Your Sunday News Assembly, for 3-23-25!
Breaking news, video links, and contextual information, to help peel those political onions!
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Spring is close! And, this week, we have nineteen breaking stories and two video links for your close perusal!
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ONE!
Let's begin with the utter silence about the US Constitution when Mr. Trump, Ms. McMahon, and Ms. Leavitt discuss Trump's "Executive Order to Eliminate the Department of Education." First, their claim to eliminate it is bogus, as this Forbes piece notes. The college loans and grants will continue, and the Department ITSELF will continue, despite the rhetoric from the White House and from the pop "alternative" media. Americans thinking otherwise are either going to have a bitter hangover a year from now, or they will, to paraphrase Richard Butler, "Open up their eyes, just to check that they're asleep again." Here is Forbes, including the admission that the Department will NOT end. Trump has a sworn constitutional duty NOT to fund anything not enumerated by the Constitution, so, in this case, until the Congress revokes the 1979 statute that split DOE off of HEW, the name of it would be there, but no one would work for it and no money would be spent on it. But, of course, Mr. Trump doesn't actually want to abide by the Constitution, and he is going to continue the college student funds as well as, most likely, block-granting federal funds to states. ... LINK!
What Trump’s ‘Eliminate’ Department Of Education Executive Order Means For Student Loan Borrowers
President Trump has signed an executive order and said he will begin eliminating the Department of Education. Here's what it means for student loan borrowers.
www.forbes.com
And here is Trump using kids as props. Classy. I don't want to slam this too much, because I'm sure they entertained the children, and "it's about the kids" as they try to reduce the power the feds have over local and state education pedagogy and funding, but it seems to me to be something that isn't going to change the system.
Notice how American Greatness reports on this, using the word "dismantle"... To dismantle is to deconstruct to the point of the mechanism becoming unusable. It means "to take apart to make unworkable." This is not what they are doing in DC. Why do MAGA fans have to engage in this kind of massaging? LINK! In other words, he DID NOT deliver on Reagan's promise. My dad was there, and he knew they wanted to END the DOE, not "reshape it."
Trump Delivers on Reagan’s Promise To Dismantle Education Department
Photo: US President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the East Room of the White house in Washington, DC, March 20, 2025. US President Donald Trump will sign an order March 20, 2025 to start dismantling the Department of Education, fulfilling an election campaign pledge and a long-held dream of American conservatives.
amgreatness.com
TWO!
Good and bad. Good that they won't be counting on the US taxpayer to help their expansion of NATO (if they succeed in making this change), bad, in that they will continue taking their own citizens' cash to funnel it into an EU army that, one suspects, will continue to mess with other nations in an aggressive fashion, even backing up their insane sanctions on nations like Russia. LINK!
European military powers work on 5-10 year plan to replace US in Nato - Financial Times
Europe’s biggest military powers are drawing up plans to take on greater responsibilities for the continent’s defence from the US, including a pitch to the Trump administration for a managed ...
www.ft.com
More, including their sky-sent idea of sucking 800 MIL Euros to spend it on that EU Army... Lovely!! Get a ticket to the EU show! Remember to use your Babel Fish to understand the speeches! LINK!
BRUSSELS (AP) — The chief of the European Union’s executive on Tuesday proposed an 800 billion-euro ($841 billion) plan to beef up the defenses of EU nations, aiming to lessen the impact of potential U.S. disengagement and provide Ukraine with military muscle to negotiate with Russia following the freeze of U.S. aid to the embattled nation.
apnews.com
THREE!
The Trump Admin plans to stop enforcing the CHNV "Parole" program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans on which I've written in the past for MRCTV. So, now, conservatives can be pleased by the actions of the central government, when, a few months ago, it was liberals who were pleased. How about government get out of the business of subsidizing people's moves and out of the business of taking people's money to block freedom of association, as well? How about politicians stop taking people's money, in the first place?
