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Donald Trump and Elon Musk proposed United States Postal Service changes begin today, April 2, 2025. The changes will cut USPS employees and close post offices. Donald Trump and DOG ELON claim these changes will not affect services. They both seem to think rural Americans can’t add. Rural Americans will suffer under these changes as rural deliveries are costlier than urban deliveries. Rural Americans will see their services drop and their post offices closed. Rural Americans need to realize republicans do not represent them, they only represent the rich.
Susan Crawford won the open Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat by 10%. Her victory over former republican Attorney General Brad Schimel, who had the backing of Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Elon Musk gave approximately $21 million to the Schimel campaign. He also campaigned in Wisconsin for Schimel while wearing a cheese head hat. The voters of Wisconsin sent a clear message that buying elections in Wisconsin was not happening. Crawford’s win was a big win for democracy, women’s rights, and voter rights.
Lee Dudex, Social Security Acting Commissioner, announced that the Social Security Administration will delay until April 14th, many of their planned changes to the system. The pressure from Americans has worked short term. Americans need to keep contacting their republican house and senate members and demand these changes to weaken and make Social Security less efficient never take place. Americans do not want Social Security turned over to the republican’s billionaire friends.
A low-level employee of the Department of Homeland Security accidently added a journalist to an unclassified email chain about an upcoming ICE operation. However, unlike the Signal Chat scandal, this lower-level employee was put on administrative leave and had their security clearance pulled. The Signal Chat scandal involved higher level Trump cabinet members and they suffered no consequences for adding a reporter to a chat with classified information about an upcoming war operation. Again, government employees who are totally faithful to Donald Trump can get away with any illegal action.
A Conservative group has a case before the United States Supreme Court that will have major negative impacts on rural and poor communities, if the justices’ rule in the group’s favor. The case revolves around the Universal Service Fund, a tax added to telephone bills for the past 30 years. The tax was used to subsidize phone and internet services in schools and rural areas. It could be struct down due to the Conservative group feeling the Federal Communication Commission overstepped its authority by imposing the tax. The lack of internet service in rural and poor communities will only add to the technology gap already occurring in these areas. Recent history suggests the Supreme Court will rule in favor of the Conservative group.
Donald Trump, DOG ELON, and the republican party official date to start destroying Social Security is March 31, 2025. Their plan is to make dealing with Social Security so problematic that it will have to be privatized to fix the problems they intentionally created. This change to privatization will put more money and more power into the hands of billionaires. The billionaires will add fees and cut benefits to enrich themselves even more at the expense of seniors. Everyone not just seniors, need to call their federal republican house members and senators and demand no changes to Social Security. Time is running short. Reckless actions like this is why everyone in the two Florida elections next week must vote for the democratic candidates. Send your message to the republican party to do their jobs by voting out two of their members.
Trump’s National Security Team of Pete Hegseth, J.D. Vance, Marco Rubio, Tulsi Gabbard, and Mike Waltz accidently shared war plans with a journalist right before the mission took place. The group was using the Signal App, which is not a secure app and can be hacked. The National Security Council, said the text chain appears authentic. All involved in this shameful act must be fired immediately. There is no excuse for this lack of professionalism as it could have put American pilots in danger. This reckless act is so bad, it does not seem it could have possibly happened. Adding insult to the situation was Donald Trump claiming he did not know anything about what had taken place. His response like Pete Hegseth was to blame the journalist. Neither Donald Trump or Pete Hegseth has the moral fiber to answer for their failure. It is time for Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth to read a Bible and learn from Eve and Saul. They both did answer for their mistakes.
Donald Trump, DOG ELON, and Lee Dudex, acting Social Security Administrator, stated they would halt Social Security payment checks. This cruel action would be in response to a federal judge ordering the Social Security Administration to stop DOG ELON from taking personal data of Americans receiving Social Security. The judge’s ruling also required DOG ELON to delete personal data already taken. Donald Trump’s Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick, said, Americans would be ok with not getting their social security checks for a month. It is clear from their threats that Donald Trump and DOG ELON will cut Social Security or do more harm than they have already put in place. It was later stated by the Trump Administration that they were not serious about not sending out checks.
