Oklahoma State Mammal: American Bison

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The American bison (Bison bison) is a species of bison native to North America. Sometimes colloquially referred to as buffalo (a distinct species of bovine), it is one of two extant species of bison, alongside the European bison. Once roaming in vast herds, the species nearly became extinct by a combination of commercial hunting and slaughter in the 19th century and introduction of bovine diseases from domestic cattle. With a population in excess of 60 million in the late 18th century, the species was culled down to just 541 animals by 1889. Through multiple reintroductions, American bison now freely roam wild in several regions in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, with them, also being introduced to Yakutia in Russia.

The color of the American bison fur varies in the front and back of its body and is different shades of brown. Bison is hunchbacked and it has a long beard on its chin. The forehead is wide and narrow while the neck is short. Hind legs are smaller than front legs, making up a scarp from humpback to tail. Length of hair differs in front and rear, especially in males: front hair is significantly longer than rear hair. Horns of bison are black, bent inward withal upward, and pointed.

In the past, a huge number of bison thundered North America from Mexico to Alaska. Then, mass killings of these impressive animals led to their total extermination from the main area of their habitat. However, bison survived and currently they live primarily in Canada and the western part of the USA, usually in protected areas and national parks. American bison prefer to inhabit river valleys, prairies, and plains. Typical habitat is open or semiopen grasslands, as well as sagebrush, semiarid lands, and scrublands. Bison also graze in hilly or mountainous areas where the slopes are not steep.

American bison is diurnal, being active all day long. They are usually relatively passive during the day, becoming particularly active at dusk and dawn. They spend a lot of time cleaning the fur or grooming: they rub their head, sides, and necks against trunks of trees. Bison are able to be constantly on the move, passing long distances as long as there is food. Cows, female bison, are leaders of family groups while males stay separate, creating small groups or living solitarily. As the mating season comes, males join female groups. Bison like rolling, weltering, and rubbing against the ground. Wallows are recesses – dust bowls with no vegetation, having circular form, formed as a result of bison’s wallowing on the ground.

Bison are herbivores (graminivores) and, more specifically, grazers, chewing grass all year round. However, in absence of grass, they eat other greenery found in the area such as sagebrush. The presence of water is another important component of their life: they can’t last long without a source of water.

Bison are polygynous, meaning that a dominant male, or a bull, mates with a group of females. The season for breeding takes place in summer, from June to September while the gestation period lasts about 285 days. A female can give birth to a single calf each season. Newborn calf weight about 15-25 kg. To give birth, bison females choose shelter, a distant place far from the herd. Protection of the calf lies on the shoulders of females whereas males don’t take part in this process. Babies are breastfed for 7-8 months and weaned when they are one year old. Males reach sexual maturity at the age of 3 years and females – from 2 to 3 years.

Fun Facts 

Dense coat of bison protects it from the rough elements of the American plains. In winter the coat becomes solid and even thicker, so that bison are seen with snow on their backs, not melting due to their coats isolating their warm skin from the outer surface.

The groups that bison create are called obstinacies, gangs, or herds.

Hunch on its back is nothing but a bunch of muscles. The hunch also helps bison to move into the snowpack.

Bison is an excellent jumper, able to jump up to 6 feet off the ground.

Bison have a heightened sense of hearing, being able to identify big objects from a 1 km distance and moving objects – at a distance of 2 km.

Along with jumping, bison are excellent at running and swimming.

Newborn calves start walking and running a few hours after being born.

SOURCE: ANIMALIA.BIO

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  8. Harrison

    June 27, 2025 7:32 am

    It appears many countries want to continue abusing the US and see no problem in doing so – case in point, India.

    Some key excerpts from an article on the trade negotiations with them:

    India Exports:

    The U.S. is India’s largest trading partner and a major source of investment, technology, energy, and defence equipment.

    India’s goods exports to the U.S. rose to over $87 billion in 2024

    Services exports – led by IT, professional and financial services – were valued at $33 billion in 2024.

    The U.S. is also India’s third-largest investor, with over $68 billion in cumulative FDI between 2002 and 2024.

    US EXPORTS TO INDIA

    U.S. manufacturing exports to India, valued at nearly $42 billion in 2024, face high tariffs, ranging from 7% on wood products and machinery to as much as 15% to 20% on footwear and transport equipment, and nearly 68% on food.

