Slowly but surely, these multiple lawsuits against the Trump administration, often for exercising the barest amount of oversight of agency expenditures, are being settled. The Trump agenda is being slowed, but not as much as the first time around. The actions by the administration are much better planned and coordinated than they were in 2017, and the lawyering is much superior. When the dust settles, Trump will have had his way on these ridiculous ankle-biter cases, and I think he will score a huge win at SCOTUS that will crush the administrative state. More on that to come in a VIP post.

I have had the same problem with couple of Disc lite5.
After setting device as ap-bridge, it becomes invisible to winbox and ping.
Station side, I could connect to bridge-ap only by MAC.
AP side wise, ap-bridge was completely invisible.
Comparing setups I have found that interface list of station-bridge is fine but interface list of bridge-ap misses "bridge".
Add mannualy "bridge" and set as LAN.
After that, ap-bridge is fully available from both sides by IP or MAC.

In comments to Fox News Digital, Homan said that he was asking the Justice Department for their interpretation of the law regarding impeding and obstruction, and that he is "well aware of the Constitution, but I am also aware that DOJ gives legal interpretations on issues like this to ensure ICE acts in accordance of the law.". //

He then suggested Ocasio-Cortez read Title 8 USC 1324 and 8 USC 1325,"statutes enacted by Congress, of which she is a part of."

"It’s not OK to be in the U.S. illegally. It’s a violation of federal law to enter this country illegally. It is not OK to assist those in the U.S. illegally in furtherance of their illegal entry and unlawful presence. I thought I educated her on this several years ago during congressional testimony.," he said, referencing a viral clash from the first Trump administration at a congressional hearing.

"She can call it ‘advising those who are illegally in the U.S. of their constitutional rights.' But we all know it’s really about evading ICE and how not to get arrested and how not to adhere to a federal judge’s order to leave after receiving due process at great taxpayer expense," he said. //

AUH2O
7 hours ago
You can lead a horse to school, but you can’t make her think.

ConservativeInMinnesota
an hour ago
Ranked choice voting uses multiple rounds of voting. That’s effectively more than one vote per person. That arguably makes it unconstitutional. //

anon-rnsl
3 minutes ago
Here is my solution as a Constitutional amendment:

If you're not eligible to vote for a candidate for public office, you cannot contribute to their campaign.... Period.

But this is a high bar indeed.

Better results might occur at the state level.... after all Sates, not the Federal Government, runs elections.

So here ya go....

You're not eligible to vote for an initiative, proposition, or candidate... you can't contribute to them.... Period.

FWIW - For Whatever Its Worth

The White House @WhiteHouse
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Happy Valentine's Day ♥️

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Come here illegally
And we'll deport you!
4:44 PM · Feb 14, 2025

Alex Berenson @AlexBerenson
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…and Trump’s approval rating goes up another five points
The White House @WhiteHouse
Happy Valentine's Day ♥️
6:12 PM · Feb 14, 2025. //

Cynical Optimist
7 hours ago edited
Roses are red
Violets are blue
We won all seven swing states
And the popular vote too

The country's a red one
The country's not blue
Trump can hire old Elon
And send aliens home too

They're cutting the spending
Cutting down on fraud too
If you were a recipient
There's nothing you can do

There'll be no more pronouns
Child sex changes too
No more trans in the military
DEI is all through

While the Democrats' stance on the matter is divorced from MAGA's—hardly news—what is notable is that it's also quite divorced from what was traditionally the Left's position on USAID.

Prolific mainstream and left-wing journals have reported on some of USAID's more nefarious dealings for many years, often posting critical coverage of the organization itself. Just a few weeks ago, an opinion article in American socialist magazine Jacobin kicked the organization while it's down as it became clear Trump aimed to gut it. Left-wing website The Grayzone published a similarly critical feature around the same time.

Though Democratic President John F. Kennedy established USAID in 1961 with humanitarian ambitions in mind, the organization has been distorted far beyond its intended use.

Over the years, USAID has indubitably used "humanitarianism" as a veil for regime change efforts in countries the U.S. sees political climates as unfavorable. //

Many suggest USAID also aided a regime change effort in Ukraine in 2004. This narrative came not from pro-Trump media, as one may expect it to—it was actually reported by The Guardian at the time. //

Onetime left-wing hero Matt Taibbi tore into USAID as far back as 1997 when he blamed it for making the world more hostile for American citizens because of its attempted manipulation of international politics. Furthermore, he suggested that on top of its shortsighted political engagements, it made life worse for those it intended to help. A February 3 tweet indicates he still feels largely the same about the organization. //

It's just another example of how Trump has so emphatically destroyed the traditional American political axis and recruited a cult of supporters so disillusioned with the federal government that they've gleefully adopted a traditionally left-wing viewpoint.

As for the Democrats, their marching in defense of a regime change tool that Trump's base is giddy to destroy is extraordinary, but unsurprising. The USAID saga is a further indictment that the party's messaging and actions have estranged portions of the Left—so much so that some of them are even in Trump's cabinet.

Cliff-Hanger
9 minutes ago
No matter how popular marriage is, it will always be the number one cause of divorce.

Thierry Breton @ThierryBreton
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Welcome to Europe VP @JDVance.

With all due respect, in 🇪🇺, freedom of speech is a core value of our democracy — it is non-negotiable. Never was and never will be.

Proof? Even fake news are allowed (sadly, sometimes echoed by top US officials) :

EU/DSA has never canceled… Show more

6:02 PM · Feb 14, 2025. //

Visegrád 24 @visegrad24
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Former European Commissioner Thierry Breton says the EU has mechanisms to nullify a potential election victory of the AfD:

”We did it in Romania and we will obviously do it in Germany if necessary”

11:32 PM · Jan 10, 2025

Oh, I see it all the time….

Actually, Elon called me, he said, you know they're trying to drive us apart. I said absolutely. No, they said, “we have breaking news that Donald Trump has ceded control of the presidency to Elon Musk. President Musk will be attending a cabinet meeting at 8 o'clock.” [Musk cracks up in laughter at this point.]

And I say, it's just so obvious, they' so bad at it. I used to think they were good at it. They're actually bad at it because if they were good at it, I'd never be president. …I think nobody in history has ever gotten more bad publicity than me. I could do the greatest things. I get 98 percent bad publicity. //

Owen Gregorian
@OwenGregorian
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TV Hits Trump With 85% Negative News vs. 78% Positive Press for Harris | mrcNewsBusters

One week before Election Day, a new analysis from the Media Research Center finds that broadcast evening news coverage of the 2024 presidential race has been the most lopsided in history.… Show more
11:17 AM · Oct 29, 2024. //

anon-x8p1 Maximus Decimus Cassius
2 hours ago
He just did [ridiculed the press], with the greatest one-liner of all.