Resistance To Trump Agenda
Resistance To Trump Agenda
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This is a subpage dealing with initial resistance to the Trump & MAGA agenda. Previously, our news articles focused on the actions, statements, & plans of the Trump Administration without talking about the pushback from reasonable citizens, leaders, and organizations. This was an error on our part. In our discussion, "the resistance" does not refer to any particular party, organization, or militant ideology. Judges defending our laws and Constitution against actions by the Trump Administration can be considered "the resistance." Anti-Trump Republicans, like Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, can belong to our definition of "the resistance," and even foreign US allies can be considered resisting if they oppose some of Trump's insane foreign policy pronouncements and claims. Due to Trump's "shock and awe" campaign, the resistance so far has mostly been limited to political statements, lawsuits, editorials, citizen protests, and a few boycotts. However, the resistance is starting to get organized, and we'll try to do a better job of keeping you informed. This list is clearly not indicative of all resistance efforts. For context, you may also wish to view the other subpages to better understand why the resistance is occurring.
AL.com: Huntsville residents protest ICE detentions, call for city to respect immigrant rights
Comment: "A group of Huntsville residents are calling for the city government to respect immigrant rights and not participate in U.S. Immigration and Enforcement detention activities."
"The group staged a protest on the steps of City Hall on Thursday afternoon, with many of the participants later addressing the Huntsville City Council. They asked council members to pass a resolution barring the city from any agreement that would grant federal civil immigration enforcement authority to police officers or detain or facilitate the detention of immigrants for federal immigration enforcement purposes."
" 'I’m a retired teacher, and I’ve taught many children from different countries,' retired teacher Donna Payne said during the protest. 'It just really upsets me to see people picked up by ICE. They’re not getting due process. Some of them that have been picked up do have their papers, but they’re not given a chance to show that.' ”
Comment: Are foreign looking scientists, engineers, and technicians working in Huntsville high-tech industries in danger of being targeted, if they don't carry proof of their citizenship or legal authority to be in the country?
Video: Protesters confront Ice agents outside immigration facility near Chicago - September 12, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jjGRetU8A0
Appeals court rules Trump doesn’t have the authority to fire Copyright Office director
https://apnews.com/article/trump-perlmutter-copyright-office-90d231a7c019859e5152b0b47191d092
Democrats are doing better than ever in Trump-era special elections | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/politics/democrats-special-elections-trump
Former top FBI officials sue, say Kash Patel fired them to stay in Trump's good graces
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna230369
Comment: "Three former top FBI officials sued FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday, saying their firings were mandated by the White House and Department of Justice and that Patel followed their orders to keep his job."
"Patel, the suit claimed, 'explained he had to fire the people his superiors told him to fire, because his ability to keep his own job depended on the removal of the agents who worked on cases involving the President. Patel explained that there was nothing he or Driscoll could do to stop these or any other firings, because 'the FBI tried to put the President in jail and he hasn’t forgotten it.' ' "
"Patel also stated that the firings were retaliatory, according to the lawsuit, which alleges that he told Driscoll that 'all FBI employees who they identified who had worked on the cases against President Trump would be removed from their jobs, regardless of their retirement eligibility status.' ”
Comment: "The lawsuit was filed by Driscoll; Steven Jensen, former assistant director in charge of the Washington field office; and Spencer Evans, former special agent in charge of the Las Vegas field office. News of the lawsuit was first reported by NPR and MSNBC."
Retired generals warn of dire consequences of Trump politicizing military
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/09/retired-generals-trump-national-guard-los-angeles
Comment: "Eleven retired senior military officers warned in a Tuesday court filing about the downsides of the Trump administration's deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles earlier this year."
Comment: "The generals warned about President Trump's politicization of the National Guard as law enforcement and its harm to the 'cohesiveness and reputation' of the military."
" 'Deployment of the military within our country's borders to be used against its population is not only contrary to core American values, but can also be harmful to the reputation, integrity, and morale of the military itself,' they wrote in the amicus briefing in the case between Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D)."
"The military must remain a nonpartisan institution for recruitment and retention, they emphasized."
CNBC: Judge blocks Trump from firing Fed Governor Lisa Cook while her lawsuit plays out
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/09/fed-lisa-cook-trump-powell-judge-jia-cobb-pulte.html
'We will not let our history be erased:' Civil Rights vets share lessons with educators
Comment: "Despite efforts to restrict the teaching of Black history, civil rights veterans are crafting college courses for educators to share."
Comment: "She was one of nearly two dozen educators and veterans of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) who met in Washington, DC, this summer to talk about ways to teach college students and others about the Civil Rights Movement. The three-day summit hosted by the SNCC Legacy Project aimed to equip educators with tools to teach about the pivotal movement that changed the country."
"Organizers said the effort comes at a critical time, as the Trump administration and others push back against the teaching of Black history and adopt restrictions about what can be taught in classrooms and institutions, including museums."
