The Biggest Loser

lousubcap said:

New Yorkers to Texas can't be as challenging as Californians.  Just sayin-
But the ebbs and flows of all this make it entertaining.  

lousubcap said:

Lived many years in NYS and CA.  I decided well over two decades ago that I/we could no longer handle the CA politics.  Sold the planned landing zone home in northern CA and have never looked back.
Now how I landed in Louisville is a whole 'nother story.  

"District Judge Karin Immergut is expected to issue a ruling today on whether the Trump administration violated federal law by deploying National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, following a three-day bench trial. The decision could mark the first to permanently bar the government from using federal troops to suppress protests against immigration authorities. Jack Queen and Dietrich Knauth report for Reuters.

District Judge Sara Ellis yesterday granted class-action certification and issued a preliminary injunction, finding that federal immigration officials “lacked credibility” and were likely violating protesters’ constitutional rights in Chicago. Ellis said from the bench that officials had lied about the nature of demonstrations against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, citing body camera and aerial footage that “directly contradicted” agents’ testimony. She found that federal agents’ use of tear gas and pepper balls against protesters, journalists, and clergy had chilled free speech, assembly, and religious exercise in violation of the First Amendment. Ellis ordered Border Patrol and immigration agents to give at least two warnings with a “reasonable opportunity” to disperse before deploying riot-control weapons, and declined to stay the injunction pending appeal. A written preliminary injunction followed. The court further orderedthat defendants file by today a verification confirming that Commander Gregory Bovino was issued a body-worn camera on Oct. 31, completed required training, and is currently using the device in compliance with the preliminary injunction. Bill Kirkos and Priscilla Alvarez report for CNN.

Maryland and Prince George’s County yesterday sued the Trump administration after the Justice Department, the FBI, and General Services Administration scrapped the previously selected Greenbelt, Maryland, site for a new FBI headquarters and pivoted in July 2025 to the Ronald Reagan Building (RRB) in downtown D.C. The complaint alleges the administration is unlawfully “sabotaging” the Greenbelt site and defying Congress’s instructions to pick among three suburban sites (Greenbelt, Landover, or Springfield."

"A coalition of green energy groups and the city of St. Paul yesterday filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging the partisan funding cuts to energy programs in Democratic-led states during the government shutdown. The lawsuit names Director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought as the main defendant. Zach Montague reports for the New York Times.  

The Justice Department yesterday asked the Supreme Court to block a federal court order requiring the Trump administration to fully fund SNAP payments during the government shutdown. In a filing, the DOJ said that the lower court’s instructions were “massively inappropriate”, adding that conflicting court orders had sowed “upheaval.” It remains unclear whether the Supreme Court will need to rule on the government’s request to block the order as the government shutdown may end this week. Tony Romm and Abbie VanSickle report for the New York Times."

"A federal judge yesterday ordered the release of 13 people on bond who had been detained by the federal government as part of immigration enforcement operations in the Chicago area. The judge also gave Justice Department attorneys a Friday deadline to go through a list of 615 other detainees to see if they qualify for alternatives to detention under a 2022 consent decree while their immigration cases proceed. The judge said he would issue an order for those listed next week. Sophia Tareen reports for AP News."

lousubcap said:

Friday TRUMP ADMINISTRATION LITIGATION

"The Justice Department yesterday filed legal action against Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and Secretary of State Shirley Weber for the State of California’s newly adopted redistricting plan enacted with the passage of Proposition 50. The DOJ has intervened as a plaintiff in a November 5 lawsuit by the California Republican Party and 19 registered voters in the state. Josephine Walker reports for Axios."

Botch said:

Once again, a trump accusation turns out to be an admission:  
 
https://apnews.com/article/trump-pardon-biden-justice-department-ed-martin-d525b1911534a40f70394fddf396acc1
 

"A federal judge yesterday dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit that sought to block a 2020 New York state law that prevents immigration officials from arresting individuals at, or near, state courthouses. The judge rejected the DOJ’s argument that the state law violated the supremacy clause, “a constitutional provision by which federal law supersedes conflicting state laws,” adding that New York was “protect[ing] its sovereign interests in the face of undue federal interference.” Jan Wolfe reports for Reuters. 

The Justice Department yesterday filed a lawsuit against California, contending that two state laws signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) in September violated the supremacy clause by attempting to regulate the activities of federal officials. One of the laws forbids federal law enforcement officers from wearing masks as they work, and the other requires federal agents who are not in uniform to wear visible identification during operations. Josh Gerstein reports for POLITICO.  

The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether federal law allows immigration officials to turn away individuals who present themselves at the border crossing and request asylum in the United States. Josh Gerstein reports for POLITICO.  "

Botch said:

427-1.
Four Hundred Twenty Seven to One!
Four Hundred and Twenty Seven to ONE!
FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN to ONE!!!

Gulfcoastguy said:

Botch said:

427-1.
Four Hundred Twenty Seven to One!
Four Hundred and Twenty Seven to ONE!
FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN to ONE!!!

What are the odds that the one shows up in the files? That makes me curious who the one is. But doesn’t that mean about 7 didn’t vote?

"Nearly every Republican in the US House of Representatives voted on a bill to compel the release of documents tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The lone "nay" came from the Republican lawmaker from Louisiana, Clay Higgins, who defied his party saying his vote was a principled "NO".

"What was wrong with the bill three months ago is still wrong today," Higgins wrote on X. "It abandons 250 years of criminal justice procedure in America."

The resounding vote in favour of the Epstein bill, 427-1, marks a rare moment of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill. Hours later, the US senate too approved the legislation, clearing the way for the final act - President Donald Trump's signature."

"A federal judge yesterday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from maintaining more than 2,000 members of the National Guard deployed on the streets of Washington, D.C.. The judge wrote that the deployment appears to be illegal for a variety of reasons, including limits on the president’s authority to assert total control over the D.C. National Guard. The decision also prohibits the use of out of state Guards without local authorities’ consent. Zach Montague reports for the New York Times.

A federal appeals court yesterday issued an administrative stay, blocking the release on bond of several hundred immigrants detained in “Operation Midway Blitz” in Chicago, who were set to be released today. Shia Kapos reports for POLITICO.

The Justice Department yesterday filed a lawsuit against California, claiming that “federal law prohibits aliens illegally present in the United States from receiving in-state tuition benefits that are denied to out-of-state U.S. citizens.” Qasim Nauman reports for the New York Times."

"A veteran Justice Department official, Joseph Schnitt, filed a lawsuit yesterday against the DOJ, claiming that his First Amendment rights were violated when Attorney General Pam Bondi fired him in September after a conservative group published a video of Schnitt predicting that the DOJ would take a partisan approach to disclosing the Epstein files. “They’ll redact every Republican or conservative person in those files, and leave all the liberal Democratic people in those files,” Schnitt said in the video. Josh Gerstein reports for POLITICO. "