It’s encouraging to see things like this despite some in here putting qualifiers on who is allowed to do this.
General Trump Administration F**kery Thread (2025-2029)
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It’s encouraging to see things like this despite some in here putting qualifiers on who is allowed to do this.
Him, nap and that guy that voted for Trump but is too embarrassed to admit it really made the forum unbearable to read yesterday. I do find it cute though he makes fun of naps ethnicity when he is too ashamed of his own to say where he is from though.
Judge blocks Trump admin from enforcing anti-transgender executive orders
"Where, as here, government action is motivated by purposeful discrimination, it violates the Fifth Amendment’s equal protection guarantee."
lawandcrime.com
‘Baldfaced stigmatization’: Judge blocks Trump admin from enforcing transgender medical care and ‘gender ideology’ orders, ridicules government for citing Canadian law
Colin KalmbacherMar 1st, 2025, 10:47 am
US President Donald Trump arrives before signing the Laken Riley Act into law in the East Room at the White House in Washington on January 29, 2025. The law, named after a Georgia student murdered by an undocumented immigrant is the first bill of the second Trump administration (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Sipa USA/Sipa via AP Images).
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing executive orders that aim to curtail transgender medical care.
On Friday afternoon, Joe Biden-appointed U.S. District Judge Lauren King, sitting in Seattle, issued a preliminary injunction in favor of four states and three doctors who sued the government earlier this month. Washington, Minnesota, and Oregon were the initial state plaintiffs; Colorado joined the litigation after the original petition was filed.
The injunction does not have nationwide reach, however, and applies in those four states alone – which is in line with the plaintiffs’ requests.
Under the terms of Executive Order 14187, entitled “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation,” the 45th and 47th president intends to cut off all federal funding for institutions that offer pediatric gender transition services or provide any kind of gender-affirming care for people under the age of 19. In Executive Order 14168, entitled “Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government,” Trump directed agencies to “end” federal funding of, and “ensure grant funds do not promote gender ideology.”
In a 53-page order, the court found most of the challenged provisions violate the separation of powers between the three branches of government.
“Instead of ‘tak[ing] Care that [such] Laws be faithfully executed,’ as is his duty under the Constitution, President Trump issued two Executive Orders directing revocation of the funding for any grant recipients that ‘promote gender ideology,’ including by providing medical care for gender dysphoria,” the court explains. “But the President ‘does not have unilateral authority to refuse to spend the funds’ Congress appropriates, nor can he ‘switch the Constitution on or off at will’ to advance his policy preferences.”
The judge also said the anti-transgender executive orders, in large part, violate the Fifth Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection under the laws.
“The Fifth Amendment’s equal protection guarantee prohibits the federal government from treating people differently based on sex or transgender status unless the government can establish an ‘exceedingly persuasive justification’ for doing so and a ‘close means-end fit,” the order goes on. “The government cannot do so here.”
Both of the executive orders “facially discriminate on the basis of transgender status and sex,” the court found. This analysis is brief and based on the text of each order, which specifically single out and condition funding on whether institutions serve transgender individuals, provide gender-affirming care, or “promote gender ideology.”
King goes on to note that the first executive order “is not limited to children, or to irreversible treatments, nor does it target any similar medical interventions performed on cisgender youth,” and therefore is impermissibly broad.
The court spends considerable time ridiculing the notion that one of the executive orders purports to infringe on the rights of adults and medical providers who serve adults.
From the court order, at length:
The judge says the medical services executive order is poorly written in other ways – namely in how it would generally apply to both transgender and cisgender individuals well beyond gender-affirming care.
In the order, the Trump administration purports to prohibit any “individual who does not identify as his or her sex” from obtaining “puberty blockers.” As it turns out, sometimes puberty blockers are used in cancer treatments, the judge notes. So, the upshot of the executive order is that a transgender individual would be barred from receiving necessary cancer treatment.
In similar fashion, the Trump administration also purports to prohibit surgical procedures “that attempt to alter or remove an individual’s sexual organs to minimize or destroy their natural biological functions,” according to the order. This language would broadly prohibit an 18-year-old from obtaining a vasectomy.