" 'It’s a way for us to rescue the history and keep it from being erased,' said Geri Augusto, a SNCC Legacy Project board member and a professor at Brown University. 'We are determined for that not to happen, so this is one of the ways that we see as part of the legacy of SNCC. We will not let our history be erased or not be taught.' "
NBC News: Poll: Most Americans oppose political parties drawing election lines
Video: 'No Trump, No Troops': Protestors fill downtown Chicago streets to oppose Trump administration's immigration crackdown - September 7, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_LhPhFBl-U
Video: ‘He’s trying to intimidate the public at large’: Fmr. Dem Rep. reacts to Trump’s threats to Chicago - September 7, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKyOlZUZE3c
Comment: Video discussion also covers related topics.
Thousands protest for a 'Free DC' on fourth week of federal control in Washington | AP News
Politico: ‘This is not a joke’: Chicago leaders slam Trump after president declares ‘Chipocalypse Now’
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/06/trump-chicago-ice-war-00548817
Comment: "Illinois Democrats sharply criticized President Donald Trump on Saturday, who suggested in a Truth Social post earlier in the morning that his administration will go to “WAR” with the city of Chicago."
"Trump on Saturday posted a likely AI-generated meme on his social media platform, depicting himself as an officer in the 1979 war movie 'Apocalypse Now,' with the caption 'Chipocalypse Now'.”
" '“Spoken like a true tyrant,' Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), who represents the Southside of Chicago, told POLITICO at the city’s Mexican Independence Day parade Saturday in response to the post."
"Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, who has become one of the leading Democratic critics of the president in Trump’s second term, wrote on X that Trump 'is threatening to go to war with an American city,' adding that 'Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.' ”
Comment: " 'The President’s threats are beneath the honor of our nation, but the reality is that he wants to occupy our city and break our Constitution,' Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson wrote on X."
Comment: "Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), also at Saturday’s parade in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, told POLITICO that Trump 'is so irresponsible to what he says and so reckless [that] you never know, he’ll change the story in the next 30 minutes'.”
"When asked if the post was a declaration of war against the city, Rep. Chuy García (D-Ill.), told POLITICO that 'We’ve seen it as a declaration of war against the Mexican community, against the immigrant community.' ”
Comment: "City and state politicians have decried Trump’s threats toward Illinois. They argue that Trump is not actually concerned with violent crime in cities — pointing to statistics that show Chicago and other major cities are seeing a decline in crime — and instead say the president wants to score political points."
" 'I take it very seriously that he is instilling fear in the hearts of a lot of people,' Durbin, who is retiring at the end of his term next year, added. 'That is his intention, and it’s working.' ”
Axios: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s family calls for his resignation
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/05/robert-f-kennedys-nephew-calls-resign
Comment: "Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s sister and nephew called on the secretary to resign Friday after he questioned the safety of vaccination while testifying before a congressional committee."
Comment: "The resignation calls came hours before President Trump broke with Kennedy by encouraging the public to take vaccines, and a day after several Republican members of the committee questioned the secretary's fitness following the upheaval at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."
Comment: " 'Medical decisions belong in the hands of trained and licensed professionals, not incompetent and misguided leadership,' Kerry Kennedy, Kennedy's sister, posted on X on Friday."
" 'The decimation of critical institutions like the NIH and the CDC will lead to the loss of innocent lives. ...Enough is enough. Secretary Kennedy must resign,' she wrote."
"Joe Kennedy III, a former U.S. congressman from Massachusetts and Kennedy's nephew, wrote on Friday that his uncle is 'a threat to the health and well-being of every American.' "
" 'The challenges before us — from disease outbreaks to mental health crises — demand moral clarity, scientific expertise, and leadership rooted in fact. Those values are not present in the Secretary's office. He must resign.'"
Video: Judge blocks Trump from ending TPS for Venezuelans and Haitians - September 5, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM-TjXGXSO0
Judge blocks Trump admin's ending of legal protections for 1.1 million Venezuelans and Haitians
Comment: "A federal judge on Friday ruled against the Trump administration from ending temporary legal protections that have granted more than 1 million people from Haiti and Venezuela the right to live and work in the United States."
"The ruling by U.S. District Judge Edward Chen of San Francisco for the plaintiffs means 600,000 Venezuelans whose temporary protections expired in April or whose protections were about to expire Sept. 10 have status to stay and work in the United States."
"Chen said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's actions in terminating and vacating three extensions granted by the previous administration exceeded her statutory authority and were arbitrary and capricious."
Judge rules White House 'pocket rescission' gambit is illegal - Live Updates - POLITICO
Comment: "A federal judge has declared President Donald Trump’s move to cancel billions of dollars in foreign aid without approval from Congress to be illegal."
