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I'm seeing a lot of push back today on many fronts. It's shaping up to be a good day for us and an unhinged tweet day for Trump.

 

Court revives lawsuit targeting President Trump’s business dealings at D.C. hotel

https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...e5dd7a-571c-11ea-ab68-101ecfec2532_story.html


"A federal appeals court on Thursday revived a lawsuit seeking to block President Trump’s hotel in downtown Washington from accepting payments from foreign and state governments.


In a divided decision, the court refused to dismiss the novel lawsuit that accuses the president of illegally profiting from foreign and state government patrons at his D.C. hotel. The case, brought by the top lawyers for Maryland and the District of Columbia, is one of a set of lawsuits alleging the president’s private business transactions violate the Constitution’s anti-corruption emoluments ban.

Secret Service has paid rates as high as $650 a night for rooms at Trump's properties

“We recognize that the President is no ordinary petitioner, and we accord him great deference as the head of the Executive branch,” Judge Diana Motz wrote for a majority of judges. But the court denied Trump’s request to dimiss the lawsuit, saying it would not “grant the extraordinary relief the President seeks.”

 

I have seen parts of 2 hearings on that issue. I believe the deal is that any profit over 3 million a year is suppose to be given back to the country. And gosh darn it believe it or not the people who were being questioned didn't have the financial numbers with them when they testified. Had no idea how much profit there was.

 

There was a time that I thought this woman was simply incompetent, but I'm starting to lean to outright evil.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/05/13/betsy-devos-cares-act/


How Betsy DeVos’s handling of relief funds hurt some of the country’s neediest schools, students


"When the novel coronavirus forced colleges and universities to abruptly send students and faculty home for the semester, vulnerable students scrambled to continue their studies amid financial stress, and schools reeled from housing refunds and other lost revenue.

Enter Congress with a $14 billion lifeline.

Schools, anticipating a deepening economic crisis, had lobbied for more, but they still welcomed the support. And they hoped for swift and clear guidance from the Education Department, which Congress tasked with dispensing funding as quickly as possible.

Instead, the implementation of the law is creating new tensions between Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Congress. Democrats accuse DeVos of pushing an ideological agenda to the detriment of students and schools devastated by the crisis. They accuse the department of misinterpreting the law and making harried decisions without considering the consequences."


"But the problems transcend partisan politics. At every turn, new problems emerge that threaten to slow or limit the distribution of critical aid. University leaders say there were glitches with the application. Then, after they applied, the Trump administration imposed restrictions barring millions of students from receiving help and limiting how schools could use the money.

Colleges that should be eligible for more money are receiving less, while others are in line for a windfall that’s out of step with the legislation’s goals. Guidance from the department is inconsistent and reporting requirements are confusing, college leaders say. And with each passing week, there are new rules.

“I have never been in a situation where you get the money and you’re still getting the rules after the fact,” said Patricia McGuire, president of Trinity Washington University, a Roman Catholic women’s school in Washington, D.C. “It’s very weird and disturbing because you feel like you’re doing everything in good faith, and then you might make a mistake that you don’t even know is a mistake."

 

Here's why Trump did not push getting testing set up early on.

Trump Feared Testing Too Many People for Virus Would Spook Stock Markets, Says Report

 

CDC guidelines shelved by Trump administration spell out far stricter road map to reopening - CNNPolitics


"(CNN)Guidelines to reopen the US drafted by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that were shelved by the Trump administration are far more strict and detailed than the White House's own road map toward a return to normal, a CNN review found.

On Wednesday, CNN obtained the document, which expands on a 17-page draft report that CNN reported on last week. A senior CDC official told CNN at the time that the White House does not plan on implementing the agency's guidelines, despite the full report being the result of a request from the White House's coronavirus task force, specifically Dr. Deborah Birx.
The Associated Press first reported on the full CDC guidance.
The 68 pages of public health surveillance and modeling examine how Americans can safely and slowly return to normal life. While some of the advice is consistent with the White House's "Guidelines: Opening Up America Again," the document contains additional details on what is needed for schools, businesses, communities of faith, mass transportation and travel to resume successfully.
Based on the guidance, "no one who is reopening meets the criteria for reopening," a senior CDC official told CNN."

 

I posted this last night after the news about the FBI grabbing Burr's phone broke. No one liked or commented, so I'm going back to the well. Four parts of this report by the Senate Intel Committee have already been released, and they all confirm Russian's efforts to interfere in the 2016 election. IIRC, the Senate voted to approve the report with eightysome votes in favor, something on that order. The last part, the section on the counterintelligence, is due to be released soon. We all know how touchy Trump is about this issue, because he feels (quite correctly) that it makes it appear that he was not elected legitimately.

It looks to me like Burr was caught dead to rights with regard to insider trading. It also appears to me that this action by the FBI and the accompanying headlines are very convenient. William Barr is totally corrupt and doing the president's bidding, attacking Burr. I'd bet that there is some very interesting content in part five of this report.

 

So you didn’t get any attention the first time, and that’s your motivation for D_B’ing yourself?