Flotsam and Jetsam - Another Court Win for Trump

Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal, Supreme Court Blocks Order Forcing Trump to Rehire 16,000 Bureaucrats, on the grounds that  American Federation of Government Employees lacks the standing to sue. Forgive me if I don't quite get this standing thing, it seems like a DOGE dodge courts use when they don't want to commit. Capt. Ed, SCOTUS *Sorta* Pauses Judge's Order to Rehire 16,000 Federal Probies. Ace, Supreme Court Reverses Lower Hawaiian Judge's Order to Re-Hire the Federal Layabouts Trump Fired, "A wise man once said "Winning."" Also at Da Signal, Trump Reacts to Supreme Court Ruling Allowing Use of Alien Enemies Act to Deport Venezuelan Illegal Aliens. Capt. Ed, Bondi: 'Landmark' Ruling Puts District Judges In Their Place. At CTH, Sundance sees U.S. Supreme Court Begins Dismantling Federal Judge “Temporary Restraining Orders” Against Constitutional Executive Branch Action and hosts #75 Attorney General Pam Bondi on Fox, "Performative.  Oh, and Boasberg did cancel the 3:00pm hearing." Drew Berquist, Leaked Transcript Exposes Judge’s Plot to Block Trump Deportations. Matt Vespa at TownHall, Yeah, About Those Contempt Hearings Boasberg Was Mulling for Trump Officials... "The core of his argument has been smashed into dust, but one can still be held in contempt of rulings on appeal. The Federalist’s Margot Cleveland had more:" Margot Cleveland @ProfMJCleveland, "So right now DOJ is desperately searching for cases involving orders entered without jurisdiction & whether you can be held in contempt. You can be held in contempt of an order that is overturned on appeal, but what if there was no jurisdiction to begin with? AND 1/ Reply Margot Cleveland @ProfMJCleveland, "2/ Here we have the added nuance that it is called "jurisdiction" when you are speaking of where to bring a case in habeas but courts also call it "venue," so does that matter. Assuming it is "jurisdiction", the argument is the court lacked power so order was void ab initio." ET, Judge Boasberg Cancels Hearing After SCOTUS Vacates His Orders. At the Pop Times, GOP Congressman Moves To Impeach Activist Judge James Boasberg Without a Two-Thirds Majority. It won't work, but let the process be the punishment anyway. At PJM, Kevin Downey chuckles Trump Stacks Wins as Commies Weep Into Their Soy Lattes and Matt Margolis sees Liberal Heads EXPLODE With Latest Trump SCOTUS Victory. But the judges continue to quibble. From  OTP, AP Wins Reinstatement To White House Events After Judge Rules Against Government Ban.” "AP Wins Reinstatement To White House Events After Judge Rules Against Government Ban." John Sexton at Hat Hair, Judge Gives Trump Administration 24-hours to Show Proof Mahmoud Khalil is a Hamas Supporter, seems fair enough. The Researcher @listen_2learn, "This is Norm Eisen essentially saying that he was counting on his judge, Juan Merchan, sentencing Trump to prison for a year as part of keeping Trump from becoming president. Norm created the Bragg case which he said was about Trump interfering in the 2016 election. Everything Norm did the last four years was about the jury box and the ballot box to solve the problem of Trump, aka election interference, so Norm should be charged with the same crimes."

Stephen Kruiser at PJM says Trump's Painful but Necessary Scorched-Earth Approach Is Precisely What I Voted For. At the Pipeline, Michael Walsh say Tariffs Aren't the Issue. Ray Dalio@RayDalio, "Don't Make the Mistake of Thinking That What's Now Happening is Mostly About Tariffs." Ace, Stock Market Rallies, Regaining 3%. "This might be based on hopes about countries negotiating away their own tariffs to get America to reduce its own. Seventy countries contacted the Trump Administration to bargain over the tariffs." But then fell again after word of new tariffs on China. From Da Caller, Fake News Headlines Dupe CNBC, Cause Insane Stock Market Swing In Matter Of Minutes. "Several outlets reported on the now-debunked 90-day pause after White House national economic council director Kevin Hassett told Fox News that Trump will “decide what [he’s] going to decide” on tariffs." The Brussels Signal says Ice-cold calm needed on tariffs and not journalists’ urge to report ‘war.’ ET, China Backed Out of Imminent TikTok Deal Due to Tariffs, Trump Says, "The U.S. president said that the Chinese regime would have approved the deal ‘in 15 minutes’ if he reduced tariffs." Shut it down. John Sexton at Hat Hair VIP hears China Say It Will Fight Trade War with US 'To the End'. Sundance notes Commission President von der Leyen Coordinates EU Tariff Response with China and NEC Director Hassett Says So Many Nation Phone Calls Requesting Trade Negotiations They are Struggling with Scheduling. 

