Don't Be Shocked If Weather Scrubs Monday's Tanking Event, For Artemis. Florida Is Still Gonna' Be... Damn Cold!

In fact, don't be shocked if the crewed ride around the Moon. . . slips into March 2026.

There are those who still believe there is a "leak" problem with the tanking, which would be exacerbated by extreme cold weather (creating wider gaps in metal and rubber flanges). But I will as aver, keep a good thought, for the very brave crew. Here's the latest:

. . .NASA is targeting Monday, Feb. 2, as the tanking day for the upcoming Artemis II wet dress rehearsal at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, as a result of weather. With this change, the first potential opportunity to launch is no earlier than Sunday, Feb. 8. . . .

Over the past several days, engineers have been closely monitoring conditions as cold weather and winds move through Florida. Managers have assessed hardware capabilities against the projected forecast given the rare arctic outbreak affecting the state and decided to change the timeline. Teams and preparations at the launch pad remain ready for the wet dress rehearsal. However, adjusting the timeline for the test will position NASA for success during the rehearsal, as the expected weather this weekend would violate launch conditions.

. . .NASA will wait to set a launch date until teams have reviewed the outcome of the wet dress rehearsal. . . .

Now you know -- and I do see you -- in the cold! Smile.

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Tangent: See -- "The Movie Biz... Is Hard", You Old Dotard...

This is of course, trivial.

It should not be news, at all -- but Tangerine 2.0 has indicated, in off-the-cuff remarks, that he may sign an executive order, requiring all US public middle school kids to view it. [Hmmm. That doesn't smell at all like. . . the Hitler Youth, does it?!]

In any event (regardless of whether he follows through with that Putin-esque move), here's a bit from the Non Kool-Aid-drinking media:

. . .A WIRED analysis on Jan. 29 found that Melania Trump’s documentary, released on Jan. 30, filled theaters in just two locations: AMC Classic Indian River 24 in Vero Beach, Florida, and AMC Independence Commons 20 in Independence, Missouri. . . .

Melania opened in an estimated 1,500 to 2,000 theaters nationwide. Throughout the week, social media was flooded with screenshots of poor pre-sales and empty theaters. In Minnesota, the Mann Plymouth Grand 15 theater cancelled screenings altogether. The state is currently facing a widespread immigration crackdown; two residents of Minneapolis, Alex Pretti and Reneé Good, were killed in separate shootings by federal agents. On the same day as Pretti was shot, Melania was privately screened for a select audience at the White House. . . .

Tone deaf. And -- I love that most theaters have pulled it altogether. Due to zero ticket sales. Hilarious. [I promise to offer something more. . . worthy, over the weekend. Smile.]

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Moderna's Mr. Bancel Was Not Kidding -- When He Said Trump Has Made It "Impossible To Make a Return" -- On New mRNA Vaccine / R&D Candidates...

And as Exhibit A, the chief bio-science architect (and an MD, to boot) of the wildly successful 2021-23 Covid vaccines. . . is departing, in favor of an. . . oncology veteran, with prior experience at Astra-Zeneca -- and Bristol Myers Squibb. Damn.

Here is all of that -- and a bit:

. . .Moderna. . . [announced that] Chief Medical Officer Jacqueline Miller, MD, who led the development of the company's mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine Spikevax, will step down effective March 2, 2026. . . .

Miller joined Moderna in 2020 as the therapeutic area head for infectious diseases. Her departure comes at a pivotal moment for the company, which is seeking to plug the revenue gap left by waning demand for COVID products and turn its mRNA platform into a broader, durable franchise. . . .

David ⁠Berman will fill the role, as Chief Development Officer, starting March 2, 2026. . . . Before joining Moderna, Berman served as head of research and development at Immunocore and ⁠has previously held senior roles at AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers ‌Squibb. . . .

Now you know. But Trump and Kennedy Jr. are killing our leadership -- in next gen vaccines, ones that rely on mRNA as the tech. Damn.

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[Another Tangent -- Back To Normal, Monday:] Musk Says His SpaceX May "Merge" With... His Tesla?! A Hilarious Deflection, From His Inability To Sell More... Autos.

When Tesla posted its first-ever "year under year" -- of dropping sales revenue -- two days ago... we knew he'd have to have some sort of "reality distortion bubble" ready to go for the rubes who've paid about a 290 times price multiple, compared to Tesla's actual earnings for its stock.

