THE UNITED States’ Supreme Court has voted to allow President Donald Trump to fire Consumer Product Safety Regulators although it will only be the Democrat members; the Republican members are safe. There has been no mention of impropriety or work issues.
The regulators protect people by checking the safety of items including toys which might contain easily swallowed parts or batteries.
There are some jobs that should and must be protected against political interference and maybe the Supreme Court could be shooting itself in the foot.
Could Trump or a future President sack all of the Supreme Court members that weren’t on their “side”? Unlikely but a scary possibility.
Australia has a number of “protected” jobs including judges that occupants cannot be removed from without a combined vote from both houses of the Parliament.
Protect the jobs of those that protect us.
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Cowardice
The step by US Republican Speaker Mike Johnson to shut down possible discussion about the Epstein files by shutting down the House of Representatives smells of desperation.
The reason suggested to allowing President Trump more time to address the matter is farcical given how long it has been a lead item in most newspapers.
Epstein died, by whatever means that happened, almost six years ago and there is still no real action on releasing the files despite Trump’s assurances.
The files are not going to be forgotten, and hopefully not destroyed, so let them be seen. Let the truth be told. This also applies in all countries and for their governments.
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Keep on task
The US news media needs to ignore President Trump’s attack on President Barack Obama’s character given it is unfounded and designed to be a distraction from the Epstein files.
This could be a simple test of a paper’s quality, how much space is devoted to Trump’s distractions compared to how much is devoted to the Epstein files papers and their non-publication?
Ignore Trump media distractions, report the actual news.
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One in the crowd, but no longer
Press freedom is important, but so is press inclusion. Being able to tell the story to others is difficult if you can’t hear the story.
President Trump has banned the Wall Street Journal from his Scotland trip press pool, not because his real golf scores might be released, but because of what they have said about the Epstein report.
One of the problems in life is that if people want something to stay hidden, lots of other people will want to find out their secret, many that probably couldn’t care otherwise. There will often be people who are happy to sell out others for a reasonable price.
There is another worry, in that if the Wall Street Journal can’t report freely they might go broke and thus Trump’s lawsuit against them for $10 billion would be pointless.
Fight to protect press freedom, or it might just be the first of the freedoms you will lose.
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The pleasure of being boring
It looks like there is a lot of coverage of President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, connections between them, and their possible activities. At present there is discussion but little released information.
There is, however, no discussion about me and I am pleased about this. There is a great pleasure in being boring, no one wants to know what I have done or will be doing.
I don’t use social media so no one can search for any misadventures. In case someone does try to find a colorful past, I don’t have one, unfortunately. Most politicians are actually boring but hard working. The louder they are, the less they seem to be doing to help their constituents.
There is a lot more to come of this past friendship./PN
