Maryland, My Maryland

 MSN, citing the Balmer Sun, Maryland at ‘high risk’ of recession, Moody’s top economist warns

Maryland is among 21 states and Washington, D.C., that are either already in or are at a “high risk” of a recession, according to a warning this week from the chief economist at the credit-rating agency that recently downgraded Maryland’s bond rating. 

The U.S. economy as a whole is “on the edge of recession” as a result of such a large number of states trending downward, Moody’s Mark Zandi wrote on social media Sunday.

“Based on my assessment of various data, states making up nearly a third of U.S. GDP are either in or at high risk of recession, another third are just holding steady, and the remaining third are growing,” Zandi wrote.

Moody’s is one of the top three credit-rating agencies and the only one that downgraded Maryland’s AAA bond rating this year. It said Maryland maintained a “stable” outlook but that its rating should take a hit because of economic underperformance and the higher-than-average impact from President Donald Trump’s decisions in the White House.

Of course yesterday's economic report, 3.3% growth, and 2% inflation, would seen to contradict that.

In his update Sunday, Zandi pointed to “the broader DC area” in particular because of Trump’s moves to slash the federal workforce — with Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, D.C., joining the list with Maryland.

Other states that represent a similar or larger share of country’s GDP as Maryland — which Zandi noted as 1.86% — that are in or heading toward recession include New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Illinois, Minnesota, Washington, Georgia and Oregon. California and New York, two of the three largest state economies, are “treading water” while states like Texas, Florida and Pennsylvania are expanding, according to Zandi’s analysis.

I think I'm seeing a pattern here. 

And, only tangentially related, from the College Fix, U. Maryland abortion program aims to recruit ‘providers of color,’ raising legal red flags. 

Flotsam and Jetsam - Snippets of Hur Tapes Released

Somebody, presumably in the Democrat camp, has released portions of the recordings Special Counsel Robert Hur made with President Biden during his investigation of the boxes of secret documents, some dating back to Biden's Senate years, found in his garage in Delaware (and elsewhere), and they're everything you've come to expect, a maundering old man without a clue. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.16.25 Twitchy, BREAKING: Portions of Biden’s Forgetful Interview With Robert Hur Has Been Released (LISTEN). Matt Vespa, Portions of the Tapes Between Biden and Special Counsel Robert Hur Have Been Released. They’re Brutal. Insty cites NRO, TRUNALIMUNUMAPRZURE! Newly Released Biden-Hur Audio Captures Former President’s Stumbles from Special Counsel Interview. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Hur Tapes Released -- And It's Worse Than You Imagined; UPDATE: Receipts -- And a Question, "One has to wonder whether Hur himself or his investigators might have grown tired of the Democrats' attempts to claim that they never saw Biden slow down until the June 2024 debate. But why wait until a Friday afternoon to do so? There doesn't seem to be a good fit for the circumstances among any of the parties involved. Still, the only people with access to these tapes would presumably be the DoJ, Hur's team, and the Bidens' attorneys, at most. Hmmmm." Guy Benson @guypbenson, "Just made my way through this & other clips. They sound worse than they read. POTUS was constantly befuddled/disoriented. He came across precisely as Hur described him. They called Hur a liar. This was the same Joe Biden as the debate Biden, but a year earlier. Huge scandal and they’re still lying." Guy Benson @guypbenson, "100% exoneration of Hur. Every person around Biden KNEW Hur was correct and they attacked & impugned his integrity anyway, entirely due to politics. Go read their quotes at the time, then listen to the audio. The discrepancy PERMANENTLY impeaches their veracity & credibility." Anxious anxiously admits Prosecutor's audio shows Biden's memory lapses. Nick Arama at RedState takes note of the Tense Moment in Hur Interview When Attorney Intervenes After Biden Was Asked About Classified Memo. Matt Vespa again, Here Are Some of the People Who Owe Special Counsel Robert Hur an Apology. Mike Benz @MikeBenzCyber "The scandal is MUCH worse than the Biden WH not releasing the tape. The so-called “independent” Merrick Garland crooked Justice Dept was SUBPOENAED by Congress to release it, he defied that subpoena after jailing Steve Bannon for defying one, then DOJ refused to jail Garland."

Joe Concha at WaEx, Jake Tapper’s ‘bombshell’ book on Biden’s decline is a laughable attempt to rewrite history. NYPo, Jake Tapper’s bombshell book on Biden mental decline could be made into a movie "A high-stakes bidding war is brewing in Hollywood over the rights to the upcoming political exposé by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios reporter Alex Thompson detailing the decline of Joe Biden, according to a report." Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald "Jake Tapper's book tour is the most brazenly fraudulent scam. Tapper today denounces Democrats as "disgraceful" for their "smear campaign" against "heroic" WSJ reporters who reported on Biden's cognitive decline. See video below: it was *Tapper* who smeared the WSJ for that!" Quote Mediaite @Mediaite, "Jake Tapper Rips Democrats for 'Smear Campaign' Against 'Heroic' WSJ Reporters: 'Disgraceful' https://mediaite.com/tv/jake-tapper." Western Lensman @WesternLensman "After the Biden/Clooney fundraiser video emerged, CNN’s Brian Stelter excitedly jumped in to run the “cheap fake” narrative for the White House. “The White House used the phrase “cheap fakes”…let me explain what that is…." We now know Biden didn't even recognize Clooney that day. CNN and Jake Tapper expect people to forget all of this — as they act like they were duped on the Biden decline coverup — instead of the active participants that they really were." Drew Berquist, Former Biden Aide Gets Triggered By Scott Jennings Repeating What China Said About Joe [WATCH] “During the Biden Administration the Chinese officials said, ‘Yeah, we knew we could ignore Biden. We could ignore whatever agreements we had because he was too weak and would never, ever stand up to us or stop us.’” From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.15.25 (Evening Edition) Da Fed, NY Times Publisher Laughably Claims His Paper ‘Reported Deeply’ On Biden’s Decline. Althouse finds "Plenty of Democrats are annoyed that 'Original Sin' has catapulted the issue of Biden’s enfeeblement back into the news..." ""... threatening to distract voters from Donald Trump’s rococo corruption. I think, though, that Tapper and Thompson have done the party a favor. . . Some sort of reckoning is due for the disastrous missteps that paved the way for Trump’s return.... Writes Michelle Goldberg, in "How Did So Many Elected Democrats Miss Biden’s Infirmity?" (NYT)". Some wishful thinking from PJM's Matt Margolis, Biden's Autopen Pardons May Just Get Invalidated "Ed Martin, the new DOJ pardon attorney and head of the Weaponization Working Group, isn’t wasting time. This week, he announced a review of the shady “autopen” pardons Joe Biden’s team rushed through in its final days. “These deserve some scrutiny,” he said." Capt. Ed reads Politico: Democrats Realizing Their Biden Nightmare Is Just Beginning. "For some reason, Democrats apparently never considered what a cover-up on the Joe Biden scale would do to their reputations." PJM's Scott Pinkser thinks Liberals Are on the Verge of a Major PR Pivot. And Their Next Target Will NOT Be Trump. "Over the past two weeks, there’s been a national PR shift: The Democratic Party has turned on Joe Biden. The one-two combination of Biden’s incoherent media appearances on the BBC and “The View,” plus the shocking allegations in the book, “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,” have pushed the party’s base from denial to anger. But not just at Biden: The party’s base is furious with all the politicians who lied to them about Biden’s condition. Over the past week, there have been so many anti-Biden articles in the mainstream media — why, you would’ve thought he was a conservative." 

