Watch Kendrick's performance here: x.com/notgwendalup...
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Read Derrick's summary. Then watch this performance again. Listen closely to the lyrics, take in the imagery, and really absorb what Kendrick Lamar just did. This isn’t just a show; it’s a masterful piece of storytelling, packed with powerful messages about the America we live in today.
New: A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing an order to halt payments of federal grants, loans and other assistance
Karoline Leavitt seems like the perfect press secretary for Trump- ignorant & combative.
And yes, they’re going after Medicaid, which pays for over 60% of long term care in America.
As a reminder ... Karoline Leavitt was a Newsmax conspiracy theorist before becoming the White House Press Secretary.
A friend just shared this useful tool to contact elected officials: 5calls.org
Via ABC News (on X)
JUST IN: New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that she will be filing a lawsuit alongside other Democratic attorneys general in response to the Trump administration's freeze on federal financial assistance programs.
If Trump can ignore Congress and block funding whenever it suits him, what’s next? Declaring “emergency powers” to delay elections? Dissolving Congress? Silencing dissent?
He’s wants to freeze democracy. Call your Senators. We cannot let this administration steamroll America into submission.
Important read ⬇️
Trump has named Mark Paoletta to the Office of Management & Budget (OMB). Paoletta is a fellow at the Center for Renewing America, a key Project 2025 partner founded by Project 2025 leader Russ Vought (Trump’s choice 4 OMB Director). Paoletta says POTUS can withhold funds allocated by Congress. 1/
I'm a former OMB official and this is absolutely true.
And let's also not forget that these illegal actions have direct, harmful consequences for actual people. New moms won't get help feeding their infants. Small businesses won't make payroll. People could lose their jobs, their homes.
For "One First," I wrote about Monday's OMB memo purporting to (temporarily) freeze billions of dollars of appropriated federal spending—and why it constitutes both unconstitutional and unlawful "impoundment" that's unlikely to be upheld by even *this* #SCOTUS:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/120-the-im...