Month: February 2025

Media Hypocrisy? CBS Shields USAID Whistleblower While Doxxing DOGE Employees…

https://x.com/westernlensman/status/1888584465288499372

3rd Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order

Two similar rulings were made by judges in Seattle and Maryland.

Fifth Circuit Says Suppressors Not Protected Under Second Amendment

https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2025/02/10/fifth-circuit-says-suppressors-not-protected-under-second-amendment-n1227629

USAID Is Stripped of Its Lease and Staffers Turned Away from DC Headquarters

The Associated Press   Scores of U.S. Agency for International Development staffers who showed up for work Monday at its Washington headquarters were turned away after the Trump administration stripped the aid agency of its lease. The Trump administration on Monday told The Associated Press that it had taken USAID off the lease of the building, which it had occupied for decades. The eviction comes as a court temporarily blocked a Trump administration order that would have pulled all but a fraction of workers off the job worldwide. USAID’s eviction from its headquarters marks the latest in the swift dismantling of the aid agency and its programs by President Donald Trump and his billionaire ally, Elon Musk. Both have targeted agency spending that they call wasteful and accuse its work around the world of being out of line with Trump’s agenda. READ THE FULL STORY                 

FEMA Quietly Slid $59 Million Out the Door for Illegal Migrants to Put Their Feet Up at ‘Luxury Hotels,’ Musk Says

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) handed out $59 million to “luxury” hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants, Elon Musk said Monday.
Musk — who leads the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a temporary agency within the Trump administration tasked with weeding out frivolous spending by the federal government — said it was his DOGE team that made the discovery. The top White House official said the payment was in violation of President Donald Trump’s executive order and efforts would be made to recover the funds. 

Trump Signs Order Pausing Enforcement of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

The president said the change will open up business opportunities for American companies.

It Seems Tax Dollars Went to Anti-Gun Efforts NOT Disguised as Research

https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2025/02/09/it-seems-tax-dollars-went-to-anti-gun-efforts-not-disguised-as-research-n1227624

Defend the Guard Act: Tennessee Legislation Would End Unconstitutional Deployments

The Tennessee Defend the Guard Act would prohibit the governor from releasing any unit or member of the Tennessee National Guard into "active duty combat" unless the United States Congress passes “an official declaration of war” as required by Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the Constitution, or if Congress takes "an official action pursuant to the United States Constitution, Article I, § 8, Clause 15."

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