https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/american-bar-association-suspends-law-school-dei-rule-enforcement-2025-02-21/

American Bar Association suspends law school DEI rule enforcement

Feb 21 (Reuters) - The American Bar Association will temporarily suspend enforcement of its diversity and inclusion standard for law schools.
The ABA's Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar voted on Friday to halt enforcement of its current standard until August 31 while it reviews a pending proposed revision to the rule.
The council's standards committee said it would assess the proposed changes in light of recent actions by President Donald Trump's administration, to ensure it can enforce the standard in compliance with the law.
The administration warned of cuts in federal funding for academic institutions and universities if they continue with diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Trump has also issued executive orders to target DEI in the federal government and private sector.

In Crimea, an inadequate person threw a cat off the cliff of the castle “Swallow's Nest”

Musya lived at the tourist site for about 10 years, welcomed guests and was a local attraction.

Judging by the surveillance cameras, the unknown person first petted the cat, and when he saw that no one was watching him, he simply took the animal to the observation deck and threw it away.

At the bottom there is a rocky cliff about 40 meters high. The man who threw the cat away is being sought. His identity has not been established yet.

https://krym.aif.ru/society/musyu-ubili-v-yalte-turist-sbrosil-koshku-s-obryva-u-lastochkinogo-gnezda

Errol Musk spoke at length about what an utter failure his son, Acting President Elon Musk, has been as a father, and discussed how his son's negligence was directly responsible for the death of his first child.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/elon-musks-father-slams-him-174526730.html

Elon Musk has been criticized by his father, Errol Musk, for his poor parenting amid news that the billionaire mogul has allegedly welcomed his 13th child.

The tech mogul was described as not being a "good dad" by Errol, who added that he pushes off the responsibility of parenting to his many nannies.

In the meantime, Elon Musk has yet to confirm that he has indeed welcomed his 13th child but has still found himself hit by claims of "ghosting" from the alleged baby mama, Ashley St. Clair.

During an appearance on the "Wide Awake" podcast, Elon Musk's father, Errol Musk, claimed his son has poorly performed as a father to his kids.

"He hasn't been a good dad," the 79-year-old admitted about his son, who has welcomed 12 kids and an alleged 13th in over two decades, per Page Six.

Speaking further about his son's underwhelming parental skills, Errol shared that the billionaire mogul left all the work to nannies and wasn't even there when his first child died at 10 weeks old due to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

"The first child was too much with nannies and died in the care of a nanny," the businessman said of Elon and his first ex-wife, Justine Wilson's firstborn.

He added, "Elon's gonna shoot me for saying this, but that's what I think. That's no good. They were too rich, too many nannies."

As the interview continued, Errol revealed more about his tech mogul son's use of nannies, disclosing that they had a dozen on their payroll when he divorced Wilson.

"When they got divorced [in 2008], the nannies were six on this side and six on that side," Errol shared.

Federal judge Tanya Chutkan re-asserted the right for DOGE to have continued access to government systems, ruling that 14 Democrat States have been unable to demonstrate that harm would be caused by DOGE continuing to reduce government waste and fraud.
Democrats double down on their promise to protect government fraud in every form by waging continual lawfare against anyone who attempts to interfere with their plans for fraud.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5151676-chutkan-musk-doge-federal-agencies/
Chutkan refuses to block Musk, DOGE from 7 federal agencies

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Tuesday refused the request of 14 Democratic state attorneys general to immediately impose wide-ranging restrictions on Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

The coalition of states, led by New Mexico, claims Musk’s far-reaching role heading DOGE is unconstitutional since he was not confirmed by the Senate, and the states sought to block DOGE from accessing seven federal agencies.

Chutkan refused their demand to do so at the current stage of the case, saying they had not made the necessary showing of irreparable harm.

“Plaintiffs legitimately call into question what appears to be the unchecked authority of an unelected individual and an entity that was not created by Congress and over which it has no oversight,” Chutkan wrote in her ruling.

“In these circumstances, it must be indisputable that this court acts within the bounds of its authority,” she continued. “Accordingly, it cannot issue a TRO [temporary restraining order], especially one as wide-ranging as Plaintiffs request, without clear evidence of imminent, irreparable harm to these Plaintiffs. The current record does not meet that standard.”

However, in a footnote, the judge suggested that the Justice Department may have stretched the truth in court filings regarding the breadth of DOGE’s power over personnel issues.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-federal-employees-probationary-firings-layoffs-workers-impact/
Probational federal employees who lost their jobs on Thursday as part of the Trump administration's mass firing of government workers expressed shock and anger at the terminations, which they contend will hurt the government's ability to provide services.

President Trump is moving quickly to shrink the U.S. federal government — the nation's largest employer — saying he is slashing wasteful spending and pushing to make the nation's civil workforce more responsive to his administration's policies. Federal workers in a probationary period typically have less than one year on the job and have not yet gained civil service protection.

Federal workers who received termination notices on Thursday described receiving nonpersonalized emails informing them they had been removed from their position, with little communication from their supervisors. The workers said they had entered public service because of a commitment to serve the public interest, whether by helping protect consumers from predatory financial services or by supporting veterans.