Comment: "The ruling comes just days after White House budget chief Russ Vought announced a plan to withhold about $5 billion in aid despite an Oct. 1 deadline to spend the congressionally appropriate funds. It’s a maneuver he has labeled a “pocket rescission” — an attempt to circumvent Congress’ power of the purse by declaring his intent to cut spending with limited time for lawmakers to respond."
"Ali, a Joe Biden appointee, ruled that the tactic is illegal — that until Congress acts, the Trump administration is required to spend congressionally approved funding."
"On Thursday, the Trump administration quickly appealed the ruling to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is also likely to respond quickly, teeing up a potential Supreme Court petition in a matter of days."
ABC News: More than 1,000 current, former HHS employees sign letter calling on RFK Jr. to resign
CNN: HHS employees demand RFK Jr. resign for ‘compromising the health of this nation’
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/health/hhs-employees-letter-rfk-jr
Video: Federal judge rules Harvard grant freeze was illegal - September 3, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTU9dcKY-1o
Video: What is the Posse Comitatus Act? - September 3, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdpnqIulcF0
CBS News: D.C. grand jurors reject latest wave of Justice Dept. indictment requests
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/d-c-grand-jury-reject-justice-dept-indictment-requests/
Comment: "What was happening in the criminal case of Nathalie Rose Jones, who was facing charges in Washington, D.C., federal court this summer, wasn't typical."
"A grand jury of D.C. citizens on Tuesday had denied the Justice Department's request to indict Jones, who was accused of a federal crime for allegedly posting an Instagram threat against President Trump."
Comment: "This grand jury's rejection of the Justice Department's request for an indictment was one of at least four such instances in the past week in which a grand jury denied an indictment in the District of Columbia."
" 'Not only have I never heard of this happening, I've never heard of a prosecutor who's heard of this happening,' said former federal prosecutor Brendan Ballou, who served in the U.S. Attorney's Office for in D.C. until January 2025."
" 'This is not the fault of career prosecutors, but rather the office's failure—again and again—to secure indictments suggests that the administration has absolutely destroyed its credibility with jurors,' Ballou told CBS News."
Comment: "Jones is accused of posting on Instagram in early August, 'I am willing to sacrificially kill this POTUS by disemboweling him and cutting out his trachea with Liz Cheney and all The Affirmation present.' "
Comment: Given the nature of Jones' statement (see above) and the grand jury's failure to indict, do you think the administration may be having a bit more of a problem with D.C. residents than just credibility? [sarcasm added]
Politico: Pushback to Trump’s foreign aid cuts is coming from a surprising corner
Comment: "Evangelical Christians who made an alliance with President Donald Trump to end abortion rights are now seeing how much it’s cost one of their other priorities: caring for the poor."
"Four in five evangelicals voted for Trump in November. But Trump’s decision to pull back hundreds of millions in foreign aid and shutter the agency that dispensed it have proven costly to evangelicals who run some of the many nonprofits that have long partnered with the U.S. government to provide help to countries that don’t have enough food."
"Eager to see assistance flowing again, the National Association of Evangelicals will take its concerns to Capitol Hill after lawmakers return this week from their summer break. The lobbying campaign by the association’s 40 Christian denominations marks a rare policy split with Trump. Its success or failure will show whether evangelicals have enough clout to convince GOP lawmakers loyal to Trump to cross him."
Comment: Hallelujah! Christians, as opposed to Christian Nationalists, see the light.
AFGE | Public Opposition Growing in Response to Trump’s Attacks on our Public Institutions, Labor Rights, and Personal Freedoms
Federal News Network: Commerce Dept unions sue over rollback of collective bargaining rights
Comment: "Unions representing thousands of Commerce Department employees are suing the Trump administration over its latest rollback of collective bargaining rights across the federal workforce."
"In an executive order last week, President Donald Trump expanded his list of agencies directed to cancel most of their union contracts."
"Employees at the Patent and Trademark Office and the National Weather Service are among those prohibited from collective bargaining in the latest executive order."
"The Federal Service Labor Management Relations Statute allows the president to bar federal employees from collectively bargaining if they primarily work in national security."
"But in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the National Weather Service Employees Organization (NWSEO) and the Patent Office Professional Association (POPA) say Trump 'clearly exceeded the authority granted to him by Congress' under the law, and that few, if any, of their members primarily work in national security'."
Comment: "The Trump administration claims employees at the Patent and Trademark Office shouldn’t be able to collectively bargain because they review applications for inventions that could potentially harm national security."
"The lawsuit, however, claims that the Defense Department largely carries out this work under the Invention Security Act, and that only 26 USPTO employees — out of a workforce of 9,000 employees — refer these cases to DoD as part of their 'ancillary' duties."
"POPA estimates that only about 50 of the 60,000 patent applications that USPTO receives each year are flagged for DoD to review."
"The White House said it exempted the National Weather Service from collective bargaining, because it provides weather and climate data 'that inform the weather forecasting used to plan U.S. military deployments'.”
