California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed laws Friday setting aside $50 million to help the state protect its policies from challenges by the Trump administration and defend immigrants amid the president’s mass-deportation plans.
One of the laws allocates $25 million for the state Department of Justice to fight legal battles against the federal government, and another sets aside $25 million in part for legal groups to defend immigrants facing possible deportation. During his first presidency, Trump sparred with California over climate laws, water policy, immigrant rights and more, and the state filed or joined more than 100 legal actions against the administration. The same fights are reemerging in the early days of Trump’s second term.
“Californians are being threatened by an out-of-control administration that doesn’t care about the Constitution and thinks there are no limits to its power,” said Democratic Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, in a statement earlier this week. “That is why we are delivering legislation that will allocate resources to defend Californians from this urgent threat.”
The move comes a day after the Democratic governor returned from Washington, where he met with Trump and members of Congress to try to secure federal disaster aid for the devastating Los Angeles-area wildfires that ripped through neighborhoods in January, killing more than two dozen people...
While some Democratic governors are still hesitant to take the Malignant Fascist head- on, Newsom and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker are being more upfront about challenging his on-going, malevolent coup. They must be supported, and the shrinking violets behind them need to step up more forcefully. (And yes, we know Newsom has supermajorities in his State legislature that allow him more flexibility than most other Democratic governors. Still...)
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he will introduce new 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports into the U.S., on top of existing metals duties, in another major escalation of his trade policy overhaul.
Trump, speaking to reporters on Air Force One on his way to the NFL Super Bowl in New Orleans, said he will announce the new metals tariffs on Monday.
He also said he will announce reciprocal tariffs on Tuesday or Wednesday, to take effect almost immediately, applying them to all countries and matching the tariff rates levied by each country."And very simply, it's, if they charge us, we charge them," Trump said of the reciprocal tariff plan.
The largest sources of U.S. steel imports are Canada, Brazil and Mexico, followed by South Korea and Vietnam, according to government and American Iron and Steel Institute data.By a large margin, hydropower-rich Canada is the largest supplier of primary aluminum metal to the U.S., accounting for 79% of total imports in the first 11 months of 2024."Canadian steel and aluminum support key industries in the U.S. from defence, shipbuilding and auto," Canadian Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne posted on X."We will continue to stand up for Canada, our workers, and our industries."...
Is this the greatest Eagles team of all time? It’s worth considering after the way Nick Sirianni’s team beat down the Chiefs — the two-time defending champions — in a 40-22 wipeout Sunday night in Super Bowl LIX.
Patrick Mahomes had nowhere to go against Vic Fangio’s snarling defense, which sacked him six times. Rookie Cooper DeJean picked off Mahomes for his moment in the Super Bowl sun, a 38-yard touchdown return. Zack Baun picked him off, too.
The Eagles offense? It was coolly efficient behind Jalen Hurts, who passed for 221 yards and ran for 72 more in an MVP performance. Saquon Barkley had a quiet night, but it did not matter one bit.
The overpowering Eagles made it a physical mismatch on both sides of the ball. The greatest Birds ever? They made a pretty strong case, and Mike Sielski takes it a step further, calling these Eagles the best Philly team of all time.
It's always good to step back after one of these ugly games and remind ourselves that -- take away the insane hype, the over- promotion, the breathless anticipation -- this is just. a. football. game. Yes, it's between the two conference champs, but it's still just. a. football. game. They can be exciting and competitive, or they can be ugly mismatches like Super Bowl LIX (pronounced "licks"), which could be Super Bowl SUX. But congratulations to the Philadelphia Eagles and their fans, and condolences to the Kansas City Chiefs and their fans. Meanwhile, here's one rating of what millions tune in for, the commercials.
🏈 Thank you for your football comments. It is just a game, but it is not the game I grew up with and I determined, whether my Chiefs win or lose, I'm out. As a kid, my family was thrilled when the Dallas Texans moved north and became my Chiefs! Football games were pure fun and always a great place to bond with other fun families. I'm the only original Chiefs-family member left and it was getting hard to keep up that old feeling. But, mostly, it is just not fun to hear about the money and the the business and owners threatening cities and cities spending unconscionable amounts of money and haters hating other teams and the refs and social media taking it seriously to a dangerous level!! My sister-in-law recently downsized my long-gone brother's Chiefs mancave. It was very impressive and very expensive, but it took up room and my brother should be remembered for more than that! Thank you for the ugly loss, my Chiefs, you lifted a very heavy weight off my shoulders! I'm free!! 👋👋
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