Posted on 05/31/2022 8:47:15 PM PDT by weston
Happy Birthday! 💐
Good interview with President Bolsonaro by Tucker.
Thanks! Send some links if you have them. I’m glad Europeans aren’t buying what Biden’s selling.
Only 4 dissented. Read it again.
🚨U.S. Justice Sotomayor tosses dig at HRC: “Clarence Thomas is literally the 1 person on the SC even the links who work there say is always smiling & happy.Clinton is literally the 1 politician in American whose paid staff have to assure us she’s likable” https://t.co/Rf6yMPpdF1— ❤️🇺🇸Anne🇺🇸❤️ (@USA_Anne711) July 1, 2022
OMG. That is Epic.
For once I can say Thank You Justice Sotomayor.
Justice Sotomayor might just find something tossed right back at her....like a lamp. Or an ashtray. Or worse, Hitlery may be placing an order for her untimely death right now!
Thanks. I missed that “+” sign. Once again Roberta and Kavanaugh go against us.
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Ha!
Thanks!
I am currently enjoying a piece of carrot cake with
cream cheese frosting!
Nom Nom!!!
*happy evil grin*
(hubby is at rehearsal, so I’m cheering meself up!)
HA!!
Wonder how they like THAT?!
Texas Sheriff Drives 4 Illegal Aliens to International Bridge, Deports Them
The administrative state for the better part of a century, and really dating back to the Pendleton Act of 1883, has designed policy, made policy, structured policy, implemented policy, and interpreted policy while operating outside the control of Congress, the president, and the judiciary.
The gradual rise of this 4th branch of government – which is very much the most powerful branch – has reduced the American political process to mere theater as compared with the real activity of government, which rests with the permanent bureaucracy.
Any new president can hire the heads of agencies and they can hire staff, which are known as political appointees. These 4,000 political appointees ostensibly rule 432 agencies (as listed by the Federal Register) as well as some 2.9 million employees (aside from the military and postal service) that effectively inhabit permanent jobs. This permanent state – sometimes called the deep state – knows the ropes and the processes of government far better than any temporary political appointee, thus reducing the appointed jobs to cosmetic positions for the press to hound while the real actions of government take place behind the scenes.
Donald Trump came into office with the promise of draining the swamp, without understanding entirely what that meant. He gradually came to realize that he had no control over most of the affairs of government, not because he had no patience for the legislative process but because he had no ability to terminate the employment of most of the civilian bureaucracy. Nor could his political appointees control it. The media, he gradually came to realize, echoed the priorities and concerns of this administrative state due to long-established relationships that led to nonstop leaks that spread false information.
In May of 2018, he took his first steps to gain some modicum of control over this deep state. He issued three executive orders (E.O. 13837, E.O. 13836, and E.O.13839) that would have diminished their access to labor-union protection when being pressed on the terms of their employment. Those three orders were litigated by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and sixteen other federal labor unions.
All three were struck down with a decision by a DC District Court. The presiding judge was Ketanji Brown Jackson, who was later rewarded for her decision with a nomination to the Supreme Court, which was affirmed by the US Senate. The prevailing and openly stated reason for her nomination was said to be mostly demographic: she would be the first black woman on the Court. The deeper reason was more likely traceable to her role in thwarting actions by Trump which had begun the process of upending the administrative state. Jackson’s judgment was later reversed but Trump’s actions were embroiled in a juridical tangle that rendered them moot.
Following the lockdowns of mid-March 2020, Trump became increasingly frustrated with the CDC and Anthony Fauci in particular. Trump was profoundly aware that he had no power to fire the man, despite his epicly terrible role in prolonging Covid lockdowns long after Trump wanted to open up to save the American economy and society.
Trump’s next step was radical and brilliant: the creation of a new category of federal employment. It was called Schedule F.
Employees of the federal government classified as Schedule F would have been subject to control by the elected president and other representatives. Who are they? They are those who met the following criteria:
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/astonishing-implications-schedule-f
That sounds scrumptious. Is your hubby a musician?
Congrats (on 6K) and....Happy Birthday, Ms B!!
I hope you’ve had a wonderful day.
Your carrot cake sounds so yummy.
Sorry for the late wishes....we celebrated your birthday by going to watch the Astros whoop up on the Yankees :-)
It was a great game 2-1. Even though I’m a YUGE Aaron Judge fan....I had to cheer on my Astros :-)
I read about Trump’s BRILLIANT Schedule F EO, the other day.
This is a great article....explaining what (we know) Trump was up against, and, the absolute fight he put up, to save America....that the DS just could not allow to stand.
Thanks for the ping and for posting!
Just got home from the ballgame.
Happy Happy Birthday.
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