Legalectric

Yes, it’s real.

Will they learn anything from this?

The Office of Management and Budget “pause” of federal grant, loan, and other financial assistance was beyond belief, but there it was. Spent all day on the horn, email, fb giving others contact info, took over my life, and I hope it did for others too, as the flood of pushback is what got a reprieve. TEMPORARY, until Monday, but a reprieve.

An aside — if you go to the OMB link above, https://www.usa.gov/agencies/office-of-management-and-budget, and then click on the “website” link for OMB:

… here’s what you get:

WHAT?!?! And again, there’s no way to contact. Same goes for www.omb.gov — and try calling, any of the numbers… you can get through at 202-395-3080, Option #1 is worthless, Option 2 – Operations – you can leave a message — DONE!

It’s not over. They all need to hear from us in TECHNICOLOR. Spend a few minutes — Call/write your state Reps & Senators, especially Republicans, and ask them if this is what they want and tell them to speak up, use their power (We have America First state Rep. and Senator here, and it looks like locals might start to comprehend what “America First” means.)

• White House (Comment line MIA 202-456-1111; Switchboard – call but they won’t do anything (202) 456-1414,) only option is to write: 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington D.C., 20500
• Office of Management & Budget 1-202-395-3080 – Option 2 lets you leave a message
• U.S. House Representative: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
• U.S. Senators: https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm

A big shout out, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to National Council of Nonprofits, American Public Health Association, Main Street Alliance, and SAGE, and the Democracy Forward attorneys who jumped into the fray, Jessica Anne Morton, Kevin E. Friedl, Kaitlyn Golden, Robin F. Thurston, Skye L. Perryman, and Will Bardwell.

Here’s the Complaint that brought the “pause” to a screeching halt:

UPDATE – DON’T STOP NOW, BUT THERE IS THIS:

Judge temporarily pauses Trump’s freeze on grants, loans

It’s not over. They all need to hear from us in TECHNICOLOR. Spend a few minutes — CONTACT:

• White House (Comment line MIA 202-456-1111; Switchboard – call but they won’t do anything (202) 456-1414,) only option is to write: 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington D.C., 20500
• Office of Management & Budget 1-202-395-3080, Option 2 – Operations – you can leave a message
• U.S. House Representative: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
• U.S. Senators: https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
• Speaker Mike Johnson: 202-225-4000; Majority Leader Steve Scalise: (202) 225-3015
• Call/write your state Reps & Senators, especially Republicans, and ask them if this is what they want and tell them to speak up, use their power (We have America First state Rep. and Senator here, and it looks like locals might start to comprehend what “America First” means.)

The damage this guy is doing, unreal.

It’s hard to believe, and the harm, where’s the Advil…

A few quotes from M-25-13 Temporary Pause to Review Agency Financial Assistance Programs:

• Career and political appointees in the Executive Branch have a duty to align Federal spending and action with the will of the American people as expressed through Presidential priorities.
• The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve.
• President Donald J. Trump issued a series of executive orders to protect the American people and safeguard valuable taxpayer resources, including Protecting the American People Against Invasion (Jan. 20, 2025), Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid (Jan. 20, 2025), Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements (Jan. 20, 2025), Unleashing American Energy (Jan. 20, 2025), Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing (Jan. 20, 2025), Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government (Jan. 20, 2025), and Enforcing the Hyde Amendment (Jan. 24, 2025).
• etc… there’s more, but I want to get this posted! Read for yourself and be stunned.

Earlier today there was a discussion of water issues in and around Northfield, featuring panelists Carrie Jennings, glacial geologist and research and policy director at Freshwater Society, Northfield resident, and Mary Savina, retired Carleton geology professor, LWVNCF member and Northfield resident.

And I learned I’d not posted the final AUAR!! Initiated by our “good friends” at Xcel… At the beginning of the year, just a couple weeks ago, I was clearing out hard copies of stuff that I could put in my computer, and one of those was the final Xcel/Northfield AUAR, released toward the end of 2023. Here it is!

And a prior post:

REMINDER: Xcel/Northfield AUAR Comments due TOMORROW!

August 16th, 2023

A simple project I’m working on is to send, DAILY, a comment on the “Presidential Actions” and Executive Orders, one a day, or two if they’re related, as they were today. There are so many it’ll take a couple months to wade through, and I’m sure there will be more added.

Today’s cards about:

• Ending Illegal Discrimination And Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity  January 21, 2025
• Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing January 20, 2025

Why postcards? Remember that the White House web comment page is down? Earlier it got a “404” and now it just redirects to home page: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

And the White House comment line, 202-456-1111 asks to put in 2 numbers (to eliminate robocalls?) and do that and it’ll hang up on you. So then try the switchboard, 202-456-1414, and you get 5 options. #1 is for the comment line, and different message and that hangs up too. #2, 3, 4, and 5, well try those and see…

Hence postcards, via snail mail.