President Trump is back from his whirlwind tour of Arabia. Don Surber insists Trump triumphs in Saudi Arabia, "Again." At Da Mail, CNN black sheep's very surprising response to Trump Qatar plane freebie that's angered liberals and conservatives "'I mean, Scott would be calling it the Barack Hussein plane,' . . .'No,' Jennings simply stated. 'Barack "Huplane" Obama,' he quickly followed up, offering a pun - and some much-needed levity - in the otherwise austere debate." Matt Margolis, Here's What The Left Won't Tell You About the Qatar Plane Deal. “What no one’s talking to you about,” Mullin revealed, “is this same 747 has been in negotiations for a year. The Biden administration is the one that started these conversations. It didn’t start under the Trump administration. Why? Because we need a backup for Air Force 1. Because right now, the president of the United States is flying around on a 40-year-old plane, and there is no backup for it. The backup we had, the airframe started having structural issues.” Insurrection Barbie @DefiyantlyFree "So let me get this straight the plane that was a gift from Qatar was actually a conversation that was started a year ago by the Biden administration with the Qataris? You literally can’t make this stuff up."

At Am Think, John Di Leo thinks about What’s the Real Story on Trump’s ‘Deal’ with China? "This is more like a negotiated ceasefire in a long war, while the serious peace talks get underway." VodkaPundit at Insty, OH, CANADA: ‘If we’re going to play the independence game, we play to win’: Derek Fildebrandt on Alberta separatism. "On last night’s episode of The Ezra Levant Show, Derek Fildebrandt from the Western Standard discussed Alberta’s rising independence movement as separatist sentiment heats up following another Liberal victory in the federal election." Sarah Anderson at PJM, Rubio and Trump: This Is the 'Only Way' to End the War in Ukraine "Rubio went on to explain that he believes the only way the Russia-Ukraine War will finally come to an end is if Trump and Putin sit down at a table together, face-to-face, and talk."

At Breitbart Business Digest, PPI Reports Shows U.S. Consumers Are Not Paying the Trump Tariffs. "If the tarifflation alarmists were right, we should have seen the proof by now." From Fox, Handful of Republicans sink Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' in key House committee, "The bill failed to pass the House Budget Committee on Friday." Republicans . . . NewsWeek is proud to report US Completely Loses Perfect Credit Rating for First Time in Over a Century. "Moody's Ratings downgraded the U.S. government's credit rating on Friday, citing repeated failures by successive administrations to control the country's growing debt. The agency lowered the rating from its highest grade, Aaa, to Aa1, noting that while the U.S. still benefits from key strengths—such as a dynamic economy and the global dominance of the U.S. dollar—its fiscal outlook has significantly deteriorated." I suspect this is enemy action on the part of the credit agencies. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.15.25 (Evening Edition), The Federalist, The Media Kept Rooting For A Tariff-Driven Recession. The Data Keep Disappointing Them, Cafe Hayek: Americans Have No “Consumption Addiction”, Oren Cass Continues to Be Mistaken, Yes to Market-Driven Foreign Investment; No to Protectionist-Driven Foreign Investment, The Triumph of Economic Freedom, and The Economic-Understanding Deficit Grows. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.16.25 Louder With Crowder, Trump’s new approval ratings are in, and CNN’s polling guru was forced to report news his network is gonna HATE.

It was a tough day in the court room for the Trump administration. Sarah Arnold at TownHall reports SCOTUS Sides With Illegal Alien Criminals in Alien Enemies Act Case. "In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court approved a request from Venezuelan nationals for an injunction to prevent their removal from the United States under the Alien Enemies Act. The Supreme Court contended that the Trump administration failed to provide the detainees with sufficient time or proper resources to contest their deportations." ET has 5 Takeaways From Supreme Court Hearing on Nationwide Injunctions, Birthright Citizenship. "The case could affect how judges can block future policies." Josh Blackmun at the Volokh Conspiracy, SCOTUS to CASA to A.A.R.P.: In Case Of (Perceived) Emergency, Ignore The Rules, And Make Stuff Up. At Da Caller, Supreme Court Justice Proves She’s Totally Clueless Yet Again. Jack Poso @JackPosobiec "No way Ketanji Brown Jackson is actually this clueless But she is..." At WaEx, DC Circuit panel skeptical of Trump administration ability to fire independent officials. Atop Da Hill, Judge says DOJ’s explanation for state secrets privilege in Abrego Garcia case ‘insufficient’. OTP, Federal Judge Says He’s Cool With Illegal Aliens Wandering In Military Zone. However, Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal reports a Judge Strikes Down EEOC’s Attempt to Force Businesses to ‘Deny Biological Truth’.

