update - Abrego Garcia released from jail
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Answer : you send her to a country club prison in exchange for her 'exonerating' the pedo in chief
NEW YORK (AP) — The National Science Foundation can continue to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars from researchers in several states until litigation aimed at restoring it plays out, a federal court ruled Friday.
U.S. District Judge John Cronan in New York declined to force the NSF to restart payments immediately, while the case is still being decided, as requested by the sixteen Democrat-led states who brought the suit, including New York, Hawaii, California, Colorado and Connecticut.
In his ruling, Cronan said he would not grant the preliminary injunction in part because it may be that another court, the Court of Federal Claims, has jurisdiction over what is essentially a case about money. He also said the states failed to show that NSF’s actions were counter to the agency's mandate.
The lawsuit filed in May alleges that the National Science Foundation's new grant-funding priorities as well as a cap on what's known as indirect research expenses “violate the law and jeopardize America’s longstanding global leadership in STEM.”
Another district court had already blocked the the cap on indirect costs — administrative expenses that allow research to get done like paying support staff and maintaining equipment. This injunction had been requested to restore funding to the grants that were cut.
In April, the NSF announced a new set of priorities and began axing hundreds of grants for research focused on things like misinformation and diversity, equity and inclusion. Researchers who lost funding also were studying artificial intelligence, post-traumatic stress disorder in veterans, STEM education for K-12 students and more.
The headquarters of the National Science Foundation is photographed May 29, 2025, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)© The Associated Press
Researchers were not given a specific explanation for why their grants were canceled, attorney Colleen Faherty, representing the state of New York, said during last month's hearing. Instead, they received boilerplate language stating that their work “no longer effectuates the program goals or agency priorities."
NSF has long been directed by Congress to encourage underrepresented groups like women and people with disabilities to participate in STEM. According to the lawsuit, the science foundation's funding cuts already halted efforts to train the next generation of scientists in fields like computer science, math and environmental science.
A lawyer for the NSF said at the hearing that the agency has the authority to fund whatever research it deems necessary — and has since its inception in 1950. In the court filing, the government also argued that its current priorities were to “create opportunities for all Americans everywhere” and “not preference some groups at the expense of others, or directly/indirectly exclude individuals or groups.”
The headquarters of the National Science Foundation is photographed May 29, 2025, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)© The Associated Press
The plaintiff states are trying to “substitute their own judgement for the judgement of the agency," Adam Gitlin, an attorney for the NSF, said during the hearing.
The science foundation is still funding some projects related to expanding representation in STEM, Cronan wrote in his ruling. Per the lawsuit filed in May, for example, the University of Northern Colorado lost funding for only one of its nine programs focused on increasing participation of underrepresented groups in STEM fields.
The states are reviewing the decision, according to spokespeople from the New York and Hawaii attorney general offices. The National Science Foundation declined to comment.
Judge allows the National Science Foundation to withhold hundreds of millions of research dollars
U.S. District Judge John Cronan in New York declined to force the NSF to restart payments immediately, while the case is still being decided, as requested by the sixteen Democrat-led states who brought the suit, including New York, Hawaii, California, Colorado and Connecticut.
In his ruling, Cronan said he would not grant the preliminary injunction in part because it may be that another court, the Court of Federal Claims, has jurisdiction over what is essentially a case about money. He also said the states failed to show that NSF’s actions were counter to the agency's mandate.
The lawsuit filed in May alleges that the National Science Foundation's new grant-funding priorities as well as a cap on what's known as indirect research expenses “violate the law and jeopardize America’s longstanding global leadership in STEM.”
Another district court had already blocked the the cap on indirect costs — administrative expenses that allow research to get done like paying support staff and maintaining equipment. This injunction had been requested to restore funding to the grants that were cut.
In April, the NSF announced a new set of priorities and began axing hundreds of grants for research focused on things like misinformation and diversity, equity and inclusion. Researchers who lost funding also were studying artificial intelligence, post-traumatic stress disorder in veterans, STEM education for K-12 students and more.
The headquarters of the National Science Foundation is photographed May 29, 2025, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)© The Associated Press
Researchers were not given a specific explanation for why their grants were canceled, attorney Colleen Faherty, representing the state of New York, said during last month's hearing. Instead, they received boilerplate language stating that their work “no longer effectuates the program goals or agency priorities."
NSF has long been directed by Congress to encourage underrepresented groups like women and people with disabilities to participate in STEM. According to the lawsuit, the science foundation's funding cuts already halted efforts to train the next generation of scientists in fields like computer science, math and environmental science.
A lawyer for the NSF said at the hearing that the agency has the authority to fund whatever research it deems necessary — and has since its inception in 1950. In the court filing, the government also argued that its current priorities were to “create opportunities for all Americans everywhere” and “not preference some groups at the expense of others, or directly/indirectly exclude individuals or groups.”
The headquarters of the National Science Foundation is photographed May 29, 2025, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)© The Associated Press
The plaintiff states are trying to “substitute their own judgement for the judgement of the agency," Adam Gitlin, an attorney for the NSF, said during the hearing.
The science foundation is still funding some projects related to expanding representation in STEM, Cronan wrote in his ruling. Per the lawsuit filed in May, for example, the University of Northern Colorado lost funding for only one of its nine programs focused on increasing participation of underrepresented groups in STEM fields.
The states are reviewing the decision, according to spokespeople from the New York and Hawaii attorney general offices. The National Science Foundation declined to comment.
Judge allows the National Science Foundation to withhold hundreds of millions of research dollars
Trump will not be able to shake the “Epstein virus”
I think that Maxwell will be released, maybe not pardoned which might damage Trump more than he is already damaged and then Maxwell will go into exile in another country.
I wonder if this is the prelude to the pardon.
