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Trump whipped them into shape last night[/url]

Not really, they still won't vote or debate the SAVE Act, and are going home for 19 days....

https://x.com/Real_RobN/status/2069977352822829410

^^^ Right. I’m talking about the WPR vote, not the SAVE America Act. At least one is down. The people of South Dakota need to let Thune hear it during the Senate undeserved break.

As I recall, the President has the authority to call the Senate back into session. He need to exercise it.

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As I recall, the President has the authority to call the Senate back into session. He need to exercise it.

The last time the President called Congress back to order during a recess was in 1948 when Truman called them back to deal with inflation and civil rights legislation. President can’t call just one House of Congress, it’s both Houses.

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…President can’t call just one House of Congress, it’s both Houses.

Nope. Gustofer is right.

Article II, Section 3:

He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.

Per Google AI:

"Yes, the president can call the Senate back into session.Under Article II, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution, the president has the power to convene both Houses of Congress, or either of them, on "extraordinary occasions".

^^^^^Oops, he was right, and I was wrong. Totally missed that.

Supreme Court Blocks Trump’s Fed Firing But Allows Removals at Other Agencies

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook cannot be fired immediately by the president without legal cause, keeping a lower court's block on her removal active for the time being.
Decided by a narrow 5–4 majority, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh aligned with the court's three liberal justices to protect the central bank's independent standing.
While shielding the Federal Reserve, the conservative majority simultaneously ruled 6–3 in a companion case involving the Federal Trade Commission, vastly expanding executive power across other parts of the government.
This secondary ruling effectively overturned a 91-year-old legal precedent known as Humphrey’s Executor, which had historically prevented presidents from firing the leaders of independent regulatory agencies at will.
Moving forward, the White House now holds the constitutional authority to summarily dismiss the heads of almost all independent federal commissions, leaving the Federal Reserve as a rare exception.

https://ground.news/article/0b...bb-9aac-4b047853bfb1

Shipwreckedcrews analysis of those rules by SCOTUS

https://x.com/shipwreckedcrew/.../2071637371289018841




I think this is almost a "no harm, no foul" outcome that is the least controversial.

The decision has only two real products:

1. Cook remains a Gov. while the matter remains pending.

2. The "due process" defect in her termination was the failure to provide her documentation of the "cause" and an opportunity to respond."

The Govt DID NOT argue in this case that the "for cause" requirement in the Fed Statute is unconstitutional as was the case in Slaughter challenging Humphrey's. The Court has already signaled that the Fed is different -- AND THE TRUMP ADMIN. DID NOT WANT TO LITIGATE THAT ISSUE.

If ONLY argued that "cause" existed based on the POTUS's view of the allegations, and that was all that was required.

Once she is given "notice" and an "opportunity to respond" I do not think she'll have a path through the district court again to challenge her termination.

A little more on a win for Trump and the Executive branch, 90 years of law dropped in one court ruling..

https://x.com/EdwardTWinz/status/2071629757398012218



Nobody is telling you what SCOTUS actually handed Trump today..

the headlines say "Trump wins right to fire FTC commissioner"..

that's the smallest version of this story..

here's what actually happened..

since 1935.. Humphrey's Executor v. United States has been the legal wall protecting every "independent" agency from direct presidential control.. antitrust enforcement.. merger reviews.. consumer protection.. labor relations.. securities regulation..

that wall is gone.. 6-3.. Chief Justice Roberts writing..

and here's what nobody wants to say out loud..

Democrats spent the last 4 years loading those commissions with commissioners specifically designed to block Trump's agenda from inside his own executive branch..

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter was one of them.. fired March 2025.. she sued.. today she lost..

the FTC is just the first domino.. NLRB.. SEC.. EEOC.. every commission that wields executive power now sits under the same logic the court just applied..

91 years of precedent.. gone in one opinion..

one carve-out: the Federal Reserve.. explicitly protected.. separate statutory structure.. separate litigation still running..

everything else just became the President's to control..

the "independent" agencies were never truly independent.. today SCOTUS made that the law.

Your'e fired!

The Trump kids are apparently doing their best to make Hunter Biden look like an amateur at influence peddling. From their crypto businesses to the apparent insider trading to this new mining venture in Kazakhstan, the Trump children seem to be milking their dad's position for riches. This has the potential to seriously damage Trump's legacy. If the Dems win the House, it's going to be investigated non-stop and used against the President. I hope he acts to put an end to it. When even friendly media outlets are criticizing it, it's past time to do something about it.

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I see no problems, nothing they are doing is below board, hidden, coercive or illegal.

They could sit on their hands in a locked vault and the left will go after them and anyone associated with MAGA.

There is a difference in investing in US companies and making money as non government employees than having your daddy threaten to stop his funneling of billions to a foreign country so your offspring who got tossed from the Navy can have a job making millions as a board member of a foreign energy company

Lets switch to something Awesome about America for a change...

Just watched him exit the train, SS is on overload, he's working the crowd a bit.

Awesome stuff he's in ND to see the Teddy Roosevelt Library grand opening...

https://x.com/nicksortor/status/2072372524805931383



https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2072374085888225416

Finally some protection.

That was nice to see.

Awesome looking train as well.

Check out the Rough Rider escort into town, this is stand up and salute America stuff....

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/2072385104102498791

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Originally posted by HRK:
I see no problems, nothing they are doing is below board, hidden, coercive or illegal.

They could sit on their hands in a locked vault and the left will go after them and anyone associated with MAGA.

Anyone comparing the Trump children to Hunter Biden are out of their fuckin minds.

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Originally posted by oddball:

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Originally posted by HRK:
I see no problems, nothing they are doing is below board, hidden, coercive or illegal.

They could sit on their hands in a locked vault and the left will go after them and anyone associated with MAGA.

Anyone comparing the Trump children to Hunter Biden are out of their fuckin minds.

Agreed, there is nothing to compare....

TDS: There's no cure, but this debilitating chronic condition can be managed.

https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/.../2072681271566708832