The government, for their part, attempted to redefine some of the language in the order in a motion opposing the injunction – but the judge was not convinced. She said such efforts by the government do “not change [the executive order’s] definitional sweep, just as the Order’s definition of ‘child’ to include 18-year-olds is not altered by the fact that 18-year-olds are not children.”
Next, the judge says the claimed interest by the government is unconvincing. Here, the government’s stated goal is preventing youths from experiencing “regret” that might come later in life from receiving gender-affirming care.
The court doubts, in the first place, whether that is even a legitimate governmental interest – but accepts the idea for the sake of argument. Even then, the court determined, the plaintiffs come out on top of the ensuing debate.
“The Executive Order implicitly recognizes that not all youth who receive gender-affirming care regret it, and it is undisputed that there are serious and sometimes irreversible risks to transgender youth either way,” the order reads. “However, the Medical Services EO takes into account only the risks associated with regret, making no attempt to balance them against the very real risks (supported by ample medical data) facing transgender youth who desire gender-affirming care but do not receive it.”
And, in that debate, the evidence is not a close call.
“Nor does the Order weigh the risks of gender-affirming care against the potential benefits,” the court order continues. “Instead, it simply dismisses the Standards of Care as ‘junk science’ and conclusory pronounces that they ‘lack scientific integrity.’ But almost every court and medical organization to address the issue has disagreed with that view.”
Moreover, the court notes, there is no corresponding attempt by the Trump administration to ban gender-affirming care for cisgender individuals.
The court also thoroughly rejects the second executive order as little more than a “bare desire to harm a politically unpopular group.”
“Defendants were hard-pressed to justify such baldfaced stigmatization,” the court observes. “And they failed to do so, instead focusing their briefing on this point entirely on the ‘serious harms to young people’ that purportedly animate the Medical Services EO. Their sole attempt to explicate the Gender Ideology EO’s government interest—that it is ‘based on concerns about the harms stemming from [e]fforts to eradicate the biological reality of sex’—is conclusory and unsupported. Where, as here, government action is motivated by purposeful discrimination, it violates the Fifth Amendment’s equal protection guarantee.”
Friday’s order is not the first time King has weighed in against the Trump administration’s anti-transgender crusade. On Valentine’s Day, the judge issued a temporary restraining order against the policies at issue. Her latest order will now last until the case concludes at the district court level or unless the governments seeks and is granted a stay pending appeal.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social)
Brazen corruption. The swamp runneth over. https://gizmodo.com/sec-drops-charges-against-chinese-billionaire-after-he-pumps-30-million-into-trumps-crypto-scheme-2000569966
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1/25
The Tennessee Holler
Brazen corruption. The swamp runneth over.
2/25
umotu.bsky.social @umotu.bsky.social
When he said drain the swamp, he meant get rid of decent government employees & replace them with fellow grifters. America will be broke in a matter of months.
3/25
wmbrendan.bsky.social @wmbrendan.bsky.social
Just like every other business he’s ever had. Shocker, eh?
4/25
Yozoo @yozootoo.bsky.social
While this is hilarious, it is also sad. This kind of open corruption is usually seen in the beginning of a failed state. Once corruption is legalized by the courts and normalized by the press and accepted by the people the period of open corruption weakens the economy and state until it collapses.
5/25
The Artist Formerly Known as UDJG @elindbloom.bsky.social
Happening in plain site and Dems seem to be just laying back.
6/25
Cathy A. @cathysays24.bsky.social
Hard to fight back when Trump owns the DOJ.
7/25
The Mean Progressive @themeanprogressive.bsky.social
Dems tried so hard to take the high ground and never let Americans think they were abusing power that they failed to prosecute and imprison those who would. And here we are.
8/25
tarett.bsky.social @tarett.bsky.social
That's 6 Trump golden citizenship cards!
9/25
Stephen MAC @retcan.bsky.social
This is how you are supposed to say Thank You…guess Zelensky and Ukraine don’t understand the art of the deal.