Stephen Kruiser notes James Comey Has Crawled Out of His Hole to Stink Up the Place. Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson, "BREAKING: Former FBI Director James Comey is reportedly under Secret Service escort to the Washington Field Office for questioning by investigators." Misty Severi at JTN reports Noem confirms DHS, Secret Service are investigating Comey social media post targeting Trump, "The social media post, which Comey shared on Instagram but has since removed, showed the numbers "8647" etched in the sand at a beach. The numbers are perceived as a call to "86" the 47th president, which is used as a call sign for murder." Althouse, "James Comey purports not to have known that 86 means to get rid of (after he posted a picture of rocks in the form 8647 (47 being easily read as a reference to Trump)). Is Comey credible?" "For the annals of Things I Asked Grok." Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson "BREAKING: President Trump goes scorched earth on James Comey for the assassination threat, says he knew exactly what “8647” meant: “You're the FBI director.. You know that meant assassination. He wasn't very competent, but he’s competent enough to know what that meant..”" Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson "BREAKING: Associate Deputy AG Ed Martin says James Comey is going to prison over Trump assassination threat — Either lie to the jury or admit he knew what "8647" meant: “He knew… He’s got a problem. Perjury traps are next. Going to jail on one or the other.”" Gavin M. Wax @GavinWax "The entire federal bureaucracy in DC was built to elevate unimpressive but impeccably credentialed sociopaths like Comey. These are products of elite institutions who mistake conformity for wisdom & status for merit. The system is rigged to exclude those with courage, conviction, & a genuine desire to serve the national interest." Charlie Martin at PJM says Let's 86 the 86 Thing, M'kay? I disagree. I doubt anything will really happen to him, but in the meantime I hope he enjoys the process he took joy in inflicting on Trump and his guys.

At Da Caller, Ed Martin Teases Potential Target For His DOJ Weaponization Group’s Microscope. “The bar associations exist with a sort of monopoly, but they also exist at the discretion of the courts,” he said, noting they mostly target conservatives. “I’ve seen the impact on the legal system, not only advocates like myself who are targeted, but rank and file prosecutors who are abused by the system because the left wants to have sort of lawlessness.” At Althouse, "Are you admitting that the case against Trump in New York was part of the organized Democratic Party resistance?" Scott Jennings@ScottJenningsKY, "I can't believe it. They finally admitted it on live TV: The prosecution of President Trump was an organized effort by the Democratic Party "resistance." Lawfare is real. The justice system was weaponized against President Trump."

Benny Johnson@bennyjohnson, "BREAKING: The DOJ set to announce charges against Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver as early as today for assaulting law enforcement at a New Jersey ICE facility, according to New Jersey Globe." New Jersey Globe, McIver set to be charged over Delaney Hall incident. "Habba going after Newark Democrat for her role in May 9 immigrant detention center scrum."

Amanda Heat at JTN reports FBI Director Patel confirms agents to vacate Hoover building. "Moving agents out of the so-called “swamp” could help decentralize establishment power and bring agents closer to the Americans they serve and protect." "Look, the FBI is 38,000 when we're fully manned, which we're not. In the national capital region, in the 50-mile radius around Washington, D.C., there were 11,000 FBI employees," he said. "That's like a third of the workforce. A third of the crime doesn't happen here, so we're taking 1,500 of those folks and moving them out." To be fair, a lot of high level crime occurs in DC. PM, Kash Patel to shut down FBI HQ, move 1500 agents out of DC. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn, Kash Patel Says They're Movin' on Out. Move the central office to Fargo, ND.

PJM's Rick Moran asserts The 175,000 Pages of Federal Regulations Make a Mockery of the Term 'Rule of Law'. "The "Code of Federal Regulations" contains 48,000 sections spanning 175,000 pages. Each and every one of those regulations is backed by the full force of law. An estimated (because no one wants to spend their life calculating it) 300,000 federal regulations carry criminal penalties for violating them." We need a friendly District Court god judge to say they're null and void because nobody can keep track of it all.

At OTP, DOGE Stymied In Bid To Sink Its Teeth Into Government Accounting Office, In Bow To DOGE, Fed Chief Plans 10% Staff Reduction and Voice Of America Lays Off A Third Of Its Staff – 600 Employees. Tapscott at Insty, WHAT’S REALLY AT STAKE IN TRUMP’S CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS: "Dr. Donald Devine was “Reagan’s Terrible Swift Sword” back in the 1980s and he accomplished more to make government work more efficiently in five years as Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director than all the rest of the individuals who ever held the position. . ." She's baaaack! DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "EXPOSED: Soros, the Deep State & the Shadow Network Today, I launched a powerful new tool that indexes the National Endowment for Democracy journal... and here's what it uncovers: Dozen-plus Open Society Foundation staff, funded by George Soros, are writing in a U.S. government-backed journal. That journal is part of our taxpayer-funded National Endowment for Democracy, a quasi-government operation tied to foreign "democracy" missions- and Congress sits on its board. No conspiracy theories. This is hard data. This proves Soros and our intelligence apparatus are deeply intertwined."

From TNP, Soros Foundation Director Admits Progressive NGOs Use Lawfare to Protect Illegals Against Public Wishes. From Fox, Progressive (Soros funded?) prosecutor lets illegal immigrant teen off easy after 90-mph crash that killed 24-year-old woman "The father of 24-year-old Kaitlyn Weaver condemned a progressive DA's lenient probation-only sentence after deadly T-bone collision." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.16.25. At Louder with Crowder, Watch: Migrant Tells English Reporter Why He's Come To The UK, And It's Worse Than You Think.

Dave Strom at Hat Hair says NYT's 'Fascism' Narrative Is So Tiresome It Has Become Self-Parody. From the Free Bacon, ‘We Occasionally Misjudge’: Pulitzer Board Told Me I Was out of Line When I Asked Why the Organization Gave an Award to Palestinian ‘Poet’ Who Made Hateful Comments About Israeli Hostages "The board, and its overseers at Columbia University, don’t want to answer questions about whether they vetted Hamas apologist Mosab Abu Toha before giving him the coveted Pulitzer Prize for Commentary." From the College Fix, Racial slur charges dropped against Yale conservative leader – ‘cannot be proven’ “The allegations were never true,” Noble told the Yale Daily News. “Video evidence that existed from day one fully exonerated me, just as I said from the very beginning. The fact that it took nearly a year and exorbitant legal fees to get to this outcome is inexcusable.”