    According to a recent White House fact sheet, the U.S. average applied Most Favoured Nation (MFN) tariff on farm goods was 5% compared to India’s 39%.

    If they remain obstinate, they should receive a shutdown of H1B visas and full reciprocal tariffs.

    In the EU realm, most of their nations are said to be in favor of accepting the recently transmitted proposal – but Macron (surprise, surprise) want zero tariffs while the EU maintains their predatory tariffs and trade obstacles…

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  9. Jake

    June 27, 2025 7:57 am

    LaMonica McIver Gives Up the Game in Comments Made After Court Appearance

    But it was the remarks McIver made during an MSDNC interview with Jen Psaki after her court appearance that raised eyebrows, telling Joe Biden’s former press secretary that she “never thought I’d be facing charges as a sitting congresswoman”:

    Yet it is the Democrats that brought charges against a sitting President, and kept saying ‘no one is above the law’. I guess she was surprised as a Democrat that the Democrats for once were correct!

    Unless allegedly assaulting and trying to intimidate and obstruct federal law enforcement officers is part of her job as a member of the House of Representatives, then she most certainly does need to be held accountable in a court of law.

    https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2025/06/26/lamonica-mciver-gives-up-the-game-in-comments-made-after-court-appearance-n2190959

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  10. Just The News: “The Supreme Court is expected to issue six rulings on Friday, the last day of its current term, including a monumental case about the authority of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions on presidential orders.

    The Supreme Court’s term typically begins in October and concludes by the end of June, but justices are allowed to extend the calendar into July if they choose. However, the Court announced Friday would be the final release day. 

    If the Supreme Court does not issue a decision on a case by the end of the current term, the justices can order it to be reargued in the next term.

    Here is a brief look at the six cases that are still pending in front of the nation’s highest court:

    Trump v. CASA

    The biggest case remaining is on the topic of nationwide injunctions and birthright citizenship. Although the underlying case centers on birthright citizenship, the actual ruling is expected to be a verdict on whether federal judges can issue national injunctions, or whether it needs to be confined to the judge’s jurisdiction.

    The case comes after three district court judges ruled that President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship, meaning the practice of granting automatic citizenship to all U.S.-born babies, violated the 14th Amendment of the Constitution and blocked it.

    Both sides presented their arguments before the high court on May 15, and the justices did not give a clear indication of which way they were leaning, according to the Washington Examiner.

    Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton

    The Free Speech case stems on whether an appeals court used an appropriate review process when determining whether Texas can require pornography sites to verify the age of their uses before providing access. 

    The judges used a stringent constitutional test, known as rational basis review, when reviewing the law, but a trade group challenging the ruling question whether it should have applied the strict scrutiny standard instead, per the SCOTUS Blog. 

    Louisiana v. Callais

    Another major case in front of the Supreme Court rests on whether a Louisiana congressional map that includes two majority-black districts is constitutional. The Louisiana state legislature initially had just one majority-black district, which a federal court ruled likely violated the Voting Rights Act.

    Challengers of the new map argue that it constitutes racial gerrymandering, which is illegal. But the designers of the map argue that race was not the primary motivator behind the changes.

    Mahmoud v. Taylor

    The last LGBT case to be decided by the court this term rests on arguments from concerned parents that schools requiring their children to participate in instruction at public schools that includes LGBTQ+ themes, violates their First Amendment rights. 

    The parents, who are of various faiths, are attempting to keep their children out of instruction involving LGBTQ-themed storybooks.

    Kennedy v. Braidwood Management

    This case challenges the constitutionality of a task force of independent experts that determine which preventive services insurers are forced to cover. 

    People challenging the task force, who object to forcing insurers to provide coverage for a drug that prevents HIV, argue that the task force is so powerful only the president should be allowed to appoint members with the approval of the Senate, rather than the Health and Human Services secretary.

    Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research

    The last case on the list centers on whether a telecommunications program is funded by an illegal tax, and whether Congress has delegated its responsibility regarding the program to a federal agency, per USA Today.

    Congress is not allowed to delegate its legislative powers under the nondelegation doctrine.

    The final rulings are all expected to be released together in one major drop.”