Trump admin to end immigration program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans
The program called Temporary Protected Status provided a haven in the U.S. for 532,000 immigrants under the Biden administration in 2022 and 2023, according to government figures. Advocacy groups ...
www.msn.com
MORE:
Trump Administration Revoking Legal Status of over 500K Biden-Era Migrants - Breitbart News Network
The Trump administration is revoking the legal status of more than 500,000 migrants who entered the U.S. through a Biden parole program.
www.breitbart.com
Here is the piece I wrote on it a while back. LINK!
DHS Increases Paroles for Migrants: Impact on US Immigration Laws
“The parole program enables up to 30,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela (CHNV) to enter the United States every month and stay for up to two years, according to the ...
www.mrctv.org
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Strange, because in my copy of the Constitution, the Founders never included this in Article Two. They also didn't authorize handing out weapons, or dropping bombs on cancer centers, as Trump did last weekend in Yemen. LINK!
Trump dispatches second aircraft carrier to Middle East as tensions with Houthis intensify - MSN
The Trump administration is dispatching a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East as tensions over the Houthi’s attacks on vessels in the Red Sea intensify. Military officials are directing ...
www.msn.com
FIVE!
Nothing like that untouched Fourth Amendment, eh? LINK! The degree to which the new Administration is moving to infringe on the 1st, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments is stunning. When Lois Lerner targeted conservative non-profits and journalist orgs, and when the FBI targeted conservative parents and J6-ers, people in the GOP were upset. When the NSA gathered people's data, some in the conservative wing of the GOP realized that it was a massive infringement of the 4th A, done under auspices of "national security". That term always rests in their manipulative government hands, and they are shaping it to mean whatever they desire.
IRS Nears Deal to Share Data for Immigration Enforcement
Tax officials have reassured filers for years that they didn’t share information with immigration authorities. “Our responsibility is to make sure they pay their taxes,” John Koskinen, who ...
www.msn.com
SIX!
Not good. Of course they would. This is the worst Circuit Court in the US. LINK!
Ninth Circuit Upholds California’s Ban on “Large Capacity” Magazines
jonathanturley.org
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Poor Hillary and Kamala. LINK. But, again... If I'm being forced to pay for something that supposedly is being done for "my protection" (as others define it for me, without my consent), why can't I see the docs?
Trump revokes security clearances for Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton
President Donald Trump on Friday night revoked the security clearances for former Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and former Vice President Kamala Harris. The president has already pulled former President Joe Biden's security clearance, along with several other key members of his ...
justthenews.com
EIGHT!
Why is there a "small business" Administration? Can't small business owners — and all business owners — administrate their own affairs? Ahh... I forgot, after WWII American politicians said they had beaten fascism, when they increased its presence here. Hamilton would be proud. LINK!
This Federal Agency Will Slash Its Workforce by 43% in Executive Branch Downsizing.
President Donald J. Trump's push to reduce federal government waste, fraud, and abuse will see the Small Business Administration (SBA) reduce its
thenationalpulse.com
NINE!
Recall when Biden got heat from Climate Cultists for "opening" 400K acres of ANWR to energy exploration a few years ago, and we exposed that Biden actually was reneging on something the Trump admin had agreed to do w Alaska and oil companies - to lease our 3 times more than what Biden finally allowed? Trump and Doug Burgum just set the table back, or they are starting to... As anyone who bothers to read the Constitution ought to know, the land is not supposed to be influenced or "owned" by the feds, but as thing stand, at least it returns to the previous agreement and then people can argue over whether that agreement is ethical or constitutional. LINK!
Burgum Orders Nearly 20 Million Acres in Alaska Opened for Oil, Gas Development - NTD News
Burgum followed through with a Feb. 3 order requiring the Bureau of Land Management to “exercise all lawful authority” in developing a plan to implement the president’s policy. “It’s time for the U.S. to embrace Alaska’s abundant and largely untapped resources as a pathway to prosperity for the nation, including Alaskans,” Burgum said in a March 20 press release announcing the ...
www.ntd.com
TEN!
