"I am your retribution." - Donald Trump, speech at CPAC, March 4, 2023
April 11, 2025, 04:44 PM
sjtill
You know how we never want gun registration because it's the first step to taking away our guns? Registration is the first step to getting these MoFos out of the country.
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In total, these law firms have agreed to provide at least $940 million in pro bono representation to causes supported by the president.
The Trump administration announced on April 11 that it has reached agreements with five law firms to represent causes they both support, such as helping veterans.
These law firms are the latest to offer pro bono services to the White House. The administration has gone after law firms it says have taken stances at odds with Trump’s policies, such as practices relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
None of the law firms were targeted by the administration but reached these agreements with the White House, which has issued executive orders going after a handful of others.
A group of four law firms agreed to each provide at least $125 million, or $500 million altogether, in pro bono services: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US LLP, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, and Latham & Watkins LLP.
The firms agreed to be counsel to help veterans, law enforcement, and first responders; combat anti-Semitism; and ensure “fairness in the justice system.”
They “will take on a wide range of pro bono matters that represent the full political spectrum, including conservative ideals,” President Donald Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
The law firms agreed to end the use of DEI in hiring personnel and “affirm that it is their policy to give fair and equal consideration to job candidates, irrespective of their political beliefs, including candidates who have served in the Trump administration, and any other Republican or Democrat administration,” according to Trump. They will also advise other law firms regarding employment practices.
The four firms said they will not refuse to represent those who have not been clients of prominent nationwide law firms due to holding political beliefs that contrast those of their firm’s lawyers.
The White House celebrated the agreement.
“President Trump and his administration have entered into an agreement with these long established firms, which have affirmed their strong commitment to ending the Weaponization of the Justice System and the Legal Profession. The President continues to fulfill his promise to the American people that the age of partisan lawfare in America is over,” the White House said, according to Trump’s post. In a joint statement, which Trump shared on Truth Social, the law firms said they “look forward to a continued constructive and productive relationship with President Trump and his team.”
A fifth law firm, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, LLP, agreed to provide at least $100 million in pro bono counseling, also in helping veterans; combating anti-Semitism; assisting law enforcement, military personnel, and first responders; and “ensuring fairness in our justice system.”
The law firm agreed to hire personnel based on merit and not on DEI.
Like with the four other firms, this includes not discriminating based on political beliefs. They will also assist other law firms on hiring practices and not refuse representation to those whose political beliefs do not align with the firm’s attorneys.
Cadwalader said it worked with Trump and his team to reach the agreement.
“The substance of our agreement is consistent with the principles that have guided Cadwalader for over 230 years: We always put our client’s interests first; we believe that Justice should be available to everyone; and we are committed to attracting, retaining and nurturing the very best talent from all backgrounds,” it said in a statement, according to Trump’s post. Other law firms that have come to agreements with the White House include Skadden, Milbank, and Willkie Farr and Gallagher, which each will provide at least $100 million in pro bono representation.
Paul Weiss agreed to provide $40 million in free counseling in areas such as combating anti-Semitism and assisting veterans.
With these arrangements so far, the law firms have agreed to provide at least $940 million in pro bono representation to some of the causes supported by the president.
Meanwhile, Jenner & Block, Perkins Coie, and WilmerHale have taken legal action against the administration, seeking to reverse the executive orders against them.
Trump signed an executive order on April 9 to effectively blacklist Susman Godfrey from engaging with the U.S. government. The law firm represented Dominion Voting Systems in its defamation lawsuit against former Trump lawyer and New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. The president said on April 10 that the law firms may help the administration with negotiating trade deals with countries.
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April 11, 2025, 05:08 PM
wcb6092
Canada Commits to U.S. Trade Talks, Leaving China as Last Major Holdout.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Friday that his country would enter into trade talks with the United States in May, joining over 75 other nations entering into bilateral negotiations after U.S. President Donald J. Trump moved to impose reciprocal tariffs on a number of countries on April 2. Earlier this week, Trump announced he would reduce the reciprocal tariff on nations that have not retaliated against the United States to 10 percent to allow time for negotiations.
