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Sun Feb 23, 2025, 09:27 PM Feb 23

Ron Filipkowski - This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 77

… Trump had a contentious phone call with Maine’s Gov. Janet Mills, who took no shit from Mango Mussolini. Trump signed an executive order banning trans athletes from women’s sports. The NCAA said they would follow his directive. Mills then said that it is up to each high school and youth sports league’s sanctioning body to determine player eligibility, so she will let them decide for their leagues.

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… Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum responded to Trump’s executive order designating drug cartels as terrorist organizations: “If cartels are terrorists, then those supplying their weapons—over 74% of which come from the US (citing US DOJ stats)—should be held accountable for aiding terrorism. In response, Mexico will expand its lawsuit against US gun manufacturers and Mexico will impose the harshest possible punishment on foreigners involved in arms trafficking or any form of interventionism in Mexico.”

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… Elon Musk had OPM send an email to all federal employees ordering them to respond with everything they accomplished that week or they will be automatically terminated: “Consistent with President’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week. Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.”

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… Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) - “This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk - except he isn’t even the boss, he’s just a dick. I bet a lot of people have had an experience like this with a bad boss - there’s an email in your inbox on Saturday night saying, ‘Prove to me your worthiness by Monday or else.’”

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