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  11. Just The News: “Legal watchdog Judicial Watch on Thursday sued the State Department for its records that refer to President Donald Trump and his new Cabinet members as “purveyors of disinformation.”

    The lawsuit was filed through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) after the State Department failed to turn over the records voluntarily. The watchdog initially asked for the documents on May 1, after Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed there was an office in the department under the previous administration “whose job it was to censor Americans.”

    Judicial Watch is asking for all records, including those from the Global Engagement Center, about social media posts of any current or former member of Trump’s cabinet, including Trump, that allegedly constitute misinformation, disinformation or malign influence. 

    The group is also asking for any State Department guidance or policy documents that refer to the scheme to censor Americans and label Trump and his cabinet as “purveyors of disinformation.” 

    “The Biden censorship operation was compiling files on his political enemies from Trump world,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a statement. “The State Department should immediately disclose the records about this abuse, as FOIA requires.”

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  12. The Federalist: “Senators met yesterday for a subcommittee hearing to discuss claims that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), foreign donors, and leftist legal activism are behind a “systematic campaign” to dismantle American energy dominance.

    Throughout the hearing, Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, emphasized how foreign funding and activist litigation are undermining U.S. energy infrastructure, posing a national security threat. His four Democrat colleagues repeatedly dismissed the concerns as a “conspiracy theory,” instead focusing on energy costs and “global warming.”

    The “assault by the radical left,” “paid for by the [CCP],” seeks to “seize control of our courts [and] to weaponize litigation against U.S. energy producers,” Cruz said. He noted the assault is “three-pronged,” weaponizing “foreign funding, mass litigation, and judicial indoctrination” against “American energy independence.”

    In describing the first prong, Cruz highlighted a “strategic alliance … between leftist billionaires, radical environmental organizations, and the Chinese Communist Party.” He said, “One of the primary vehicles for this alliance is Energy Foundation China, which has funneled upwards of $12 million to U.S.-based climate advocacy groups since 2020.”

    This money flows “directly to aggressive litigation outfits” that file lawsuits against American gas and oil companies, Cruz said. He later said the “second prong” of the assault is a “legal barrage” aimed at bankrupting such companies. Cruz said more than 30 lawsuits have been filed in “at least 15 Democratic-run jurisdictions, including by 12 states” against U.S. oil, gas, and coal producers.

    Scott Walter, president of Capital Research Center, testified during the hearing. He said, “Many environmentalist groups funded by the multitude of left-wing billionaires have disturbing foreign ties,” citing big-money international players such as Neville Roy Singham.

    Singham lives in Hong Kong and was investigated by the FBI in 1974 for being “potentially dangerous” because he engaged in “activities inimical to the U.S,” according to Influence Watch. Walter also highlighted Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss, who spent $650 million on left-wing organizations, including “ClimateWorks Foundation, Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, and Natural Resources Defense Council,” Walter’s testimony cites.

    Climate lawfare groups suing American energy have raked in $500 million in 2023 from lawsuits, according to IRS forms Cruz cited during the hearing.

    “They are using theories that are preposterous, legally speaking, and most of these theories will eventually hit a wall when they hit the final court,” Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach told The Federalist. Kobach said in his written testimony that some states have overstepped their bounds by “regulating conduct and industries far beyond their borders.”

    Cruz said the “third prong” of the assault against American energy is “judicial capture,” primarily by the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), which holds “near total control over climate-related judicial training.” ELI’s Climate Judiciary Project (CJP) seeks “to ‘educate’—from a left-wing perspective—federal and state judges about climate change and related litigation designed to extract billions of dollars from energy companies,” Walter said in his written testimony.

    The program claims to be nonpartisan but pressures judges into a specific “predetermined political narrative” and is funded by “left-wing bankrollers,” Cruz said. He said “more than 2,000 judges have participated” in the program.

    “I’m skeptical that the CJP wants to help energy,” Walter said in response to a question from Cruz.

    The four Democrat senators at the hearing unanimously wrote the CCP allegations off as a “conspiracy theory,” with Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, saying global warming is the real threat Congress should address. Witness David Arkush, the director of the Public Citizen’s Climate Program at the left-wing Roosevelt Institute, also dismissed the CCP allegations as “conspiracy theory.” Arkush told The Federalist, “I don’t see why [CCP] would be funding litigation against the U.S. oil and gas industry.”

