Vorticity

This rotation appears to be OAN, New York Post, Breitart, and Huff Post. So, three conservative organizations plus Huff Post.

Huff Post is an organization that has no credibility on the right and no experience covering the Pentagon. They're removing the outlets that might actually be able to make a difference while still giving themselves the cover of "Well, we added Huff Post!"

I'm waiting to see them start banning NBC, ABC, etc from Whitehouse press events.

This is the obvious consequence of Trump's executive order. Innocent people are going to get caught up in this over minor offenses. An 18 y/o pushing their 12 y/o brother should never have life altering consequences.

The difference here is that leaving would come with a severance package. Offering the same kind of severance package that a company would normally give during layoffs, but allowing people to selectively take it seems like a very reasonable way to handle reducing payroll.

I imagine that, if not enough people take the offer, they might then have layoffs so this seems like a pretty humane and nice way to handle a tough situation.

So, the problem, as I see it, is that we already did the protest thing under the first Trump administration. It didn't do much then and we're tired now. It's been about a decade of hearing about awful shit from Trump and realizing that our family members, coworkers and neighbors are actually awful people.

Thanks, yes. This is what I was trying to say but didn't quite manage to state correctly.

Trump's order never went into effect. The judge blocked his order before it could take effect.

It's unlikely that it will ever take effect either as evidenced by the injunction. The judge wouldn't have issued an injunction if she didn't think there was:

1. a substantial likelihood that the law would have significant negative impacts if it were to take effect and
2. a strong likelihood that Trump's order would be permanently blocked upon further review.

I wonder what things are slipping by while we're all distracted by this insanity...

Loren AliKhan

She.

Also, yes, she blocked it for a week. She blocked it immediately because it has a significant chance of causing harm if it were to take effect immediately. This gives her time to consider the issue and give a real ruling. The fact that she blocked the order from going into effect so quickly indicates that she thinks that she is likely to block the order altogether.

You're right, it's not a "major loss" for Trump yet, but it is shaping up to be one. I expect she will block this, it will get appealed to the DC Court of Appeals who will affirm, then SCOTUS will decline to hear the subsequent appeal.

You must lie about your gender in order to earn the GI bill. It's the only honorable way.

I thought that we had treaties precluding us from developing more advanced missile defense systems but it appears that we have withdrawn from those. I worry that this will just end up fueling an arms race in a world that seems to be becoming a pressure cooker.

It certainly impacts defense grants, though. There is a ton of research, some of it open source, that is funded by DoD grants that are in limbo just like the rest of the grants out there.

I might have to come join you all.