but Nichols issued a temporary restraining order blocking the action and requiring the Trump administration to reinstate those already affected.

USAID employs more than 10,000 people, according to the Congressional Research Service, and roughly 4,800 are direct-hire who are stationed in foreign and domestic posts.

Mr. Trump's efforts aimed at USAID have sparked several lawsuits, including another brought by a group of nonprofit organizations and contractors that received funding for foreign aid projects.

While the Trump administration is clear to put over 4,000 USAID employees on administrative leave in the dispute involving the unions, a federal judge in the case brought by the nonprofit groups has prevented the Trump administration from pausing foreign aid, grants and contracts while legal proceedings continue.

In addition to USAID, the Trump administration has been firing federal workers from across the government. Earlier this week, a federal judge allowed Mr. Trump's efforts to slash the federal workforce to continue, declining a request to halt the terminations of government employees en masse as part of a separate lawsuit from a group of labor unions.

As of Friday, at least 12,000 federal employees have been fired by the Trump administration, a CBS News analysis found.