At Common Defense, Navy Admiral Fired from Position as Senior NATO Planner: 'Loss of Confidence in Her Ability to Lead'. Twitchy, FAFO: Navy Vice Admiral Refused to Hang Portraits of Trump, Hegseth, Is Fired. Jack Poso @JackPosobiec, "BREAKING: Per report, Navy Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield refused to put up POTUS & SECDEF pictures in NATO HQ. Also held an “all hands” where she said “we will wait them out 4 years” She has been relieved of duty". Brad Essex at RedState, Service Members Who Left Military Over COVID Mandates: You're (Re)hired, but There's a Catch. If you earned money while "off", it will be subtracted from your back pay. NYT whines that After Meeting With Laura Loomer, Trump Fires National Security Council Officials, causality inferred, not proven. I don't care, more firings are better. Ace, "Top" "Vaccine" "Expert" and Public "Servant" Fired After Blocking the Secretary of Health From Accessing the VAERS Vaccine Adverse Reaction Database, "Vaccine Fascism is Best Fascism." Holden Culotta@Holden_Culotta, "𝕏 is losing it over RFK Jr.’s measles post. Meanwhile, FDA’s top vaccine regulator just resigned. Turns out Kennedy plans to EXPOSE hidden data on MMR injuries. There is a lot more going on behind the scenes than meets the eye …" Kurt Schlichter@KurtSchlichter, "It’s super authoritarian for an elected executive to use the powers of his office to enact the policies that he ran on and that the people voted for. Just be honest and say you really don’t believe that the half of Americans who elected Donald Trump have any moral right to see their policies enacted." Quote Conor Friedersdorf@conor64 Replying to @bdomenech "More authoritarian statism coming soon."

NewsMax reports Trump Signs Executive Orders to Boost Coal Production. Nick Arama at RedState hears Miners Cheer As Trump Signs Orders to Bring Back Energy Dominance, Has Them Laughing at Remarks on Biden. At Reason, Donald Trump's Energy Department Saved Your Appliances, "Decades of efficiency mandates have made dishwashers weaker, A.C. units feebler, and appliances more expensive. A new rollback offers a rare win for function over dogma."

At Am Great The Great Victor Davis Hanson explains The Poverty of the Criticism of Trump’s Agenda. "The left rages against Trump but offers no real alternatives on debt, trade, or immigration—just noise, while results quietly pile."  LifeZette, L.A. Dodgers Erupt in Laughter as Donald Trump Calls Out Dem Senators to Their Faces. Collin Rugg @CollinRugg, "JUST IN: The LA Dodgers start cracking up after Trump declines to introduce Senators in the room because he doesn't "particularly like them." The world is scrambling because of Trump's tariffs and he is completely unfazed. "We have a couple of senators here. I just don't particularly like them, so I won't introduce them." A video at Hat Hair, Inside Washington’s Budget Battle: Brent Gardner Breaks Down the Stakes with Hugh Hewitt.

Becky Noble at RedState reports a DOGE Official Confirms What We've Known All Along: Illegal Immigrants Are on Medicaid and Voting. Dan Greenfield at Front Page, The Social Security Website Isn’t Crashing Because 3,000 IT People Aren’t Enough "There are already too many men on the job." Make it 1,000, and tell them if they don't get if working right they'll all be replaced. At NewsMax, RFK Jr. says Some Cuts to CDC Will Be Reversed. "“We’re going to do 80% cuts, but 20% of those are going to have to be reinstalled because we’ll make mistakes,” Kennedy said." 