    Cruz noted the legal assault on American energy allows China to bring down its major global competitor: “While China drills and digs, we sue and shut down. While China dominates supply chains, we dismantle our own in court. And while China prepares for energy dominance, the American left prepares to attack our own domestic capability.”

    Walter testified that China currently dominates the energy supply chain with “78% of the world’s solar cells, 80% of the world’s lithium-ion battery chemicals, and 73% of the world’s finished battery cells.”

    The hearing was hosted by the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights. If cases targeting American energy continue to prevail, “it could result in shutting down the oil industry,” Kobach said to The Federalist. “Litigation against American energy producers has reached such a high level that it is now a real drag on their ability to operate profitably.”

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  15. “Being in hell has nothing to do with heat. Hell would be if your TV only got one channel – MSDNC. It’s a sad truth – don’t these people realize that the same, never-ending ‘Orange Man / TACO Trump’ rants have gotten old? 

    Nothing he could ever do – like giving eyesight to the blind or curing cancer – would ever be acknowledged by that ilk. I wonder what’s it’s like to go through life 24/7 pissed off at everything..”

    I would love to try one of these!

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  17. “Do We Have a Cease Fire Between Israel and Iran? SITREP #14”

    Michael T. Flynn LTG USA (RET), Jun 27, 2025

    “The exact number of ceasefire violations between Israel and Iran since President Donald Trump announced the ceasefire on June 23, is difficult to precisely pinpoint due to conflicting reports and a lack of independently verified data. However, based on available information, there have been clear violations on both sides. As I stated in a previous SITREP, ceasefires are dicey.

    1. Both sides are pointing fingers.

    2. Both sides have violated the ceasefire.

    3. Khamanei is claiming victory (NOT A GOOD THING!)

    4. Iran’s Supreme National Security Council stated that any Israeli attacks post-ceasefire would be met with a “decisive, firm, and timely response.” We’ll see how the fanatics respond.

    Specific Incidents:

    1. Israel acknowledged conducting strikes on Iran just before or shortly after the ceasefire’s start, including a targeted attack on a radar installation near Tehran, which was scaled back after a call between Trump and Netanyahu.

    2. Iran reportedly launched a “last round of missiles” against Israel before the ceasefire (yeah right!), with some strikes occurring in the final hours leading up to the truce, potentially overlapping with the ceasefire’s start time. These included attacks that killed four people in Beersheba and injured others (cease fires are dicey).

    3. Some reports that Iran is executing people accused of spying for Mossad (what’s new?). Don’t get caught with a cell phone!

    Obviously, there are clear challenges and be careful listening to everyone on X (except yours truly ). What I’m providing is what is reported by legit sources.

    Challenges determining violations:

    1. Ambiguity in timing due to a phased ceasefire. This is why I say, ceasefires are dicey. The word doesn’t get out quickly enough to every subordinate commander.

    2. Both sides will lie (these will be referred to as “mutual accusations.”

    3. It is extremely difficult to verify because there is no neutral body to do so. The UN sucks and is anti-Israel.

    4. Propaganda and lies (enough said).

    SO WHAT? The most credible reports:

    1. There were at least two confirmed Israeli actions post-ceasefire (e.g., the strike on a radar installation near Tehran and possible additional strikes reported by Iranian media).

    2. There were at least two Iranian missile launches post-ceasefire, as claimed by Israel, though denied by Iran (sadly, people actually died in Beersheba).

    This suggests a minimum of four violations total, though the exact number could be higher depending on unverified strikes or smaller incidents not widely reported.

    My assessment: there were clear violations of the ceasefire destroying equipment and killing civilians. The situation remains very fluid. While the Iranian NUCLEAR program appears to have been setback months or years, the regional hatred remains and very little has changed. If the Iranian regime stays in place, very little will change.

    Pray for our men and women in uniform because they’re the ones who sacrifice and must respond to the gyrations of the political landscape.”

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    1. there will always be hate in the world. nothing the US can ever do will stop that.

      I don’t want us to be the playground monitor, but if it comes here? we’ve got to have control here. I don’t want either side bringing their hate here.

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  18. Re: SCOTUS BR Citizenship

    EXCERPT; “The Supreme Court is meeting on Friday to decide the final cases of its term, including one concerning President Donald Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship for U.S.-born children of parents who are in the country illegally.

