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  • Baumgartner calls on Zelenskyy to resign hours after diplomatic meltdown in Oval Office

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  • Just to be clear, the "diplomatic meltdown" was mainly by Trump and Vance, not Zelenskyy, right?

    Asked whether the U.S. had itself gone back on its commitments by demanding compensation for aid that was freely given, Baumgartner was unequivocal.

    “Be that as it may, (Ukraine has) now twice been ready to sign an agreement and twice backed out at the last second,” Baumgartner said. “And then you had this bizarre descent into public grievance, an argument in the White House in front of the American public, that’s not advantageous to either side.”

    Baumgartner doesn't even deny that the US is "demanding compensation for aid that was freely given" but he's upset that Zelenskyy isn't jumping to pay up.

  • Trump to sign executive order making English the official U.S. language, WSJ reports

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  • ¿Dónde está la biblioteca?

  • Musk attacked Trump with a profane rant behind his back in the White House

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  • President DonaldTrump and Elon Musk are getting along well so far, but their first meeting at the Oval Office five years ago in 2020 was not as friendly. A source who was at the meetingshared the details with Politico on Tuesday.

    This wasn't a recent thing, just something that was reported recently.

  • ‘Taking a Vacation in Mexico???’ Chris Hayes Can’t Believe Official DOGE Head Is Out of the Country Right After Starting New Job

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  • Did they even give her a heads up that she was getting the job?

  • Trump threatens tariffs on any nation that taxes Big Tech

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  • The OECD has been working on an agreement that will probably include standards, but Canada and other countries got tired of waiting.

  • Trump threatens tariffs on any nation that taxes Big Tech

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  • These taxes usually have minimum revenue requirements that smaller players wouldn't meet. Canada's DST requires at least $20m in Canadian digital services revenue and €750m in global revenue.

  • Locked

    Jellyfin is not just good... but better than Plex now?!

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  • Not having a dedicated app on the LG TV is not an option.

    When was the last time you checked? Jellyfin has had an app on LG's webOS store for a couple of years now, although older TVs didn't get it until a few months later. I'd given up on it and bought a lifetime Emby Premiere licence by the time by TV was finally supported.

  • After 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepad

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  • Trump risks ICC arrest warrant being issued for him, says human rights lawyer

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  • At this point, Canada and Mexico are probably in the mood to do it. His handling of Ukraine and Russia might have parts of Europe on board too.

  • Rachel Maddow’s ‘decorative’ presidency slam blisters Trump

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  • Didn't the government argue in court that Musk is just an advisor? Is Trump telling him to advise more aggressively?

  • DOGE’s shocking $8 billion dollar mistake called out

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  • This administration is more likely to punish the NYT for finding the "mistake" than it is to punish anyone in DOGE for being involved in it.

  • Quoting Napoleon, Trump Openly Declares He's Above the Law.

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  • Trump, his handpicked Cabinet officials, and Musk have also disregarded or openly attacked the other two co-equal branches of government, accusing judges who have moved to halt or limit the new administration's actions of being Democratic partisans.

    It says Trump and his cronies have disregarded or attacked both other branches, but the article only provides examples related to the judicial branch. What have they done to the legislative branch, besides steal its power without any complaints from the Republicans in charge over there? Bypassing a complicit and complacent Congress doesn't feel like it's on the same level as ignoring court orders and threatening to impeach judges.

  • Judge Refuses to Immediately Reinstate Inspectors General Fired by Trump

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  • She didn't dismiss the case, she just refused their request to be reinstated while the case proceeds. And it was an emergency request, where the IGs not filing quickly makes it look less like an emergency.

  • Judge Refuses to Immediately Reinstate Inspectors General Fired by Trump

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  • She declined to fast track the case like the IGs wanted. It will still be handled in due time. Trump fired the IGs without the required 30 day noticed, and if they were reinstated there'd be nothing to stop him from firing them properly, so fast tracking the case wouldn't really accomplish much.

  • Judge Refuses to Immediately Reinstate Inspectors General Fired by Trump

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  • I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that when we’re dealing with unprecedented attacks on democracy maybe people are slow moving at figuring out how they can legally fight back and perhaps it took them that long to put together a legal argument.

    Part of the judge's issue was that the court has bigger attacks to deal with than Trump firing these guys faster than he was supposed to.

  • Judge Refuses to Immediately Reinstate Inspectors General Fired by Trump

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  • Look at the first section I quoted - they presented a half baked argument even moving at that pace.

  • Judge Refuses to Immediately Reinstate Inspectors General Fired by Trump

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  • The inspectors general in this case had argued that a judge’s order this week to temporarily reinstate another government watchdog — Hampton Dellinger, the head of the Office of Special Counsel — while that court challenge progresses had supported their own request to have the inspectors general immediately reinstated while their case proceeds.

    But Reyes deemed that argument flimsy and scolded the plaintiffs for making it. Dellinger, Reyes said, leads an independent agency, and Trump needs a strong reason to remove him. In comparison, Reyes said, Trump needs only to provide Congress with 30 days’ notice and a written explanation to remove an inspector general. She added that even if she had immediately reinstated the watchdogs Friday, the president could simply move to have them fired again after 30 days.

    So the IGs didn't make a strong argument...

    In particular, Reyes admonished the plaintiffs for waiting 21 days after the inspectors general were fired to request a temporary restraining order, an emergency motion that requires the court to move immediately to hear the case because the matter is so urgent.

    Using the legal parlance for a temporary restraining order, she continued, “Are we really here right now on the sixth hearing of this day for me to decide whether to grant a TRO given the circumstances that you guys could not even bother filing a TRO for 21 days?”

    And they waited 3 weeks to do it. The judge making them take the slower route seems reasonable.

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  • DOJ is trying to dismiss the charges without prejudice so they can have leverage over Adams. I think the funniest option would be for the judge to dismiss with prejudice, removing their leverage and clearing the way for the state to bring charges against Adams without worrying about interfering with the feds.

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  • And they're trying to dismiss the charges without prejudice so they can charge him again if he doesn't do what they want.