On This Day (Feb 21) in 2025 (1/11)
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Yesterday
- Elmo has put a $1 limit on GSA (+ others) credit cards
- Twitter blocks reporter Greg Bluestein's town hall videos
- Canada won hockey's '4 Nations' title by beating US
- P47: Super Bowl loser + 4 Nations loser
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Yesterday
- Elmo has put a $1 limit on GSA (+ others) credit cards
- Twitter blocks reporter Greg Bluestein's town hall videos
- Canada won hockey's '4 Nations' title by beating US
- P47: Super Bowl loser + 4 Nations loser
Comments
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Yesterday
- DOJ drops SpaceX case
- prior to Patel arrival, 7th-floor emp perm vacated
- NPS seasonal hires: from 6,300 to 7,700 (+1,400)
- DOJ zaps fed law enf DB that tracks misconduct
- FEC dismisses Ted Cruz podcast donations case
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- Judge Vargas: 'Elmo can't access Treas sys/data for now'
- Judge Abelson: 'can't block grants if grantee uses DEI'
- Judge Ho: 'Adams case briefs due Mar 7; oral args Mar 14'
- Judge Kelly: 'TRO, NIH grants indirect costs, extended'
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Adams case
- Paul Clement to be amicus
- Q1: legal standard/dismissal?
- Q2: can court use all (or only DOJ) evidence?
- Q3: next appropriate steps?
- Q4: should dismissal be w/ or w/out prejudice?
- Q5: if denied, what consequences?
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Chairman, Joint Chiefs/Staff + related
- Charles Brown, Chairman, fired
- Adm Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Ops, fired
- Gen Jim Slife, Vice Chief/Staff of the Air Force, fired
- P47 nom Air Force Lt Gen Dan Caine to replace CQ Brown
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Elmo's personal security detail
- deputized by US Marshals
- can now legally carry firearms on US govt property
EVs + chargers
- P47: shut down and sell all 8K non-Tesla chargers
- sell all fed-owned EV's
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Maine Gov Janet Mills at WH event
- P47 and Mills have a testy exchange
- P47 threatens Mills: "we are the federal law"
- after exchange, Dept/Educ launches investigation
- AP sues T Budowich, K Leavitt, Susie Wiles, re access