Liveblog - ICYMI: February 11, 2025

Below, you will find some headlines we may have missed and some interesting video clips on several subjects. Please feel free to share anything you may have run across; just make sure it’s not from a McMAGAt infested shithole.

Resistance/Saving Democracy:

A federal judge orders the C.D.C. to temporarily restore pages it removed to comply with Trump’s orders.

A federal judge has ordered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to temporarily restore the pages it has taken down from its website to comply with President Trump’s executive order barring any references to race, gender identity or sexual orientation.

Judge John D. Bates of the D.C. Federal District Court issued the temporary restraining order at the request of a left-leaning advocacy group, Doctors for America, saying the deletions put “everyday Americans and most acutely, underprivileged Americans” in jeopardy.

The pope rebukes Trump over migrant deportations and refutes VP Vance’s theology

Pope Francis criticized the Trump administration’s stance on migrants, calling the president’s pledge of mass deportations “a major crisis.”

In a strongly worded letter to the U.S. Catholic bishops, Francis wrote that it’s important for Catholics to disagree with any measure that identifies the illegal status of some migrants with criminality.

Francis also said that deporting people — who in many cases have left their own land for reasons of extreme poverty, exploitation and persecution — “damages the dignity of many men and women, and of entire families, and places them in a state of particular vulnerability and defenselessness.”

“The American Bar Association supports the rule of law. That means holding governments, including our own, accountable under law.”

Katie Phang (@katiephang.bsky.social) 2025-02-11T02:47:09.755Z

Warren: "Only Congress — not Donald Trump, not Elon Musk, not some 22-year-old programmers — only Congress can shut this agency down."

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-02-11T02:39:36.699Z

Warren: "My view right now is the courts are where we are hanging on to our constitutional structure. They still have the power to hold everybody else in this country in contempt if they do not follow lawfully issued court orders."

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-02-11T02:43:12.925Z

The Fascist Felon and His Brownshirts:

“We Will Have Gaza”

While meeting with the King of Jordan and a visibly uncomfortable Rubio today, Trump now changes his position from yesterday and says the US is not going to buy Gaza, we are just going to take it: “We’re gonna take it, we’re gonna hold it, we’re gonna cherish it.”

Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2025-02-11T18:30:01.919Z

Gaza’s future: President Trump insisted on Tuesday that the United States would take control of Gaza and that other countries in the region, namely Jordan and Egypt, would take in the two million Palestinians who currently live there. The remarks were delivered alongside King Abdullah II of Jordan in the Oval Office. “We will have Gaza,” Mr. Trump said. “It’s a war-torn area. We’re going to take it. We’re going to hold it. We’re going to cherish it.”

President Trump ended his press avail with the King of Jordan by answering a question about how his Arab-American voters were unhappy with his Gaza policy. He said he won Michigan, with its large Arab population, by 30 points. He won it by 1.4 points. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Un…

Peter Sagal (@petersagal.bsky.social) 2025-02-11T18:10:42.169Z

Whistleblowers Allege Kash Patel Is Already Carrying Out ‘Purge’ of FBI Employees — Even Though He Hasn’t Been Confirmed Yet

A top Democratic Senator says he is in possession of “highly credible information” from “multiple” whistleblowers which shows FBI Director nominee Kash Patel is carrying out a “purge” of FBI employees before he has even been confirmed to the job.

Kash Patel Accused of Perjury Senator Dick Durbin, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee accused Kash Patel of directing a purge of career officials at the bureau before being confirmed as its director.FBI Purge Ordered By Private Citizen www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02…

Bryan 🌐 💙 (@papootx.bsky.social) 2025-02-11T16:07:21.851Z

1/This may truly blowup #KashPatel nominationOn left:Patel Testimony: "I'm not aware" of purge inside DOJ/FBI and "don't know what's going on."On right:Whistleblowers tell Senate that Patel was directing the purge!Contemporaneous note: “KP wants movement at FBI, reciprocal actions for DOJ”

Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw.bsky.social) 2025-02-11T17:47:57.453Z

Trump just suspended enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a key anti-bribery law signed by Carter in 1977. For 50 years, it stopped corporations from bribing foreign officials. Now, Trump is letting corruption run wild.

MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) 2025-02-11T15:41:13.384Z

The Worst Garbage in the World:

KKK MAGA traitor Steve Bannon has pled guilty over We Build the Wall fraud scheme which scammed donors out of $15M.Fortunately orange felon can’t pardon him since it’s a state case, unfortunately he won’t serve jail time. The lack of jail time for these scumbags is a travesty.

Ricky Davila (@therickydavila.bsky.social) 2025-02-11T19:37:58.904Z

Google Calendar Removes Black History Month, Pride, and More Observances

Google has decided to remove several observances from its Google Calendar app, sparking outrage from the public. The new decision will now see users’ calendars having critical observances removed including:

The decPride Month

Black History Month

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Jewish Heritage Month

Hispanic Heritage Month

Indigenous People Monthision has sparked outrage online.

Took them long enough. Sheesh. 😒 www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news…

Katie Phang (@katiephang.bsky.social) 2025-02-11T18:41:25.679Z

Putin’s Puppet:

Without providing any evidence, Tucker Carlson claims it’s a “fact” that Ukraine sells half of its weapons, with many ending up in the hands of drug cartels in Mexico.Does the Kremlin pay Tucker per lie, or is it a monthly retainer?

Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) 2025-02-11T15:03:07.981Z

Craven Assholes:

Scalise: "Work requirements in Medicaid is the place you would start … when we're running deficits, to be adding more people onto govt programs and taking them off of private sector insurance doesn't make a lot of sense."

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-02-11T16:08:11.354Z

Nancy Mace Accuses Ex-Fiancé and Business Partners of Sexual Assault and Trafficking in Marathon Floor Speech

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) accused several men – including her former fiancé – of sex crimes against women and children during a lengthy speech on the House floor Monday night.

Mace also accused her state’s top law enforcement official, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson of slow-walking an investigation into the men, which his office later denied.

The congresswoman said four men from her district engaged in sexual human trafficking, rape, voyeurism, and other crimes.

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