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Today's News, May 23-24, 2025
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IN POLITICAL NEWS
1) President Trump is sick of Harvard's anti-American fungal-ridden curriculum. He has blocked Harvard from bringing in any foreign students. Whiny Harvard says it will sue, except even if it wins the suit, the Executive branch determines visas, so none of these chowdermonkeys will get into the country anyway. So this temporary restraining order is meaningless. As Mike Benz points out, every single center or institute at Harvard has been weaponized against Trump. I'm so sick of that useless steaming pile of fecal prunes that I'd love to see bulldozers come in and flatten it in the name of humanity.
2) The GOP Senate actually did something, blocking Kollyfornia's "green" EV mandate. As David Blackmon says, "Smells like victory." Apparently someone wants to get reelected in 2026.
3) President Trump said he will set a 50% tariff on the EU on June 1 if they don't act like adults.
4) The Supes voted 4-4 with Amy Coney Barrett recusing to let stand an Oklahoma Supreme Court block on the state funding religious schools. As Zen Master notes, this only applies to Oklahoma, and as I note, this is a good decision. People think, "Oh, they are biased against Christians." Nope. The group that would take the most advantage of taxpayer-funded religious schools are the Muslims. I don't think you want to use taxpayer funds for madrasas. Meanwhile, in another big ruling for President Trump, the Supes 6-3 ruled that he indeed can fire members of the labor board. In essence, this clears the way for him to be able to fire almost anyone.
5) The Great Social Security Cleanup continues, with 12.3 million recipients marked as "deceased."
6) This AI is moving to "snitch" mode when it thinks you aren't behaving appropriately. "I can't let you do that, Dave." This AI threatened to blackmail its creator. As
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