Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Good

Senate Democratic leader #ChuckSchumer said on Wednesday that #Democrats would refuse to help #Republicans pass a stopgap bill to fund the govt through Sept 30, significantly raising the chances of a #GovernmentShutdown at the end of the week.

#USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/us/politics/government-shutdown-funding-bill-senate-democrats.html?smid=url-share

Senate Democrats must vote against the Republican's continuing budget resolution https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-democrats-must-vote-against-the?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Via @jefftrnka.bsky.social

Let’s hope so 🤞🏼

Via Prof. Angus Johnston:

"Our caucus is unified," says Schumer.

Team Fight has won the CR battle in the Senate Democratic caucus.

Semafor:

Schumer on Senate floor: "Funding the government should be a bipartisan effort, but Republicans chose a partisan path"

"Because of that Republicans do not have the votes in the Senate to invoke cloture on the House CR. Our caucus is unified" on the month-long CR #DemocratsInArray

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/12/us/trump-news

Jaimes has lived for 30 years in the US, starting his own painting bus that supports his wife & 5 children. Now, they're scrambling to find out what may happen to him & how they'll continue their lives💔w/o his support.

The arrest was made outside Arthur Mid School after Jaimes had dropped off his 8th grade son, who's diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome. Hector said his father had a work permit obtained a few years ago & documentation to live in the US.

#USPol #Immigrants https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2025/03/07/jose-jaimes-arrested-ice-immigration-customers-enforcement-trenton-middle-school/81852395007/

@heidilifeldman "the President can decide, based on his own personal whims..." Is that in the #American King Act?

"18 Hilarious Unseen Photos From the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards"

Wonderful and fantastic animal photos. Not all are comedic but all are amazingly good photos captured at the "decisive moment."

https://petapixel.com/2025/03/12/18-hilarious-unseen-photos-from-the-nikon-comedy-wildlife-awards/

To summarize,

The tariffs that Trump ordered have been successfully blocked by Trump and are not happening but will happen indefinitely not today but a month from now they might pause but will go into effect immediately because tariffs are good unless they happen which they definitely won't and that's what Trump wants which is why he enacted the tariffs temporarily which isn't happening, maybe.

This has been: The Actual News About Tariffs

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China just cancelled all USA beef contracts and will buy from Canada and Brazil.

Well, meat corporations, hope you're happy with your vote for Trump now. FAFO

New in PN: Turns out DOGE can't beat FOIA by shouting NOT AN AGENCY

"Perhaps more importantly, the rulings that DOGE *is* an agency may provide a handle for outside litigants and Congress to grab hold of it before it succeeds in decimating the entire federal government. Let the FOIA cases begin!" https://www.publicnotice.co/p/doge-foia

RFK, Jr. legacy of death and disease. ==========================

Background on the EO: https://www.lawdork.com/p/trump-tests-out-authoritarianism

Trump increasing the wrong kind of consumption.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/health/tuberculosis-kenya-us-cuts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3E4.MXmu.dJzwd8IarYzR&smid=url-share

https://www.wired.com/story/donald-trump-bought-a-dollar90000-tesla-with-37-recall-notices-against-it/

Almost 1 for 1. 37 recalls to match the 34 felonies.
Also, #Swasticar is right. Just thought of another. #ACartheid.

#Tesla
#Fascism
#Apartheid

BREAKING: At the conclusion of today's hearing, Judge Beryl Howell issues a temporary restraining order from the bench, blocking enforcement of Sections 1, 3, and 5 of Trump's executive order against the law firm of Perkins Coie. Sections 2 & 4 were not included in the TRO request, she noted.

"For his $290 million contribution to the Trump campaign, Musk bought the presidency and a government subsidized ad for a Tesla. In the most blatant, shameless, and pure example of the quid pro quo grift - and direct violation of the Hatch Act - Donald Trump decided to hawk Teslas from the White House lawn on Monday. He was even handed a Tesla sales pitch during his remarks."

~ Wajahat Ali

#Musk #Trump #economy #stagflation #recession #Tesla
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https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-tesla-presidency-elon-musk-donald