From Campus Reform, College presidents defend school policies at hearing as lawmakers slam responses to campus anti-Semitism. Christopher F. Rufo @realchrisrufo "Harvard officials now fear that their discrimination machine might expose them to criminal liability. Justice is coming." Quote Steve McGuire @sfmcguire79, "People inside Harvard realize “they are in an untenable crisis.” Some worry they could face “full-blown criminal inquiries.” They’re going to have to make a deal."

J@The_Feminist_TM "A lot of being “trans” has to do with males wishing they were the objects of sexual desire, and females wishing they weren’t."

There are still plenty of unused links at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.15.25 (Evening Edition) and Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.16.25. Linked at the Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Indians Scalped! up on time and under budget.

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Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump of Arabia

Yesterday was a very newsy day.  President Trump is on his first foreign trip of the new term, visiting countries in the mid east in an attempt to gin up investment in the US. The inflation report came in lower than expect, and JP Morgoth downgraded their recession prediction. It was revealed that the Biden campaign planned to put Joe in a wheelchair, once the election was safely over. DOJ indicted Judge Dugan for scheming to allow an illegal alien defendant to escape ICE, and some South African refugees set the internet on fire. 

Sundance at CTH is all over the Middle East trip of course, with President Trump Arrival Ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Video, President Trump Participates in Official Pageantry During Saudi State Visit – Video. President Trump and Mohammed bin Salman Celebrate on Stage During YMCA Performance Exit and President Trump Delivers Remarks During U.S-Saudi Economic Forum. Cutie Pavlich at TownHall reports Trump Signs Major Deal With Saudi That Has a Special Bonus “The $600 billion in Saudi investment in the United States builds President Trump’s record in 2017 of securing billions in commercial deals and agreements with Saudi Arabia for the defense, energy, technology, and infrastructure sectors,” . . .. As a bonus, the United States will receive an Arabian Leopard at the Washington, D.C., National Zoo." Ace, Trump Lands in Saudi Arabia, Announces $600 Billion in New Investments in America. "Trump and some of his advisors and cabinet heads landed in Saudi Arabia late last night. This morning, he announced a pledge from the Saudis to invest $600 billion in the American economy." Anxious anxiously whines Trump announces U.S. will remove sanctions on Syria at the request of bin Salman. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair thinks Trump is Giving the New Syrian Boss Rope to Hang Himself With...or Not. At PJM Matt Margolis says Okay... Here's the Truth About the Qatar Jumbo Jet Story, "Naturally, the left is already losing its mind, but here’s the reality: this is a win for taxpayers" and Vicky Taft says Shaddup, Already! The Air Force One 'Gift' Is Having Its Intended Effect "The mediacrats are shilling the fake news that Trump only wants the Qatari 747 for himself because they can't expand their minds to consider that what Trump really wants is for Boeing to get off their backsides and get these done. That's applying pressure on Boeing." Matt Vespa, Wait, That's Why Cryin' Chuck Schumer Put a Hold on Trump's DOJ Nominees?

Hat Hair's Dave Strom happy to report JP Morgan says The Recession Has Been Called Off. And we know they successfully predicted 21 of the last 3 recessions. Streiff at RedState is ecstatic as the Annual Inflation Rate Hits Four-Year Low; Groceries Have Biggest Decline in Five Years. Sundance, April Consumer Prices Reflect Lowest Inflation in Four Years. "Wait,… wha? Prices were supposed to skyrocket, so said the experts, pundits, Wall Street analysts and all the ‘talking heads.’ Alas, the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) releases the April consumer price index [SEE HERE] and, shocker, prices on the critical consumer goods that matter most are dropping." Ace, Inflation Falls "Faster Than Expected," Reaching Lowest Level Since 2021 "But but but Trump said he would immediately cut inflation and taking two or three weeks isn't "immediate"" Driscoll at Insty has YOUR PERIODIC REMINDER THAT THE DNC-MSM REALLY HATES LOW GAS PRICES. Beege Welborn notes End O' the World Tariffs B-B-Bring in Bah-Bah-Bah-Billions in April. "This headline had to kah-kah-kah-KILL CNBC. Oh, you know it did. Tariff receipts topped $16 billion in April, a record that helped cut the budget deficit. Sit back for a minute and let that sink in. Andrew A. Michta @andrewmichta "A few observations from this European trip. BLUF: Our European allies—at least some of the largest ones—do not fully appreciate that we are in an economic war with China. As I wrote here, how Europe rolls on China will define transatlantic relations. 1/8." AMAC announces Trump Seizes the Momentum Back. Matt Vespa at TownHall, Donald Trump Jr. Is Investing in America. The Media Is Investing in Smears. Dave Strom considers the question Is President Trumps EO on Drug Prices 'Price Control'? "Well, yes and no. Maybe. It depends on how you look at it. And it depends on what the results will be. It's hard to say. It's complicated. How is that for a non-answer? Pretty good, eh?" Real Clear Defense, The U.S. Defense Budget Must Be an Instrument of Lethality. At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.13.25, EBL, US China Trade Deal? Vox Popoli, Will Trump Put America First.

Beege Welborn reports Alberta Tells Carbon Tax Carney to Suck a Cold Stone.

We need to annex Alberta. It is literally propping up the rest of Canada by itself. pic.twitter.com/CANz4lEdFB

— bumbadum (@bumbadum14) May 4, 2025

Drew Berquist reports Elon Musk’s DOGE Replacement Revealed, Democrats Are Not Going to be Happy. Are they ever? Russell Vought, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Department of Government Efficiency @DOGE "Introducing the DOGE Deregulation Leaderboard! Comprehensive list of repeals of burdensome or obsolete regulations, including the cost savings to the American taxpayer. $28.7B so far. https://doge.gov/regulations" NewsBusters, 60 Minutes Admits U.S. Gov. Loses Up to $750 Billion in Fraud Per Year, Knock DOGE Anyway. Da Caller reports House GOP’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Would Put States On The Hook For Outrageous Food Stamp Fraud. Ace, Trump Blasts "Neocons," "Liberal Non-Profits" for Screwing Up the World.

Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius "In case you missed it, the below EO is a big deal. Trump is forcing the federal government to spell out everything that is a crime under federal law. The other thing the EO does is to force the government to add a "mens rea" element to most of these "crimes"; i.e., you have to be aware of the fact that you are committing a crime in order for it to be a crime. Thus, if you decide to build a pond on your property and the EPA has some obscure regulation saying that is a crime, you would need to be aware of the criminal nature of the act before you did it in order to be guilty of anything. This is great. . . . "

Hat Hair's John Sexton reports Grand Jury Indicts Judge Hannah Dugan. Sundance, Wisconsin Judge Indicted for Assisting Illegal Alien Avoid ICE Agents in Court. John Sexton also thinks Federal Judges' Ability to Issue Nationwide Injunctions Could End This Week (Resistance Hardest Hit). "The case probably won't decide whether birthright citizenship is legal under the 14th Amendment. What the case is really about is the nationwide injunctions different courts have used to block Trump's executive order on the topic." 

Chris Queen at PJM reports Library of Congress Staffers Block Access for Trump Administration's Nominees to protest the firing of Dr. Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress.  Fire. Them. All.

John Solomon at JTN, DNI Tulsi Gabbard says Biden-era domestic terrorism policy 'must end,' calls it an abuse of power, "Dissent is patriotic again: Just the News reported last week that a June 2021 domestic terrorism policy memo allowed federal agencies like the FBI and Homeland Security to surveil and question Americans if an agent believed they had been involved in “concerning non-criminal behavior.” Gabbard is nullifying that policy." Sundance approves as DNI Tulsi Gabbard Yanks National Intelligence Council from CIA Silo and Fires Top Officials and DOJ Weaponization Working Group Head, Ed Martin, Holds a Press Conference in Washington DC.

VodkaPundit at PJM, Just When You Thought Biden's Health Cover-Up Couldn't Get Any Worse... Anxious anxiously admits Biden aides discussed wheelchair use if he were re-elected, new book says. Althouse, "Biden's physical deterioration — most apparent in his halting walk — had become so severe that there were internal discussions about putting the president in a wheelchair, but they couldn't do so until after the election." "Write Jake Tapper and Thompson in a book they call "Original Sin," quoted in "Exclusive: Biden aides discussed wheelchair use if he were re-elected, new book says" (Axios)." Ace, Hacktivist Clown Jake Tapper: Biden's Doctor Thought He Needed a Wheelchair (But I Didn't Report This During the Campaign). Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Biden Aides: He Runs Rings Around Us ... But in What? UPDATE: The Owen Maneuver; UPDATE: Supercut. Da Mail, Excruciating moment Biden couldn't recognize A-list star who'd backed him for years, as top Dems leak grim new details of plot to trick Americans. HuffPo, Jake Tapper Accuses Biden's White House Of Lying About Ex-President's Declining Health. "A book co-written by the CNN host says Biden's team worried their boss would have to use a wheelchair if he won reelection." Ace, Democrat-Media Party In Full Conspiracy to Blame Only Biden and His Six Closest Advisors for the Greatest Electoral Fraud Ever Perpetrated on the American People. At Fox Dave Marcus opines on Joe Biden in a wheelchair? At least Democrats would have been honest. "The only thing worse than being lied to is knowing you are being lied to. That is the position that Biden’s team put voters in until he exited the race in disgrace." At NYPo the Divine Miranda Devine: Old Joe Biden haunts demented Dems as they desperately try to flip the script to claim Trump is ‘losing his mind.’ Dave Strom, 'Original Sin' Is the New Hotness. I Find That Depressing "Some people feel vindicated now that the truth is coming out. I just feel depressed. Why? Because the liars who are producing these "now it can be told" books will get credit for uncovering the lies they helped propagate and get rich off doing so. Awards will be given, glowing reviews will be showered on the hoaxers, and the Biden aides they quote will remain sources and even become commentators and "journalists" despite having been exposed as liars."

From Ace, David Hogg Tried to Appeal to Young Men By Calling Them All Shiftless F*ckboys. But Even That Was Being Too Nice to Men for the Democrat Party. "David Hogg went on Bill Maher to attract straight young men. No, I don't mean attract straight men in piano bars, I mean he wants to appeal to them politically." Capt. Ed, thinks it's Too Good to Check: DNC Mulls Whether to Cancel Democracy as Mary Chastain at LI reports a DNC Panel Starts Process to Remove David Hogg as Vice Chair, "The move came after a member alleged the DNC “violated its own rules and made it harder for a woman to be elected vice chair.”" varifrank @varifrank "Face it, you cant tell if this is real or not can you?" Quote Leading Report @LeadingReport, "BREAKING: DNC panel has voted to oust David Hogg and nullify his victory because it violated gender diversity rules."

At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.13.25. Twitchy, Venezuelan Gang Targets Rural America Louder With Crowder, Nashville Mayor sells out taxpayers, creates new fund to help illegals with housing and more. TownHall's Guy Benson reports Another Deportation Sob Story Has Gone Viral. There's Just One Minor Problem With It and Sarah Arnold has First-in-the-Nation: U.S. Indicts Sinaloa Cartel Leaders for Narco-Terrorism. From Fox, ICE cracks down on DC-area businesses, nearly 200 illegal immigrants arrested. "Federal agents targeted businesses across Washington in a four-day operation." Dave Strom notes Democrats Always Outraged When Criminals Are Punished. Spencer Lindquist @SpencerLndqst, "Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell fumed after ICE carried out deportation raids that resulted in the arrest of gangsters, rapists, murderers. @MaryMargOlohan and I obtained exclusive info on the criminal illegals captured by ICE. Now in @realDailyWire."

PJM's Stephen Kruiser is pissed that When Media Hacks Stumble Upon the Truth, They Bury It. Dave Catron at Am Spec, looks at The Democrat-Media Codependency "Their deeply dysfunctional relationship is destroying the credibility of both." At Splice, Mark Judge (remember him?) thinks Journalism Needs a Pugnacious Asshole Like Norman Mailer. Maryanne Demasi, reports When ideas become too dangerous to platform "TED, a platform that claims to champion bold ideas, has censored University Professor Gigi Foster, who spoke out in defense of free speech and the right to dissent."

