Katchat

Katchat

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Hanging on and hanging out! I'm retired; live in the country outside a small town. I love my grandkids (well all kids) animals, trees, mowing grass, and my garden. Oh and I love softball, music, reading, the lake; a bit of a news junkie, but dislike 47!

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It's been 57 years now and I can still seeing that gun come up and end the life of a man that I admired greatly and still do. He would have changed the world; he did at times. RIP Bobby Kennedy; always one of my greatest heroes and mentors. Your words still inspire me to seek a better world for all.

npr.orgRobert Kennedy was killed 55 years ago. How should he be remembered?On June 5, 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was gunned down in a hotel in Los Angeles. Kennedy, a presidential hopeful who was memorialized as a liberal icon, was complicated and contradictory.

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And Eddie Vedder/Pearl Jam! 😍

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"In my home, the America I love-the America I've written about that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years - is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration..." - Bruce Springsteen

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- Trump’s personal control over economic policy, strengthening his power to direct tariffs, pressure private companies, and dictate pricing with little resistance treating the U.S. economy like his own business

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- Sharp cuts in regulatory enforcement, with agencies like the EPA, CFPB, and Labor and Transportation Departments halting enforcement of key safety, environmental, and anti-discrimination rules

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- Creation of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), placing White House–aligned teams inside every federal agency with access to internal systems and influence over hiring and daily operations

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- Expanded executive control over agency budgets, letting White House to move federal funds internally without explicit congressional approval - Restoration of impoundment powers, giving Trump the ability to block or delay spending already passed by Congress reviving powers stripped after Watergate

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- REINS Act-style regulation repeal, where major federal rules expire unless Congress re-approves them every 5 years allowing Trump to quietly erase protections without rewriting laws

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- Pension changes for federal workers hired before 2014, cutting take-home pay by raising required contributions, reducing future payouts, and eliminating early retirement supplements

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- Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, ending U.S. participation in global climate efforts - Executive Order 14215, forcing independent federal agencies to follow White House legal interpretations and centralizing authority under the presidency

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- Rollbacks on clean energy incentives, cutting tax credits for EVs and renewables, gutting key climate provisions - More public lands opened up for drilling, mining, and logging, with royalty breaks for fossil fuel companies

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So much for law and order: Trump kills anti-crime task force https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/5/5/2320684/-So-much-for-law-and-order-Trump-kills-anti-crime-task-force?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=

dailykos.comSo much for law and order: Trump kills anti-crime task forcePresident Donald Trump’s Justice Department is reportedly moving to dismantle the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces—a decision that could grind thousands of criminal investigations to ...