Speaking on Friday, Carney stated that he wishes to ensure that the next Canadian government “will be in the best possible position for negotiations with the United States, which, as the president and I have agreed, will begin from the start of May.” Canada, unlike most other countries, joined China in enacting retaliatory measures against the U.S. However, with this latest move, China is now the sole nation still resisting U.S. trade talks. Earlier this week, President Trump began ratcheting up the tariff rate on Chinese goods, eventually setting the trade duty at 145 percent.
On Friday, China again retaliated, raising its own tariffs against U.S. goods to 125 percent. However, China—as a surplus economy—imports far less than it exports, meaning its retaliatory measures are unlikely to have nearly the effect on the U.S. economy that the American trade duties will have on the Chinese economy.
Canada will hold a general election on April 28. Currently, Carney and the Canadian Liberal Party are favored to retain power, although some polling has the Canadian Conservative Party winning a narrow majority.
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has identified a cohort of 6,300 individuals admitted into the United States without legal status who are listed on the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Terrorist Screening Center watchlist or possess criminal records. According to DOGE, almost all of these illegal immigrants were admitted and paroled into the United States by the former Biden government.
Despite lacking official legal status, these paroled individuals filed for work permits and were granted social security numbers. Subsequently, they were able to obtain access to various government benefits, raising concerns regarding eligibility and oversight failures.
Among the identified 6,300 people, 905 were found to be registered for Medicaid, including four individuals on the terrorist watchlist, accruing $276,000 in expenses. Additionally, 41 individuals collected unemployment insurance worth $42,000, and 22 had federal student loans totaling $280,000.Furthermore, 409 individuals received tax refunds totaling $751,000 in 2024 alone. Several have also reportedly accessed benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program, commonly known as food stamps. The investigation into the exact number of SNAP recipients continues.
The Department of Government Efficiency stated that these paroles “have since been terminated with immediate effect.” However, the revelations have prompted questions within the government regarding the rigor of current screening processes and the mechanisms in place for vetting individuals.
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April 11, 2025, 06:11 PM
Patriot
I hope they drop his ass off in the middle of the rubble…
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April 11, 2025, 06:58 PM
Johnny 3eagles
I hope they drop his ass off in Israel, particularly at the Midrasha, near Herzlyia.
If you're goin' through hell, keep on going. Don't slow down. If you're scared don't show it. You might get out before the devil even knows you're there.
Trump Admin Reaches Agreements With 5 Law Firms <snip> Meanwhile, Jenner & Block, Perkins Coie, and WilmerHale have taken legal action against the administration, seeking to reverse the executive orders against them. <snip>
Perkins Coie – They subvert the law to the Democrats benefit.
I didn’t know of the executive orders against them, but I hope those orders stand.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Pipe Smoker,
Don’t argue with fools.
April 11, 2025, 07:23 PM
12131
They also need to fire all her accomplices that tried to "hide" her.
By STEPHEN M. LEPORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM PUBLISHED: 18:50 EDT, 11 April 2025 | UPDATED: 19:33 EDT, 11 April 2025
The chief DEI officer at NASA's jet propulsion lab was fired after her title was changed to hide her from Donald Trump's war on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Trump and 'First Buddy' Elon Musk have been happy warriors against DEI, working to rid the federal government of what they call unfair practices.
Neela Rajendra had run the lab's central diversity office, at one point arguing that having deadlines for work projects undermine inclusion, according to The Washington Free Beacon.
However, amid a series of 900 job cuts due to budgeting issues made in 2024, the diversity office was cut but Rajendra was mysteriously kept on.
She'd had all references to DEI washed from from her title but reportedly kept many of the same job duties as 'head of employee success.'
In early March, Rajendra was still in charge of the lab's 'Black Excellence Strategic Team.'
However, earlier this week in response to reports she was being protected from Trump administration DEI cuts, the lab parted ways with Rajendra.
'Neela Rajendra is no longer working at [the Jet Propulsion Laboratory]. We are incredibly grateful for the lasting impact she made to our organization. We wish her the very best,' lab director Laurie Leshin wrote in an all-staff email on Thursday.
She also said that the new DEI-lite Office of Team Excellence and Employee Success Rajendra was set to run was being relocated under human resources.