Bonchie at RedState wants you to WATCH: Someone Should Be Fired After CNN Analyst Goes on Wild, Racist Rant Against White South Afrikaners. Twitchy, Scott Jennings Gets Lefty to Admit Why They HATE South African Refugees in BRUTAL Back-and-Forth. Webmiester @YourWebmiester "So to get this straight… An El Salvadoran born in El Salvador who is a criminal shouldn’t go home. But South Africans born in SA and probably at least third generation or more SA, should return to… the country if their great grandparents? These aren’t serious people." Matt Vespa thinks How Libs Reacted to the Arrival of 59 White South African Refugees Was Beyond Predictable. Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, "You need to pay attention to this outrage cycle and think about why they’re mad. See, those sinful Whites were supposed to stay there and be punished. To be dispossesed, robbed, tortured, and eradicated. That’s “justice” in the eyes of our media. Trump stole it from them." Quote CBS News @CBSNews "A plane carrying dozens of White South Africans arrived at Dulles International Airport on Monday, a State Department official said, after the Trump administration granted them refugee status in the United States. https://cbsn.ws/4iXPO6I." Althouse, "In a striking move that ends a nearly four-decades-old relationship between the federal government and the Episcopal Church..." ""... the denomination announced on Monday that it is terminating its partnership with the government to resettle refugees, citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa who have been classified as refugees by President Trump's administration...." NPR reports." Beege Welborn asks Someone Please Explain the National Episcopal Braintrust to Me Like I Was Five. Calling-all-RushBabes has a A hearty warm welcome to the genuine refugees from South Africa.

Capt. Ed, 'Breeding Ground for Virtue Signaling and Discrimination': Trump Squeezes Harvard -- Again. Politico whines Trump administration pulls $450M more from Harvard.

At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.13.25, Louder With Crowder, Male pitcher from Tim Walz’s state is dominating girls’ softball, but he says he’s trans. Breitbart is happy to report a 2nd Maine School District Repeals Pro-Trans Policy After Nearly Unanimous Board Vote.

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Flotsam and Jetsam - Supreme Court Overrules Judge Boasberg

On  narrow grounds, of course, that the case should have been brought in Texas and not D.C. Still, it's a considerable win against lawfare. 5-4 With Justice Amy Coney Barrett siding with the liberals.  Yesterday morning Stephen Kruiser at PJM wrote Make the Illegal Alien Criminals Stay at Judge Boasberg's House. Ace, Chief Justice John Roberts Stays -- Puts on Hold -- Hawaiian Judge's Order That Deported MS-13-Linked Alien Be Returned to the US "In other words, he sided with Trump, who asked the Court to stay this judge's interference in the President's conduct of foreign policy. The Hawaiian judge in Maryland decided that she is president because A Liberal Woman Is Speaking Now." Then, in red italic font, Supreme Court Rules That Trump May Invoke Alien Enemies Act to Deport Foreign Gang-Members and Criminals In Repudiation of Judge Boasberg's Endless String of Restraining Orders "The Court ruled that deportations under the Alien Enemies Act have, historically, "largely been precluded from judicial review," so the judges who keep claiming they have jurisdiction are wrong and asserting power they just don't have. The court allows that there is some possible relief for a claimed false deportation, but that relief must come by way of a habeas corpus petition, not a TRO filed in a district court. The Court specifically mentions venue. In a habeas filing, the court with jurisdiction is a court with jurisdiction over the physical part of the country that the person is actually being detained in. So someone detained in Texas must file a habeas petition with a Texas court. They cannot just keeping filing TRO's in the packed-and-stacked leftwing DC courts. That's a big deal. Most cases will heard by less partisan courts." John Sexton at Hat Hair, Supreme Court Sides with Trump on Deportations, at Least for Now. The NYT whines that the Supreme Court Overturns Block on Trump Administration’s Venezuelan Deportations.  AP, Supreme Court allows Trump to deport Venezuelans under wartime law, but only after judges’ review. Herr Professor Jacobson at LI, Supreme Court Vacates Judge Boasberg’s TROs As To Tren de Aragua Under Alien Enemies Act, "Holds venue was improper in DC District Court, case needs to go to Texas, where the TdA members are being held pending removal. But confirms they do get some due process to contest whether they are gang members subject to summary removal." Insty says A MODICUM OF SANITY PREVAILS: Supreme Court Overturns Lower Court’s Block on Venezuelan Deportations. “The Supreme Court ruled on Monday night that the Trump administration could continue to deport Venezuelan migrants based on a wartime powers act for now, overturning a lower court that had put a temporary stop to the deportations. The decision marks a victory for the Trump administration, although the ruling is narrow and focused on the proper venue for the cases, rather than on the administration’s use of a centuries-old law to justify its decision to send planeloads of Venezuelans to El Salvador with little to no due process." Adrian Vermeule @Vermeullarmine "But I was so reliably informed that the government‘s position in this case was simply lawless. Go figure." Quote Margot Cleveland @ProfMJCleveland, "BREAKING: Win for Trump at SCOTUS with Alien Enemies Act. 1/" Margot Cleveland @ProfMJCleveland, "5/So what's next? Judge Boasberg still maintains jurisdiction over the issue of contempt. BUT SCOTUS' holding that Boasberg lacked jurisdiction will make a finding of contempt appear even more political than it already would." Margot Cleveland@ProfMJCleveland "6/ Last week, Boasberg strongly signaled he was going to find probable cause existed that Trump Administration violated his order. I doubt SCOTUS' decision will shake Boasberg from that...my gut is the attacks on his daughter destroyed any judicial restraint he had." At Fox, Pam Bondi puts faith in ICE as key source in decision to deport alleged MS-13 gang member, "The Attorney General pointed to a string of apprehensions of violent migrant criminals living in hiding." The Victory Girls find There’s More To The Story About Attorney Suspended By DOJ In Deportation Case.

