President Shitshow’s First 100 Days; Day 62…

March 24, 2025 12:19 pm EDT Tiff Editorial Comments Off on President Shitshow’s First 100 Days; Day 62…

It’s Monday…

President Shitshow’s public schedule for…

Monday, March 24 2025
9:00 AM
In-Town Pool Call Time
In-Town Pool
2:00 PM
The President and the Governor of Louisiana deliver remarks
Roosevelt Room White House
Press Pool
3:00 PM
The President participates in a Greek Independence Day Celebration
East Room Pre-Credentialed Media

It appears that the Governor of Louisiana and President Shitshow remarks are regarding a new investment into the area:

From CNBC: South Korean conglomerate Hyundai will announce a $20 billion investment in U.S. onshoring that includes a $5 billion steel plant in Louisiana, according to people familiar with the plans. The plant is set to hire roughly 1,500 employees and will produce next-generation steel that will be used by Hyundai’s two U.S. auto plants to manufacture electric vehicles. The investment is expected to be announced Monday at the White House by President Donald Trump, Hyundai Chairman Euisun Chung and Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry.

They went on to say:

Seoul has disputed that imbalance. As of 2024, South Korea’s effective tariff rate on U.S. imports stood at 0.79% as the two countries have a free trade pact, according to the South Korean government.

In response to request for comment from CNBC on the planned investment announcement, the White House sent a post on social media site X from White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt saying, “More investments, more jobs, and more money in the pockets of hardworking Americans – all thanks to President Trump’s economic policies.”

Hyundai declined to comment.

CNBC. 03/24/2025.

I miss Biden’s admin so much, it hurts…

Aliens Enemies Act

On Friday as he was departing the White House for his golf weekend, President Shitshow was asked to comment on a hearing held earlier that day regarding the use of the Aliens Enemies Act overseen by Chief Judge James Boasberg.

The question was asked by Steve Doocey of Fox News: It’s doesn’t sound like this Judge, who the DOJ is arguing with today about the deportation flights. He wants to know why the proclamation was signed in the “dark”, his words and why people were rushed onto the planes.

President Shitshow responded: Because we want to get criminals out of our country, number one, and I don’t know when it was signed cause I didn’t sign it. Other people handled it, but Marco Rubio [Secretary of State] has done a great job and he wanted them out and we go along with that.

I went to C-SPAN to see the words cut off in the clip which were “we want to get criminals out of the country.”

While there, finding those last words, Doocey asked a follow up question

Doocey via C-SPAN: If there was a flight like tonight with these guys, even though it’s still being litigated, if there was a flight tonight full of accused gang members and somebody called and said, Mr. President, I know that this is still being adjudicated, but we can get these guys down to El Salvador right now. Would you say that’s OK??

 President Shitshow via C-SPAN: I would say that I’d have the Secretary of State. Handle it because I’m not really involved in that, but the concept of getting bad people murderers, rapists, drug dealers, all of the, these are really some bad people out of our country. I ran on that. I won on that. I got a margin like, you know, you reported it very well. Everybody did. We won all seven swing states. We won the popular vote. We won everything. And a big part of that was exactly this getting bad people that shouldn’t have been allowed into our country. Biden allowed them in. What they should be asking this judge, this radical left judge, he should be saying, Why did Biden allow these criminals in our country? That’s what he should be doing. Thank you. Sure.

In response to President Shitshow saying “I didn’t sign that” the White House said…

Show more =’s “President Trump was obviously referring to the original Alien Enemies Act that was signed back in 1798. The recent Executive Order was personally signed by President Trump invoking the Alien Enemies Act that designated Tren de Aragua as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in order to apprehend and deport these heinous criminals.”

Yeah, cause “signed in the dead of night” which is what the Judge said in court on Friday =’s when the original act was signed into law.

If he isn’t involved then how come he keeps attacking the Judge for trying to limit his power?

The picture blown up:

The caption:

I searched the picture out using Google Lens.

I found that the group photo was taken on April 11th, 2022.

DC Theater Arts (04/14/2022): Spring was in the air on the evening of the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Mock Trial, and our thoughts turned to love, or rather, the fantastically unpleasant things that can happen when love goes wrong enough to end up in a courtroom. At issue was a legal dispute between Margaret and Hero of Much Ado About Nothing. Fortunately, the jokes were fast and furious, the arguments state-of-the-art, and the verdict a tribute to Shakespearean justice.

