President Shit’s First 100 Days: Day 77

April 8, 2025 12:15 pm EDT Tiff Editorial (Open Thread) Comments Off on President Shit’s First 100 Days: Day 77

It’s Tuesday…

President Shitshow’s public schedule for…

Tuesday, April 8 2025
9:00 AM
In-Town Pool Call Time
The White House 
In-Town Pool
10:30 AM
The President participates in a commemorative tree planting
South Lawn 
Closed Press
1:00 PM
Press Briefing by the White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 
On Camera
3:00 PM
The President participates in an Unleashing American Energy Executive Order Signing Event
East Room 
Pre-Credentialed Media
6:35 PM
The President departs The White House en route The Building Museum
The White House 
In-Town Travel Pool
6:40 PM
The President arrives The Building Museum
National Building Museum 
In-Town Travel Pool
6:45 PM
The President delivers remarks at the NRCC Dinner
National Building Museum
 In-Town Travel Pool
7:50 PM
The President departs The Building Museum en route The White House
National Building Museum 
In-Town Travel Pool
7:55 PM
The President arrives The White House
The White House 
In-Town Travel Pool

Baby barbie (no offense to Barbie intended) posted the following tweet to explain the EO President Shitshow will sign this afternoon…

The Bloomberg article is paywalled, so I hit up the Googles and found this from the E&E News by Politico; President Donald Trump is preparing to sign executive orders Tuesday to bolster the coal industry, including using his emergency authority to force some coal-fired power plants set for closure to stay open and keep producing electricity. The move has been widely anticipated as the Trump administration set the stage for loosening air pollution regulations that have been costly for coal. And there have been concerns that electricity consumption is rising too fast for the power industry to keep pace. Much of that surge in projected energy demand is tied to America’s build-big approach to data centers and artificial intelligence.

They go on to explain:

According to people familiar with White House plans, Trump’s orders would draw on existing emergency authority. That includes a 90-year-old section of the Federal Power Act, enacted primarily for wartime use, that allows the Energy secretary to direct any power plant to keep operating. Other emergency statutes allow the federal government to waive environmental rules implemented by states.

People inside the coal and utility industries, top Cabinet officials, and the president himself have telegraphed that a multifaceted plan is underway to save dozens of coal plants that are scheduled to retire in the coming years.

[snip]

The White House has also been crafting a series of steps to support the coal sector in the longer term, including allowing utilities to temporarily sidestep EPA regulations under the Clean Air Act.

Last week, EPA created an avenue for coal-fired power plants to seek hazardous pollutant regulatory exemptions. One of the nation’s top-polluting power plants — the coal-fired Colstrip power plant in Montana — quickly emerged as one of the first takers.

E&E News by Politico. 04/08/2025.

Let’s talk about the Supreme Court…

As most are aware, yesterday, the Supreme Court issued an order that allows President Shitshow’s admin to resume sending people to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act.

The usual shitty people have claimed a HUGE VICTORY for President Shitshow…

She just basically says this is a “Landmark ruling”.

Baby barbie in the clip calls this a massive win for the country. Watters opens the segment by lying when he says that the Surpreme’s cleared the way for admin to deport people even faster!

Here’s what the Supreme’s really said…

Kyle is correct, in their order, all 9 justices agree that the they are entitled to challenge their removal.

Unlike what Watters thinks, that should in fact make the process slower; if Border Czar Tom “I’m a soulless fuckstick” Homan, and DHS Secretary Puppy Killer, follow the rules.

Show more:

-The way Trump used the Alien Enemies Act last month, effectively, was improper because of the lack of notice. -Targets of the AEA can challenge designation where they are detained. They must receive “reasonable” chance to seek habeas relief and be told they are specifically being designated ‘alien enemies.’

-The court did not decide whether Trump’s use of the AEA was proper (whether Tren de Aragua qualifies as a “foreign government,” whehter the AEA can be used against a gang or outside of wartime)
-The court also did not decide anything about what happens to the 130 people already in CECOT or if the Trump administration can be compelled to seek the return of those improperly deported.

Those unanswered questions will surely prompt a new wave of challenges that will slow or stop deportations under the AEA and send the matter right back to SCOTUS eventually.

The WH has argued that speeding people out of the country under the AEA, with virtually no notice, was necessary for national security. The Supreme Court effectively prevented that tonight. As Boasberg noted, his original ruling did not block Trump from deporting anyone under other immigration authorities, which include clear due process components.

Kyle Cheney Twitter. 04/07/2025.

From the Supreme’s order:

This morning in light of the Supreme’s decision Chief Judge Boasberg canceled today’s hearing. In the minute order issued, the Judge did stress that all 9 Justices have said that the accused gang members have due process rights.

I saved President Shitshow’s praise for the Supreme’s for last on purpose…

On his way back from golfing on Sunday, President Shitshow expressed support for sending American “criminals” to El Salvador prison…

I think the law would likely frown upon our US government paying El Salvador to enslave our criminals. Just saying…

One thing I’d like noted is that even with the Supreme’s saying what was already wildly known, that yes illegal migrants still have due process, many rando MAGA peeps disagree…

Rosco Pcoltrane went on to say…

Grok is Elon’s AI; I can’t see Grok’s answer.

But that doesn’t matter cause Rosco didn’t care about Grok’s answer either.

And it was there that I went a googling…

Not that I needed too, but in order to make sure, I was remembering correctly, I did…

I know I don’t really need to explain this, but maybe someone lurking is confused about the process.

Typically, a court order regarding the administration residing in the White House isn’t about can they or can’t they do the thing they want. It’s about hey, you can’t do it using this law or this process.

So, good admin’s go back into huddle mode and find a new path to do the thing they want.

For example:

In President Shitshow’s first term he aka Nazi Miller tried to ban all Muslim’s from entering our country.

The Supreme’s at that time blocked them, twice.

Not because the admin aka Nazi Miller couldn’t ban Muslim’s from entering the country, they just had to make sure they were banning them the legal way.

So, on the third try they managed to find enough smart people to craft the ban that satisfied the court and the law.

This isn’t like a criminal court, where guilt or “wrongness” or innocence is determined.

I should also note, the Supreme’s did not rule on if the admin can use the AEA when we aren’t at war. That case will likely be heard sometime, but that’s not what this case was asking them to determine.

I’m gonna wrap it there.

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