At Fox, Musk spars with White House trade advisor Peter Navarro: ‘Dumber than a sack of bricks’ Atop Da Hill, Musk’s brother urges Trump to fire Navarro “Navarro is truly a moron. What he says here is demonstrably false,” Musk said on X in response to a video where Navarro claimed Tesla is not a “car manufacturer” but a “car assembler. . . . Navarro said parts used in his Telsa’s were imported from Japan, China and Taiwan. He argued the administration’s tariffs were aiming to use American manufacturing . . . White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended Musk and Navarro’s spat, arguing that “boys will be boys.”"

Andy Ngo@AndyNgo "Portland leftist charged over using lasers to injure eyes of Tesla staff. A radical Portland leftist named Davis Loren Nafshun was arrested on March 29 after allegedly trying to blind staff working inside a Portland Tesla showroom using a powerful green laser. The laser, which Antifa also used in 2020 at the riots to injure the eyes of officers protecting the courthouse, can cause blindness. Nafshun, 27, was charged with felony unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful directing of a laser and menacing. He was quickly released without bail the same day. Nafshun works at the taxpayer-funded homeless NGO "Do Good Multnomah." In 2023, the nonprofit received over $16.3 million in government funding, including over $3 million in federal funds. Many of the Antifa rioters and far-left extremists in Portland and elsewhere work for taxpayer-funded leftist nonprofits." John Sexton is tired of individual vandalism reports and resorts to a weekly Tesla Vandalism Update.

Ace, The Left Staged a Paid Astroturf Fake "Grassroots" Protest This Weekend, and It Was As Successful as Everything Else the Left Does Now. Twitchy claims Comedy GOLD: Anti-Trump Social Media Strategist Claims THIS Proves Protesters Weren't Paid So There. Insurrection Barbie @DefiyantlyFree, "Democrats are having shadow hearings today where disgruntled and fired DOJ employees can testify not under oath and not in a formal setting to smear President Trump." Sister Toldja at RedState plays the Sad Trombone for Cory Booker who Gets Some Bad News on Multiple Fronts After 'Marathon Speech' Stunt, "an ethics watchdog group is accusing the failed 2020 presidential candidate of violating Senate ethics rules with actions they say he took before, during, and after his remarks." NYPo, AOC flies first-class to Bernie Sanders’ ‘Fight Oligarchy’ rally as critics pan lefty pol for battling inequality one ‘mimosa at a time.’ Matt Vespa, MSNBC Guest Totally Implodes Over Trump's Immigration Policy, But Exposed Something Hilarious "They brought back Princeton Professor Eddie Glaude to rant about the developments, where MSNBC host Nicole Wallace, the most insufferable of them all, gave him the floor to once again say we’re all racists for not voting for Kamala Harris." Karol Markowicz at NYPo says Democrats lit the ‘assassination culture’ fuse — now their silence equals violence. At WJ, Stunning New Study Shows Left's 'Assassination Culture' Has Hit Disturbing Levels - Trump and Musk Targeted. Beege Welborn asks Aren't We Over This Yet? Terrorist Sympathizers Swarmed Grand Central Station Last Night. From the College Fix, CU Boulder pro-Hamas protestors barge into class – get yanked out by their keffiyehs. PJM's Stephen Kruiser wonders Why Are Democrats Always Rooting for the Bad Guys? and Dare We Dream About Lasting Improvements in Election Integrity?

Leslie Eastman at LI has a Report: Biden Admin Hid Report Linking American COVID Cases to China’s Military Games in October 2019, "The continuing stream of newly released information now coming out about the pandemic confirm initial assessments about the laboratory origin of covid, most likely from research being done at the Wuhan Institute of Virology."