"We can't do it now for political reasons, but we'll give you more comfy quarters until after the mid term elections, and then we do the pardon."
www.theatlantic.com
"We can't do it now for political reasons, but we'll give you more comfy quarters until after the mid term elections, and then we do the pardon."
Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End
America’s run as the premier techno-superpower may be over.
www.theatlantic.com
Foreign businesses and crypto ventures boost Trump's $630 million+ haul in 2024 - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
With the expansion of Trump's foreign developments and his foray into cryptocurrency, among other ventures, he seems poised to rack up more conflicts than ever.
www.citizensforethics.org
Donald Trump reported at least $630 million and possibly more than $676 million in business income on his 2025 public financial disclosure, filed on Friday evening. The disclosure, covering the period from January 1 to December 31, 2024, provides a snapshot of Trump’s finances right before he took office, giving insight into the conflicts of interest he may face over the next four years.
Only five months into his second term as president, Trump is brazenly using his office to profit. He blurred the lines between foreign policy and his businesses by taking a trip in his official capacity to three Middle East countries where he has developments–including one in partnership with a company owned by a foreign government–and sparked a bidding war for his $TRUMP cryptocurrency by hosting an exclusive dinner for the top 220 holders at his Virginia golf club, offering access to the president in exchange for purchasing his memecoin.
Just this week, he launched a Trump-branded smartphone and mobile service, adding to his array of Trump-branded products including watches, sneakers, fragrances and Bibles, which earned him a total of $6.6 million in royalties in 2024. Retail may seem like a drop in the bucket for Trump, but he reported $8.8 million in income from his online retail store, which launched over 168 products during the presidential transition period. Personal and presidential business are often intertwined, with products on the Trump site including “45-47” and inauguration-themed collections.
The Trump brand is significantly more involved in foreign business than during his last term, opening the door for unprecedented conflicts of interest. Trump’s international properties—there are 20 Trump-branded projects that will be open or in development during his presidency—reported at least $87 million in business income in 2024. This includes a $10 million development fee from a property in Mumbai, a $5 million licensing fee from his Vietnam development and a $5 million licensing fee from a project in Dubai. This means that Trump’s own financial interest in the countries where he is operating his businesses could affect foreign policy decisionmaking, and governments could attempt to influence Trump through their treatment of his businesses.
Trump’s hefty debts further complicate the picture, with the filing reporting over $270 million in liabilities. The filing lists over $50 million in debt for judgments in multiple court cases, the civil fraud case brought by the New York attorney general and cases brought by E. Jean Carroll. All of his court debts are labeled “stayed pending appeal”. Based on the specific numbers from these judgements, Trump’s total debts surpass $600 million.
Adding yet another conflict of interest, one of Trump’s greatest sources of income last year was cryptocurrency. He reported $57 million in token sales from World Liberty Financial, a crypto company of which he is a partial owner, and $1.1 million in licensing fees and royalties from his NFT. His financial interest in crypto has already massively surpassed what is reported on this disclosure, which doesn’t include income from his $TRUMP memecoin that was launched earlier this year, nor does it reflect the Trump family’s latest crypto venture, his sons’ bitcoin mining company, American Bitcoin. He is profiting from these while his administration loosens regulations on crypto.
During Trump’s last term, CREW tracked over 3,700 conflicts of interest between his presidency and businesses. With the expansion of his foreign developments and his foray into cryptocurrency, among other ventures, he seems poised to rack up more conflicts than ever, with even less transparency than last time.
We are finally witnessing the splintering of MAGA. The Epstein virus will take out one group, tariffs will take out another, cutting medicare will lose another group.
The question is how many richaceg's are there in the US, who will back everything through a sunk cost fallacy.
Lots and lots of sheep that will excuse their cult leader of all crimes, all stupidity and all dementia related activities.
Maxwell will be released in a back room deal and the former Mossad agent will live quietly in extreme exhile in either France or Israel or both. The system is rigged as Trump said when he was campaigning in 2016 and he is successfully re-rigging it to support his machinations. Trump is laying down several layers of insulation to staive off growing revelations about his Epstein bromance and connection with the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre.
So Trump employed Giuffre at Mar a Largo to do massages while she was underaged and then was aware that Epstein solicited her away to work as an underaged prostitute. Giuffre serviced Prince Andrew among others while been trafficked and pimped by Epstein
and then committed suicide this year around the time of Trump’s inauguration.
It is very apparent that Maxwell who was just moved to a minimum security prison without explanation from the Oval Office is a major power broker and connected to more of the same. The Codicil associated with Maxwell is ominous for Trump, Clinton, Prince Andrew and other ultra powerful yet to be named people. Probably if Maxwell is killed then very damaging information will be revealed so Trump et al.must keep her alive but silent . Trump will not pardon her for obvious reasons of optics but he will spring her from prison and jet her off out of America as he waits for the legacy of the Epstein paedophile shot clock to run out .
So Trump employed Giuffre at Mar a Largo to do massages while she was underaged and then was aware that Epstein solicited her away to work as an underaged prostitute. Giuffre serviced Prince Andrew among others while been trafficked and pimped by Epstein
and then committed suicide this year around the time of Trump’s inauguration.
It is very apparent that Maxwell who was just moved to a minimum security prison without explanation from the Oval Office is a major power broker and connected to more of the same. The Codicil associated with Maxwell is ominous for Trump, Clinton, Prince Andrew and other ultra powerful yet to be named people. Probably if Maxwell is killed then very damaging information will be revealed so Trump et al.must keep her alive but silent . Trump will not pardon her for obvious reasons of optics but he will spring her from prison and jet her off out of America as he waits for the legacy of the Epstein paedophile shot clock to run out .
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Except that every day it continues it will become more obvious is she is let off.
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