    Why It Matters

    The Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution provides that all children born in the United States are automatically American citizens.

    But the issue before the justices in Trump v. CASA is not the lawfulness of Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for some people. Rather, they are weighing whether judges have the authority to issue the nationwide, or universal, injunctions, that have blocked Trump’s order from being implemented.

    The Trump administration has complained that judges are overreaching by issuing orders that apply to everyone instead of only the parties involved.

    Such orders have plagued both Republican and Democratic administrations over the past decade, but they have emerged as an important check on Trump’s agenda, increasingly frustrating the president and his allies…..”

    https://www.newsweek.com/supreme-court-rules-birthright-citizenship-what-know-2091426

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  19. Wethal

    June 27, 2025 10:08 am

    Trump win on national injunctions. Court punts on birthright citizenship issue for now. Per Scotusblog:

    At the end, the court says that the government’s applications to partially stay the district court’s preliminary injunctions “are granted, but only to the extent that the injunctions are broader than necessary to provide complete relief with respect to each plaintiff with standing to sue.”

    The court instructs the district courts to “move expeditiously to ensure that, with respect to each plaintiff, the injunctions comport with this rule and otherwise comply with principles of equity.”

    “Federal courts do not exercise general oversight of the Executive Branch; they resolve cases and controversies consistent with the authority Congress has given them. When a court concludes that the Executive Branch has acted unlawfully, the answer is not for the court to exceed its power, too.”

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  20. Just The News: “The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s request for partial stays of lower court orders blocking the enforcement of his birthright citizenship executive order.

    The court’s decision did not determine whether President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order ran afoul of the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment. Instead, it found that the lower courts likely lacked the authority to impose universal injunctions and instead limited them to protect the plaintiff parties.

    “The issuance of a universal injunction can be justified only as an exercise of equitable authority, yet Congress has granted federal courts no such power,” wrote Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch joined her opinion. Associate Justice Clarence Thomas concurred.

    “Here, prohibiting enforcement of the Executive Order against the child of an individual pregnant plaintiff will give that plaintiff complete relief: Her child will not be denied citizenship. And extending the injunction to cover everyone similarly situated would not render her relief any more complete,” the justices found.

    “When a court concludes that the Executive Branch has acted unlawfully, the answer is not for the court to exceed its power, too,” Barrett wrote. “The Government’s applications for partial stays of the preliminary injunctions are granted, but only to the extent that the injunctions are broader than necessary to provide complete relief to each plaintiff with standing to sue.”

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  22. Wethal
    June 27, 2025 10:58 am

    Parent win in Mahmoud v. Taylor (LGBTQ storybooks in elementary school). 6-3. Alito for the Court.

    The court first holds that the parents are likely to succeed on their claim that the policy of not allowing opt-outs unconstitutionally burdens their exercise of their religion.

    “We have long recognized,” Alito writes, “the rights of parents to direct ‘the religious upbringing’ of their children. And we have held that those rights are violated by government policies that substantially interfere with the religious development of children.”

    Based on the record before us, the court says, the Board’s introduction of the LGBTQ-themed storybooks and the failure to provide notice and opt-out options for parents meets that test: it does interfere with the children’s religious development and imposes a burden on religious exercise.

    The court rejects the Fourth Circuit’s suggestion that the record in the case was too thin to show a burden on the parents’ religious exercise.

    At the end, the court says that while the case moves forward in the lower courts — “until all appellate review in this case is completed, the Board should be ordered to notify them in advance whenever one of the books in question or any other similar book is to be used in any way and to allow them to have their children excused from that instruction.”

    Back down to lower court for full hearings. Parents can opt out in the meantime.

    Sotomayor attached pictures of a gay marriage storybook (Uncle Bobby Gets Married) to show how harmless she thought the stories were.

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  24. “Friday Funnies: Dog Days and nights…”

    Robert W Malone MD, MS, Jun 27, 2025

    Don’t be a Grokle…

    The ability of these AI systems to influence our sub-conscious, our lizard brain is huge. Know that even as you remain skeptical, they are training your implicit biases.

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  27. Just The News: “The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday announced the termination of temporary protected status (TPS) for Haitians, to take effect Sept. 2.