"The union, however, says military branches have their own weather forecasting units that carry out this work."
"The lawsuit claims the Trump administration is selectively rolling back bargaining agreements for unions that have challenged its policies, but is not targeting unions that have only supported Trump. Those include the National Border Council and the National Fraternal Order of Police."
Judge says Trump administration’s use of US military in Los Angeles violated federal law | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/politics/national-guard-california-trump-posse-comitatus-act-breyer
AP News: Trump’s use of National Guard during Los Angeles immigration protests is illegal, a judge rules
https://apnews.com/article/trump-newsom-los-angeles-national-guard-d6c8450a3ac2de34e669ef0836d22cbc
Comment: "A federal judge ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s administration 'willfully' broke federal law by sending National Guard troops to the Los Angeles area in early June after days of protests over immigration raids."
"In the 52-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco noted Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have stated their intention to deploy National Guard troops to other cities across the country, including Oakland and San Francisco, and that raises concerns they are 'creating a national police force with the President as its chief.' ”
"Breyer did not require the 300 remaining soldiers to leave but pointed out they received improper training and ordered the administration to stop using them 'to execute the laws.' The order that applies only to California will take effect Sept. 12."
Comment: "It was unclear if the order could set a precedent that could impact plans by Trump, who has discussed National Guard deployments in Democratic-led cities like Chicago, Baltimore and New York. Trump has already deployed the guard as part of his unprecedented law enforcement takeover targeting crime, immigration and homelessness in Washington, where he has direct legal control over the District of Columbia National Guard."
Axios: Appeals court blocks Trump from firing FTC commissioner
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/02/fired-ftc-commissioner-reinstated-appeals-court-trump
Comment: "A federal appeals court reinstated Rebecca Slaughter, the Biden-appointed Federal Trade Commission commissioner whom President Trump fired, in a 2-1 decision on Tuesday."
Comment: "The White House has indicated it will appeal the ruling in the Supreme Court."
Comment: " 'The government is not likely to succeed on appeal because any ruling in its favor from this court would have to defy binding, on-point, and repeatedly preserved Supreme Court precedent,' the D.C.-based appeals court's majority order said."
Video: Protests across the US target Trump's policies - September 2, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiqxzgFmVs4
CBS News: Protesters at Maryland airport call for state to cut ties with Avelo Airlines over deportations
Mother Jones: Republicans Keep Getting Booed at Their Own Town Halls
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/08/republicans-keep-getting-booed-at-their-own-town-halls/
Comment: "It hasn’t been a great last week of the August recess for Republican members of Congress. At town hall events across the country, attendees booed, laughed, jeered, and demanded answers as their GOP representatives tried to defend President Donald Trump’s agenda."
"The list of issues angering their constituents is long—everything from the Trump-backed cuts to Medicaid and other impacts of the so-called Big Beautiful Bill, to the deployment of the National Guard to Democratic-run cities, to the lack of transparency over the Epstein files."
Comment: "The day before, Rep. Barry Moore (R-Ala.) fled his town hall through a back door, video obtained by NBC News shows, after constituents shouted 'shame' and questioned him about the lack of due process afforded to immigrants and others whom the Trump administration has detained. (“Due process for a citizen and a noncitizen are different,” Moore claimed.)"
"A 40-minute livestream of the event posted to Facebook by a local chapter of the advocacy group Indivisible shows attendees booing, chanting their questions, and laughing at Moore as he tried to defend the Trump administration. Appearing on a conservative radio show on Thursday, Moore, who is also running for Senate, claimed the event was 'hijacked' and disputed the notion that he had snuck out."
Axios: Judge halts deportation of hundreds of Guatemalan children
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/31/judge-blocks-guatemalan-children-deportation-trump-ice
Video: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's message for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem - August 31, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TV8teZEFOQ
AL.com: How the 6th Amendment can protect us from tyrants when others fail
Comment: "Something curious is happening in America lately. A resistance movement seems to be forming. Not in the streets, but in the courthouses."
Comment: "No, the last line of defense against authoritarianism might be the 6th Amendment — the one that entrusts American citizens to have final say."
"It’s OK if you had to look it up. I had to make sure I had the right one, too."
"Jury trials. It’s that one. The right to a trial by jury."
Video: 'Do not come to Chicago': Activists, politicians send clear message to Trump military takeover - August 30, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OulpVQtWsC0
CNN: Chicago mayor signs order aimed at resisting Trump’s planned immigration crackdown
Video: Watch "Federal judge curtails Trump administration's expansion of expedited removals" on YouTube - August 30, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoKR8_wgjts
Comment: Different case from that below dealing with Venezuelans.
Video: Appeals court blocks Trump administration's plan to end protections for 600,000 Venezuelans - August 30, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZCuizhUm5c
AP News: Appeals court blocks Trump administration from ending legal protections for 600,000 Venezuelans
Comment: "A federal appeals court on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s plans to end protections for 600,000 people from Venezuela who have had permission to live and work in the United States, saying that plaintiffs are likely to win their claim that the Republican administration’s actions were unlawful."
