Columbia University agrees to Trump demands in effort to restore federal funding
The Trump administration — which canceled $400 million in grants — had ordered the school to implement a mask ban, discipline protesters, reform admissions and more.
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Hi All. Doing some cooking and cleaning today, general domestic duties day, with music playing. Thought I would share a favorite singer for my slow days like this. I often have music playing, and it sort of matches my mood – like most people. I hope you find him enjoyable. Hugs. Randy
ok…. back edit. I added some. Home you find them all enjoyable. The Trace Adkins one bumps a bit and wakes you up a bit. Don’t want to get too relaxed :).
Hello Everyone. Recently there has been some hijinks and controversy over the ousting of suspected/alleged gang members from the US. On the surface of things, I support the very thing that was done, but it was done quite wrongly and that is the problem.
The United States Constitution outlined our form of government in such a manner that things could – and could not! – be changed as we grew. Chief among these unchangeable is that there are three branches of the government: The Legislative, the Judicial, the Executive, and those branches are created so that no one branch could run unchecked. The sad truth is that no form of government can withstand the greed and avarice of powerful men and women, as has been made quite clear all too often.
Under the very tired and troubled Aliens Enemies Act the drumpf admin. chose to deport suspected ~ alleged Venezuelan gang members prior to the normal hearings and those very pesky things that the Legislative branch seems to like to throw around. This Aliens Enemies Act was last used to imprison Japanese Americans because the Nation of Japan attacked the United States 80+ years ago.
But, so what, right? I mean, they aren’t even citizens, and it would appear that they are gang members breaking the law. Why shouldn’t they be deported?
Ok, fair question. But, who says they are gang members? Who says they are breaking the law? For that matter, are we even sure they are not citizens? I mean, do you carry around your citizenship papers everyday?
The very people who will go to extremes to demand their 2nd Amendment rights seem to lose focus after #2. They don’t mind the violations of the 4th Amendment – until it happens to them. Until they need it. Until someone takes their rights. And it is the very presence of the 4th’s Due Process that gave us the idea that we are a land of laws and rights that can’t be violated at the whim of the powers that be.
There are those who voted this man in who cheer these violations of due process, but they are the same who voted in a man who supported an insurrection, who then pardoned people who broke into the house of government and vandalized, stole, disrupted, threatened, assaulted, brandished weapons and sought to kill the Vice President.
The same man who stole government secrets and papers, perhaps gave them to our enemies, who was convicted of felonies himself, or at least his administration while he naps and plays golf, is telling you that not only do these people not need a 4th Amendment protection, but that the Judge who demands those protections is to be removed. Perhaps they will see their error when he comes for them?
Hugs. randy
It’s a beautiful sun-shining day today, all of 31 degrees. But that is my life these past weeks: if it’s warm and sunny, I’m at work. If I’m at home and it’s warm, it’s raining. And, if it’s warm and the sun is shining and I’m at home… yeah, I’m too lazy to go out. Who am I kidding. Hugs everyone!
Lawmakers clash with constituents following more angry town halls
Shouts of “January 6” and “tax the rich” flooded a town hall in Laramie, Wyoming, on Wednesday, where GOP Rep. Harriet Hageman faced a hostile crowd as she attempted to drown out the noise and answer questions – the latest such Washington lawmaker to be grilled in their home states.
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NASA drops plan to land first woman and first person of color on the moon
Promise was central plank to space agency’s Artemis program, which is scheduled to return humans to the lunar surface in 2027
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People Are Creeped Out By JD Vance’s Recent ‘Joke’ About His Wife’s Role As Second Lady
“every time he tries to be funny or personable it’s the scariest thing i’ve ever seen”
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Some how we have fallen in to the time line where the most stupid people are the ones leading the country and the most greedy are in charge of the public money. There was a movie based on this … or several dystopian ones. But anyone who has seen this simpleton’s tRump Towers penthouse apartment can tell you he has no clue what looks good or is even acceptable. The idea that making everything gold is good taste shows just how lacking in good taste this moron is. Hugs
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/03/felon-liberace-boasts-about-gilding-of-oval-office/
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Yet big tough weak president in name only keeps claiming that the world respects us now. According to the orange bloat owned by Putin and Musk the world laughed at the US durning Obama and out right eat the US lunch after stuffing us in the our locker during Biden. Yet ever poll and by every measure the reverse is true. But when did reality or facts matter to the dear cult leader and his maga lemmings cult followers. Hugs.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/03/us-falls-to-new-low-in-world-happiness-ranking/
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Scottie
Think how petty and stupid this is. One must never criticize the dear leader, the god of the maga cult. Think again if Biden had done something like this, the right wing media would have lost their minds saying how weak it made the US look. But because they are either enamored of tRump or terrifying of him, they accept it with out thinking what it means. Hugs.
French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found
France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched
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