There are more than 100 lawsuits against Trump's Executive Orders, on everything from the LGBTQ agenda in the military to the Trans-dudes in women's prison populations concern, and Trump's legal cats just spoke to the SCOTUS about letting the Administration move more freely. The Admin is free to move only within the bounds of the Constitution, and it is duty-bound to NOT enforce legislation that breaches the Constitution. If HE breaches the rules of the Constitution, Congress (the branch with the most power, because it has the purse and the impeachment power) is supposed to IMPEACH him. How hard is this? Trump is not supposed to invent his own power, and he is supposed to end all unconstitutional Executive Branch offices. Jeesh! LINK!
Trump urges Supreme Court to limit judges' power to impede his agenda - MSN
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to curtail the ability of federal judges to issue injunctions blocking his administration's actions ...
www.msn.com
ELEVEN!
One way to help dull the edge of rising home-energy costs would be to reverse the shut-downs of Aussie coal plants, which used to be plentiful. I was in one in 1992. LINK!!
Australia budget to dole out energy bill relief as general election looms
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's centre-left Labor government has already handed out A$3.5 billion in energy bill relief in a bid to tackle inflation, as it grapples with rising living costs in ...
www.msn.com
By the way, since 2015, Australia has shut six coal-fire energy plants and at least five coal mines through legislation and “regulation.”
TWELVE!
Here's an example of something that might be valid, but one can see that the "source" is Grok. Grok often is good for FINDING sources that might be censored off of a Google search, but, though this story sounds legit, it seems to be to be the kind of thing that would need a larger story and not just references to X posts that don't show any evidence... LINK!
No thumbnail pops up on this link, so let’s post a photo of the cover of “Nineteen-Eighty-Four” for the heck of it…
A controversy has emerged over the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to purchase soda, with allegations that large soda companies, including Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, are paying influencers up to $1,000 per post to oppose a proposed ban on such purchases. Critics argue that allowing SNAP f..
deepnewz.com
Here is part of Nick Sortor's thread where Riley Gaines confirms it, on her word. LINK
So, the takeaway is - in a collectivist food system, it looks like the collectivism pits different interests against each other, and it offers opportunities for big benefits from special interests, so it is in their interest to steer that manna their way via the government.
Collectivism sure is ethical, isn't it? 😉
THIRTEEN!
Here's AM Greatness again, in the Main "Trans in school sports" issue - as Maine backs down because the state might not get its fix of federal graft. LINK!
Maine Universities Back Down on Transgender Athletes After Trump Administration Halts Funding
On Wednesday, the University of Maine System (UMS) agreed to enact bans on so-called “transgender athletes” after an executive order by President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw federal funding from any universities that allow such participation.
amgreatness.com
THIRTEEN!
This is a big revelation. One might have expected it, but the exposure ought to prove important in US history and LAWSUITS. LINK!
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) released explosive new documents obtained through ongoing litigation against the U.S. Department of State’s Global Engagement Center (GEC), exposing a vast, government-backed censorship operation to silence Americans under the guise of “misinformation,” “disinformation,” and “malinformation.”
aflegal.org
FOURTEEN!
Just one of many who made off with cash. I think it's almost darkly amusing that they claim there is "fraud" within a system that forcibly takes my neighbor's money and then showers it on people in sundry unconstitutional ways, engages in undeclared military conflict, and holds people in cells without due process, even while redefining the meaning or words like "antisemitism". Perhaps there's a darker problem at the root of it - something called statism: the assumption that what is yours can belong to me if I wear the label "state authority" or a statute backs me up. LINK!
BREAKING: Former Rep Cori Bush's husband indicted for pandemic loan fraud - The Post Millennial
In 2020, Merritts received an $8,500 COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan.
thepostmillennial.com
FIFTEEN!