"We had all received these notices that cites probationary regulations and says we're being let go because 'you are not fit for continued employment because your ability and skills do not fit the agency's needs,'" Elizabeth Aniskevich, an attorney with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, told CBS News.

A termination letter provided to CBS News by a former employee at the Department of Veterans Affairs informed the worker that his job was ending because "you have not demonstrated that your further employment at the agency would be in the public interest."

The VA worker, who had previously held federal jobs across different agencies for more than a decade, said he was dismayed to learn that he was considered a probationary worker after taking the Veterans Affairs job last fall, as it reset his government employment.

The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Kash Patel as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a marquee victory in President Trump’s effort to strike back at an agency he has long considered his nemesis.

The final vote was 51-49, with every Senate Democrat voting against Patel. They were joined by two Republicans, Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who said they thought Patel was too overtly political to lead the nation’s top law enforcement agency.

Patel said in a post on X after the vote: “The politicalization of our justice system has eroded public trust—but that ends today. My mission as Director is clear: let good cops be cops—and rebuild trust in the FBI.”

Patel’s confirmation marks a tectonic shift at the bureau, as he plans to shift its focus from terrorism and counterintelligence work back toward its historical mission of fighting violent crime. His priorities, partisan approach and open criticism of the agency he will lead set him apart from most every other director in the bureau’s history.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/kash-patel-trump-fbi-director-senate-confirmation-vote-973476ec

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/21/president-trump-losing-stock-market-war-to-rest-of-the-world.html
After an extremely strong 2024 for the U.S. stock market, investors are getting better returns, at least for the moment, from equities located beyond the red, white and blue borders.

Since the inauguration of President Donald Trump, stocks in Europe and China are vastly outperforming the U.S. equity market. The S&P 500
is up a little over 1% since Jan. 20, as of the close on Thursday after the latest sell-off, while the broad-based MSCI China ETF
has risen roughly 17%. The iShares Eurozone ETF
is up roughly 6% in that same time span. The iShares China Large Cap ETF
, meanwhile, is up about 16%.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average
is barely hanging onto a positive return over the past month.

The leaders of U.S. tech are not faring better against Chinese rivals in the markets. The Invesco QQQ ETF
is up about 2.5%, while the KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF
has risen roughly 20%.

LGBT people literally just get together and have month long parties where they torture and murder people.
These people are mentally ill
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/sam-nordquist-killing-2-more-charged-murder-minnesota-new-york/
2 more charged in torture, death of Minnesota native Sam Nordquist in New York
Two more people have been charged with murder in the death of a man from Minnesota who authorities say was tortured for more than a month before being killed in upstate New York.

New York State Police said they arrested Kimberly Sochia, 29, of Canandaigua, and Thomas Eaves, 21, of Geneva on Thursday and charged with them with second-degree murder in the death of Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old transgender man.

Nordquist's body was found discarded in a field this month. Authorities say Nordquist died following repeated acts of violence and torture for more than a month by multiple people.

Nordquist was originally from Minnesota and traveled to the Finger Lakes area last September. He was reported missing on Feb. 9.

Sochia and Eaves were remanded to county jail pending arraignment. It was not clear if they had attorneys. There was no comment from the public defender's office.

Authorities said his assailants were known to each other, identified as LGBTQ+ and there was no evidence of a hate crime.

Five others, all New York residents, have previously been charged with second-degree murder: Precious Arzuaga, 38, and Patrick Goodwin, 30, of Canandaigua, New York; Kyle Sage, 33, of Rochester, New York; Jennifer Quijano, 30, of Geneva, New York; and Emily Motyka, 19, of Lima, New York.

Authorities say those five were charged after police searched the Canandaigua motel where Nordquist had been staying.

On Monday, Ontario County District Attorney Jim Ritts said Nordquist's case is "by far the worst" homicide investigation he and his officers have ever been involved with.

https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/usda-firings-bird-flu-humans-dpcp5m5g3
Several officials working to contain America’s bird flu outbreak have accidentally been fired during efforts to cut the federal workforce, the US Department of Agriculture has revealed.

Dozens of cases of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) have been reported this month. Scientists fear that unless it is contained, a pandemic could develop, worsening a drastic shortage of eggs.

The average price of a dozen Grade A large eggs rose to a record high last month, jumping to $4.95, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In May 2023, the same product cost $2.67.

Elon Musk, the billionaire businessman and ally of President Trump, and his Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) have sacked thousands of workers across multiple departments and agencies.

On Tuesday, the agriculture department said it was working to rehire staff who had been fired in error, including officials working on the government’s bird flu response.

“Several job categories, including veterinarians, animal health technicians, and other emergency response personnel have been exempted from the recent personnel actions to continue to support the HPAI response and other animal health priorities,” the agency said.

“Although several positions supporting HPAI were notified of their terminations over the weekend, we are working to swiftly rectify the situation and rescind those letters.”

Tanya Chutkan, a Washington district judge, declined on Tuesday to immediately block Doge from directing the firings of federal workers or accessing government databases. She did say, however, that the case raises questions about Musk’s apparent unchecked authority.

Chutkan denied a request by more than a dozen states for a judicial order barring Doge from accessing computer systems at seven federal agencies or purging government workers while litigation plays out.