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TimothyB says:
“The day before Tish James was arraigned, her attorneys complained about the Signal text trolling she did of Anna Bower.” “she” is Ms. Halligan, not Ms. James, I think. (This is from the caption to this post on emptywheel.net)
Why is the UC system capitulating to Trump in the first place? What is wrong them?!? Show some backbone people!!
Stop capitulating to this namby pamby effete creep.
Savage Librarian says:
Ambition Unfurled
1.
Lindsey, uh-oh, Lindsey, huh
Have you met Lindsey, huh?
Purported interim [U.S.] Attorney
She has spies who stalk front doors so
for encores there’s even more so
2.
Lindsey, uh-oh, Lindsey, huh,
That Signal news media
Looking back: the babble hullabaloo
Beside the wreck of the disasterous too
And proudly above the knaves
The Red, White and Blue
You can learn a lot from Lindsey, huh
3.
With ambition unfurled,
she has shattered her world
if you step up and show her where
Drop a dime and you’ll see
Eagle Ed left debris
In Washington crossing the unaware
4.
Lindsey, uh-oh, Lindsey, huh,
Have you met Lindsey, huh?
Purported interim [U.S.] Attorney
When the muscles start contractin’
Goodbye Benjamins and Jackson
5.
Lindsey, uh-oh, Lindsey, huh,
That Signal news media
Oh! Lindsey, rubber stamp hit a wall
In a fit she sure gave a journalist the razz
With boo-boos and then zigzag
that no lawyer has
On a clear day she dreams
she can see Alcatraz
You can learn a lot from Lindsey, yeah!
La la la, La la la, La la la, La la la
6.
Come along and see Big Bad Bill
with its cheapos
Just a little classic for
moneybag creepos
There is that Amazon
and tech bros who go along
And pedophiles
But without their traumas on
La la la, La la la, La la la, La la la
7.
Here is Eagle Ed wailin’ unveilin’ a pile on
Over in the East Wing
we have Treasure Turnstile on
There’s trickery and assorted blunder
There’s Social Security for plunder
La la la, La la la, La la la, La la la
8.
Lindsey, uh-oh, Lindsey, huh
Have you met Lindsey, huh?
Oh! Lindsey, rubber stamp hit a wall
She once was admirable
but on this beat
Loose lips full of slips
made her skip to defeat
And now the old boys
in command and conceit
Went and spent the storied Lindsey, huh.
We said Lindsey, huh
(They said Lindsey, huh)
They said Lindsey, huh
(We said Lindsey, huh)
La La!
The Muppet Show: Kermit & Lydia – “Lydia The Tattooed Lady”
RipNoLonger says:
I can imagine this melody and lyrics running through people’s minds as sweet Lindsey sashays down the corridors of the EDVA. Be careful not to break into whistles or vocalizations!
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“Trump is an instrument of divine will.”
–Sloppy Steve
P J Evans says:
I notice he doesn’t say *which* divinity.
(Not one that most of us want to deal with, I’m sure.)
wa_rickf says:
According to South Park, Trump’s fealty and emotional bond is to Satan.
wa_rickf says:
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy made good on a previous threat against California Sunday after confirming that his agency was “about to pull $160 million” in funding for the state in response to a deadly crash caused by a migrant truck driver.
A report from the Department of Transportation released Friday explicitly blamed Newsom for the deadly crash, and also included a deadline for California to comply with an audit of all of its commercial driver’s license issuance practices and procedures.
In Philadelphia, 2/3 of fleet of commuter rail cars are 50 or more years old. They have been pulled from service to determine and fix what ails them because of five fires on them this year.
Republicans will not fund PA’s transit systems capital expenditures, so of course…
“I want a great system for Philadelphia, that’s what I want,” Duffy said…. “If I can be helpful, I will, if I get resistance, we can we can be great friends, or we can be really bad enemies. I think we should be in the friend business and serve in this community.” https://www.inquirer.com/politics/sean-duffy-federal-shutdown-philadelphia-air-traffic-controller-20251024.html?query=duffy
GV-San-Ya says:
Legally speaking, is there a way to stop the bribery-via-lawsuit-settlement-capitulation nonsense???
Pennsylvania residents who receive federal food aid won’t get their November benefits as the ongoing federal shutdown continues, the Department of Agriculture has announced.
In Rio at the moment. Tonight on Brazilian news while covering the Lula-Trump meeting, Trump was discussing a third term. I told my spouse, he has to make it through THIS term and in his health condition, making it through THIS term is doubtful. “IF” he does make to the fall of 2027, the 22nd amendment forbids a third term.
Examples Of Not-Free People Donald Trump and His Speaker-Puppet 
“The day before Tish James was arraigned, her attorneys complained about the Signal text trolling she did of Anna Bower.” “she” is Ms. Halligan, not Ms. James, I think. (This is from the caption to this post on emptywheel.net)
Columbia U vs doj & omb re-foias of agreements between the Administration and capitulating law firms, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nHOv2zE968k&pp=ugUHEgVlbi1VUw%3D%3D
A court has told UCLA it can’t keep its agreement with The Felon Guy secret.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-23/judge-orders-uc-to-go-public-with-trump-ucla-settlement-proposal (paywall, probably)
And it’s now public (website link is for the UC system Office of the President):
https://ucop.edu/communications/_files/confidential-rule-408-communication-ucla-08-08-25.pdf
Thanks!
