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It's great to see a loyal bunch of Americans in Taxachusettes stick it to those damn veterans who gave years of their lives to defend the nation in favor of the law breaking, welfare loafing, ungrateful people who criticize and hate America.  It's about time states showed the world what America is really like. :#@$%:
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Title IX is part of a federal law, passed by Congress, is that not correct?

If so, then...
... how can a diktat from the administration "redefine" an existing law?
The way the BATFE has redefined a machine gun as any part unique to the function thereof.
Or maybe like how the EPA defined Carbon Dioxide as a pollutant.
Let them get away with this stuff once they use it everywhere.

Separation of powers has been severely screwed with.
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DeSantis announces $2.2B in funding for Agency for Persons with Disabilities
Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke at the Els Center of Excellence in Jupiter on Monday morning.

He announced that this year’s budget will include more than $2.2 billion Agency for Persons with Disabilities.

“That is the highest amount ever appropriated in the history of Florida by a country mile,” DeSantis said.

He also awarded the Els Center of Excellence campus $1 million. ........

https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/desantis-holds-news-conference-in-jupiter/

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Massachusetts Kills Plan to Prioritize Homeless Veterans Over Migrants
Published Apr 29, 2024 at 11:37 AM EDT
 
All but two Massachusetts House Democrats voted against an amendment to provide statewide shelter priority to U.S. military veterans over migrants.

On Friday, all 25 Massachusetts state House Republicans were joined by two others across the aisle in voting for Amendment 698 as part of House Bill 4600. The amendment introduced by Republican Minority Leader Bradley Jones, titled "Homeless Veterans Prioritization for Shelter Assistance," failed on a 27-129 roll call vote.


"It's extremely disappointing that most Democrats were unwilling to support an amendment to prioritize eligibility for the state's emergency housing assistance program for honorably discharged homeless veterans," Jones told Newsweek via email on Monday.

The vote occurred one day after a supplemental budget was sent to Democratic Gov. Maura Healey, who in October said that her state lacks the space, services and funding to safely expand beyond providing shelter for 7,500 families—of which that quota was nearly reached prior to Halloween amid a migrant surge to the Bay State. Massachusetts is spending about $75 million each month on state-run shelters, according to The Boston Globe, after Healey declared a state of emergency last summer.

https://www.newsweek.com/massachusetts-migrants-shelters-veterans-amendment-1895141?piano_t=1
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Chinese Aircraft Carrier Fujian Prepares For First Sea Trial (Updated)

First sea trial for Chinese supercarrier comes after over six years of construction and fitting out work in Jiangnan. Fujian may enter service with the Chinese Navy by 2026.

Alex Luck  29 Apr 2024

Update: Against initial reporting in this article Fujian currently remains stationary in the Yangtze River Delta off her original berth. The rationale for this remains speculative and the beginning of a proper trial therefore is to be confirmed. This article will be updated with further information as it becomes available.

Fujian today, April 29, vacated her moorings at Jiangnan on Changxing Island in the Yangtze River Delta under her own power, as evidenced from social media imagery. The anticipated first sea trial represents a significant milestone on getting China’s first supercarrier equipped with electromagnetic catapults ready for service. The carrier moved out of berth assisted by several tugboats as covered in moving footage circulated on Chinese social media and on “X”, formerly Twitter.

Imagery of Fujian previously showed the carrier testing her engines around April 21. The observation created some anticipation that the ship would sail out on the occasion of the anniversary for the Chinese Navy on April 23. That day historically marks the inception of the East China Military Region Navy, typically shortened to “East China Navy”, as announced by Zhang Aiping in April 1949 during the Chinese Civil War. The Central Military Commission in 1989 officially designated the date and event to mark the founding of PLAN. That date however went by with Fujian remaining at berth, perhaps illustrating that PLAN is more concerned with sticking to technical schedules over symbolic gestures.


Fujian at her launch on June 17, 2022. The three construction shelters onboard cover the electromagnetic catapults. Image Chinese state media.

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https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/04/chinese-aircraft-carrier-fujian-starts-first-sea-trial/
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Gov. DeSantis tells President Biden Florida 'will not comply' with new Title IX changes

..........."Florida rejects Joe Biden's attempt to rewrite Title IX," said DeSantis. "We will not comply and we will fight back. We are not gonna let Joe Biden try to inject men into women's activities. We are not gonna let Joe Biden undermine the rights of parents, and we are not gonna let Joe Biden abuse his constitutional authority to try to impose these policies on us here in Florida."..................

https://weartv.com/news/local/gov-ron-desantis-tells-president-joe-biden-florida-will-not-comply-with-new-title-ix-changes-lgbtg-transgender-students-in-girls-sports-florida-news-april-26-2024
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Politics/Government / Re: Political Graphics 2024
« Last post by 240B on Today at 03:45:57 pm »
This needs to stop.
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Expect the democrats will install a new program, then rifle is into bankruptcy, then declare everywhere they look, nothing but innocent democrats.  Some things just don't change.
  :shrug: :chairbang: :smokin: :chairbang: :shrug:
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Immigration/Border / CBP Releases March 2024 Monthly Update
« Last post by rangerrebew on Today at 03:43:27 pm »
CBP Releases March 2024 Monthly Update
Release Date Fri, 04/12/2024
WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released operational statistics today for March 2024. CBP monthly reporting can be viewed on CBP’s Stats and Summaries webpage.

“CBP - in coordination with our partners across the Federal government as well as foreign partners - continues to take significant actions to disrupt criminal networks amidst unprecedented hemispheric migration activity,” said Troy A. Miller, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Commissioner. “Encounters at our southern border are lower right now, but we remain prepared for changes, continually managing operations to respond to ever-shifting transnational criminal activities and migration patterns.”

CBP continues to work closely with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to quickly process individuals encountered at the border and remove those who do not establish a legal basis to remain in the United States, delivering strengthened consequences promulgated by the Circumvention of Lawful Pathways rule and its associated measures. From May 12, 2023 to April 3, 2024, DHS has removed or returned over 660,000 individuals, the vast majority of whom crossed the southwest border, including more than 102,000 individual family members. The majority of all individuals encountered at the southwest border over the past three years have been removed, returned, or expelled. Total removals and returns since mid-May exceed removals and returns in every full fiscal year since 2011.

https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-releases-march-2024-monthly-update
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