Posted on 05/02/2020 2:52:04 PM PDT by weston
Remember these words—their importance will become clear in the future.
Friday, May 22, 2020
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll sponsored by Coffee With Scott Adams for Friday shows that 46% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. Fifty-three percent (53%) disapprove.
Came home and the three little mittens have claimed my chair BB is the only one eating out of dish and MisTick prefers feeding them in my chair so now they go there and wait for her.
Terrence K. Williams
@w_terrence
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1h
SICK OF THE DISRESPECT
Joe Biden said #YouAintBlack if you don’t vote for him! HE AINT GETTING MY VOTE!
IM BLACK & IM VOTING FOR President @realDonaldTrump
Joe Biden you are not entitled to my black vote! You have to earn it!
Trump has earned the Black Vote
https://twitter.com/w_terrence
“Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, May 22, 2020
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FILES STATEMENT OF INTEREST CHALLENGING THE LEGALITY OF ILLINOIS GOVERNOR’S SWEEPING COVID-19 ORDERS
The Department of Justice today filed a statement of interest in an Illinois federal court in support of a lawsuit filed by Illinois state representative Darren Bailey challenging certain actions of Governor J.B. Pritzker in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Statement of Interest is part of Attorney General William P. Barr’s April 27, 2020 initiative directing Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband for the Civil Rights Division, and the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Matthew Schneider, to review state and local policies to ensure that civil liberties are protected during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Governor of Illinois has, over the past two months, sought to rely on authority under the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act to impose sweeping limitations on nearly all aspects of life for citizens of Illinois, significantly impairing in some instances their ability to maintain their economic livelihoods. According to the lawsuit, the Governor’s actions are not authorized by state law, as they extend beyond the 30-day time period imposed by the Illinois legislature for the Governor’s exercise of emergency powers granted under the Act.
Representative Bailey brought his case in Illinois state court and elected only to assert state law claims. On May 15, the presiding state court judge ordered Bailey to file his motion for summary judgment by May 18 and instructed the Governor to respond to it by May 21. A hearing on the motion for summary judgment was scheduled to take place in state court today. Yesterday, however, instead of responding to Bailey’s motion for summary judgment, the Governor removed the case to federal district court.
“The Governor of Illinois owes it to the people of Illinois to allow his state’s courts to adjudicate the question of whether Illinois law authorizes orders he issued to respond to COVID-19,” said Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband for the Civil Rights Division. “The United States Constitution and state constitutions established a system of divided and limited governmental power, and they did so to secure the blessings of liberty to all people in our country. Under our system, all public officials, including governors, must comply with the law, especially during times of crisis. The Department of Justice remains committed to defending the rule of law and the American people at all times, especially during this difficult time as we deal with COVID-19 pandemic.”
“However well-intentioned they may be, the executive orders appear to reach far beyond the scope of the 30-day emergency authority granted to the Governor under Illinois law,” said Steven D. Weinhoeft, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. “Even during times of crisis, executive actions undertaken in the name of public safety must be lawful. And while the people of Illinois must be physically protected from the effects of this public health crisis, including by complying with CDC guidelines their constitutionally guaranteed rights and liberties must be safeguarded as well.”
In its statement of interest, the United States explains that this dispute belongs in Illinois state court, and that Representative Bailey has raised substantial questions as to whether the Governor’s current response to COVID-19 is lawful. Although the complaint does not raise any federal constitutional claims, the statement explains, “It is up to the Illinois courts to rule on Plaintiff’s claims, which, because of the sweeping nature of the Orders, may affect millions of lives and raise significant constitutional concerns in other litigation.” Even in the face of a pandemic, states must comply with their own laws in making these sensitive policy choices in a manner responsive to the people and, in doing so, both respect and serve the goals of our broader federal structure, including the guarantee of due process in the U.S. Constitution.
The federal case is Bailey v. Pritzker, No. 3:20-cv-474.”
Charlie Kirk
@charliekirk11
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Who was
@JoeBiden
fighting side by side with in the 1970s to keep our schools segregated?
Robert Byrd—West Virginia Senator and KKK leader
Biden also gave the eulogy at Byrd’s funeral
They worked together to pass an amendment to block integration in public schools
Flashback (2005): Donald Trump appears on G-Unit Radio with 50 Cent, DJ Whoo Kid and Tony Yayo pic.twitter.com/SJmSn26PDr— Woj. Pawelczyk (@Woj_Pawelczyk) May 22, 2020
Thanks. Sweet bird. About a year ago my daughter save a baby bird, hand fed it cat food and made a little nest. When the bird was able to fly it would be up in her trees and when someone came out it would dive down and get on their shoulder. One day the bird disappeared, I told the
kids it joined a flock and went off to see the world.
Emptied One container of weed be gone Dusted the veggies that have little black bugs.
May plant wheelbarrow with coleus later. Gonna snip off and root some
More.
OMG. Such wonders God has shared with you and yours.—- His power and his mercy. Thanks for sharing and reminding us!
@realDonaldTrump
· 14m
. @deanbaquet is to be seriously respected. He has long been considered one of the dumbest men in the world of journalism, and he became Executive Editor of the Failing New York Times. Not easy to do. He has given up on “figuring Trump out”. Called it all wrong from the....
....beginning, was forced to apologize (Fake News!) after the seriously wrong call of the 2016 Election, and is now willing to write anything, even if not truthful. He laughs at his boss, Publisher A.G. Sulzberger, and I laugh at them all. The @nytimes is a total mess!
@realDonaldTrump
· 31m
$49.8M is on its way to @DallasLoveField Airport to aid in economic recovery. This Federal funding will support aviation in the Dallas area & keep aviation workers on the job & commerce moving at one of our important medium hub airports. Proud to support our friends in Dallas!
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Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
· 32m
I am proud to announce that the Maryland Aviation Administration ( @MdAviation ) will receive $87.8M in CARES Act Airport Grants funding to support aviation and keep commerce moving at this important gateway to the U.S. Capital Region. Very important for economic recovery!
Ohio, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia have just filed an amicus brief in support of @GenFlynn’s Petition for Writ of Mandamus.
@SidneyPowell
https://twitter.com/molmccann/status/1263908239164485632?s=21
Thanks. Sweet bird. About a year ago my daughter save a baby bird, hand fed it cat food and made a little nest. When the bird was able to fly it would be up in her trees and when someone came out it would dive down and get on their shoulder. One day the bird disappeared, I told the
kids it joined a flock and went off to see the world.
We raised a baby cedar wax wing in our house for a few months, slept on the lamp shade and flew around inside, played tag with the kids. Was a lot of fun. Cute personality.
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