I went on to dig a bit deeper and found this…

Winston & Strawn LLP:

Abbe Lowell Moderates Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Mock Trial With Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, Second Gentlemen Doug Emhoff:

On April 11, the Shakespeare Theatre Company livestreamed A Hero Defamed? Much Ado About Margaret, a Mock Trial production in an appellate-court format that explored the connection of classical theatre and modern-day law.

The case was argued before a panel of judges presided over by Judge Stephen G. Breyer, Supreme Court of the United States. Judge Breyer was accompanied by Judge Patricia Millett, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; Judge Amy Berman Jackson, United States District Court for the District of Columbia; Judge James E. Boasberg, United States District Court for the District of Columbia; and Judge Patricia Giles, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff and Debra Katz, Partner, Katz, Marshall & Banks, LLP served as advocates.

Abbe Lowell, Winston & Strawn Washington, D.C. Litigation Partner, leading white-collar defense and trial lawyer, and Vice Chair of Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Board of Trustees, moderated the mayhem and hijinks at the high court.

Learn more about the production here.

The event was organized by Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Bard Association which offers lawyers and other individuals with legal ties the opportunity to experience classical theatre while building both personal and professional relationships. This unique affinity group provides a valuable connection between the legal community and the arts, through networking opportunities, enriching panel discussions, and programs, including the popular Mock Trial event.

Abbe Lowell Moderates Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Mock Trial With Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, Second Gentlemen Doug Emhoff. 04/11/2022.

I was hooked, so I kept looking further.

I found that in 2024 the Mock Trial hosted by the STC, was overseen by Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barret.

From STC (2024):

Participants

Advocates:
Elie Honig Former federal and state prosecutor, CNN Senior Legal Analyst, best-selling author
Katie Phang NBC/MSNBC Legal Contributor and Correspondent and Host of The Katie Phang Show

Bench:

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, presiding
Judge Patricia A. Millett, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Judge Bradley Garcia, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Judge Thomas W. Thrash, United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Judge Ana Reyes, The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Marshal for the Court:
Marshal Pamela Talkin, Former Marshal of the Supreme Court of the United States 

Moderator
Abbe Lowell, STC Board of Trustees Vice Chair, Chair of the Bard Association 

It was there that I finally found what I was searching for; how long has this been a thing…

About The Mock Trial Series

“A Washington wonk’s dream” –The New York Times

Conceived in 1994, the Mock Trial Series explores the connection of classical theatre and modern-day law. Tickets to the event have been known to sell out in minutes due to the prominent law professionals it hosts, such as U.S. Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr., Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, and the Honourable Suzanne Côté from the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as Chief Judge Merrick B. Garland, Judge David S. Tatel, Judge Thomas B. Griffith, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Judge Patricia A. Millett, Judge Cornelia T.L. Pillard, Judge Robert L. Wilkins, and Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

From STC (2024).

President Shitshow wasn’t done attacking the Judge overseeing the use of the Act, an Act he isn’t involved with…

For the above post we turn to Politico’s Kyle Cheney…

Show more =’s and many challeneges were, at that time, working their way up the chain to SCOTUS. The “law to be made” was via precedential rulings at the appeals court and Supreme Court level. It’s extremely clear this is what he meant if you read his entire comment, which was conveniently not linked here. https://law.uchicago.edu/news/law-school-visit-judge-boasberg-discusses-career-paths-january-6-trials-and-politicization

Link shared by Cheney; In Law School Visit, Judge Boasberg Discusses Career Paths, January 6 Trials, and Politicization of the Judiciary (01/24/2023):

One difficulty, Boasberg told students, is that the January 6th trials are operating in an area with “a lot of law still to be made.” Matching the defendants’ alleged crimes to statutes is one challenge; as Judge Boasberg pointed out, “there were no statutes that were written that said, ‘it is a criminal offense to storm the capital and interfere with the counting of certification of the electoral college after the presidential election’… No one could fathom something like this.”

Boasberg said the charges have not always fit the conduct; some defendants, for instance, have pled to the misdemeanor of “parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a capitol building,” which was meant to cover people yelling and disrupting Congress, not for the crime of storming the Capitol. He predicted that many questions of criminal law in these cases will end up being decided by the US Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court, such as determining what obstruction, corruption, and conspiracy means in this context.

In the January 6th sentencings that have come before him so far, Boasberg has been conscious that his remarks have the potential to be heard and absorbed by the broader public and press, given the national significance of the insurrection. In contrast with his typical criminal defendant sentencings, where there are at most a couple of people present, he felt that in January 6th cases, “it’s important to say each time what’s at stake.”

