John Hobbs

@jnhobbs
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Studio Musician - LA/Nashville - Retired to
Northern New Mexico. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/john-hobbs-mn0000187101/credits
Victimhood is essential to the MAGA mindset.
Fresno Bee Editorial Board: “In 2021, the United Farm Workers launched a ‘Take Our Jobs’ campaign that offered to match the unemployed with jobs in agriculture near their homes. More than 4 million visited the campaign’s special website. Only 11 people responded to the offer.”

US judge issues order stopping the #deportation of family of man charged in #Boulder firebombing

US District Judge Gordon P. Gallagher in #Colorado found that “deportation without process could work irreparable harm & an order must issue without notice due to the urgency this situation presents.” He scheduled a hearing in the case for next week.

#immigration #law #DueProcess #CivilRights
https://apnews.com/article/boulder-attack-vigil-mohamed-soliman-173ac2795d12ae6b416010d45aa6fe91

Judge issues order stopping deportation of family of man charged in Boulder firebombing

A federal judge has ordered the government to immediately halt deportation proceedings against the wife and five children of a man charged in the firebombing attack in Boulder, Colorado. U.S. District Judge Gordon P. Gallagher said the order Wednesday was urgently needed to to ensure the family's constitutional rights are protected. The family of suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, have not been charged in the attack that injured 15 demonstrators calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza. Soliman faces federal hate crime charges and state charges of attempted murder in the Sunday attack in downtown Boulder.

AP News
Who’s wearing the wrong shit now

US standup comedian Jena Friedman did a trip to Vancouver, Canada, and when flying back to Los Angeles, USA, she was asked by a US customs agent if she “made fun of politicians”.

Now would be a good time for US journalists to interview the management of US customs, and ask if this US customs agent made a mistake, or if this is the new Trump dictatorship protocol to have customs agents check if comedians exercise their right to free speech before letting them back in to the US.

Judge #AmyBermanJackson of the Federal District Court in Washington said she intended to issue an order later on Friday preventing the #CFPB’s workers from being cut off from the agency’s system, as the agency’s leaders had planned. She said she intended to follow up later this month with a more extensive hearing on the planned #layoffs. Until then, they will not move forward, she said.

#law #Trump #consumers #finance #protections #corruption

#Handsoff

Pasadena, CA, Colorado Blvd, from Marengo to Los Robles was full of our people. I drove the stretch and honked like I'd just discovered my horn. MUCH better than the Rose Parade, for this weary heart.

As of Friday, there have been 46 cases in which federal judges have blocked Trump policies. The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits. Maybe it's not the judges?
Shortwave listeners noting China already taking over some frequencies used by VOA and RFA as USAGM has silenced its own transmitters. Especially critical with thousands of casualties in the Myanmar M7.7 quake where survivors would normally be receiving vital info from our Burmese language services.
Judge blocks Trump effort to shutter Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The injunction is a setback for Trump, who has sought to streamline the federal government through cuts and layoffs.

Al Jazeera