"A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld a lower court ruling that maintained temporary protected status for Venezuelans while TPS holders challenge actions by Trump’s administration in court."
"The 9th Circuit judges found that plaintiffs were likely to succeed on their claim that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem had no authority to vacate or set aside a prior extension of temporary protected status because the governing statute written by Congress does not permit it."
AP News: Fed governor Cook seeks court order blocking her firing by Trump
https://apnews.com/article/federal-reserve-cook-trump-e9933d518af5155250bebbdc29fd3f2b
Comment: "A lawyer for Lisa Cook on Friday urged a U.S. judge to let the Federal Reserve governor keep her job while she fights President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire her in a stunning assault on the central bank’s independence."
AL.com: Republican Alabama congressman running for Senate booed at town hall, leaves out the back
Comment: Barry Moore meets "the resistance" in Daphne Alabama!
Comment: "U.S. Rep. Barry Moore faced a hostile crowd Wednesday night at Daphne City Hall, drawing boos and cries of 'shame!' as he defended President Donald Trump’s agenda and his own record."
"Moore, of Enterprise and a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, was shouted down throughout a 45-minute raucous town hall meeting that was neither advertised to the public nor to the media."
Comment: "Moore’s answered questions from audience members, a majority of whom were clearly opposed to the Trump administration."
Comment: "Those included: immigration, Medicaid work requirements, election security, tariffs, the benefits of deploying the Alabama National Guard to assist in patrolling the streets of Washington, D.C., and the impact of the so-called 'Big Beautiful Bill' on Alabama."
Comment: "Moore, after the town hall, left out the back of City Hall."
Comment: "The rowdiness mirrored town hall events hosted by Republicans in Congress throughout the country."
National Nurses United: Nation’s largest RN union: Time for HHS Secretary RFK Jr. to go
Comment: "In the wake of the latest scandal he has perpetuated, National Nurses United, the nation’s largest nurses union and professional organization, today called for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to be fired by President Donald Trump or to resign."
NPR: Federal judge says Kari Lake can't fire Voice of America director
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/28/nx-s1-5521328/judge-kari-lake-voice-of-america-firing-judge-ruling
Comment: "A federal judge ruled on Thursday that Trump administration official Kari Lake can't unilaterally fire the director of Voice of America, saying she's breaking the law in trying to do so."
"Instead, by law, Lake must have the explicit backing of an advisory panel set up by Congress to help insulate the international broadcaster and its sister networks from political pressure. As President Trump dismissed six of the seven members of the panel shortly after taking office and has not named their replacements to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Lake cannot take such an action."
"Voice of America Director Michael Abramowitz had initially been offered a reassignment to oversee a handful of employees at a shortwave radio transmission facility in Greenville, N.C. But the reassignment would have been illegal, too, U.S Senior District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth wrote."
" 'The defendants do not even feign that their efforts to remove Abramowitz comply with that statutory requirement,' Lamberth wrote in his decision. 'There is no longer a question of whether the termination was lawful.' "
PBS: Guard not needed in Chicago, Pritzker tells AP during tour of city to counter Trump’s crime claims
Video: WATCH: There’s ‘no emergency in Chicago,’ Pritzker says of Trump’s threat to send forces to the city - August 27, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIJyprtOY4Y
Video: Democrats celebrate special election victory in Iowa State Senate, ending GOP supermajority - August 27, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssZP8sT7c1I
Comment: Indications of things to come in 2026 and beyond?
Video: Nicolle: 'John Bolton's refusal to back down is notable' - August 26, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOGFDhPjBOk
NBC 5 Chicago: Pritzker sends warning to Trump on National Guard threat: ‘Do not come to Chicago'
Comment: "Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivered a strongly worded message and warning to President Donald Trump Monday, following the president's threat of sending the National Guard to combat crime."
" 'I hate to barge in on a city and then be treated horribly by corrupt politicians," Trump said. "The bad politicians, like a guy like Pritzker. He ought to spend more time in the gym actually, the guy is a disaster.' ”
"Pritzker, flanked by prominent lawmakers and leaders including Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and Father Michael Pfleger, among others, responded to Trump's request in his remarks."
" 'Earlier today in the Oval Office, Donald Trump looked at the assembled cameras and asked for me personally to say, 'Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city?' Instead I say, 'Mr. President, do not come to Chicago,' ' Pritzker said in a press conference alongside Chicago and state leaders. 'You are neither wanted here nor needed here.' "
"In his message, Pritzker called Trump's plans to send in the National Guard 'unprecedented,' 'unwarranted,' 'illegal,' 'unconstitutional' and 'un-American.' "
" 'If it sounds to you like I am alarmist, that is because I am ringing an alarm. One that I hope every person listening will heed, both here in Illinois and across the country,' Pritzker said. 'Over the weekend, we learned from the media that Donald Trump has been planning for quite a while now to deploy armed military personnel to the streets of Chicago. This is exactly the type of overreach that our country's founders warned against.' "
Comment: "Duckworth called the circumstances 'deeply unfortunate and obviously unnecessary.'"
