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A quick reminder that the Alien enemies Act "grants the President extraordinary powers during TIMES OF WAR"

"The law requires a formal declaration of war or public proclamation by the President to be invoked."

MILITARY OPERATION

A Summary

The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 is a law that grants the President of the United States extraordinary powers during times of war or declared hostilities with a foreign nation. Key aspects of the act include:

It allows the President to detain, deport, or impose restrictions on non-citizens (aliens) from hostile nations who are 14 years of age or older.

The act was part of the four Alien and Sedition Acts passed in 1798 amid fears of war with France.

Unlike other parts of the Alien and Sedition Acts, the Alien Enemies Act remains in effect today as part of the United States Code.

The law requires a formal declaration of war or public proclamation by the President to be invoked.

It has been used several times in U.S. history, including during World War II to justify the internment of Japanese, German, and Italian Americans.

The act grants broad powers to the President, allowing for summary apprehension and detention of designated alien enemies.
 


1/10 below

1/ The order is Trump's latest attack on the Deep State, the unconstitutional array of unaccountable "independent" agencies.

He's giving agency heads 7 DAYS to justify their existence or face the chopping block.

HINT: They can't.

2/ The targets? EIGHT agencies:

- Voice of America's corrupt Marxist parent (USAGM)
- Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- Arctic Research Commission

And more. The question: why is any of this part of government...

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Thread by @RodDMartin on Thread Reader App

@RodDMartin: 🚨 INCREDIBLE: Trump just signed an order to ELIMINATE EIGHT federal agencies! Have you ever seen ANYTHING like this??? This is a MASSIVE and UNPRECEDENTED move. Let me break it down for you... 🧵 1/...…
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Tucker Carlson and Russ Vought Break Down DOGE and All of Trump’s Cabinet Picks So Far​

Chapters:
0:00 What is the Office of Management and Budget?
7:57 How Our Intel Agencies Overrule the President
29:21 What Will the Congressional Hearings Look Like for Trump’s Appointees?
36:18 The Evil Think Tanks Trying to Undermine You
43:48 They’re Trying to Leave Trump With WWIII
45:02 How The Deep State Tried to Destroy Matt Gaetz
50:06 The Root Problem of Government Corruption
1:09:46 How Do We Stop the Intel Agencies From Interfering with Elections?
1:15:06 Elon and Vivek’s Plan with DOGE
1:21:55 Our Leaders Care More About War Than American Citizens
1:27:18 How They’ve Brainwashed You to Ignore Your Intuition
1:14
 

Post in thread 'Warning to pensioners'

What's Really Happening To Social Security NOW | How 73 Million Americans Will Be Impacted​

Mar 18, 2025 #jenniferlammer #bondbeginners #bondmasters

Which Social Security cuts have actually been confirmed & who will be impacted? What else is on the chopping block with DOGE, Musk & the Trump administration at the moment & where does this leave us with Social Security?

14:32

SOURCES:
https://blog.ssa.gov/social-security-announces-workforce-and-organization-plans/
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/quickfacts/stat_snapshot/...
 

Post in thread 'Shortwave Listening (SWL)'

Trump’s assault on Voice of America and Radio Free Asia celebrated by Chinese state media​

Donald Trump’s decision to slash funding for the government-run Voice of America and Radio Free Asia is being celebrated by Chinese state media for “eliminating fake news”.

The president signed an order last weekend ending grants to federally funded news organisations and instructing them to put almost the entire staff on leave. He accused VOA of being "anti-Trump" and "radical".

More...
 
Bucks County PA

Why Central Bucks teachers, parents are protesting the Trump administration​

Teachers and community members rallied outside of Central Bucks schools Wednesday morning to protest federal education cuts.

Dozens of teachers, along with several parents and retired teachers, gathered at Central Bucks High School West early Wednesday at a demonstration organized by state and local unions as part of a countrywide event led by the leading teachers union, the National Education Association, that planned protests at every school in the district.

More:

Why Central Bucks teachers, parents are protesting the Trump administration

Teachers and community residents rallied outside of Central Bucks schools Wednesday morning in opposition to moves being made at the federal level.
www.phillyburbs.com
 
Goldhedge said:
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Wholesale identity theft. Remember...the antiSocial inSecurity misAdministration was data-hacked at least once.