Said another way, it will take Tesla (at the company's current pace) about a third of a century to cover the price the rubes bought in at, last summer.

Ouch.

So now he says his two companies may. . . merge:

. . .Elon Musk's SpaceX reportedly is considering a merger with Tesla (TSLA) or xAI before the private space company's expected IPO later this year. Tesla stock [rose] Friday after falling Thursday following earnings. . . .

SpaceX is mulling a combination with the EV giant or Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI, Bloomberg reported late Thursday, citing sources. That could help with the likely substantial financing needed. . . .

If "one quagmire is NOT deep enough -- let's just DOUBLE its footprint in this swamp."

D A M N.

You've been repeatedly warned.

[And Musk's X-itter is losing money like crazy, as well. Hilarious.] Out.

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Friday Trivia/Tangent: Bitcoin Crashed To Just Over $81,000, Overnight...From Just Under $90,000 Last Week. Ouch.

Meanwhile, the Bitcoin miners are claiming that miners will benefit from the fact that some purported AI companies are out raising money — like Anthropic… alleging they will spend most of that on Riot future leased data centers (not yet built!). [Updated -- OpenAI, now, as well.]

What?!

So — the Bitcoin miners' [bulls’] case now relies on a spend of money that hasn’t been raised yet — for buildings that haven’t been built yet — to lease at the lowest bidders’ rack space price, in dusty West Texas.

That notion is. . . self deflating. . . all as huge lazy flakes wheel in slow motion, down here -- from a gray sky. Smile.

All I can say is. . . look out below [this is a dump, from the October 2025 ~$126,000 all time highs].

Trump's endless chaos is wrecking the "risk on" appetites, in capital markets. [I suppose that's a silver lining -- of sorts.]

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Ninth Circuit (Again) Rules Noem Lawlessly Discriminates Against People From Venezuela — On Race.

Damn every one of these evil, horrible, small minded people. [My prior backgrounder, here.]

Here is the latest:

. . .In a concurring opinion, Judge Salvador Mendoza Jr. said he wanted to underscore “the ample evidence of racial and national origin animus” that had underpinned Ms. Noem’s actions in ending the protections. He said the record was replete with direct statements from Ms. Noem and President Trump expressing hostility toward Haitian and Venezuelan T.P.S. holders.

“And these were not generalized statements about immigration policy toward Venezuela and Haiti or national security concerns to which the Executive is owed deference,” Mr. Mendoza Jr. wrote. “Instead, these statements were overtly founded on racist stereotyping based on country of origin.”

For decades, the T.P.S. program has allowed foreign nationals to stay in the U.S. for about 18 months when a crisis such as an earthquake or armed conflict would make returning to their home countries unsafe. Afghanistan, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua and Venezuela are among the nation’s for which the Trump administration has sought to end T.P.S. . . .

Damn them -- damn them, all.

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In Abrego Garcia's Nashville Matter, A Sealed Motion -- And Sealed Order -- All In A Day. Serious Q.: Are The Noemites... Surrendering?!

It may just simply be more disclosures, of highly sensitive Tangerine 2.0 internal documents, on the vindictiveness with which the cabal has wrongfully pursued Mr. Abrego Garcia.

But it could also be that a deal to let him live in Costa Rica -- as he suggested -- has been reached (to avoid additional opprobrium -- all of it richly deserved, being heaped on the Tangerine 2.0 malignant clowns). We shall see.

. . .Sealed Motion; Sealed Order Entered 01/29/2026. . . .

Stay tuned.

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Eikon Thera To Go Public In ~$300 Million Stock Offering -- Merck To Buy A Lil' Less Than 10% Stake: Reports

This one will bear watching. [One of several of my backgrounders, here.]

The roster of fine former Merckers, alone, makes it a likely three bagger. But it had, since about 2021, a formidable bolus of bio-oncology IP assets in the pipe, already -- on its own. Here's the latest (and a bit):

. . .Merck is set to acquire approximately $30M worth of shares in Eikon Therapeutics, which is expected to grant it nearly a 10% stake, thereby enhancing Merck's positioning in the cancer biotech sector and increasing its market competitiveness.

Eikon Therapeutics filed for its U.S. IPO this week, seeking a valuation of up to $908M, which has attracted interest from both existing and new investors, indicating strong market confidence in its oncology pipeline.

Eikon is led by Roger Perlmutter, a former president of Merck Research Laboratories, along with several other ex-top executives from Merck, which may provide a robust foundation for Eikon's success in the competitive biotech landscape. . . .