" 'Donald Trump never had the courage himself to raise his right hand and serve his country in uniform, but let me just say from personal experience - and that consists of 23 years in the military, 17 of which, proudly as a member of the Illinois National Guard - that the men and women who are brave enough to wear this country's flag on their shoulder are doing so to defend our nation's rights and freedoms, not to protect a tin-pot dictator's thin skin or to police their own neighbors, she said. 'It's not what they signed up for, and it's certainly not what their training is focused on.' "
Video: ‘Do not come’: Dem governors slam Trump plan to deploy National Guard - August 25, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRJfpjouevE
AP News: Democrats demand Trump resume a major offshore wind project near Rhode Island
Comment: "A nearly complete wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island and Connecticut faces an uncertain future after the Trump administration abruptly halted construction, and the states’ Democratic governors, lawmakers and union workers called Monday for the president to reverse course."
Comment: "Revolution Wind’s developer, Danish energy company Orsted, is evaluating the financial impact of stopping construction and considering legal proceedings. In addition to hampering the state’s climate goals, losing out on all that renewable power could drive up electricity prices throughout the region, Democratic officials say."
" 'It’s an attack on our jobs,' Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee said. 'It’s an attack on our energy. It’s an attack on our families and their ability to pay the bills.' ”
"McKee and the state’s entire congressional delegation gathered at a beach area in North Kingstown, near the project’s logistics and operations hub."
Comment: "The project is 80% complete, with all the underwater foundations and 45 out of 65 turbines already installed."
"North America’s Building Trades Unions said Trump 'just fired 1,000 of our members' who were working on the project."
Trump tells Fed’s Lisa Cook she’s fired; she says ‘he has no authority to do so’
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/25/trump-fires-lisa-cook-fed-powell.html
Comment: "President Donald Trump on Monday said he had fired Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook, an unprecedented and dramatic escalation of his attacks on the U.S. central bank’s independence over its refusal to cut interest rates."
"Trump, in a termination letter to Cook posted on Truth Social, cited allegations by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte that she had made false statements on applications for home mortgages."
Comment: "Cook, in a statement Monday, said, 'President Trump purported to fire me ‘for cause’ when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so.' "
" 'I will not resign,' said Cook, who is the first Black woman to serve as a Fed governor. 'I will continue to carry out my duties to help the American economy as I have been doing since 2022.' ”
"Cook, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden, has hired the high-profile attorney Abbe Lowell to represent her. She has not been charged with any crime."
Axios: "No authority": Dems flame Trump's proposed Chicago crackdown
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/24/trump-chicago-military-jeffries-democrats
Trump sees growing disapproval rating among Americans, survey shows
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5467568-trump-approval-rating-decline/
Video: Democrats plan to challenge legality of Texas redistricting plan - August 23, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8q7RNmtnjE
The Guardian: Judge blocks White House from defunding 34 municipalities over ‘sanctuary’ policies
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/23/sanctuary-cities-trump-administration-funding
Comment: "A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from cutting off federal funding to 34 'sanctuary cities' and counties that limit cooperation with federal immigration law enforcement, significantly expanding a previous order."
"The order, issued on Friday by the San Francisco-based US district judge William Orrick, adds Los Angeles and Chicago, as well as Boston, Baltimore, Denver and Albuquerque, to cities that the administration is barred from denying funding."
Comment: "Cities and counties suing the administration contend that the executive orders amount to an abuse of power that violate the constitution. The administration argues that the federal government should not be forced to subsidize policies that thwart its control of immigration."
Video: Judge blocks Trump from cutting funding from Chicago and other cities over 'sanctuary' policies - August 22, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NhGKvxUqvs
Lawsuit filed to block West Virginia National Guard deployment to Washington
Comment: "The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia has filed a lawsuit in Kanawha County Circuit Court seeking to block the deployment of West Virginia National Guard troops to Washington, D.C."
"The legal action follows Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s announcement over the weekend that between 300 and 400 Guard members would be sent to the nation’s capital in coordination with the Trump administration. President Donald Trump has argued that crime in the city is out of control, though data shows crime rates are at their lowest in three decades. Morrisey is among six Republican governors who agreed to send Guard units."
"Attorneys representing the West Virginia Citizen Action Group (WV CAG), the plaintiff in the case, argue the governor has exceeded his constitutional and statutory authority. ACLU-WV Legal Director Aubrey Sparks said the state’s restrictions on Guard deployment were shaped by disputes following the 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain, when troops were ordered to act against striking coal miners."
