Judge blocks Joe Biden’s Executive order halting deportations
One of the many Executive Orders Joe Biden signed on his first day in office was an order which halted the deportation of illegal immigrants for at least 100 days. Texas filed suit against the President and today a Federal Judge put a temporary halt on the order. Here is more:
A federal district judge has blocked President Joe Biden’s halt to deportations for illegal aliens after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the administration.
Hours after taking office on January 20, Biden signed an executive order that halts deportations of most illegal aliens for at least 100 days. The order came as illegal immigration has spiked in recent months and a migrant caravan heads to the United States-Mexico border in the hopes of taking advantage of the Biden administration’s lax enforcement policies.
Last week, Paxton filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration, asking a federal judge to block the order noting the negative impact it would have on the state of Texas and its social services.
Following a hearing, U.S. District Judge Drew B. Tipton blocked the order for 14 days
The 14 day halt can be extended another 14 days and this is apparently to give Texas time to seek an injunction. This is just the first step, we have seen how this works over the last 4 years. This will be fought all the way to the Supreme Court and how that schizophrenic court will rule is anybody’s guess.
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Democrats do not have votes to end the filibuster
Over the last several years we have seen the filibuster eliminated for the confirmation of judges and cabinet positions and it was just assumed that as soon as one party had the chance the filibuster would be eliminated for legislative purposes as well. With the Democrats now in charge of both houses of the Congress it was thought that time was now, but it looks like two Democratic holdouts have ended that possibility. Here is more:
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell put the idea of abolishing the filibuster to rest, for now, mentioning the fact two Democrats confirmed that they would not vote to change the Senate rules.
“Today two Democratic Senators publicly confirmed they will not vote to end the legislative filibuster. They agree with President Biden’s and my view that no Senate majority should destroy the right of future minorities of both parties to help shape legislation,” McConnell said in a statement.
Democratic Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema will not support eliminating the filibuster and her mind “cannot be changed,” her spokesperson said Monday.
With Sinema coming out against abolishing the filibuster, it makes it highly unlikely it could happen, as Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin has also said he will not vote to do so.
Mitch McConnell is claiming victory as if he had something to do with this, but I think we all know what is going to happen in the end and I like to think Mitch McConnell is smart enough to realize it, although I cannot be sure. When push comes to shove and there is a stalemate on a key Democratic agenda item an offer will be made that these two holdouts cannot refuse, and in the unlikely event they still hold out Joe Biden does have a pen and a phone...
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Sunday, January 24th open thread: ‘Reapers’
“This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” (Psalm 118:24 KJV)
Here is this week’s open thread. Please feel free to post links to interesting articles and to discuss whatever issues arise during the course of the day. Nothing is off-topic here.
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Here is Muse performing “Reapers” live:
“Home, It’s becoming a killing field
There’s a cross hair locked on my heart
With no recourse and there’s no one behind the wheel
Hell fire, You’re wiping me out, killed by drones“
“You rule with lies and deceit
And the world is on your side
‘Cause you’ve got the CIA, babe
But all you’ve done is brutalise
Drones!“
“You kill by remote control
The world is on your side
You’ve got reapers and hawks babe
Now I am radicalized
Here come the drones!“
National Guard evacuated from capitol after mask violation
After a threat was phoned into the capitol building the National Guard was evacuated from the premises and forced to take shelter in a parking garage. Do not worry, this was not a bomb threat and the lives of our representatives or guardsmen were not in danger. Or should I say not in immediate danger? One of our Representatives, Will Keating, a congressman from the People’s Republic of Massachusetts, was apparently worried his life was in danger from COVID-19 because a member of the Guard was sipping a coffee in Dunkin Donuts without a mask on and he reported him to the proper authorities. Here is more:
National Guard troops were forced to evacuate the Capitol building grounds on Thursday and hang out in parking garages, allegedly after a Democrat congressman complained about one National Guard member not wearing a mask at a cafe in the building.