And nothing came of it. Why? How about, inside job?

He needs to search moar. How many STATES is he voting in, now?
 
Wait til you figure out the Federal Reserve Note is worth nothing...

printing "money" ot out of thin air...

 
Goldhedge said:
Wait til you figure out the Federal Reserve Note is worth nothing...

printing "money" ot out of thin air...

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Yes.

I WANT it to happen.

Because only that will stop the insanity of these low-wattage career bureaucrats cavorting like the Kardashians.

It will hurt me. It will hurt us all. But we don't survive as a society if these lunatics aren't stopped, FAST. And the kourt kangaroos are stopping those trying to stop it.
 
 

HOUSE REPUBLICANS PUSH BILL TO CODIFY DOGE INTO FEDERAL LAW

Trump’s GOP allies in Congress are moving to enshrine DOGE into law, ensuring its continued mission to eliminate government waste.

Led by Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.), the bill would formalize Trump’s executive order requiring federal agencies to coordinate with DOGE on spending cuts. The legislation aims to shield DOGE from legal challenges and give Elon and Acting Administrator Amy Gleason greater authority to implement reductions.

Mills emphasized that Elon’s algorithm-driven system is uncovering billions in government waste by analyzing spending patterns in real-time.

The bill, co-sponsored by Reps. Aaron Bean, Byron Donalds, Barry Moore, and Michael Rulli, could protect DOGE from Democratic attempts to block its data collection.

The move comes as Democratic attorneys general escalate legal efforts against @DOGE, with a federal judge ordering Elon and the agency to turn over records related to their operations.

Source: Fox News
 

NOW - DOGE Staffer Speaks Out, Unveiling Mission to Fix IRS’ Outdated Infrastructure |

“I really care a lot about this country, and this is a huge program that is currently 30 years behind schedule.”

For the first time, a member of the DOGE team has spoken publicly about the mission that they're on.

Sam Corcos, now a special adviser to the U.S. Treasury Department, is laying out his undertaking to drag the IRS’ outdated systems into the present.

Corcos said:

“I have been brought in to look at the IRS’ modernization program, in particular, as well as the operations and maintenance budget. I really care a lot about this country, and this is a huge program that is currently 30 years behind schedule and it’s already $15 billion over budget.”

“The goal is to take——the IRS has some pretty legacy infrastructure——It’s actually very similar to what banks have been using. It’s old main frames running COBOL and assembly.”

“The challenge has been, how do we migrate that to a modern system. Virtually every bank has already done this, but we’re still using a lot of those same systems.”

“Typically, in the industry this takes a few years, maybe a few hundred million dollars, and we’re now 35 years into this program.”
 
They probably preserved those programs, those computers, thinking it made their work unpenetratable. Nobody even teaches COBOL now. The few who know it are likely to be proud of being in the club, and they hoped, unlikely to drop a dime on them.

Hope is not a strategy. Down comes the house of cards...or house of graft.
 

Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion when it was worth half that

He cut 80% of the workforce that was not doing anything useful, unwavering against angry cries.

He used the data to create xAI, which is now valued at $75 billion.

X is now sustainably profitable for the first time, raising money recently at a $44 billion valuation — but this time it’s actually worth that, and has a 25% stake in xAI.

Through his acquisition, he unseated the President of the United States of America.

He changed the lives of X creators by introducing revenue share.

Everyone laughed at him, mocked him, and attacked him for this acquisition. Look how it’s turned out so far.

Now he wants to apply this formula to the federal government, and you fucking idiots want to murder him?

You want to kill America’s leading clean energy and technology company?

You prefer the status quo of multi trillion dollar deficits? You prefer spending more on INTEREST on the national debt than we do on national defense?

You realize that the federal government ran fine in the past without multi trillion dollar deficits right? We used to actually have a budget surplus.

How did something Democrats used to support under Obama and Clinton turn into something that makes Democrats want to start a terror campaign?

Jesus Christ, how fucking stupid are we as a country?

This is why we can’t have nice things.

God bless the DOGE team for trying to do what’s right for our children and grandchildren in the face of so much hatred.
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