Trump and DOG ELON are now going after Social Security. They plan to close field offices, remove toll free help lines, and require new applicants to apply online or go to a field office to sign up. Anyone on Social Security that cannot use a computer will have to travel untold hours to find a Social Security office that has not been closed. This change is on top of the already announced cut of 7000 jobs at Social Security by DOG ELON. Seniors are now going to feel the first pains from Donald Trump as Social Security comes under attack to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
Donald Trump and DOG ELON have plans in place to cut the Department of Veterans Affairs by 80,000 employees. Trump and DOG ELON claim the reduction will have no effect on services. The DoVA is already short staffed and these cuts will result in unnecessary suffering for our veterans. They deserve better from Trump, the draft dodger.
Republicans win the day as 10 Democrats vote with them to pass a short-term spending bill to fund the government to the end of September 2025. The bill was crafted 100% by republicans. The bill cuts 13 billion dollars in domestic spending. Washington D.C. will lose one billion dollars in funding, which will cause massive cuts in city services. The IRS will be cut by 20 billion dollars in their enforcement division.
Washington D.C. to paint over Black Lives Matter mural after the city was threatened by Donald Trump and Congressional republicans. Rep. Andrew Clyde of Georgia’s 9th district sponsored HR 1774, which would withhold millions of dollars in transportation funding, if the city did not remove the mural and change the name of the Black Lives Matter Plaza. This action continues republicans’ efforts to remove anything that brings pride or benefit to African Americans.
The Republican controlled House of Representatives passes Budget Resolution to move forward with a framework for Donald Trump ‘s 4 trillion-dollar tax cut. The vote was 217 for and 215 against. All the Democrats and one republican voted against the resolution
republican Eric Burlison of MO-7 has introduced H.R. 722 "To implement equal protection under the 14th Article of amendment to the Constitution for the right to life for each born and preborn human person. If passed into law the bill would be a National Abortion Ban. The bill has 69 republicans co-sponsors. Women will continue to lose their rights to their own bodies.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/722/text
A three judge panel from the Federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals returned the case to drop 60,000 votes from the November 2024 election to state courts. Republican Judge, Jefferson Griffin lost the election by 734 votes. The margin was confirmed by election night count and two recounts. Griffin is hopefully the state republican judges will overturn the will of the voters and name him to the State Supreme Court.
A website has published photos, names, and public information about mostly black employees Health Department federal workers. The site has also label the workers as Targets.
Elon Musk takes over US Treasury Data base and begins writing new code. Every Americans that gets any funds from the Federal Government now has all their information in the hands of Elon Musk. Musk is doing the bidding of Donald Trump without any legal authority. He was not elected or confirmed to seize federal databases.
Republican AG's write threat letter to Costco to drop it's DEI policy or they could face legal action as is the case in Missouri with IBM.
Ken Martin elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee on the first ballot.
The Pentagon has issued a memo pausing any activities related to Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth, Black History Month, LBGTQ+ Pride Month and Holocaust Remembrance Day, among other "special observances," according to a defense official who confirmed the authenticity of the memo. Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, and the republican party are carrying out their agenda against DEI and the fairness.
A medical transport plane crashed in northeast Philadelphia claiming 6 lives on the flight and possible people on the ground. The cause of the crash is under investigate, but the incident occurred during take off. The 39 Network offers our sympathy to all the families and friend of the victims. We wish to thank the mayor of Philadelphia, the governor of Pennsylvania, and all the local officials for their professional handling of the situation.
American Airline Flight 5342 crashed in Washington DC while on approach to the Washington National Airport. The plane collied with an Army Blackhawk , helicopter. All 64 people on the plane and the three crew members on the Blackhawk died in the crash. The NTSB is investigation the cause of the crash. The 39 Network offers our symphaty to all the families and friends of the victims.
Democrat Mike Zimmer wins Iowa Senate District 35 seat. This is a pickup for the Democrats as a republican had held the seat until this special election. This is the district that gave Donald Trump a 60% of the vote in the Presidential Election in November. Zimmer won the special election with 53% of the vote.
President Donald Trump orders federal funding freeze. This action is illegal but republicans in Congress speaking out against it. The freeze will hurt Medicaid, SNAP, Non-profits, veterans, seniors, and many other agencies and groups. A federal judge has put a hold on the freeze until Monday, February 3.