According to a source, Rep. Will Keating (D-MA) reported to the Capitol building authorities earlier in the day that a National Guardsman was seen in a Dunkin Donuts without a mask on.
After Keating commented out loud that masks were required to be worn at all times in a federal building, the National Guard member responded, “I appreciate my freedom,” according to the source.
National Guard commanders are now looking for the National Guard member, according to the source.
Notice the National Guard is trying to identify this person, are they really going to take action against this person for not wearing a mask. Somebody has to be made an example of so my guess would be yes.
Ironically this comes just hours after Joe Biden was also seen on camera breaking his own mask mandate at the Lincoln Memorial but there are different rules in place for the plebeians and for the ruling class oligarchs.
Welcome to the New America where people are urged to turn in their neighbors and spy on their family and friends. Sieg Heil…
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Joe Biden violates Federal mask mandate hours after signing it
We are quickly headed towards one year of COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions with no end in site from the oppressors. Over this time we have seen many instances of Governors and other Government officials who do not believe the draconian restrictions they have forced upon the people apply to them as well.
Up until this time the highest ranking official we caught was non other than Nancy Pelosi, who got her hair done in a salon despite a shutdown order in San Francisco while at the same time violating a mask order. I say up until now because we have a new winner. On his first day in office Joe Biden signed an Executive Order mandating masks to be worn on Federal property and then just a few hours later he was caught without a mask on. Here is more:
President Joe Biden faced backlash for removing his mask while visiting the Lincoln Memorial Wednesday evening, hours after signing a mandate requiring masks on federal property to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
“Wearing masks isn’t a partisan issue – it’s a patriotic act that can save countless lives. That’s why I signed an executive order today issuing a mask mandate on federal property. It’s time to mask up, America,” Biden wrote on Twitter Wednesday night.
Joe Biden’s supporters are defending him because he was celebrating an historic day so he deserves a break. But since when does the COVID-19 virus leave people alone because they are celebrating an historic day? And what about Christmas, Thanksgiving, and milestone birthdays? Aren’t those also historic days people would like to celebrate?
But here is the most hypocritical part for both Joe Biden and the people who are defending him. These are the same people who went after Donald Trump for not wearing a mask in public, claiming it was setting a bad example and claiming it was irresponsible. Some even went so far as to say that Donald Trump was responsible for killing people by not wearing a mask. Yet now we have a mask mandate in place, so not only was Joe Biden setting a bad example but he was also violating a Federal order and these same people give him a pass.
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The day before Joe Biden was sworn in the courts made a decision which went quietly by the wayside but one which will probably become a much bigger issue under the Biden administration. According to this story the court blocked an Obamacare rule which would force Catholic doctors to perform transgender surgery. Here is more:
On Monday, the day before Joe Biden became president of the United States, a federal court in North Dakota defended Roman Catholic health care providers from an Obamacare mandate forcing doctors and nurses to perform experimental transgender surgeries that violate Roman Catholic convictions. The court enjoined the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) from forcing these Catholic physicians to perform transgender surgery.
This injunction will prevent the Biden administration from using the HHS and the EEOC to enforce the Obamacare transgender mandate, forcing doctors to provide cross-sex hormones and sex-reassignment surgery.
Just yesterday Joe Biden’s Press Secretary Jen Psaki reaffirmed that the President was a “devout Catholic” so you would think Joe Biden would be happy about this decision, but I think we all know he is going to appeal this decision.
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Joe Biden to toughen COVID-19 travel restrictions
You might remember that just the mere mention of banning travel to and from other countries as a way of combatting the COVID-19 pandemic was met with condemnation from the leftists in this country when it was proposed by Donald Trump. He was called a racist, a Xenophobe, a nationalist (which equates to being a Nazi according to the left), and so on.
So you would think that if the left really felt that way than one of the first things Joe Biden would do would be to lift this racist, nationalistic policy once taking office. After all he has promised to lift the so-called “Muslim ban” shortly after his inauguration. But that is not the case and in fact according to this story Joe Biden is prepared to further clamp down on travel to and from Europe and Brazil. Here is more:
THE incoming Biden administration will NOT lift entry bans on those traveling from the UK, Brazil and much of Europe on January 26.