MMA star Connor McGregor is running for President in Ireland. His main issue is the forced migration matter. Here is the link to his X announcement... Here's an article about the announcement.
Conor McGregor announces run for Irish presidency on anti-immigration platform - MSN
Conor McGregor will run for the Irish presidency in elections later this year, the controversial former fighter said on Thursday, as he announced his candidacy for the largely ceremonial role on ...
www.msn.com
SIXTEEN!
This, from Reason, on "civil asset forfeiture" (aka, another form of government theft without due process) is very worthwhile reading. LINK!
The FBI seized Linda Martin’s life savings—without telling her why - Reason.com
Civil Asset Forfeiture. The FBI Seized This Woman's Life Savings—Without Telling Her Why Linda Martin's lawsuit alleges that the agency violated her right to due process when it took her $40,200 ...
reason.com
SEVENTEEN!
Another from Reason. Jacob is right. I've read the statue three nights in a row on my show, and shown a video from Michael Boldin of the Tenth Amendment Center about it, and the statute clearly denotes that the Prez only can act during times of DECLARED WAR. LINK!
Trump is misreading the Alien Enemies Act to justify deportations - Reason.com
Immigration. Trump's Reading of the Alien Enemies Act Defies the Usual Meaning of Its Terms To justify the immediate deportation of suspected Venezuelan gang members, the president is invoking a ...
reason.com
Here is the statute. Notice how the House website gets it wrong by not capitalizing the word WAR. LINK!
§21. Restraint, regulation, and removal. Whenever there is a declared war between the United States and any foreign nation or government, or any invasion or predatory incursion is perpetrated, attempted, or threatened against the territory of the United States by any foreign nation or government, and the President makes public proclamation of the event, all natives, citizens, denizens, or ...
uscode.house.gov
EIGHTEEN!
I found this amusing and got to mention it on my show. The answer is so obvious in the US and NY constitutions, that it amazed me the case made anyone wonder. Of course, for years, Dems have thought that giving migrants the vote would help them, assuming that the welfare state would be something the migrants might want to extend, thus perpetuating the Dem power. And the Dems would portray GOP-ers as "racist", even as many in the GOP would embrace collectivist and protectionist union arguments against expansions of immigration (oh, and both parties support plenty of corporate welfare, from Climate Cult corporations to military contractors). Now, we get to see through a window into deeper philosophical woods. The argument from those opposing this was that it not only was unconstitutional, it was being done to bring "others" in to influence the vote, to influence the lives of the local voters.
But, what is voting? Typically, it is a way for "others" to vote to influence the lives of people who want to be left alone. This sentiment against outsiders running the lives of the insiders admits the truth of most government participation, it's, as Bastiat said, "that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else." LINK!
New York's top court blocks NYC from letting noncitizens vote
NEW YORK (AP) — New York state's top court put an end Thursday to New York City's effort to empower noncitizens to vote in municipal elections. In a 6-1 ruling, the high court said “the New ...
www.msn.com
NINETEEN!
Regardless of the high profile of the people, this is alarming. LINK! The headline from Reclaim The Net: "UK MP Questions Whether Elon Musk and JD Vance’s Criticism of Censorship Laws May Constitute 'Foreign Interference'” - And, of course, this is nearly identical to the argument the Vance and Trump team are using, in conjunction with the DoJ and DHS and HHS to portray as "antisemitic potential terror threats" people (migrants and non) who merely speak up in favor of the US stopping its shipments of arms to Israel
And that's it for the text-based links! Now, let’s check out two key video links!
First, here is what we just released via Liberty Conspiracy, on the Department of Ed NOT being dead… LINK!
Second! Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate are excellent here. They provide key information about the fatuous claims of Trump et al that they can utilize the “Alien Enemies” act under any semblance of a constitutional system of Due Process. They also hit key points that pop media left unexplored when it comes to the recent Israeli slaughter of nearly 500 Palestinians a few days ago. Don’t mind the brief tech probs they had, the information is very valuable!
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