Voter suppression and ballot disqualification likely gave Donald Trump and the republicans the 2024 election. See link below for more
https://hartmannreport.com/p/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won-c6f?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Donald Trump and the republican party through Executive Order will terminate all federal DEI projects and programs. Federal DEI workers are placed paid leave and agency heads have to draw up plans to fire all federal DEI employees. Trump and the republicans also urged other federal employees to spy ona report on any other employees who still maybe performing DEI type work. Trump uses Executive Order to end Federal DEI programs and projects. Trump pulls the United States out of the Paris Agreement to address climate change. Trump and the republicans use Executive Order to declare a National Emergencies Act. This will enable fossil fuel production to avoid environmental regulations and laws. Trump and the republicans did not list solar and wind as energy soures. Jack Smith's report on the Donald Trump Election Interference Case has been released. Smith felt that the evidence would have convicted Donald Trump, but being elected President again does not all further action. The link to the report is below. https://www.justice.gov/storage/Report-of-Special-Counsel-Smith-Volume-1-January-2025.pdf Mike Johnson and republicans want to attach strings to any federal money sent to California for Wildfire Disaster Relief. Johnson and his fellow republicans feel that blue state Americans are not worthy of simple help. What does raising the debt limit have to do with fire relief? Donald Trump sentenced in Hush Money Case to unconditional discharge. This means Trump is guilty on all 34 counts, but will receive no punishment. He gets off completely free. Donald Trump goes out the deep end by refusing to rule out military action against Panama and Greenland. Trump wants the Panama Canal back from Panama and wants Greenland to become a US State. He continues to threaten Canada and Mexico with tariffs, if they do not yield to his demands. Costco's board of directors unanimously recommended its shareholders vote against a conservative groups proposal to rollback Costco's DEI Program. The consevative group, said DEI programs discriminates against white and Asians straight males. Costco believe divirsity in an organization gives minorities and women a fair chance at jobs. Costco believes that getting the best people is good for all workers. Walmart, John Deere, and Tractor Supply gave into the conversatve group DEI pressure and will no longer seek to have the best of the best people. The 39 Network thanks Costco for being a company that believes no one should be excluded due their skin color or gender. SHOP COSTCO T
https://hartmannreport.com/p/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won-c6f?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Donald Trump and the republican party through Executive Order will terminate all federal DEI projects and programs. Federal DEI workers are placed paid leave and agency heads have to draw up plans to fire all federal DEI employees. Trump and the republicans also urged other federal employees to spy ona report on any other employees who still maybe performing DEI type work. Trump uses Executive Order to end Federal DEI programs and projects. Trump pulls the United States out of the Paris Agreement to address climate change. Trump and the republicans use Executive Order to declare a National Emergencies Act. This will enable fossil fuel production to avoid environmental regulations and laws. Trump and the republicans did not list solar and wind as energy soures. Jack Smith's report on the Donald Trump Election Interference Case has been released. Smith felt that the evidence would have convicted Donald Trump, but being elected President again does not all further action. The link to the report is below. https://www.justice.gov/storage/Report-of-Special-Counsel-Smith-Volume-1-January-2025.pdf Mike Johnson and republicans want to attach strings to any federal money sent to California for Wildfire Disaster Relief. Johnson and his fellow republicans feel that blue state Americans are not worthy of simple help. What does raising the debt limit have to do with fire relief? Donald Trump sentenced in Hush Money Case to unconditional discharge. This means Trump is guilty on all 34 counts, but will receive no punishment. He gets off completely free. Donald Trump goes out the deep end by refusing to rule out military action against Panama and Greenland. Trump wants the Panama Canal back from Panama and wants Greenland to become a US State. He continues to threaten Canada and Mexico with tariffs, if they do not yield to his demands. Costco's board of directors unanimously recommended its shareholders vote against a conservative groups proposal to rollback Costco's DEI Program. The consevative group, said DEI programs discriminates against white and Asians straight males. Costco believe divirsity in an organization gives minorities and women a fair chance at jobs. Costco believes that getting the best people is good for all workers. Walmart, John Deere, and Tractor Supply gave into the conversatve group DEI pressure and will no longer seek to have the best of the best people. The 39 Network thanks Costco for being a company that believes no one should be excluded due their skin color or gender. SHOP COSTCO T