One difficulty, Boasberg told students, is that the January 6th trials are operating in an area with “a lot of law still to be made.” Matching the defendants’ alleged crimes to statutes is one challenge; as Judge Boasberg pointed out, “there were no statutes that were written that said, ‘it is a criminal offense to storm the capital and interfere with the counting of certification of the electoral college after the presidential election’… No one could fathom something like this.”

Boasberg said the charges have not always fit the conduct; some defendants, for instance, have pled to the misdemeanor of “parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a capitol building,” which was meant to cover people yelling and disrupting Congress, not for the crime of storming the Capitol. He predicted that many questions of criminal law in these cases will end up being decided by the US Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court, such as determining what obstruction, corruption, and conspiracy means in this context.

In the January 6th sentencings that have come before him so far, Boasberg has been conscious that his remarks have the potential to be heard and absorbed by the broader public and press, given the national significance of the insurrection. In contrast with his typical criminal defendant sentencings, where there are at most a couple of people present, he felt that in January 6th cases, “it’s important to say each time what’s at stake.”

[I’m including the next part, because we’ve talked about it in the comment section before]

Boasberg was candid, though, in acknowledging the way that times and practices around the judiciary have changed in a more political direction. For example, he said he does not like the media’s tendency to describe judges according to which president appointed them—yet he admitted that he, too, sometimes wonders who appointed a judge when he learns of a specific decision. He recognized that this politicization impacts law students directly, saying it is “sort of sad” that law students might feel pressure to affiliate with conservative or liberal pipelines in order to access opportunities like clerkships. He said it is a stark contrast from 20 years ago when “the way to succeed [was] ‘don’t say anything controversial because that will only derail you.’”  

In Law School Visit, Judge Boasberg Discusses Career Paths, January 6 Trials, and Politicization of the Judiciary (01/24/2023).

Says the judge is conflicted as he does this…

Or has Elon Muck as Co-President…

Miss me with the shit someone else has “conflicts”…

Tariff News…

This morning, the Wall Street Journal reported that President Shitshow intends to narrow his April 2nd tariffs. A day he keeps calling “LIBERATION DAY IN AMERICA”…

From the Wall Street Journal (gift link):

The White House is narrowing its approach to tariffs set to take effect on April 2, likely omitting a set of industry-specific tariffs while applying reciprocal levies on a targeted set of nations that account for the bulk of foreign trade with the U.S.

President Trump has declared his April 2 deadline to be “Liberation Day” for the U.S., when he will put in place what is called reciprocal tariffs that seek to equalize U.S. tariffs with the duties charged by trading partners, as well as tariffs on sectors like automobiles, pharmaceuticals and semiconductors he repeatedly said would be enacted on that day.

Those sector-specific tariffs, however, are now not likely to be announced on April 2, said an administration official, who said the White House is still planning to unveil the reciprocal -tariff action on that day, though planning remains fluid. The shift was earlier reported by Bloomberg.

[snip]

The administration is now focusing on applying tariffs to about 15% of nations with persistent trade imbalances with the U.S.—what is called a “dirty 15,” as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent put it last week. Those nations, which Bessent said account for most of the U.S.’s foreign trade, will be especially hard-hit with higher tariffs, said people with knowledge of the matter, though other nations could be given more modest tariffs as well. The administration hasn’t named the countries.

Wall Street Journal (gift link). 03/24/2025.

Following the WSJ’s article about the tariffs President Shitshow announced secondary tariffs on Venezuela…

Liberation doesn’t mean what he thinks it means…

Selling Access to the White House…

Show more =’s it features imagery of Trump, first lady Melania Trump, members of the Trump family, the Easter Bunny, and the White House press corps, including CNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins.”

Some comments on the tweet say that President Shitshow is just trying to save tax payer’s money…

From the New York Times article (gift link) regarding seeking sponsorship as if it was a damn NASCAR event: As in the past, any money raised through the event will go to the White House Historical Association, a private nonprofit educational organization founded by Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961. The event is largely held without taxpayer dollars, with the American Egg Board, a marketing group for the egg industry, sponsoring thousands of eggs for the event — but without the kind of visibility laid out by Harbinger’s guide.

He is not attempting to save us money, he is in fact, selling access to our White House; anyone shocked by this, slept through his first term, and has largely been ignoring the start of his second term.

This is an open thread

P.S.

I know I said, I’d cover the Department of Education stuff today, but I’m still not done figuring out what exactly the EO has done, because to abolish the department it will take an act of Congress.

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