" 'The Guard’s services are indispensable to West Virginia, and sending these vital resources out of state to participate in a political stunt is unprecedented, unconscionable and unlawful,' Sparks said in a statement. 'Neither state law nor our Constitution permits this deployment.' ”
Video: Leaders and residents took to the streets to protest the latest federal surge - August 22, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBoRZdIARCQ
Comment: Local D.C. perspective.
Axios: D.C.'s resistance goes viral — one sandwich at a time
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2025/08/22/sandwich-guy-merch-dc-etsy
Comment: "Signs of pushback to President Trump's D.C. takeover are showing up citywide — from 'Free DC' whistles at MLK Library to Banksky-style murals in Adams Morgan."
"The latest craze: Sub-versive sandwich merch from Etsy printmaker Lorraine Hu."
"The design nods to the D.C. flag and 'sandwich guy' — the now-ex DOJ staffer who launched a Subway hoagie at a federal officer and became a hero of the resistance."
Comment: Who says you can't fight to save democracy and make a buck at the same time, especially when the proceeds are donated? It's the American way!
Miami Herald: Judge orders Alligator Alcatraz shut down in 60 days, says no more new detainees
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article311770767.html
Comment: "A federal judge has ordered the closure of the Trump Administration’s “Alligator Alcatraz” immigrant detention center within 60 days. Judge Kathleen Williams ruled that no more immigrant detainees should be sent to the center, located in the Florida Everglades, stating that much of the facility should be dismantled. The ruling stated that the facility was causing severe environmental damage to the Everglades, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site."
The Guardian: Federal judge orders Florida to shut ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in 60 days – as it happened
FBI association accuses Director Kash Patel of violating due process in high-profile firings | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/21/politics/fbi-association-warning-patel-firings
ABC News: Protesters heckle Vance, Hegseth, Miller as they get photo op with DC National Guard
Comment: "As President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops in Washington continued Wednesday, protesters booed Vice President JD Vance during a photo op with the guardsmen stationed in the city."
"The protesters jeered Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller as they visited Union Station, blocks from the U.S. Capitol, to thank the troops at a Shake Shack where they bought lunch for the guard members."
" 'Free D.C.,' the protesters shouted as the three officials arrived and then later inside the Shake Shack. The chants drowned out much of what Vance, Hegseth and Miller said as they tried to speak to reporters."
"Vance and Miller dismissed the jeers, calling the protesters 'crazy' and 'communists.' "
Comment: Communists? Really? I thought it was the communists who were known for calling out troops in attempts to intimidate its citizens. Our troops deserve better than the mission they are assigned to perform.
CNN: Trump is pressuring yet another top Fed official to resign, but she says she won't be 'bullied'
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/20/economy/trump-pushes-for-fed-governor-lisa-cook-resignation
Video: Smithsonian visitors react to Trump's criticism that museums are too "WOKE" - August 20, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM-Y6ood7RE
Video: CNN's Abby Phillip responds to Trump's attempts to downplay slavery - August 20, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmbwB4hhJoY
Alabama joins nationwide Labor Day push with protests across the state. Here's when, where
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/alabama-joins-nationwide-labor-day-180952066.html
Video: Texas Dem spends night on House floor after refusing 'permission slip' - August 19, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvsVfZlG-a0
BBC: The US military vets helping Afghans fight deportation
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq68zq24vg5o
Opinion: Military leaders must resist Trump’s politically motivated invasion of cities
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/opinion-military-leaders-must-resist-120000542.html
Democratic-aligned nonprofit, civil rights groups ready to sue over Texas congressional map
Comment: " 'Despite bipartisan opposition among Texans, the Texas Legislature is pushing forward a congressional map that includes even fewer minority opportunity districts than the current discriminatory map, which is already being challenged in court for violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act,' Marina Jenkins, executive director of the National Redistricting Foundation, said in a statement."
ABC News: Opening of new migrant detention center in Texas met with protests
https://abcnews.go.com/US/opening-new-migrant-detention-center-texas-met-protests/story?id=124760368
Comment: "Camp East Montana, the latest and largest of the new migrant detention centers opening across the country, has been met with criticism from immigration advocates after officially opening Sunday."
"Protesters greeted the opening of the facility over the weekend."
"The detention center, on the grounds of Texas' Fort Bliss, can currently house 1,000 migrants, with officials saying it can eventually expand to hold 5,000."
Comment: "Democratic Rep. Veronica Escobar, who toured the new Texas detention center Monday, said of the facility's price tag, 'I want you to think about how much good that money could do in El Paso if it were spent on the community, if it were spent on access to child care for El Paso kids, if it were spent on universal pre-K for El Paso kids, if it were spent on health care for El Pasoans.' "
" 'There is a tremendous amount of good that that money could do for El Pasoans, but it is instead being used to fund mass deportation by the Trump administration,' she said."