With Kenneth C. Frazier on the board, this likely is a. . . "cannot miss" bet. Smile -- everyone knows I'm a fan boy, there. Out.

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Bruce's "Streets Of Minneapolis" -- Just... Listen.

The Brother Bruce. . . is at it (again) -- in the fine tradition of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger -- Joan Baez and Nina Simone.

More than 2.8 million people have heard/downloaded it, in just under the first 24 elapsed hours.

This man is an American gem:

. . .Came Trump's private army, from the DHS. . . through smoke and rubber bullets, in dawn's early light. . . citizens stood for justice -- their voices ringing through the night. . . .

Trump's thugs beat on all, in the frigid air. . . then we heard the gunshots, and Alex Pretti lay in the snow, dead. . . .

We will remember the names of those who died, on the Streets of Minneapolis. . . .

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In The "Hands Off Chicago!" Federal Class Action Litigation, We Move Forward -- To A Permanent Ruling Against Trump/Noem/Bovino...

You'll likely recall that at the end of last year, the US Supremes ruled that Tangerine 2.0 cannot invade states, without consent -- by using other states' national guard forces -- not, at least, under these circumstances. That is binding precedent -- for LA, Portland and all other cities (except DC -- a federal possession, and so, a special case). [And, that's why the National Guard is not in Minneapolis.]

Now the Chicago class members who brought the suit want permanent relief -- an order that the troops may never return, without an invitation from the Mayor and/or Governor. Here's the overnight status of the discussions in the trial court -- and the salient bits:

. . .The State of Illinois and the City of Chicago, based on the operative documents and the December 23, 2025 decision of the Supreme Court in this matter, consider defendants’ liability on Count I, the ultra vires claim for a violation of 10 U.S.C. § 12406, clear as a matter of law. As favorable resolution of that claim will afford the plaintiffs the declaratory and injunctive relief they seek in this action, plaintiffs intend to move for partial summary judgment as to liability on Count I. While defendants have stated the view that their planned motion to dismiss (discussed below) should be resolved prior to the summary judgment motion, a motion for summary judgment may be brought at this time. Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(b).

Plaintiffs (i.e., the people of Chicago) propose the following schedule for their partial summary judgment briefing: summary judgment motion and supporting papers due February 27; opposition papers due March 27; and reply papers due April 10, 2026. . . .

[The Noemites / Bovino] Defendants continue to believe that the most efficient approach -- one that would conserve party and judicial resources -- is for the parties to settle this case without further litigation, Defendants understand that the parties are presently at an impasse in their discussions. . . .

[The Noemites / Bovino] do not believe that summary judgment briefing on 10 U.S.C. § 12406(3) is the appropriate next step for two reasons. First, Defendants believe that this case is moot. It is undisputed that all Illinois National Guardsmen have been de-federalized and that there are no other Guardsmen from any other State deployed in Illinois. . . .

So, dispositive motion briefs are up next, in the Dirksen Building before the able USDC Judge Perry. It is pure poppycock to suggest that just because Noem / Tangerine 2.0 tucked tail and ran, that the case is over. That never establishes mootness -- he could come back. . . tomorrow, and the plaintiffs would be required to start all over.

What a wasteful bunch of putzes. Damn.

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In About A Month, Juno Will Make Its 81st Close Dip Into Jupiter's Polar Magnetic Storms... Amazing.

And there is new data, about how thick the ice is on/under the surface of Europa.

The new estimate is around 18 miles -- which is over 30% thicker than prior estimates. And it makes any "transport life" theorem less likely, to be sure.

Here's the latest, from JPL -- over 15 years of twisty, copper-colored, unwasted grace:

. . .Juno will carry out its 81st flyby of Jupiter on Feb. 25. . . .

[And it seems less likely that any organics from the surface could have been transported to the sub-ocean, to facilitate any micro-organism(s) under the ice.] MWR data. . . provides. . . insights into the makeup of the ice just below Europa’s surface. The instrument revealed the presence of “scatterers” — irregularities in the near-surface ice such as cracks, pores, and voids that scatter the instrument’s microwaves reflecting off the ice (similar to how visible light is scattered in ice cubes). These scatterers are estimated to be no bigger than a few inches in diameter and appear to extend to depths of hundreds of feet below Europa’s surface. . . .

The small size and shallow depth of these features, as modeled in this study, suggest they are unlikely to be a significant pathway for oxygen and nutrients to travel from Europa’s surface to its salty ocean. . . .

