Karp is rotten fishy, SOB
14.03.2026 21:30
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Karp is rotten fishy, SOB
"Protesters march towards the One Towne Square building in Southfield, Michigan to demand that REDICO, the building’s management, cancel its lease with ICE..."
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/lawm...
The war will be over when I feel it in my bone spurs.
#PutinPuppet
The proposed rule would be challenged in court immediately..It would do much more than potentially give dept lawyers a free pass to lie on the president’s behalf. It would severely limit the courts’ ability to offer any kind of independent check on executive branch
Such an arrangement would run afoul of fed law known as the McDade Amendment, which says that gov't lawyers are subject to the ethics rules of the states in which they practice, “to the same extent & in the same manner” as every other lawyer licensed in the state
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Even so, it seems too few lawyers are willing to take the chance. So Trump admin last week offered up a different solution: a proposed rule aims to shield DOJ lawyers from independent ethics investigations
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To fill empty seats, DOJ has begun a desperate effort to recruit hires. (“Don’t be scared off by the transcript requirement” a conservative law school reportedly told its students. “G.P.A. is not a strong factor.”)
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It shows: Briefs are riddled with errors. Lawyers come to court grossly unprepared. Court orders stand violated — it seems because there aren’t enough lawyers available to ensure they were carried out
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Under pressure to ignore a range of ethics rules, large # of DOJ lawyers have quit, opting to lose jobs but save their careers. Between these departures & purge of legal staff members seen as insufficiently loyal to Pres agenda, dept has lost 1000s of lawyers
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Pres, broadly speaking, lying isn't against law.. lawyers pursuing president’s agenda, it’s a different story..lawyers licensed to practice in US, if they violate legal ethics rules, can face sanctions in court or professional discipline, up to & including permanent loss of license to practice
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www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/o...
Deborah Pearlstein
Ms Pearlstein, dir of Princeton program in law & public policy.. visiting prof of law at Princeton Univ School of Public & Internat'l Affairs
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In a January letter, the N.S.F. said that it wanted proposals to sell the buildings and transfer the center’s two high-flying research aircraft to another federal agency
“How much will be focused on climate vs weather vs other disciplines?” said Carlos Javier Martinez, chief climate scientist @ Union of Concerned Scientists & former postdoctoral researcher at the center
“It feels rushed,” Dr Martinez said..“I ques if public comment period is of good faith”
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“Our thinking here was that this is important & we need to save it,” Rayder said about the observatory. “These are critical functions. If you are going to break them up, don’t let them go. They need to be kept together”
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Scott Rayder, CEO of Lynker, in Leesburg, VA, that provides space weather forecasts for US military & other fed agencies, said he was submitting proposal to NSF to take over mgt of center’s High Altitude Observatory, whose scientists study solar flares, space radiation, other atmospheric phenomena
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Mr Neguse’s letter to insp gen, whistle-blower confirmed report with employee of an unnamed for-profit co during Jan meeting of the American Meteorological Society in Houston
“I remain deeply concerned about attempts to improperly transfer public assets to private co,” Mr Neguse wrote
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Mr Neguse said proposals & comments should be made public, intends to press N.S.F. if it refrains
He has asked N.S.F. IG to review allegations by whistle-blower Trump admin officials began negotiating transfer of the center’s space weather program to private co in Jan, before review was completed
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Reps Joe Neguse-(D),& Jeff Hurd-(R), wrote dismantling center would increase costs & “erode critical research capacity, disrupt longstanding partnerships, diminish ability to understand, anticipate & respond to extreme weather-related risks”
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“Breaking up inst would have detrimental impacts” Polis said in statement..“People evacuate more quickly, safely from fires because of NCA”..Center’s data “improve severe weather forecasting..fires, floods, support safer aviation, transportation, help businesses/communities make informed decisions”⬇️
Parting fac like a chop shop will be econ blow to CO. Trump feuds with Gov Polis, over Trump’s pardoning of former CO election official (Tina Peters-R-conspiracy theorist) convicted of multiple state felonies after giving Trump’s supporters unauthorized access to voting machines post '20 pres elect⬇️
Michael England, a spokesman for N.S.F., overseeing the center, said proposals & comments from interested parties would not be made public. He would not say when the officials would make final decision about fate of the center.
CO’s officials have been fighting to preserve the center
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Proposals are due on Fri to the Nat'l Science Foundation from institutions that want to take over management of the center’s research portfolio & various facilities; comments from the public about the center’s future are also due then⬇️
Center’s staff of 830 employees work under the Univ Corp for Atmospheric Research, nonprofit consortium of colleges & univs
Center also operates supercomputer known as Derecho, in Cheyenne, WY, scientists use to predict wildfires, space weather, hurricanes, other complex weather pattern behavior
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Scientists say move to dismantle center will weaken research crucial to understanding the atmosphere, space, oceans, air pollution & climate change. It will leave emergency officials & planners less prepared for extreme weather events
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The center, founded in 1960, is responsible for many of biggest scientific advances in understanding weather & climate. Its research aircraft, sophisticated computer models of the Earth’s atmosphere & oceans are widely used in forecasting weather events & disasters
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The lab, Nat'l Center for Atmospheric Research, has been targeted for mos by the Trump admin. In soc media post in Dec, Russell Vought, WH budget dir (& an author of Project 2025) called the CO center “one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in country”
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www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/c...
Eric Niiler
(article on the Trump chop shop)
Trump admin reviewing proposals to break up 1 of the world’s leading climate & weather labs, transfer its work to univ and private companies, take away its aircraft, sell its property in Boulder, CO
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He added 100s x millions $$ to $2B Saudi fund from others in region-raising complaints from gov't watchdog groups—
Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington, (CREW) ethic advocacy group, asked in letter to WH Kushner be subject to financial disclosure as other public servants
He's leaned heavily on gov't contacts. During 1st Trump admin, Kushner served as sr adviser to Trump, joining him on trips meeting foreign officials (with no sec clearance or qualifications)
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