    A press release from DHS indicated that Secretary Kristi Noem determined that the situation in Haiti no longer justified TPS for persons from that country.

    “This decision restores integrity in our immigration system and ensures that Temporary Protective Status is actually temporary,” a DHS spokesperson said. “The environmental situation in Haiti has improved enough that it is safe for Haitian citizens to return home. We encourage these individuals to take advantage of the Department’s resources in returning to Haiti, which can be arranged through the CBP Home app. Haitian nationals may pursue lawful status through other immigration benefit requests, if eligible.”

    More than 500,000 Haitians current have TPS. Arrivals from the Caribbean state stood at the center of an election controversy over President Donald Trump’s assertions that Haitians settled in Springfield, Ohio, had been accused of eating local wildlife and pets. Those claims were highly disputed at the time.”

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  28. “Big Win for Trump at SCOTUS: The court’s opinion in the administration’s challenge to broad use of preliminary injunctions is a big win for the president and for separate of powers but unknown consequences are ahead.”

    Julie Kelly, Jun 27, 2025

    “I’ll have more on this later—especially the cat fight between Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson that emerged in this decision—but I wanted to pass this along ASAP.

    In a much anticipated decision, the Supreme Court today overturned the use of universal preliminary injunctions—court orders that extend the halt on a certain policy from one jurisdiction to cover the entire country—against the president.

    In a 6-3 decision authored by Amy Coney Barrett and joined by Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, the court determined that universal injunctions “likely exceed the equitable authority that Congress has given to federal courts.” Further, the court concluded that “nothing like a universal injunction was available at the founding, or for that matter, for more than a century thereafter. Thus, under the Judiciary Act, federal courts lack authority to use them.”

    The opinion is here: 24A884 Trump v. CASA, Inc.

    This case relates to the president’s executive order denying automatic U.S. citizenship to children born to mothers here illegally or here on a temporary basis (students, etc.). Three district court judges—in Washington state, New Jersey, and Massachusetts—not only blocked the order within their jurisdictions but made the ban effective across the country via universal preliminary injunctions. The use of such broad based orders has become common practice since January 2025 with at least four dozen such injunctions issued so far during this administration.

    As the Trump Department of Justice noted in its plea to the court:

    “For the first 170 years of American jurisprudence, nationwide injunctions were virtually unknown. Their use remained sparing until this century, when they saw a dramatic upsurge in 2017, followed by an explosion in the last three months. These injunctions exceed the district courts’ authority under Article III and gravely encroach on the President’s executive power under Article II. This Court’s intervention is urgently needed to restore the constitutional balance of separated powers.”

    While this decision kicks the matter back to the lower courts for now, it does create some unknowns and a possibly messier mess than the judiciary has now. In a separate concurring opinion, Justice Alito warned of the work-around anti-Trump litigants and judges could find:

    “I join the opinion of the Court but write separately to note two related issues that are left unresolved and potentially threaten the practical significance of today’s decision: the availability of third-party standing and class certification.” (The former concern relates to several blue states who sued the president over the birthright citizenship order.) “Lax enforcement of the requirements for third-party standing and class certification would create a potentially significant loophole to today’s decision. Federal courts should thus be vigilant against such potential abuses of these tools. I do not understand the Court’s decision to reflect any disagreement with these concerns, so I join its decision in full.”

    Alito specifically addressed the pervasive problem of judges conferring “class” status to anyone subject to the president’s policies—the Alien Enemies Act being one such issue—in light of SCOTUS’ decision today. “The class action is a powerful tool, and we have accordingly held that class ‘certification is proper only if the trial court is satisfied, after a rigorous analysis,’” Alito wrote. “Putting the kibosh on universal injunctions does nothing to disrupt Rule 23’s requirements.” (Rule 23 governs how the court can determine a class action lawsuit.)

    “Of course, Rule 23 may permit the certification of nationwide classes in some discrete scenarios. But district courts should not view today’s decision as an invitation to certify nationwide classes without scrupulous adherence to the rigors of Rule 23. Otherwise, the universal injunction will return from the grave under the guise of ‘nationwide class relief,’ and today’s decision will be of little more than minor academic interest.”

    More later–also expecting some court filings pertaining to this decision today and early next week.”