Fascinating -- onward.

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And The Trumpians Are Still INTENTIONALLY Violating Clear California Federal Court Orders... Damn -- Deporting People KNOWN To Be Covered By Settlements Trump 1.0 Signed.

There have been numerous class action settlement orders signed over the decades, by various federal agencies -- governing how people seeking asylum (with or without complete paperwork) must be treated. Certainly in Tangerine 1.0, we were surprised by how often those orders were being cruelly violated, in California, primarily by ICE and Border Patrol.

We are no longer surprised, here in Tangerine 2.0 -- but we are disgusted, by Team Bovino's clearly INTENTIONAL, DIRECT VIOLATIONS of federal court orders, over and over again -- as to people covered by the settlements, AND THUS LAWFULLY PRESENT I N THE US, despite the poppycok Noem pushes. See this, from yesterday in "El Centro" -- in the 2018 case being monitored by USDC Judge Dolly Gee, in LA:

. . .[Bovino / Noem] Defendants removed G.R.S.Y., a QAFM with valid parole, on December 11 to Guatemala, in violation of the Settlement and the Court’s stay of removals. Decl. of G.R.S.Y. (Jan. 27, 2026). Defendants should have been aware of G.R.S.Y.’s status as a QAFM because he applied for and received parole under the Ms. L. Settlement. See id. ¶ 2. Plaintiffs have asked Defendants whether they would be willing to return G.R.S.Y., and if so, whether they would do so at the government’s expense. As of the time of this filing, Plaintiffs have not received Defendants’ position. For the reasons set forth in Plaintiffs’ Motion to Return, the Court should order that G.R.S.Y. be returned at Defendants’ expense. . . .

[Bovino / Noem] Defendants removed class member F.S.G.A. on November 19, 2025. See Defs.’ Not. of Inadvertent Removal of Class Member, ECF No. 925; Decl. of Byoung Park (Dec. 30, 2025), ECF No. 925-1. Defendants did not check F.S.G.Y.’s class membership status when he entered ICE detention, see Park Decl. ¶ 8, and their declaration does not address multiple reasons ICE should have known he was a class member and not subject to removal. Defendants identified F.S.G.Y. as a class member in the course of the litigation. See Settlement § II.A, at 3, ECF No. 721-1. Thus, he appears on multiple lists of confirmed class members, including the list of identified and undisputed class members provided to Plaintiffs prior to Settlement approval, under Section II.A. of the Settlement. ECF No. 721-1 at 3; Fourth Suppl. Decl. of Daniel A. Galindo (Jan. 27, 2026). . . .

Separately, the day before F.S.G.Y. was removed, on December 18 at 1:29 PM, class counsel emailed Defendants to notify them that F.S.G.Y. was a class member and should not be removed under the Court’s August 26 Order, and counsel for Defendants informed Plaintiffs that this email was “promptly relayed” to Defendants. Fourth Suppl. Galindo Decl. ¶ 9 & Ex. A.

To help ensure further unlawful removals do not occur, Plaintiffs respectfully request that the Court order Defendants to provide an affidavit explaining:

1) Whether Defendants reviewed the list of identified Class Members provided to Plaintiffs prior to Settlement approval, see Section II.A. of the Settlement, to determine whether F.S.G.Y. was a class member, and if they did not do so, why not; and

2) Why Defendants removed F.S.G.Y. even after receiving Plaintiffs’ December 18 email notifying Defendants that F.S.G.Y. was a class member. . . .

This is banal, evil lunacy -- driven by Noem herself -- and Bovino, himself. And Stephen Miller. And. . . Tangerine 2.0.

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Trump's Loss In Minneapolis -- Now, Up On Appeal At Eighth Cir. -- Will Be Argued Expeditiously...

While I was off-grid in the snowy mountains, the Eighth Circuit panel decided to expedite a hearing on the prelim. inj. case (Trump had appealed his complete loss, on the ICE tactics) -- and now the schedule is set, in Appeal 26-1105.

In the mean time, we would note that ICE's own long-standing internal handbook / rules of engagement prohibit the use of tear gas, unless an officer's life is in danger -- and always prohibit rubber bullets, unless fired upon, first -- in protest situations.

