A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to stop running taxpayer-funded television ads featuring the president. The ads existed. People paid for them with tax money. A judge said stop.
The administration spent public funds to put the president on television during an election cycle. Critics called it propaganda. The administration called it important public information. The judge called it over.
Imagine being so confident in your campaign strategy that you bill the taxpayers for it. Most politicians have to grovel for donations from divorced guys who made money in commercial HVAC. Trump skipped that step and went straight to the treasury. Efficient.
The ads were supposedly about government services. Which government services require the president's face is unclear. When you call the DMV, they don't show you a video of your governor first. When you file for unemployment, there's no mandatory watching of your mayor doing a thumbs-up. But federal ads apparently needed the personal touch.
Retail traders saw this headline and wondered if it would affect their Tesla calls. It will not. Nothing affects their Tesla calls except Elon's next tweet and the inevitable margin call. They could spend their time reading about constitutional limits on executive power. Instead they'll refresh their brokerage app forty times before lunch.
The judge issued the order immediately. Not in thirty days. Not after a review period. Immediately. That's the legal equivalent of your mom counting to three and actually getting to three. Rare.
Somewhere a government contractor just lost a very lucrative recurring invoice.
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