A federal judge on Friday largely blocked sweeping executive orders from President Donald Trump that seek to end government support for programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.
Judge Adam Abelson in Baltimore granted a preliminary injunction blocking the administration from terminating or changing federal contracts they consider equity-related. Abelson found that the orders likely carry constitutional violations, including against free-speech rights.
Today’s specific, micro-detailed order by Trump shows he’s a servant of Silicon Valley techno-fascists. Trump’s order targets just four agencies; one is the trust maintaining the Presidio, a national park in SF. The tech fascists want to seize this park for a “Freedom City” they would run. 1/ [THREAD]
harpie, they’re going to have a fight on stealing the Presidio, because it’s both a historical monument (if unofficially), and part of the Golden Gate National Rec Area, which means it’s a busy place. The techbros can build it in Texas, since that’s where they’re all moving, and find fewer angry people suing them. https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/president-trump-targets-presidio-trust-20176935.php
Yes, taking out the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the Navy’s CNO and the Air Force Vice COS is nasty business, especially since it was because of their leadership rather than the lack of it.
Burrowing down into the JAG corps, and firing the top lawyers for the Army, Navy, and Air Force, is very Jack Cade, here’s how to cement the rebellion thing. To switch plays, by the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.
I believe they want a recession so they can somehow take over the Fed. Nominally by going ballistic about them not lowering interest rates and Trump doing his King thing or having Powell fall from an upper story window.
“Lowering interest rates” is a term of art. What they want is QE again. The Fed has been tightening, QT, shrinking its balance sheet, for 3 years. Amazingly the financial system has remained well liquefied. Money is extremely popular. Nowhere is money more popular than America. Nobody is actually against Fed ‘ease’.
Taking over the Fed, somehow, is the ultimate goal because, besides the injection of traditional money into the system, with political control the Fed out of the hands of banks, who now have the monopoly on creating money, they could make Crypto money, ie. bank deposits. If banks no longer have exclusive power to create money then Capitalism as we know it is dead.
It isn’t just Democracy these guys are after. They are after Capitalism. They want pure rackets.
Dale Ho Brings in the Conservative Cavalry
Apparently Enrique Tarrio and some friends showed up at the Capitol and were being very loud.
He got arrested. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/21/2305335/-Ex-Proud-Boys-leader-pardoned-by-Trump-arrested-at-the-Capitol-again
I wonder if DOJ is really going to try claiming that those pardons for 1/6 insurrectionists apply to everything illegal they do going forward, because that’s not how pardons are supposed to work.
And another court order that President Musk and The Felon Guy won’t like:
https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/judge-blocks-trump-s-executive-order-ending-20180643.php
A great sign seen at a recent rally:
My version for toaday:
They’re firing the scientists!
They’re firing the JAGs!
Or maybe I should have said:
They are firing the Joint Chiefs!
They are firing the JAGs!
And the replacement is, of course, unqualified for the job.
Hi PJ!
I thought of you and the many other CA residents here when I saw this:
https://bsky.app/profile/capitolhunters.bsky.social/post/3limvapkxts2w
February 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
And here’s another THREAD about this:
https://bsky.app/profile/jennycohn.bsky.social/post/3limiwxaaok2p
February 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
harpie, they’re going to have a fight on stealing the Presidio, because it’s both a historical monument (if unofficially), and part of the Golden Gate National Rec Area, which means it’s a busy place. The techbros can build it in Texas, since that’s where they’re all moving, and find fewer angry people suing them.
https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/president-trump-targets-presidio-trust-20176935.php
Yeah, “Techbro Texas” has a nice ring.
Alexander Vindman:
https://bsky.app/profile/avindman.bsky.social/post/3liq7ox5i7c2y
February 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Yes, taking out the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the Navy’s CNO and the Air Force Vice COS is nasty business, especially since it was because of their leadership rather than the lack of it.
Burrowing down into the JAG corps, and firing the top lawyers for the Army, Navy, and Air Force, is very Jack Cade, here’s how to cement the rebellion thing. To switch plays, by the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.
They’re doing a really good job of getting everyone who knows anything to be against them.
“I expected more pitchforks”.
I believe they want a recession so they can somehow take over the Fed. Nominally by going ballistic about them not lowering interest rates and Trump doing his King thing or having Powell fall from an upper story window.
“Lowering interest rates” is a term of art. What they want is QE again. The Fed has been tightening, QT, shrinking its balance sheet, for 3 years. Amazingly the financial system has remained well liquefied. Money is extremely popular. Nowhere is money more popular than America. Nobody is actually against Fed ‘ease’.
Taking over the Fed, somehow, is the ultimate goal because, besides the injection of traditional money into the system, with political control the Fed out of the hands of banks, who now have the monopoly on creating money, they could make Crypto money, ie. bank deposits. If banks no longer have exclusive power to create money then Capitalism as we know it is dead.
It isn’t just Democracy these guys are after. They are after Capitalism. They want pure rackets.