[The applicability of those internal rules have been affirmed in injunctions granted in Chicago and Portland, in late in 2025.] Here's where the dates shake out, but there should be oral argument about a week after all the briefs are in:

. . .[Eighth Circuit] CLERK'S ORDER:

Pursuant to the Court's Opinion filed January 26, 2026, the parties are directed to comply with the following expedited briefing deadlines:

[Noemites' / Bovino's] brief and appendix are due February 6, 2026.

[People of Minneapolis] Appellees' brief is due February 17, 2026.

[Noemites' / Bovino's] reply brief is due February 24, 2026. . . .

Now you know. . . onward, resolutely.

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Moderna Chief Bancel Doesn't Currently Plan To "Invest" -- For New US Vaccines: Due To Tangerine 2.0 Anti-Science Stances. Ugh.

This is wildly unfortunate -- utterly avoidable; but understandable -- given that RFK, Jr. is. . . irrationally hostile to modern mRNA vaccines. He is killing the American life-sciences. . . dream.

What an upside-down world it is, of late. Bancel’s comments come days after Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, Ph.D., rebuked Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., describing the lawyer’s stance on vaccines as “anti-science.” Here are the details, via CIDRAP, then:

. . .Moderna chief executive officer Stephane Bancel said the company does not plan to invest in new late-stage vaccine trials because of growing opposition to immunizations from health officials in the United States.

His comments were made last week during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

“You cannot make a return on investment if you don’t have access to the U.S. market,” Bancel told Bloomberg TV. He said the vaccine market in the United States is much smaller as more anti-vaccine guidelines have become the norm. . . .

I agree, Mr. Bancel -- if RFK is going to rig the US market against new vaccines, there is not enough revenue available -- rest of world -- to make it worthwhile, as a business. [Yep. Trump and his minions are a pack of feckless, malign idiots.] Out.

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"I Don't Let Bullies Win": US Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., MN) -- Kudos. Trump Is... A PIG.

Tell me again, now -- who is it, that encourages. . . violence? Making cruel jokes about serious attacks should be beneath the dignity of 1600 Penn. And it encourages others, by implication.

To be certain, she is brave. She is resolute. And she cannot be. . . intimidated. Per The Beeb:

. . .Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar was attacked at an event she was hosting on Tuesday, when an audience member used a syringe to spray liquid at her, Minneapolis police said.

Omar was uninjured and continued to speak. "I'm ok. I'm a survivor so this small agitator isn't going to intimidate me from doing my work. I don't let bullies win," she later wrote on X. . . .

Onward, resolutely -- but it seems that Trump's comment may be "an inadvertent tell" -- about his ketchup on the ear moment in Butler, PA. Heh.

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“You Love To See It!” Dept.: Greg Bovino’s Govt. X Account… Locked!!

More evidence that. . . he's all done -- stick a fork in him -- take him off the grill. Yep. He's cooked.

Tonight multiple Tangerine World sources confirm: he's lost his government sanctioned "wingin' it" privileges, on X-itter:

. . .It is one thing to be demoted. It is another thing entirely to lose your social media megaphone. In this administration, there may be no worse fate.

President Trump rules by social media and it’s difficult to be a power player in his court if you’re not power posting, too. To lose one’s account is to lose the ability to brag about all the righteous work one does for him. It means losing the ability to tar one’s common enemy. How is one supposed to build a profile within the MAGA universe if one cannot post?. . . .

Indeed -- flawless!

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Merck v. Merck Latham Act Battle Nears Trial Date…

Late last night, the able magistrate judge in this nearly 15-year-old NJ DC spat entered an order for a hearing on the final pre-trial papers. The end of the tunnel is. . . ahead, here.

It is perhaps unfair to call it a "spat", as it certainly is tens of billions of dollars in potential damages, for whichever company comes up on the losing end.

You may look at any one of 70 to 100 posts here stretching back to 2008 -- for background -- by searching the term "Lanham Act" in the upper left search box. [Regular readers know though that in fact, this dispute goes all the way back to the Treaty of Versailles in 1917.]

. . .TEXT ORDER:

There will be a Virtual Final Pretrial Conference on 2/19/2026 at 11:00 a.m. before the Undersigned. Counsel shall mail two tabbed courtesy copies of the proposed final pretrial order to Chambers by 2/2/2026.

So Ordered by Magistrate Judge Michael A. Hammer on 1/26/2026. . . .

[We may need to send chambers another one of these, though -- after February 19, 2026.]

Onward, grinning. . . as the wheels are falling off, now -- in MAGA / Tangerine-a-topia, tonight. And it couldn't happen to a nicer buch of malign idiots. Out.