The Rod Martin Report asserts Trump’s Tariffs Are Already Working, "From Brussels to Buenos Aires, the world races to cut tariffs and strike free trade deals with Washington." LifeZette, Trump’s Tariff Plan Already Has 50 Nations Scrambling to Negotiate. Nick Sortor@nicksortor, " JUST IN: Treasury Secretary Bessent announces up to 70 COUNTRIES have now reached out to President Trump to negotiate on trade IN LESS THAN A WEEK! Trump “gave himself maximum negotiating leverage — and just when he has achieved the maximum leverage, he's willing to start talking,” Bessent said."  Mary Chastain at LI sees EU Offering Trump ‘Zero-for-Zero Tariffs for Industrial Goods’ “But we are also prepared to respond through countermeasures and defend our interests. And in addition, we will also protect ourselves against indirect effects through trade diversion.” But, of course, tariffs aren't the only issue, the EU has lot of other barriers to US trade. Sundance at CTH, EU Commision Komisar Ursula von der Leyen Reacts to U.S. Tariffs and Prepares Countermeasures Against American Interests. PJM's Matt Margolis calls it HUGE: The European Union Just Caved on Trump's Tariffs. At Althouse,  "European Union floats 'zero-for-zero' tariff resolution to remove industrial fees on US goods: ‘Ready for a good deal.'" "The NY Post reports."  OTP hears Trump: Resolving Trade Deficit With China A Prerequisite For Tariff Deal. John Sexton at Hat Hair,  Trump Threatens Even Higher Tariffs on China, Rejects EU Offer. Sundance at CTH, President Trump Warns China of “Additional 50 Percent Tariff and No Negotiations” Effective April 9th. WSJ, Apple Plans to Source More iPhones From India as Potential Tariff Fix, "Levies on Chinese goods have created worst three-day rout for iPhone maker in about 25 years."  Leah Barkoukis at TownHall, Lutnick Was Asked About Tariffs Against 'Penguin-Inhabited Islands.' Here's What He Had to Say. Because if they didn't list them, everybody would "ship" from Penguin Island. Hat Hair's Duane Patterson has a A Simple Question For Trump Critics - What's the Viable Alternative To Tariffs? 

Insty at his NYPo gig thinks Trump’s economic shake-up is a shock to the system— that could pay off big. Also at NYPo, Bill Ackman warns world is on brink of ‘self-induced economic nuclear winter,’ begs Trump to pause tariffs. NewsMax hears Harvard's Lawrence Summers Warns of More Turbulence Ahead. VodkaPundit at PJM wonders Did Trump Blow up Wall Street to Save It? From TNP, Trump Admin Defends Pro-Worker, Anti-Cheating Tariff Policy and Trump’s Tariffs Are About a LOT More Than Just Reducing the Trade Deficit. At OTP, Stocks Turn Positive In Sudden Reversal. Atop Da Hill, Dave Portnoy dubs stock market tumble ‘Orange Monday’ and Goldman Sachs hikes recession probability to 45 percent. Like they predicted 21 of the last 3 recessions. At LifeZette, Stephen Miller Obliterates Liberal’s Talking Point of a Recession Being Thrown Around. Catturd ™ @catturd2, "Well Well Well - what have we here?" Quote We the People | Populism is Democracy@Jude_62 "Replying to @catturd2 Let's dig up the words of everyone's fave TDS victim, @RBReich whose every post is a construct in hypocrisy." NPR is looking forward to a recession, Tariffs are fueling fears of a recession. What does it take to actually declare one? Tim Burchett @timburchett, "Suddenly all the egg price experts in the media have shifted to tariffs." Insurrection Barbie @DefiyantlyFree, "The markets closed . The sky didn’t fall. The world didn’t stop. Maybe everyone can relax."

From Fox, Ford exec says automaker is working with Trump on tariffs, 'in a good position' for US production "80% of Ford’s vehicles are assembled in the US, as automaker offers employee pricing to customers amid tariffs." Jack Poso@JackPosobiec, "Pennsylvania steelworkers on why they are supporting President Trump: "Historically, we've all been Democrats -- When President Trump stepped in and imposed those tariffs on the Chinese, I firmly believed he saved the steel industry."" Leslie Eastman at LI sees insurrection in CA Gov. Newsom Trying an End-Run Around Trump Tariffs by Seeking Special Foreign Trade Deals for State, "Elections have consequences, and equity-in-tariffs is something Trump robustly campaigned for." Beege Welborn, GOP Senate Squishes Standing by to Snatch Trump's Tariffs LAGNIAPPE. From the Center Square, Some Republicans push back on Trump tariffs with proposed legislation, "Trump has vowed to veto the measure if it reaches his desk." Beege Welborn at Hat Hair comments Just exactly who you'd think it'd be, too. "HOLY SMOKES - those names are shockers. https://t.co/iZKmHxxyXH pic.twitter.com/iBRYRsQz7C — tree hugging s*ster 🎃 (@WelbornBeege) April 7, 2025 ...Grassley Moran Murkowski McConnell Tillis Young Collins." Dan Chaitin at Da Wire, Trump Vows To Veto Senate Bill Targeting Tariff Authority. Sarah Arnold at TownHall sees Top Trump Official Puts CNN's Jake Tapper on the Spot, Exposes Major Tariff Misstep with a Laugh. Sundance hosts Peter Navarro -vs- CNBC.

LifeZette hears Scott Jennings Wrecks Former Hillary Spokesperson with One Question on Trump’s Popularity "“Karen, question: who’s more popular right now, Donald Trump or Congressional Democrats?” Jennings asked." Becky Noble at RedState sees Bill Maher Gives His First Impressions of Trump Dinner, and the Left Won't Like It. Matt Vespa, A Pro-Trump Boat Completely Ruined the DC Cherry Blossom Race for Hundreds of Miserable Libs.

Betsy McCaughey on a Roadmap to Reform CDC -- Currently the Centers for Disaster and Confusion. AP whines RFK Jr. says he plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water. The case is not clear cut. Beege Welborn reports a DNC (Pin)Head Says RFK Jr 'Murdered Another Child' Who Died From Measles.

At 1945, China Will Launch an Invasion of Taiwan In Next Few Months: Intel Sources. "Intel sources who have spoken to 19FortyFive state that they believe an attempt by China to invade Taiwan is no less than six months away." From RCP, Somebody Finally Got the Message About the Panama Canal. At NewsMax, Trump Announces Direct Iran Talks, at Meeting With Netanyahu. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair wonders Has Iran Finally Gotten the Signal?.

