Trump signs executive orders aimed at home affordability
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Dona…
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Previously, I wrote:
> Regarding the security clearance revocation, we have only the #DOJ brief, but it reads a bit more seriously than the rest.
But that's because the #Trump DOJ is hammering on the language of Department of Navy v. Egan (1988) https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/484/518/ and Lee v. Garland (2024) https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/cadc/20-5221/20-5221-2024-10-29.html with all the bluster of a con artist or chat bot in a self-reinforcement loop. But both those cases were predicated on the presumption of regularity — that the appropriate agency, following procedure, undertook a careful determination and the review of which is a nonjusticiable political question. Trump's four #ExecutiveOrders make it clear that none of that happened and all of this is retaliation for not capitulating. And NRA v. Vullo (2024) https://www.oyez.org/cases/2023/22-842 seems to say that is coercion in violation of the First Amendment.
So #MikeMasnick argues https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/09/doj-un-drops-its-appeal-against-law-firms-files-brief-that-gets-the-first-amendment-exactly-backwards/
> The brief actually cites NRA v. Vullo, .... The Supreme Court held —unanimously — that government officials using their regulatory authority to punish or suppress disfavored private speech can violate the First Amendment, even if the official frames their actions in terms of legitimate regulatory interests.
...
> Vullo actually undercuts their entire argument. The point of the Vullo framework is that when government speech is coupled with government action designed to punish disfavored private expression, the combination can be unconstitutional coercion. The administration [tries the ruse of] ”Section 1 is just government speech.” That’s precisely the move Vullo says you can’t get away with.
So maybe that security clearance revocation is just as much Jello as Trump's Florida lawsuit against the BBC.
Here we go. #Anthropic sues the Government for labeling it a security risk out of animus. #WilmerHale, one of the #LawFirms that stood up to #Trump's bullying #ExecutiveOrders now gets paid to explain again that the government doesn't get to have hurt feelings.
Anthropic PBC v. U.S. Department of War (California N.D. 26-cv-01996) https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72379655/anthropic-pbc-v-us-department-of-war/
Five counts, one theme — animus omnia vitiat:
Count I — APA / 10 U.S.C. § 3252 — The "supply chain risk" designation doesn't follow the statute or the facts.
Count II — First Amendment Retaliation — "AI shouldn't autonomously kill people" is protected speech.
Count III — Ultra Vires / Article II — No law lets a President destroy a company by social media post.
Count IV — Fifth Amendment Due Process — You can't de facto debar someone with no notice, no hearing, no findings.
Count V — APA § 558 — Agencies can't impose sanctions outside their delegated authority.
The Trump Administration had a temper tantrum and said "You're not the boss of me, I'm the boss of you. I'll end you!". Anthropic points out that animus is no substitute for #RuleOfLaw.
So why did they sue #Hegseth's #DepartmentOfWar rather than the statutory #DepartmentOfDefense? Because Trump authorized the name, because it shows respect to #Hegseth's sensitive feelings, and because it underscores the ridiculousness of the government tasking #AI to kill (and surveil) people autonomously. #skynet! On the off-chance the judge orders a caption change, their hands are clean and the lawyer's can't point to any act of defiance.
“Combating Cybercrime, Fraud, and Predatory Schemes Against American Citizens” (March 6, 2026)
This executive order is notable less for its specific policy mechanics than for how it uses language. The rhetoric follows a familiar pattern: it opens with crisis, using emotionally charged references to harm done to “American families,” “our youth,” and “the most vulnerable.” It then expands the threat by linking fraud to coercion, trafficking, forced labor, and foreign state tolerance. Only after that escalation does the order present presidential action as the necessary response, followed by agency implementation.
So the language is doing more than introducing policy. It moralizes the issue, elevates fraud from a law-enforcement problem to a national-security-style threat, and casts the state as protector against predatory external actors.
That matters because the opening framing is often the part that travels most widely in headlines and social media, while the administrative substance is more procedural. The order is not only directing agencies; it is also shaping how the public is meant to understand the problem before judging the policy response.
Learn more about executive orders at:
https://fetaverse.net/executive_orders/
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/48126931/donald-trump-plans-executive-order-solve-every-problem-raised-college-sports-panel
#Trump thinks #executiveorders can solve anything like a dictator issuing #edicts. He also thinks he's the emperor of the USA. Just what we fought against in the revolution.
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#MarcElias is animated about...
#Trump announces broad powers to take over elections #votersuppression
Brian Tyler Cohen News
Feb 27 2026
YEA, Marc kicks ass, his cases usually WIN, so we need to listen to #DemocracyDocket
@marcelias
⭕Here is a WINNING case, seems Trumps Presidential #ExecutiveOrders are shrinking
"The DOJ is dropping its appeals of cases that struck down Trump’s executive orders"
Trump administration scrubs LGBTQ+ questions from federal surveys
Trump says he’ll raise tariffs to 15 percent after Supreme Court ruling
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said …
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https://www.newsbeep.com/404019/
Their Conspiracies Just Broadcast What They'll Do When in Power 1/5
"Obama's coming after your guns!" He couldn't get gun laws thru the #Senate & his #ExecutiveOrders would trigger background checks, require licenses.
>Despite issuing #pardons for his own armed #Jan6 attackers, our #DearLeader says when #liberals like #AlexPretti bring guns to #protests, they deserve to be murdered by his #brownshirts.
