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And Now, In The Purported “No More Birthright” Case, There Will Also Be Public Audio Feeds, Via YouTube, This Thursday — I’ll Listen In…

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As promised, here it is — the Thursday motion for a preliminary injunction against Tangerine 2.0, that’s set for a hearing on February 6. [Tangerine claims he can eliminate specific sections of the Fourteenth Amendment — with one swipe of his black Sharpie. Poppycock.]

In any event, here is the public audio feed / YouTube listeners’ link, for that day and time:

…NOTICE TO THE PARTIES: The Court [in the Western District of Washington] will provide remote audio public access for the Preliminary Injunction Hearing set for 2/6/2025 at 10:00 AM in Courtroom 16206 before U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour.

Remote public audio access has been authorized for the Preliminary Injunction Hearing in State of Washington, et al. v. Donald Trump, et al. Case number 2:25-cv-00127-JCC.

The hearing begins at 10:00 a.m. PST, on Thursday, February 6, 2025.

Audio access will be provided via YouTube at the following link:

https://youtube.com/live/jbFNoCkakV0?feature=share….

Now you know — he will get shellacked, again.

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Tangerine 2.0’s “Freeze” Argument… “Strains Credulity…” “The Court Can Think of Few Things More Disingenuous…” Ouch.

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The roundly-expected 30 page TRO, and reasoned opinion — of the able USDC Judge AliKhan is now published — minutes ago to the public docket, in full. Do read it all.

But let’s quote the nearly unprecedented take-down — of a sitting POTUS’s lack of candor, and thus — loss of credibility, with the courts. He’s lost the “presumption of good faith” most governmental actors are accorded in federal court. Ouch:

. . .Defendants are correct that courts of this circuit generally hesitate “to impute such manipulative conduct to a coordinate branch of government.” Pub. Citizen, Inc., 92 F.4th at 1128-29 (quoting Clarke v. United States, 915 F.2d 699, 705 (D.C. Cir. 1990) (en banc)). But this reluctance does not apply when the government defendant deliberately acts “in order to avoid litigation.” Alaska v. U.S. Dep’t of Agric., 17 F.4th 1224, 1229 (D.C. Cir. 2021) (quoting Am. Bar Ass’n v. Fed. Trade Comm’n, 636 F.3d 641, 648 (D.C. Cir. 2011)). Here, Defendants’ plea for a presumption of good faith rings hollow when their own actions contradict their representations. . . .

Within hours of OMB’s rescission, White House Press Secretary Leavitt announced that the rescission was to have no tangible effect on “the federal funding freeze.” Leavitt, X (formerly Twitter) (Jan. 29, 2025), https://perma.cc/99C4-5V6G. Moreover, she explained that the primary purpose of the rescission was “[t]o end any confusion created by the court’s injunction.” Id. That statement unambiguously reflects that the rescission was in direct response to this court’s issuance of an administrative stay on January 28.5 For Defendants to innocently claim that OMB’s post stay actions were merely a noble attempt to “end[] confusion,” ECF No. 26, at 8, strains credulity….

By rescinding the memorandum that announced the freeze, but “NOT… the federal funding freeze” itself, id., it appears that OMB sought to overcome a judicially imposed obstacle without actually ceasing the challenged conduct. The court can think of few things more disingenuous. Preventing a defendant from evading judicial review under such false pretenses is precisely why the voluntary cessation doctrine exists. The rescission, if it can be called that, appears to be nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt to prevent this court from granting relief….

Yep. That’s… a banger! You’ll need to get some ice on that Mr. Trump. Your back porch? It’s very bright… red, from the whuppin’ — one you richly earned, and deserved. Out — heh.

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And The Monthly Amazon Labor Item? From Quebec, Canada… And Timely. AMZN Abandons 2,000 Workers Immediately After They Vote In A Union.

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[I apologize — I’m a little late on this development, but Tangerine’s silly “flood the zone” efforts, down here in the lower 48 keep us hoppin’.]

Here’s that Bezos / carpet-bagger item: Wow. I gather Mr. Bezos brazenly fancies himself some form of a latter day Canadian railroad baron. Damn. [This would have been a second, and much larger, unionized facility in Quebec — see legacy graphic below, at right.]