The news comes as NASA has ended its diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEI) programs after all federal agencies were directed to 'terminate' the initiatives.
Staff received an email in late January from acting administrator Janet Petro, which said the space agency is 'taking steps to close all agency DEIA offices and end all DEIA-related contracts in accordance with President Trump's executive orders.'
The order is titled 'Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing and Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions.'
NASA's email admitted that 'these programs divided Americans by race, wasted taxpayer dollars, and resulted in shameful discrimination.'
The space agency has spent at least $22.4 million annually on such programs.
DailyMail.com had uncovered millions of taxpayer dollars were dished out for DEI data analytics and to help the agency 'embark on a venture to incorporate and deeply engrain diversity, inclusion, equity and accessibility in the culture and business.'
Petro, who is the first woman to lead NASA as its acting administrator, also urged staff to report colleagues who have attempted to disguise DEI programs with coded language.
'There will be no adverse consequences for timely reporting this information,' the email reads. 'However, failure to report this information within 10 days may result in adverse consequences.'
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the US federal government's human resources agency, has also created an email account to collect reports of suspected DEI initiatives.
Kyle Sorensen, a software engineer who has worked for NASA, told DailyMail.com: 'I am really happy that they banned these programs.
'I am even happier that the Trump admin was smart enough to know that the organization would just try to rename themselves.'
While the acting administrator's email appeared to criticize the DEI initiatives, the same message was sent to all federal agencies to pass to their employees.
The Trump administration sent the letter to all heads and acting heads of government agencies in its first week in office, informing them all federal employees in DEI roles must be placed on paid leave.
The letter also demanded all public DEI-focused web pages be taken offline, which was around the same time NASA sent the email to staff and removed its DEI website.
The space agency's page now features a '404' error with the message: 'The cosmic object you were looking for has disappeared beyond the event horizon.'
An employee shared on X that they 'had DEI training and it was part of the employee reviews.'
While Nancy Vreils, quality records manager at NASA, shared: 'DEI has ruined NASA. Innovation is non-existent.'
NASA has engaged in DEI efforts for over a decade, first creating the Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Implementation Plan in 2012.
The agency's DEI spending from 2022 to the present has largely focused on environmental programs.
More than $1 million in grants went to 'assessing environmental justice in air quality, 'advancing environmental justice in Los Angeles and 'examining environmental justice through open source cloud native tools.'
One grant, surpassing $150,00, was given to Cleveland State University to improve monitoring and management of urban tree equity.
Oregon State University was awarded a commitment of more than $450,000 to study refugee farming decisions in Uganda.
The grant's description showed that the results of the project will 'directly support place-based information of refugee self-sufficiency that is called for in Uganda's refugee response plan.'
It's unclear how the findings would advance NASA's aims.
I'm not sure I understand the benefit of $XX millions in free legal services. I know lawyers are duty bound to zealously represent their clients. But there's no way in the world Trump or anyone on his side should or could trust these lawyers to truly advocate on their behalf. And if they were engaged in RICO operations, then they need to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law; not forced to give free legal services to the other side.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Rick Lee,
April 12, 2025, 09:19 AM
Cookster
from the article that wcb posted above. . .
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Additionally, 41 individuals collected unemployment insurance worth $42,000, and 22 had federal student loans totaling $280,000.Furthermore, 409 individuals received tax refunds totaling $751,000 in 2024 alone.
While that alone is extremely angering and unacceptable, I would like to see a confirmation of the names on the bank accounts that those payments / deposits were actually made to.
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April 12, 2025, 10:25 AM
BigSwede
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While that alone is extremely angering and unacceptable
Absolutely maddening, whoever allowed this should be shot in the city square
April 12, 2025, 10:44 AM
6guns
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Originally posted by Rick Lee: I'm not sure I understand the benefit of $XX millions in free legal services. I know lawyers are duty bound to zealously represent their clients. But there's no way in the world Trump or anyone on his side should or could trust these lawyers to truly advocate on their behalf. And if they were engaged in RICO operations, then they need to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law; not forced to give free legal services to the other side.
On page 187, 41 posted a video of the President's recent cabinet meeting and during this meeting, he discusses why he wants the aid of the lawyer groups. It's toward the end of the meeting video.
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