10/25
TommyQ @tommyq622.bsky.social
So for the price of about 5 of those bananas, he bought Trump.
And now he and China can feast.
11/25
arbtrader.bsky.social @arbtrader.bsky.social
trump is brazenly monetizing his power through meme coin. it should have violated the rules of ethics. maybe this is why elon is wielding ax to chop off independent watchdogs.
12/25
Justin Smith @jstees.bsky.social
$70M
13/25
drekarbt.bsky.social @drekarbt.bsky.social
Turning the ‘drain’ into the pump. maga is the greatest scam in modern history. Brexit is similar but a very distant second
14/25
sapphire-eau.bsky.social @sapphire-eau.bsky.social
He had a fund to pay for his liberty.
15/25
Ms. Misanthrope
@lilmsmisanthrope.bsky.social
Justice adapts to donations: a $30 million investment in Trump's crypto scheme and suddenly SEC fraud investigations evaporate. Nothing reveals transactional governance quite like regulatory problems dissolving after presidential business ventures receive cash.
16/25
livingwillie.bsky.social @livingwillie.bsky.social
The corruption in cryptocurrency is off the charts. There’s a reason why Musk & Trump are pushing hard to mainstream crypto.
17/25
girllyfan @girllyfan.bsky.social
18/25
RadioStatic @radiostatik.bsky.social
I fear this will pale in comparison to the corruption yet to come.
19/25
guscara60.bsky.social @guscara60.bsky.social
Trump is a criminal who has a fondness for other criminals. If you voted for him, way to go dumbass!
20/25
Maggipie @maggipie.bsky.social
Billionaires can come to Amer and do whatever they want and get away with it now. Just drop a dime and do some crime!
21/25
spd41.bsky.social @spd41.bsky.social
Nothing to see here folks. A President starting cryptocurrency is very normal……
22/25
orangedeflector @orangedeflector.bsky.social
Crooks helping crooks
23/25
Edmert @edmert1966.bsky.social
Pay to play
24/25
MWS261 @mws261.bsky.social
Now the DOJ has more time and personnel to conduct vendetta charges and cases, thereby assuring their importance and preventing 'unessential status' terminations.
25/25
fakeconsultant @fakeconsultant.bsky.social
To post tweets in this format, more info here: https://www.thecoli.com/threads/tips-and-tricks-for-posting-the-coli-megathread.984734/post-52211196
The Tennessee Holler
Brazen corruption. The swamp runneth over.
2/25
umotu.bsky.social @umotu.bsky.social
When he said drain the swamp, he meant get rid of decent government employees & replace them with fellow grifters. America will be broke in a matter of months.
3/25
wmbrendan.bsky.social @wmbrendan.bsky.social
Just like every other business he’s ever had. Shocker, eh?
4/25
Yozoo @yozootoo.bsky.social
While this is hilarious, it is also sad. This kind of open corruption is usually seen in the beginning of a failed state. Once corruption is legalized by the courts and normalized by the press and accepted by the people the period of open corruption weakens the economy and state until it collapses.
5/25
The Artist Formerly Known as UDJG @elindbloom.bsky.social
Happening in plain site and Dems seem to be just laying back.
6/25
Cathy A. @cathysays24.bsky.social
Hard to fight back when Trump owns the DOJ.
7/25
The Mean Progressive @themeanprogressive.bsky.social
Dems tried so hard to take the high ground and never let Americans think they were abusing power that they failed to prosecute and imprison those who would. And here we are.
8/25
tarett.bsky.social @tarett.bsky.social
That's 6 Trump golden citizenship cards!
9/25
Stephen MAC @retcan.bsky.social
This is how you are supposed to say Thank You…guess Zelensky and Ukraine don’t understand the art of the deal.
10/25
TommyQ @tommyq622.bsky.social
So for the price of about 5 of those bananas, he bought Trump.
And now he and China can feast.
11/25
arbtrader.bsky.social @arbtrader.bsky.social
trump is brazenly monetizing his power through meme coin. it should have violated the rules of ethics. maybe this is why elon is wielding ax to chop off independent watchdogs.