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JWST And NASA's JPL: The Blue Regions In This ~Half-Million Galaxies Shot... Are Dark Matter... Cool.

This is what this afternoon's masthead is pointing to.

We are for the first time directly overlaying wide field maps -- of hundreds of thousands of galaxies -- spanning many million of light years edge-to-edge, with what is clearly the "super structural / glue elements" of so-called "dark matter". Here's all that -- and a bit, from JPL:

. . .Scientists using data from NASA’s [JWST] have made one of the most detailed, high-resolution maps of dark matter ever produced. It shows how the invisible, ghostly material overlaps and intertwines with “regular” matter, the stuff that makes up stars, galaxies, and everything we can see.

Published Monday, Jan. 26, in Nature Astronomy, the map builds on previous research to provide additional confirmation and new details about how dark matter has shaped the universe on the largest scales -- galaxy clusters millions of light-years across -- that ultimately give rise to galaxies, stars, and planets like Earth.

“This is the largest dark matter map we’ve made with [JWST], and it’s twice as sharp as any dark matter map made by other observatories,” said Diana Scognamiglio, lead author of the paper and an astrophysicist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. “Previously, we were looking at a blurry picture of dark matter. Now we’re seeing the invisible scaffolding of the universe in stunning detail, thanks to [JWST]’s incredible resolution. . . .”

That's cool -- and only ever-so-slightly darkly so. Onward -- I've had enough of the dystopian Trump-World news for today.

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Tangerine 2.0 Moves (A Third Time!) To Dismiss The Central Piece Of Litigation Challenging The "Retroactive USAID Grant Cutoffs" In DC -- He Will Fail.

We here attach the 61 pages of silly nonsense -- solely for a complete record.

Just as with the prior two times he's tried and failed to claim some bizarre immunity from suit, for taking away property rights enshrined in the law by the Congress (hisself acting solely and alone -- with his lil' Black Sharpie). . . this too shall fail. Stay tuned, we will update this long-running litigation -- as time permits. [I will admit that these funding fights have taken a back burner, to getting people without papers released on habeas. But we will find the time, in the weeks ahead.]

. . .Plaintiffs ask this Court to order the federal government to pay tens of billions of dollars in foreign aid in the manner that Plaintiffs so desire. Plaintiffs’ novel legal theory would allow any individual, who might have a chance of receiving a fragment of an appropriation, to pursue claims under the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) and not only force the government to obligate expired funds but also dictate the manner in which those funds are obligated [PRECISELY BECAUSE IT WAS CONGRESS that obligated the funds. Trump has no power to stop the power of the purse, in Congress -- these were already black letter law. He has no right to "veto" existing LAWS]. . . .

Trump simply ignores the power limits that the laws set -- he regularly ignores the separation of powers -- because. . . reasons. What a putz.

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USDC Judges, Inundated With Habeas Cases, In MN -- Are Bluntly Calling Out These Lawless ICE Tactics/Agents. And Promptly Releasing Hundreds Of Detainees. Excellent!

ICE cannot lawfully pick up people in the street -- just based on skin color, or accented English. It cannot grab people without a full judicial warrant, unless it sees (for example) a bank robbery in progress (i.e., not likely). So it is that (as was true in Chicago this summer when I was doing this same sort of appearances work) the vast majority of those grabbed are being set free, on individual habeas petitions, in and around Minneapolis.

Homan won't change a thing. The Constitution is a constant bed-rock. If you are present on US soil, with or without papers, you may invoke its protections. Stand for your rights -- always (and kudos to the many dozens of pro bono lawyers surging into Minnesota, to help out at the ACLU!). Here's a taste of all this:

. . .The Trump administration’s current deportation push in Minneapolis has led to “hundreds of emergency lawsuits from immigrants targeted by ICE,” according to Politico. As a result, federal judges in the area have been “working weekends to manage the backlog and juggling a crush of individual cases. . . .

And in all but a handful of cases, those judges have ruled that the Trump administration violated the law, sometimes flagrantly.” These cases are part of a broader wave of lawsuits over “the Trump administration’s bid to lock up nearly everyone it is targeting for deportation,” rather than only “those deemed dangerous or likely to flee.” Politico noted that the “emergency nature of the cases has so far stymied efforts to get appeals courts or the Supreme Court to weigh in on the policy. . . .”

Onward -- gratified to see the people, rising up, to protect their brothers and sisters -- from a repressive megalomaniac. Out.

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