John Sexton reports on the Big Anti-Trump, Anti-Musk Protests Around the Country and Dave Strom hears 55% of Leftists Say Assassinations At Least 'Somewhat' Justified. Matt Van Swol@matt_vanswol, "#BREAKING: A Charlotte NC man claiming to be protesting President Trump in favor of veterans and social security... ...later admitted he was a USAID worker living in Vienna Austria who was told to come back home after USAID was shut down. You cannot make this up!!!" From Hollywood in Toto, ‘SNL’ Mocks Elon Musk, Not Democrats Torching Teslas. Ace cites the Survey: Most Self-Identifying Lefties Say Killing Trump Is Justified. "Start the geofencing and start getting warrants to raid old liberal women's homes." Virginia Kruta at Da Wire, ‘Do You Know How This Ends?’: Carville Invokes Nazis, Opens ‘Nominations’ For Trump ‘Collaborators’, "After Paris was liberated, they didn't take very kindly to the collaborators." Larry Elder at Town Hall, The Party of Hate. Dave Strom cites a Study: Liberals Claim to Value Empathy, But Have None For Conservatives.  At WokeSpy, DNC Chair Announces New “Shadow Government” to Thwart Trump’s Agenda. Atop Da Hill, Al Green says he’ll present articles of impeachment against Trump in next 30 days. 

At the Washington Reporter, EXCLUSIVE: State Department slams PBS News report as “deliberate leak narrative" Jeff Carlson @themarketswork "Collins to Fauci: “There needs to be a quick and devastating published takedown of its premises. I don’t see anything like that online yet—is it underway?” Within a day of Collins’s email, Google started to censor search results for “Great Barrington Declaration.” Quote Chief Nerd @TheChiefNerd, "NEW – Anthony Fauci Now Claims He Doesn't Know Who Tried to Censor @DrJBhattacharya, Despite FOIAed Emails Showing the Opposite "I don't know who was trying to censor ... I just said I disagree with it ... It was never an idea of trying to censor anybody."" 

Driscoll at Insty, NOW IT CAN BE TOLD: Joe Biden Was “a Shell of Himself” by End of Term. Hunter Biden Didn’t Help. Ace, Now It Can Be Told: "Reporters" Writing About Biden's Mental Decline Now Admit That Everyone In DC Knew He Had "Lost a Step" In 2020, But For Some Reason Never Reported It Until Biden Had Retired from Politics, "Ed Morrissey referred to this as the "Now It Can Be Told" school of fake "journalism," and Now That Jake Tapper's New Grift is Peddling a Book About the Democrat Party's Cover-Up of Biden's Dementia, He's Actually Asking Democrats About Their Lies, "Jake Tapper lied too, of course --as did the entire leftwing media." A Larry video at Hat Hair, CNN's Jake Tapper Roasted and Exposed As Liberal Hack! At Roll Call, The Democratic Party owns Joe Biden’s policy fails, "Rather than rethinking their policies, Democrats have returned to a familiar playbook." Da Caller hears Adam Schiff Says Harris Lost Race Due To Being ‘Status Quo’ Candidate: ‘Could Not Run Away’. At Da Fetched, Tim Walz Admits Democrats Dropped the Ball: “Didn’t Pass Things That Improved Lives”. Bonchie at RedState says This Tim Walz Thing Is Starting to Get Weird. "Walz is like the dude who shows up to the party, drinks way too much, and then refuses to leave at the end of the night." Chase Jennings at RedState thinks Obama Sounds Both Jealous and Regretful at What Trump Is Accomplishing. The Divine Ms. Devine at NYPo reports Democrats refuse Barack Obama’s election meddling — as former prez’s influence within the desperate party withers. RVM claims Clooney Explodes After MSNBC Connects Dots Between Him and Obama.

VodkaPundit at PJM is shocked, shocked! They Cleared HOW MANY Fake Voters Off the Rolls? "Five million is a lot of almost anything. Five million zombies could probably kick off the apocalypse. Five million rounds of ammunition would help me sleep better at night, particularly if we get those zombies."

Da Signal, Conservative Group Aims to Countersue After SPLC Dragged It Through 9 Years, Demanded $200B in ‘Frivolous Lawsuit’.

Deported News claims Border Czar Homan says Illegal migrant releases in U.S. since Trump inauguration down 99.9995%! Chief Nerd @TheChiefNerd, "DOGE’s Antonio Gracias Says Massive Numbers of Illegal Migrants Who Received SSN’s Are on Taxpayer Funded Benefits “Every benefit program we looked at was being accessed by these people. 1.3 million of them are on Medicaid right now, today. And by the way, it's just ramping. It's just starting … They found hard hits in the target center of very bad people, criminals and people on terrorist watch lists, that are in this group.” Full Episode: @theallinpod." From WokeSpy, Immigrants Argue That 2,100,000 Non-Citizens Getting Social Security Numbers Is Major Concern. OTP, Budget Airline Avelo To Fly Domestic, International Deportation Flights For ICE. Tom Knighton at TownHall says No One Cares About '60 Minutes' Report on Illegal Immigrants, "Sure, it was once the gold standard of journalism, but now it's better known for its hyperpartisanship."

Capt. Ed, Hammering Academia: 'Hundreds' of Student Visas Revoked At Radical U Campuses. From Da Wire, University Apologizes For Inaction After Student’s Antisemitic Abuser Pleads Guilty, "“I encourage all Jewish and Israeli students to fight for their safety and their rights, no matter what obstacles are put in their way.”"

Rick Moran at PJM reports New York State Will Defy Trump's DEI Order for K-12 Schools. Campus Reform looks at California’s reckless defiance of Title IX "In California, community colleges are pretending Trump's new rules banning men in women's sports don’t apply to them." Fine. Threaten to cut their federal funding, that weapon has been used for a long time by Democrats. At Ace's, "Womens'" Pool Finals Features Two Dudes Playing Each Other For Title of Best "Woman" Player in the World. "F*ck you." Task and Purpose reports Pregnant pilots and aircrew grounded for first trimester under new Air Force flying rules, "The Air Force also ruled out ejection seat-equipped aircraft for pregnant pilots but extended their flying window in other planes." Center Square Texas notes the Texas Senate passes bill to prohibit sex changes on birth certificates, "Bill would protect women’s sports from attempts to circumvent state law." Professor Ornery Dragon, Celebrating Women… or Not.

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