THREAD: CDC is ensuring vaccine-hesitant or vaccine-opposed will remain that way w/ this nonsense (as reported by @nytimes. Purported reason for reversal is "reports of rising breakfthrough infections w/ the Delta variant." But "reports" is not science. 1/
2/ What is science is this study showing Pfizer 88% effective against Delta variant. Times' article referenced only May study on effectiveness of vaccine. foxbusiness.com/markets/pfizer…
3/ So reversing course based on "not science" while ignoring "science" is going to make Americans less likely to believe anything CDCs says, especially since Fauci already told us he tells Americans what he thinks we can handle, i.e., % need for herd immunity.
4/4 Add to people claiming everyone should mask since you don't know who hasn't been vaccinated and school unions continuing to push for masks at school (if kids are even at school). A gov't that lies, shades, spins, manipulates will never be trusted.
Post-Twitt: If gov't (and Americans--and I'm one of them) wants folks to get vaccinated, transparency, honesty, and respect for contrary views is needed!
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🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: Judge Breyer wades in again re Trump's federalizing of California National Guard in case Newsom brought.
2/ Judge rejects Trump's argument that there cannot be a Posse Comitatus claim given 9th Cir. ruling that Trump could federalize national guard. Judge rejects Trump's request to transfer case to L.A. arguing public interest is to keep with him since he's already up on case.
3/ Court grants expedited discovery on issues related to what troops are doing for purpose of Posse Comitatus claim. So rulings all in favor of Newsom and kicking merits on Posse Comitatus out a month until discovery ends.
🚨SCOTUS delivered Trump another victory earlier today while I was shopping with DS. This case concerned the removal of illegal aliens ordered removed to third countries, with SCOTUS staying injunction barring such removal. 1/
2/ Dissent again rests on not liking what Trump did and ignoring numerous jurisdictional issues. supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf…
3/ Beyond resolving issue of aliens in limbo in South Sudan, SCOTUS decision gives Trump & DHS ability to push more forcefully for voluntarily removals.
🚨LIVE COVERAGE here of Preliminary Injunction hearing before Judge Breyer on Newsom's lawsuit to commander National Guard from Trump. Trump Administration had requested stay of proceedings pending 9th Cir. decision but Breyer refused. 1/
2/ Breyer claimed facts on ground and changes would be relevant to PI hearing. Watch for him to sidestep 9th Cir. slap down by framing changes on ground as so substantial that no matter how much deference Trump gets he couldn't federalize troops.
3/ Hearing was suppose to start at 10 PT. Hasn't started yet. Here's link as DH has me picking up a plumbing part so I might not be able to cover depending on when it starts. (At least it's at an old hardware store which has new old stock--which I love--not Lowe/Home Depot.
🔥🔥🔥Grassley letter reviews FBI ordered records destroyed in September 2020. This does NOT conform to records preservation requirements...you know thing FBI raided Mar-a-Lago for! 1/
3/ Still trying to put puzzle together but letter of 5/5 provides solid hints. It'd seem that the destroyed record was related to Biden-Ukraine corruption & to fake briefing Dems had FBI do to falsely frame Grassley & Johnson as peddling Russian disinfo. grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
🚨Hearing in Newsom v. Trump re National Guard starts in ~15 minutes. I'll be live-posting in this 🧵. 1/
2/ Hearing starting:
Judge Preliminary Comments: Entered scheduling order directing file of briefs & appreciative of that. It is necessary to have briefing & I have always have done it, even though styled as ex parte, sufficient cooperation to allow complete record as possible given, important--issues significance, and urgency so I need to act expeditiously but takes into consideration the arguments of the parties. That's the fair way to do it and way I've done it over the year and parties have been extremely helpful in this regard.
3/ Judge: Asks to start w/ federal government & wants feds to address several issues: It seems to me that it is necessary to understand whether the president complied with the statute 10406, which has a number of requirements. When Judge acted on desire to nationalized California National Guard he sited this statute.