I suppose he thinks he’s at least a lil’ like Elon — can do whatever he likes. He’s in for a rude awakening, on this. [And do consider his on record statements, about stepping away from inclusive workforce initiatives, here in the US.] Here’s The Hill, on it all:

…Last week, Amazon made a stunning decision to shutter its operations in Quebec, laying off approximately 2,000 workers. The reason? Workers at the company’s facilities in the Canadian province had just unionized.

This move — clear and brazen retaliation against organized labor — has reverberated beyond Canada’s borders. It’s not just a story about Quebec, Amazon or the 2,000 workers who now face sudden unemployment. It’s a global story — one with significant implications for the U.S. and the broader fight for workers’ rights….

To be clear, this is in no small measure why — at Raptors games played up north now, the Canadian fans have taken (since the end of January) to booing, when the US national anthem is played, after “Oh! Canada“. Holy smokes. Out.

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Hinderaker Doesn’t Realize All Tangerine Got From Mexico… Was What It Already Agreed To — With Mr. Biden. Sheesh.

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Hinderaker can’t spin this BS fast enough.

The Dow opened off 600 points — The Tangerine 2.0 morons panicked.

They blinked.

They accepted from Mexico exactly the same promises Mr. Biden secured, when Ms. Sheinbaum came to power there.

But Hinderaker declares it all some great Trump victory.

What an utterly feckless a-hole John is. This is not a nightclub act, John.

But the dotard (his boy) does think he’s producing a bad “un-” reality TV show, of some description.

And you are the pawn he uses… for this nonsense.

Cheers.

“The Tangerine 2.0 Freeze”… Is Frozen, Now… TWICE! The Able USDC Judge AliKhan Will Have A TRO In Place By 4:30 PM EST Today…

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She just said, on the live audio stream from DC, that the Council (the Plaintiffs) will put a TRO draft on the docket by 1:30 pm, and OMB can respond by 3:30 pm, local — but she will add her TRO to the Rhode Island TRO… by day’s end.

The clarity of Tangerine 2.0’s violations here have led to a very swift pair of appealable final orders. They stop Trump dead in his tracks. And there will be no stays of the these TROs.

Team Tangerine loses — completely — now he must file appeals to even begin his executive order process. Woot! Checks and balances… they work.

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Update: Tangerine 2.0 Blinks; Tries To Walk Back Canada’s “Misunderstanding” — Mexico Agrees To Cooperate On Fentanyl Interdiction: No Tariffs!

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This is precious. White House flaks are now saying that the Canadians “misunderstood” Mr. Trump’s Saturday orders. He’s trying to say — just as with the flip-flopped “Freeze” — people just. don’t. get. him. [This is not some goofy nightclub act. My God.]

The people at 1600 Penn. were clear: they launched a trade war. Canada responded. Tangerine is. . . a malign moron, nothing more.

Separately, Mexico has “agreed” to do what it was already doing with Mr. Biden’s cooperation, 2021 to 2024. And Tangerine has suspended those tariffs. This is a complete clown show — not governance, at all. Here’s the latest:

…”Canadians appear to have misunderstood the plain language of the executive order and they’re interpreting it as a trade war,” Hassett added….

[T]he president told reporters on Sunday they “have to balance out their trade, number one….”

What is not clear about that, man? You started a silly war. Now you are trying to say… “I was just… kidding“. That is… cra-cra.

And… almost trivially — Mr. Shumate’s underlings are getting shellacked in DC by the able USDC Judge Alikhan, on the Freeze (I am listening, live to the audio broadcast — but not gonna’ do a line by line liveblog — its just too clear that Tangerine 2.0, and the OMB lose here). This will end in a preliminary injunction, later today or tomorrow. What a silly cha-cha.

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Shumate Beclowns Himself — In A Sworn Rhode Island Federal “Freeze” Flip-Flop Filing Overnight…

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Well. The guy is nothing, if not predictable. Here he argues that the able USDC Judge in Rhode Island… couldn’t have meant what he plainly said, in enjoining the lawless Freeze.

Shumate believes he can essentially pat a federal judge on the head, and say (effectively) “silly boy, we don’t need to listen to you….” We are… MAGA — “your puny laws don’t apply… to US!”