12/25
Justin Smith @jstees.bsky.social
$70M
13/25
drekarbt.bsky.social @drekarbt.bsky.social
Turning the ‘drain’ into the pump. maga is the greatest scam in modern history. Brexit is similar but a very distant second
14/25
sapphire-eau.bsky.social @sapphire-eau.bsky.social
He had a fund to pay for his liberty.
15/25
Ms. Misanthrope
@lilmsmisanthrope.bsky.socialJustice adapts to donations: a $30 million investment in Trump's crypto scheme and suddenly SEC fraud investigations evaporate. Nothing reveals transactional governance quite like regulatory problems dissolving after presidential business ventures receive cash.
16/25
livingwillie.bsky.social @livingwillie.bsky.social
The corruption in cryptocurrency is off the charts. There’s a reason why Musk & Trump are pushing hard to mainstream crypto.
17/25
girllyfan @girllyfan.bsky.social
18/25
RadioStatic @radiostatik.bsky.social
I fear this will pale in comparison to the corruption yet to come.
19/25
guscara60.bsky.social @guscara60.bsky.social
Trump is a criminal who has a fondness for other criminals. If you voted for him, way to go dumbass!
20/25
Maggipie @maggipie.bsky.social
Billionaires can come to Amer and do whatever they want and get away with it now. Just drop a dime and do some crime!
21/25
spd41.bsky.social @spd41.bsky.social
Nothing to see here folks. A President starting cryptocurrency is very normal……
22/25
orangedeflector @orangedeflector.bsky.social
Crooks helping crooks
23/25
Edmert @edmert1966.bsky.social
Pay to play
24/25
MWS261 @mws261.bsky.social
Now the DOJ has more time and personnel to conduct vendetta charges and cases, thereby assuring their importance and preventing 'unessential status' terminations.
25/25
fakeconsultant @fakeconsultant.bsky.social
To post tweets in this format, more info here: https://www.thecoli.com/threads/tips-and-tricks-for-posting-the-coli-megathread.984734/post-52211196
voltronblack
Superstar
SEC Drops Charges Against Chinese Billionaire After He Pumps $30 Million Into Trump’s Crypto Scheme
Justin Sun is celebrating avoiding a fraud investigation by posting handshake emojis on X.
gizmodo.com
Poetical Poltergeist
Precise and cold hearted
You think?
Expect spineless Marco to stand up to trump.
Expect spineless Marco to stand up to trump.
Outlaw
New Hope For the HaveNotz
I think Marco will throw Trump under the bus when the time is right. There’s no way these Republicans who got shyt on Trump in the past heavily are truly loyal to him through admiration
KingTut
Green diamonds like a dill pickle
These guys are terrible bullshytters. Every time Rubio had a chance to prove what kind of man and public servant he was he bytched up, whether that was during primary debates or his botched SOTU response. Dude has been a punk his entire time in Washington.
Poetical Poltergeist
Precise and cold hearted
I'll believe it when I see it.
Outlaw
New Hope For the HaveNotz
That is me being high on hopium but I have no doubt that Rubio hates Trump.. the question is will he have the balls to be a hero like Pence
Tony D'Amato
It's all about the inches
This crypto reserve shyt may put him on rushmore. Its gonna make a lot of ppl a lot of money. Its ova
choc_cardigan
Squad
Log offThis crypto reserve shyt may put him on rushmore. Its gonna make a lot of ppl a lot of money. Its ova
This is why that “we’ll see you in court” over trans issues didn’t work.
Do yall get it yet?
@Black Magisterialness @the cac mamba @voiture @Creflo ½ Dollar @invalid @Pressure @wire28 @ADevilYouKhow @88m3 @MeachTheMonster @Wargames @Tair @Da_Eggman @Mister Terrific
Do yall get it yet?
@Black Magisterialness @the cac mamba @voiture @Creflo ½ Dollar @invalid @Pressure @wire28 @ADevilYouKhow @88m3 @MeachTheMonster @Wargames @Tair @Da_Eggman @Mister Terrific
Tony D'Amato
It's all about the inches
He's going on Rushmore breh.