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    Donald J. Trump

    @realDonaldTrump

    We have just been informed that Canada, a very difficult Country to TRADE with, including the fact that they have charged our Farmers as much as 400% Tariffs, for years, on Dairy Products, has just announced that they are putting a Digital Services Tax on our American Technology Companies, which is a direct and blatant attack on our Country. They are obviously copying the European Union, which has done the same thing, and is currently under discussion with us, also. Based on this egregious Tax, we are hereby terminating ALL discussions on Trade with Canada, effective immediately. We will let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying to do business with the United States of America within the next seven day period. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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  30. EXCERPT: “Hungary has every right, as a sovereign state, to block what it views as harmful to children. However, the ban on the Pride Parade could prove a headache that is not worth the risk for the Hungarian government.

    Remix News often takes the position that the government in Hungary is making the right move in a variety of areas, including seeking peace in Ukraine, and above all, its principled stance in 2015/2016 that helped stem the migration crisis. Orbán was far ahead of his time, with EU leaders across the bloc increasingly coming around to his view on the issue — in many cases out of sheer political survival rather than any principled reevaluation of their damaging open borders policies.

    The issue of the Pride Parade may play well with many Hungarians, but Hungary, even if it views itself as being in the right, must also always pick its battles. It just, for example, vetoed the accession of Ukraine into the EU, which was not only the right move for Hungary, but the right move for all of Europe. Nevertheless, Hungary’s fighting a multi-front war on many issues.

    It is also fair to say, and Viktor Orbán has said this many times, that Hungary is a small power in the European Union, even if it does punch well above its weight. Focusing on handling the migration crisis, which has proven a threat to LGBT people due to an influx of people from cultures that are hostile to this community, should be tantamount — along with ending the war in Ukraine.

    The law has only created a lose-lose situation for the government. Enforce the law and look “authoritarian” or back down and let the march happen and look weak. Hungary is setting itself up for what could be some ugly images if the Budapest Pride Parade moves forward, as the mayor of Budapest is looking to do. Are the police going to block the parade? Are protesters going to push through? The left would love to see a confrontation of some sort. The best solution may be to simply allow the parade to move forward, noting it was conducted illegally, and it will all be forgotten in a week anyway on both sides.

    There is a reason the government takes issue with the parade though, and the EU should recognize the government’s concerns. Pride Parades have become a spectacle featuring some very disturbing, overly sexualized displays in the last 10 to 20 years. In many cases, actual naked men and also women have walked directly in front of children. This is not the behavior typically seen at any other parade, so why this one? In addition, there are people dressed in BDSM bondage gear, and other extremely sexualized displays have been put forward as “totally normal.” These are not exceptions, but routine displays at many Pride Parades. The LGBT community should be policing these kinds of sexualized displays themselves, as it only alienates people who see these images. In Budapest itself, there have also been some questionable displays in the past…..”

    https://rmx.news/article/with-the-pride-parade-ban-tensions-with-the-eu-will-only-increase-for-hungary/

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  31. “Was the “Feud” Real?”

    Clandestine, Jun 27, 2025

    “In retrospect, I think the Trump/Elon public feud was 100% fabricated.

    If Trump already had the deals in place with Saudi, Qatar, and UAE, back in May, and Trump knew he would have to pull off this maneuver, that would explain why Elon and Trump had their “fight” 2 weeks later, and BEFORE Trump destroyed Iran’s nuclear facilities.

    Elon had to go back to the private sector, and did not want to seem like he was affiliated with the up and coming military operations, which would be understandably bad for business. Elon had to distance himself from the administration for optics purposes.

    I believe Trump, and his team, knew that they were going to strike Iran, and staged the feud to create the illusion of distance between Elon and Trump, so Elon could make a smooth transition to the private sector.

    Elon has been EXTREMELY quiet throughout this entire “12 Day War” and military operation. It’s not an accident. He is distancing himself from the situation, and rightfully so.

    Trump and Elon knew this was coming. Cheeky bastards!”

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  38. Just The News: “President Donald Trump on Friday is meeting with the foreign ministers of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as the two countries sign a peace treaty in Washington, D.C., to end the decades-long war between them.

    Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Trump administration helped facilitate the agreement, which was announced last week. A livestream of the meeting, which is expected to take place at 3 p.m. Eastern, can be viewed here.”

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