#fascist #USA #GOP #DOJ #NRA #ICE #SCOTUS #NoKings #OurPutin
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/obama-tears-into-the-nra-at-town-hall-on-gun-violence
Texas A&M fired a professor for teaching about gender identity. Now, she's suing
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/texas-am-melissa-mccoul-lawsuit
Via #LLRX 12 ways #Trump admin dismantled #civilrights #law and the foundations of inclusive #democracy in its first year. Spencer Overton, Prof of Law, George Washington University, homes in on how after Donald Trump’s second inauguration, a pattern emerges. Across dozens of #executiveorders, agency memos, funding decisions and enforcement changes, the administration has weakened federal civil rights law and the foundations of the country’s racially inclusive democracy. https://www.llrx.com/2026/01/12-ways-the-trump-administration-dismantled-civil-rights-law/
Disability groups are standing united for trans rights. That hasn’t always been the case
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/disability-protections-transgender-trump
Half of U.S. trans teens live in a state that restricts their rights: study
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/half-transgender-teens-restrictive-laws
Opinion – In 230 Executive Orders, Trump Has Reshaped America – The New York Times
Opinion
Drafting A New America
Photographs and Text
by Taryn Simon
In his first year back in office, Mr. Trump put his signature on more presidential directives than he did in his entire first term. On the first day of his second term, at the Capitol and before a crowd of cheering supporters, he set the agenda for his incoming administration, issuing executive orders, proclamations and memorandums that mirrored the talking points of his campaign: identifying government waste, ending D.E.I. programs and birthright citizenship, restoring TikTok, pardoning Jan. 6 protesters and defending the American flag.
These orders are at the center of Mr. Trump’s presidency. He often gives his own custom pens to people who witness him signing the documents. On Inauguration Day in 2025, he spontaneously threw pens to his audience.
After turning a spotlight on the 2024 election, the photographer Taryn Simon has trained her focus on the significant details and intended outcomes of the documents that bear Mr. Trump’s name.
“Executive orders are a privileged override switch accelerating change without any legislative intervention,” she said. “One by one, in a carousel of documents, a nation is pointed in a new direction.”
Executive Order 14347
Restoring the United States
Department of War
George Washington established the Department of War in 1789. It was renamed the Department of Defense in 1949 following a reorganization by President Harry S. Truman.
Almost two months after Mr. Trump returned to office, Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, conducted a poll on X to gauge public support for changing the name back to the Department of War. The Department of War received more votes.
At the signing by Mr. Trump, Mr. Hegseth said, “This name change is not just about renaming. It’s about restoring. Words matter.”
While waiting for approval from Congress for the change, the gift shop at the Pentagon is already selling merchandise with Department of War branding, including a glass tumbler.
Editor’s Note: Read online is best, a long but valuable listing with images. These are the non-Congress, non-approved by anyone, changes Trump has made so far. Altered the fabric of American society, and Democracy, and weakened both. –DrWeb
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Opinion | In 230 Executive Orders, Trump Has Reshaped America – The New York Times
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LGBTQ+ Americans are going back in the closet under Donald Trump: report
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-safety-coming-out-trump
The United States still does not have a "national language." No amount of #ExecutiveOrders can change that because those are MEMOS
UNC System details painstaking process to root out diversity, equity and inclusion – NC Newsline
UNC Chapel Hill (Photo: Clayton Henkel / NC Newsline)UNC System details painstaking process to root out diversity, equity and inclusion
By: Clayton Henkel – January 8, 2026 9:00 am
The University of North Carolina System assured state legislators Wednesday that they are doing everything in their power to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion language and programs across the 17-campus system.
The UNC Board of Governors voted in May 2024 to formally repeal the system’s policy on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in favor of “principled neutrality.”
Still, equity has remained in the political crosshairs, with Republicans lawmakers filing multiple bills in the 2025 session to prohibit the support, funding or implementation of DEI programs in state government and education.
Bart Goodson, the UNC System’s senior vice president for government affairs, told members of the House Select Committee on Government Efficiency that the system is ahead of the curve in complying with the President’s executive orders on discrimination and DEI. (Photo: NCGA livestream)Bart Goodson, the UNC System’s senior vice president for government affairs, told members of the House Select Committee on Government Efficiency that by the time President Trump’s executive orders on discrimination and DEI rolled out in January 2025, the system was ahead of the curve.
Goodson said each campus was advised on the remaining steps necessary to bring campuses into full compliance with the Trump administration’s orders.
“The guidance emphasizes the policies refocus on student success and reminds campuses of the constant, ongoing vigilance campuses must use,” said Goodson.
UNC Chapel Hill (Photo: Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline)A memo from the system also mandated that all general education requirements that included completion of course credits related to diversity, equity and inclusion be suspended.
The system further mandated an annual campus reporting requirement with the chancellor’s signature to verify compliance.
To date, 59 positions tied to DEI have been eliminated and 131 have been realigned. The system estimates that the implementation of the equality policy across the University of North Carolina system has saved $17.1 million. The savings have been redirected to student mental health, military and veteran student services and academic advising, according to Goodson.
But efforts to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion from higher education in North Carolina have not been quick or easy.
“We’re turning over every stone,” Goodson told committee members.
The campuses have manually reviewed more than 4,756 web pages, revised 1,270 web pages, and reviewed over 8,000 gifts, including scholarships and grants. Of those gift funds, 345 were flagged, 29 amended, with some spending paused. Funding from 85 foundations required working with individual donors to bring agreements into compliance.
“It takes a lot of manpower and a lot of man hours to review this information,” Goodson told the committee. “It’s a time-consuming area.”
Continue/Read Original Article Here: UNC System details painstaking process to root out diversity, equity and inclusion • NC Newsline
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US will exit dozens of international organizations as it further retreats from global cooperation
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will withdraw from dozens of international organizations, …
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https://www.newsbeep.com/351439/
#NSPM7 is not law.
#ExecutiveOrders are not law.
The FBI has no business "enforcing" memos from the pedophile in the Oval Office.
This Maine school district passed trans-inclusive policies. Online comments forced it to up security
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/maine-school-district-security-transgender