This was reportedly set to end next week under a new proclamation from president Trump, the same day that new Covid-19 test requirements take effect for all international visitors, according to Reuters.
But it has now revealed that these restrictions will not be lifted, and Joe Biden will instead be toughening rules around international travel.
“On the advice of our medical team, the Administration does not intend to lift these restrictions on 1/26.
“In fact, we plan to strengthen public health measures around international travel in order to further mitigate the spread of Covid-19.”
Donald Trump was preparing to ease the travel ban the left has opposed for a year so now the left wants a more strict travel ban. Suddenly the policy is neither racist nor nationalist, but is responsible and required for safety, and it is irresponsible to lift the ban on travel to and from the country. I guess the leftists are all Xenophobes now…
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Donald Trump extends border Emergency Order until 2022
Back in 2019 Donald Trump declared a national emergency at the Southern border in order to reallocate some defense funds to build the wall on the border. Now, according to this story, Donald Trump has extended the national emergency for another year. Here is more:
President Donald Trump has extended his national border emergency until February 2022, giving President-elect Joe Biden a helping hand to offset the growing number of migrants heading toward the southern border of the United States.
“The ongoing border security and humanitarian crisis at the southern border of the United States continues to threaten our national security, including by exacerbating the effect of the pandemic caused by COVID-19 … but further action is needed to address the humanitarian crisis and to control unlawful migration and the flow of narcotics and criminals across the southern border of the United States,” said Trump’s January 16 announcement of the emergency extension.
I think we all know that this is all for naught at this point as Joe Biden is simply going to reverse the national emergency if not on his first day in office than shortly thereafter. And unlike every single Executive Order declared by Donald Trump, Joe Biden’s will not be challenged in the courts.
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Sunday, January 17th open thread: ‘Bulls on Parade’
“This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” (Psalm 118:24 KJV)
Here is this week’s open thread. Please feel free to post links to interesting articles and to discuss whatever issues arise during the course of the day. Nothing is off-topic here.
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Here is Rage Against the Machine performing “Bulls on Parade” from 2010:
“I walk tha corner to tha rubble that used to be a library
Line up to tha mind cemetery now
What we don’t know keeps tha contracts alive an movin’
They don’t gotta burn tha books they just remove ’em
While arms warehouses fill as quick as tha cells
Rally round tha family, pockets full of shells“
Donald Trump to declassify Spygate documents
We have been waiting for months for a report which was never to come. Of course I am talking about Durham’s Spygate investigation. Now, with just a few days left in his Presidency Donald Trump is finally going to do what he has been threatening to do for what seems like an eternity. He is going to declassify all the documents related to the Spygate scandal. Here is more:
With less than a week left in office, President Trump is declassifying a “massive trove” of FBI documents relating to Obamagate, including FBI documents “showing the Russia collusion story was leaked in the final weeks of the 2016 election in an effort to counteract Hillary Clinton’s email scandal,”
The documents could be released as early as Friday, and are said to include “FBI interviews and human source evaluation reports for two of the main informants in the Russia case, former MI6 agent Christopher Steele and academic Stefan Halper.”
According to government officials who spoke with Just The News, the internal FBI and DOJ documents pending release “detail significant flaws in the investigation and provide a detailed timeline of when the FBI first realized the Steele dossier was problematic.”
One bombshell revelation contained in the documents is an admission by Christopher Steele, who was hired by Clinton’s campaign law firm to dig up dirt on Trump. He leaked information from his controversial dossier to the media, such as the false Russian collusion narrative, in the final weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign to counter the Hillary Clinton email scandal, after former FBI Director James Comey had reopened the Clinton email investigation.
Now that it is too little, too late the soon to be ex-President is going to make good on this threat. Why bother at this point? It makes one wonder why he did not release it when it could have made a difference. What difference, at this point, does it matter…
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