This is one of those stories that could only happen in California:

1. Mayor of Los Angeles issues an executive directive making it fast & easy to build 100% affordable housing.

2. She doesn’t include any new public money in the order, so it’s supposed to just be a fake… pic.twitter.com/2O53ZaErBx

— Alec Stapp (@AlecStapp) April 8, 2025

Da Blaze is concerned about Kash Patel's surprising appointment of a top J6 inquisitor to head DC FBI office. But Shooting News Weekly is heartened that Acting ATF Director Kash Patel Announces an End to the Agency’s Abusive ‘Zero Tolerance’ FFL Inspection Program.

Driscoll at Insty sees CHANGE: The Border Crisis Is Over. Matt Margolis reports Trump Makes a Huge Move Against Illegal Immigrants. "The administration announced a bold new plan to impose hefty $998 daily fines on migrants who overstay their deportation orders. It's not stopping there, either; it will also seize property from those who don't pay up." Dave Strom, Yowza! Trump Administration to Fine Illegal Aliens With Deportation Order $998/Day Until They Leave. Charlotte Hazard at JTN, Trump administration to fine illegal migrants $998 a day unless they self-deport "The administration is using a 1966 law that will allow illegal migrants to be fined if they don't leave the U.S." There must be some obscure reason it's not an even $1000. At NewsMax, DHS Revokes Legal Status for Migrants Under App. Parker Thayer @ParkerThayer, "This guy didn’t resign when IRS employees leaked the sensitive tax information of 405,000 citizens to ProPublica, but draws the line at a legitimate law enforcement request for information on non-citizens." Quote unusual_whales @unusual_whales, "BREAKING: The acting head of the IRS plans to quit over the deal ICE has made with the IRS where the IRS will share migrants’ tax information with ICE, to help find immigrants they are trying to deport, per Washington Post." From NewsMax, Colleges Around US Say Some Intl. Students' Visas Are Being Revoked. At NewsBusters, a STUDY: CNN, MSNBC Refer to El Salvadoran Illegal Alien as ‘Maryland Man’ 120 Times.

Who did this? I can’t stop laughing 🤣

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— Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) April 7, 2025

Honestly with Bari Weiss @thehonestlypod, "Axios founder @JimVandeHei says trust in American media collapsed in three phases. 1. Twitter exposed the political bias of “objective” journalists. 2. Coverage of Covid, “defund the police,” and word policing didn’t sit right with Americans. 3. The lack of coverage around Joe Biden’s mental decline was the final straw. “And it breaks my heart… I am a fierce defender of journalism... I think it’s a couple of bad apples who make it look bad for for everyone.”"

From the Free Bacon, ‘No Specific Memory’: Columbia University’s Armstrong Tells Feds She Can’t Recall Specifics of Any Anti-Semitic Incident on Campus, "Armstrong will now take sabbatical to 'spend time with family,' university says," and Caltech Renames Top Diversity Official While Keeping DEI Office Intact, "Lindsey Malcom-Piqueux received a 'promotion' to associate vice president for campus climate, engagement, and success." John Sexton reports Trump Freezes Assets at Cornell and Northwestern, Plus Obama Weighs In. 

Ace says Surprise! Nashville Police Lied to the Public About Transgender Killer Audrey Hale's Motivations. A text-book case of liberal group think combined with testosterone poisoning. Beege Welborn, Bondi Pulls All Non-Essential Funding From Maine Dept of Corrections.RedWave Press@RedWave_Press, "NEW: U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announces the Trump administration has pulled all non-essential funding from Maine’s Department of Corrections after they allowed a 6’1” 245 lb. man into a woman’s prison. “We pulled all non-essential funding from the Department of Corrections in Maine because they were allowing a man in a woman’s prison.” “A giant, 6-foot-1, 245-pound guy, who committed a double mu-der with a knife…and he identified as a woman.” “So they were letting him be housed in a female prison. No longer. We will pull your funding.”" Northern California Record cites the Appeals court: Chico mom should get new chance to sue school district for secretly transitioning daughter. From Breitbart, J.K. Rowling Mocks ‘Asexual Day’ as a ‘Fake Oppression Day’ to Tell ‘Complete Strangers They Don’t Fancy a Shag’.

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: An Almost Perfect Week up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain on time and under budget.