Trump administration rescinds funding freeze directive, memo shows

Trump administration rescinds funding freeze directive, memo shows

...The new directive follows a tumultuous 48 hours for the White House, as states and local governments raised concerns that funding for health care, law enforcement, disaster aid and infrastructure spending could be paused or delayed during the expansive rollout of the policy.

I will not give into the lies. I will not give into the fear. Repeat it. - Ben Meiselas

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Pete Hegseth Pulls Mark Milley’s Security Detail – ‘Though Multiple Threats Remain on His Life’
• RFK Jr. Confronted With Barrage of His Bonkers Claims, Including Covid Being Targeted to Avoid Jews: 'I Want All of Our Colleagues to Hear It!'
• Democrat Grills RFK Jr. in Heated Battle Over Vaccines: ‘Are You Lying to Congress Today…Or Did You Lie on All Those Podcasts?!’
• Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem joins immigration enforcement operations in NYC
• Trump Repeats Baseless Claim Biden Spent $50 Million on 'Condoms for Hamas' -- And Says They Turned Them Into Bombs
• Fox Host Jesse Watters Runs Wild With Ridiculous Trump White House Claim About $50 Million Condom Drop
• Trump’s 27-year-old press secretary announces ‘no more condoms for Gaza’ in new-look briefing
• Zelenskyy accuses Putin of being 'afraid' of peace talks
• Putin says talks with Ukraine possible, but not with Zelensky

So are the Dems fighting back or is Chuck Schumer's strongly worded letter gonna be it?

This is Susan Collins level gaslighting. - Steve Marmel

My network fired Jim Acosta to curry favor with Trump.  The best thing I can do right now for the country is keep drawing my multi-million dollar anchor salary while going easy on Trump.

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Yep, He's Performing Illegal Chaos

A directive by President Donald Trump to freeze federal grants and loans raised uncertainty and fears among many who depend on federal aid before a judge intervened Tuesday to temporarily block it from taking effect...Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker address the media Tuesday afternoon...“What the President is trying to do is illegal," Pritzker said. "I know these are challenging times, and the Trump administration is trying to confuse the American people. That's why it's so important that we speak plainly.”

This is what a Constitutional crisis looks like. Congress must do its job regardless of party devotion. - Victoria Brownworth

Republican Shenanigans

• DOJ moves to toss charges against former Republican lawmaker
• Party-line Senate committee vote advances Pam Bondi's AG nomination
• Republicans go easy on RFK Jr. at confirmation hearing
• Senate Republicans face pressure from ex-GOP officials to oppose Kash Patel
• House Republicans Fail to Clinch Deal on Tax Cuts, Despite Trump's Urging
• Donald Trump criticizes Joe Biden for abandoning astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore at the ISS
• White House says egg prices are high due to Biden admin's orders to kill over 100M chickens

77,284,118 people voted for Trump and he just tried to take away Medicaid from 72,058,701 Americans. - JoJoFromJerz

 

My Guess: The Epstein Files Will Be MIA

Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to declassify documents related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and now some Republican senators want more.

Trump, these GOP senators say, should also declassify documents related to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a financier whom the president described as a “terrific guy” in a 2002 interview with New York magazine.

i feel like not enough people are talking about caroline kennedy saying RFK put small animals in blenders. - giltcomplex

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Rock The Voter News

• Democrats win control of Minnesota Senate
• Iowa Democrats flip Senate seat in special election to cut into Republican majority
• Democrats' playbook for Trump 2.0: Tune out the noise and focus on economic issues

Remember when we all thought that Sarah Palin was the peak of human ignorance and stupidity?

Good old days. - Alex Cole

Mission Accomplished: The Dumbing Down Of The USA

Fox News ended the month of January with its highest-rated January in the network’s history and extended a stunning run of scoring the top 603 cable news broadcasts since the presidential election in early November.

Trump: “If anything happens to me, Don Jr becomes king. That’s how this works now.” - Andy Borowitz

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Business/Tech News

• Tim Kaine Warns Federal Employees Against Taking Trump’s 'Buyout' Offer: 'Do Not Be Fooled!'
• Trump Media to enter financial sector with Truth.Fi
• DeepSeek's global success received by Chinese with pride and glee
• Former Security Minister: Increase in money laundering seizures 'reflects a tsunami of cocaine in Costa Rica'

It took one week to get Trump voters to go from “eggs need to be cheaper” to “let seniors starve”. - JoJoFromJerz

Well, At Least She Didn't Shoot Them
 Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday that the Trump administration has revoked a decision that would have protected roughly 600,000 people from Venezuela from deportation.

If you change the name of something like "Gulf of Mexico," everyone will use the new name. Just ask anyone on Twitter. - kellyscaletta

I saw a post saying that ICE is pausing its tip line, so I decided to call myself to verify.

The recorded voicemail said they are not currently accepting immigration status tips. 

Good job, friends. - Jess Piper

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Odd News

• Historic asteroid sample reveals the ‘building blocks of life are in fact extraterrestrial in origin,’ scientists say
• The Ocean Surface Is Warming Over 400% Faster Than in The 1980s
• Ridges On Far Side Of The Moon May Show It's Far More "Alive" Than We Thought
• Nearly 16.5-foot cayenne pepper plant might be world's tallest
• Florida Man's Hands Turn Yellow After He Gorges on Shocking Amount of Cheese for Months

Time To Deflate Photo

Dawn in Newport,  Oregon. Red sky at night, sailors delight; red sky in morning, sailors take warning.

Peace.