Here’s that latest nonsense, from Shumate.

Ugh.

Out.

Gee — Who Might Have Guessed?!? Pre-Market: Dow Down 600 Points; Trump Meme Coin Down Over 75% — “Smellania” Down Over 85%. Great Work, You “Very Stable” Geniuses.

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Yes. This is how the real world sees… Tangerine 2.0’s lunacy — of reinvigorating 19th Century tariff battles (as opposed to the view from inside his MAGA reality distortion bubble).

He thinks the tariffs are his best “billy club”. But, in point of fact, they primarily, and mostly… bludgeon his low income, under-educated, mostly unemployed rural whyte MAGA base. Along the way, too, they will likely crater already struggling US sectors… like steel, and smaller farm agriculture. G E N I U S.

He’s a super-stable genius I tell you. [Or… maybe he said that. Heh.]

So the Dow falls 600 points. Hilariously, he continues to shill his sh!tcoins on Truth Social. But the coin is off 75% since launch, immediately before the inaugural. And “$mellainia” (pronounced SMELL-ania) is off even more, now down 85% from the opening frenzy. Almost everyone (except for the Trump family, of course — since they got the coins free of any charge) who bought in, has now lost the vast bulk of their “invested” funds.

Just like the ’34 Act NASDAQ listed and traded DJT stock itself (that’s the holdco for Truth Social — where Devin Nunes and Trump essentially are the only ones among a small handful of people still making money on their “investments”, since both got the entirety of their shares for free) — it is a staggering conflict of interest, compared to his elected “take care” duties — that the guy is actively touting / trying to prop-up the value of these sh!tcoins and stocks (for his own personal fortune)… each of which are getting hammered by… yep, his own official government “Executive Branch economic policies” — called tariffs. Here’s the latest:

…Donald Trump’s TRUMP token spiraling further down in the past 24 hours, bringing losses from the peak to a staggering 75%….

Meanwhile, the $MELANIA meme coin from First Lady Melania Trump is trading around $1.45. The $MELANIA coin launched on Sunday, Jan. 19 and briefly spiked to $13.63. But the digital asset quickly fell below $4 and has continued to slide….

Might anyone (not ignorant of US History) ever imagine Ronnie Reagan or Dwight Eisenhower… loudly shilling for their own personal business assets, while in the White House? And doing so, against the interests of the American people they were elected by?! Damnation.

Onward, smiling into the audio dial-up for the preliminary injunction hearing in DC — against his flip-flopping “freeze” memos. I’ll likely liveblog it if it seems it will end up in any unexpected fashion. But it will remain enjoined, to a near certainty. Out — buckle up, for more market chaos — courtesy the dotard.

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Again — The Reality Is… ICE Is Now Releasing (Into US Interior) Most Of Those It Picked Up Last Week…

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Yet again, Tangerine 2.0’s lies… are already catching up to him — not even three weeks after his inaugural. He claims to be arresting and deporting thousands every week. But only the “arresting” is accurate.

In point of fact, US law prohibits his detaining them, without hearings. And federal judges respect the US Constitution. They set hearing dates, and release them — since the vast majority are not the violent criminals Tangerine has forever lied about.

This means perhaps 90% of those listed in the arrest totals posted daily on X-itter… are being released back into the US, to await their hearings — many several months from now.

If they skip the hearing date, ICE will have to go out and find them, again. And on and on.

Soon enough, Tangerine will depart 1600 Penn. — and most of them will likely be able to run the clock on him. What an ineffectual — but malign — idiot. Here’s that story:

…The Trump administration aggressively publicized the arrests of more than 8,000 immigrants by federal agents since Inauguration Day, with the promise that those detained would be part of a historic mass deportation. But NBC News has learned that some have already been released back into the United States on a monitoring program, according to five sources familiar with the operations.

Since he took office, President Donald Trump and his allies have promoted immigration operations in cities like Chicago and New York, where agents across federal agencies were called in to increase the number of arrests….

Yes, I support keeping law abiding, tax paying hard working honest people here in the US — regardless of documents, so this is welcome news. Trump is continuing Biden’s policies here.

And the federal judges are honoring their duties to uphold the US Constitution.

Onward….