I thought Newsom said no way.
What happened?
Who of both parties signed off on the document?
News story, with more info on the ruling:
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/university-california-publicly-release-trump-21118947.php
Why is the UC system capitulating to Trump in the first place? What is wrong them?!? Show some backbone people!!
Stop capitulating to this namby pamby effete creep.
Ambition Unfurled
1.
Lindsey, uh-oh, Lindsey, huh
Have you met Lindsey, huh?
Purported interim [U.S.] Attorney
She has spies who stalk front doors so
for encores there’s even more so
2.
Lindsey, uh-oh, Lindsey, huh,
That Signal news media
Looking back: the babble hullabaloo
Beside the wreck of the disasterous too
And proudly above the knaves
The Red, White and Blue
You can learn a lot from Lindsey, huh
3.
With ambition unfurled,
she has shattered her world
if you step up and show her where
Drop a dime and you’ll see
Eagle Ed left debris
In Washington crossing the unaware
4.
Lindsey, uh-oh, Lindsey, huh,
Have you met Lindsey, huh?
Purported interim [U.S.] Attorney
When the muscles start contractin’
Goodbye Benjamins and Jackson
5.
Lindsey, uh-oh, Lindsey, huh,
That Signal news media
Oh! Lindsey, rubber stamp hit a wall
In a fit she sure gave a journalist the razz
With boo-boos and then zigzag
that no lawyer has
On a clear day she dreams
she can see Alcatraz
You can learn a lot from Lindsey, yeah!
La la la, La la la, La la la, La la la
6.
Come along and see Big Bad Bill
with its cheapos
Just a little classic for
moneybag creepos
There is that Amazon
and tech bros who go along
And pedophiles
But without their traumas on
La la la, La la la, La la la, La la la
7.
Here is Eagle Ed wailin’ unveilin’ a pile on
Over in the East Wing
we have Treasure Turnstile on
There’s trickery and assorted blunder
There’s Social Security for plunder
La la la, La la la, La la la, La la la
8.
Lindsey, uh-oh, Lindsey, huh
Have you met Lindsey, huh?
Oh! Lindsey, rubber stamp hit a wall
She once was admirable
but on this beat
Loose lips full of slips
made her skip to defeat
And now the old boys
in command and conceit
Went and spent the storied Lindsey, huh.
We said Lindsey, huh
(They said Lindsey, huh)
They said Lindsey, huh
(We said Lindsey, huh)
La La!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4zRe_wvJw8
“Lydia the Tattooed Lady” – Groucho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHXZA_5XMJ4
The Muppet Show: Kermit & Lydia – “Lydia The Tattooed Lady”
I can imagine this melody and lyrics running through people’s minds as sweet Lindsey sashays down the corridors of the EDVA. Be careful not to break into whistles or vocalizations!
Wonderful job again, SL!
This is a few months old but puts context on the Bukele situation. Comments were closed on the Miller trains post, sorry for putting this here.
https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-02/a-gang-leader-released-by-bukele-reveals-his-pacts-with-the-government-of-el-salvador.html#
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Bannon announces 2029 insurrection.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijf7K_08YWk
“Trump is an instrument of divine will.”
–Sloppy Steve
I notice he doesn’t say *which* divinity.
(Not one that most of us want to deal with, I’m sure.)
According to South Park, Trump’s fealty and emotional bond is to Satan.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy made good on a previous threat against California Sunday after confirming that his agency was “about to pull $160 million” in funding for the state in response to a deadly crash caused by a migrant truck driver.
A report from the Department of Transportation released Friday explicitly blamed Newsom for the deadly crash, and also included a deadline for California to comply with an audit of all of its commercial driver’s license issuance practices and procedures.
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Business/wireStory/transportation-secretary-hell-pull-160m-california-noncitizen-truck-126881595
In Philadelphia, 2/3 of fleet of commuter rail cars are 50 or more years old. They have been pulled from service to determine and fix what ails them because of five fires on them this year.
Republicans will not fund PA’s transit systems capital expenditures, so of course…
“I want a great system for Philadelphia, that’s what I want,” Duffy said…. “If I can be helpful, I will, if I get resistance, we can we can be great friends, or we can be really bad enemies. I think we should be in the friend business and serve in this community.”
https://www.inquirer.com/politics/sean-duffy-federal-shutdown-philadelphia-air-traffic-controller-20251024.html?query=duffy
Legally speaking, is there a way to stop the bribery-via-lawsuit-settlement-capitulation nonsense???
Pennsylvania “resident” Oz can spin this as “fighting obesity.”
https://montco.today/2022/08/mehmet-oz-bryn-athyn-residency/
In Rio at the moment. Tonight on Brazilian news while covering the Lula-Trump meeting, Trump was discussing a third term. I told my spouse, he has to make it through THIS term and in his health condition, making it through THIS term is doubtful. “IF” he does make to the fall of 2027, the 22nd amendment forbids a third term.