Trump administration restores public spending data after legal fight
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-administration-restores-public-spending-231815294.html
Comment: "The Trump administration restored a public database that showed how funding is apportioned to federal agencies following a recent order by a federal appeals court."
"Public access to the data was restored over the weekend, not long after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ordered the website be restored in a unanimous ruling."
ABC News: After Bondi touts weekend arrests in DC, mayor pushes back
Comment: "Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser questioned claims Monday that the influx of federal officers has made the city safer, after the attorney general touted arrest numbers from over the weekend."
" '[D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department] takes guns off the street every day and every week, and any time you have a surge of officers, I would expect that you have some results,' Bowser said. 'I say repeatedly, we need 500 more officers. In D.C. with 500 more officers, get 500 more officers worth of results. What is not necessary, however, is this kind of commandeering or the attempted commandeering of the force itself, and the expanded, I think, work that is not related to violence.' ”
"When asked, Bowser emphasized that National Guard troops 'can't do law enforcement, as far as I know,' adding, 'Unless their orders have somehow changed, I don't know that they can engage in arrest.' ”
Comment: "D.C.’s budget faced a $1 billion shortfall when, in an effort to avert a government shutdown earlier this year, lawmakers pushed through language in a massive government funding package that would hold the District to 2024 spending levels."
"Shortly after the bill passed, House Speaker Mike Johnson said he would lead the House in passing standalone legislation to fix the D.C. budget. The Senate unanimously passed legislation to fix the glitch in mid-March, but the House never took up the Senate bill and has so far not taken floor action on the matter."
Comment: "Advocates, including the ACLU of D.C., decried the presence of the National Guard and federal agents in the city."
" 'The deployment of out-of-state National Guard troops and more federal agents onto D.C. streets is a brazen abuse of power meant to intimidate and create fear in the nation’s capital. This is an unnecessary overstep to micromanage D.C. under a phony emergency, causing real harm to residents and visitors -- all to advance the Trump administration’s political agenda,' said Monica Hopkins, executive director of ACLU of D.C."
Comment: So, is the Mayor's position that, if the U.S. Congress had adequately funded D.C., then she could have hired extra police and achieved the same, or better, results as that provided by all the extra federal agents and national guard troops?
Axios: D.C. fights back against Trump's takeover — in court and on the streets
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2025/08/17/trump-dc-takeover-protests-lawsuits
Democrats introduce measure to terminate Trump's D.C. takeover
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/15/trump-dc-crime-national-guard-democrats-congress
Comment: "A group of House and Senate Democrats on Friday introduced a joint resolution that would put an end to President Trump's control of the city's police force"
"Why it matters: The measure is an extreme long-shot, but it is a show of strong Democratic opposition to a move that many in the party say amounts to a chilling and unprecedented power-grab."
Comment: "Driving the news: Raskin is introducing the resolution along with Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), House Oversight Committee ranking member Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), and Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.)."
Comment: "What they're saying: 'Trump has made clear that his efforts in D.C. ... are part of a broader plan to militarize and federalize the streets of cities around America whose citizens voted against him,' Raskin said in a statement."
Comment: "Reality check: The lawmakers have no way to force the joint resolution to a vote in the House or Senate, and the Republicans who control both chambers are highly unlikely to put it to a vote."
Comment: "Yes, but: The Senate's 60-vote threshold will soon be an obstacle to Trump if he seeks to maintain his control of the D.C. police after a month, as he will need Democratic support for a joint resolution to extend the emergency."
Video: Obama sends message to Texas Democrats amid redistricting fight - August 15, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55mW1UDmoew
Pew Research Center: Trump's Tariffs and 'One Big Beautiful Bill' Face More Opposition Than Support as His Job Rating Slips
Comment: "Six months into his second term, public evaluations of President Donald Trump’s job performance have grown more negative. His job approval stands at 38% (60% disapprove), and fewer Americans now attribute several positive personal characteristics to him than did so during the campaign."
"Two of the new administration’s signature accomplishments – the rollout of its tariff policies and the tax and spending law known as the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' – garner considerably more disapproval than approval:
61% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s tariff policies, while 38% approve.
46% disapprove of the tax and spending law, while 32% approve (23% say they are unsure)."
"While there are wide partisan divides over both initiatives – with Republicans largely supportive and Democrats largely in opposition – Democratic disapproval substantially outpaces Republican approval."
Comment: This article contains detailed polling information on many other issues associated with the Trump administration.
PBS: Judge strikes down Education Department guidance against school diversity programs
Comment: "A federal judge on Thursday struck down two Trump administration actions aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the nation’s schools and universities."
"In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher in Maryland found that the Education Department violated the law when it threatened to cut federal funding from educational institutions that continued with DEI initiatives."
AP News: Judge orders RFK Jr.'s health department to stop sharing Medicaid data with deportation officials
Video: Breaking down Newsom's fiery criticism of Texas GOP redistricting efforts - August 14, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAdXXXq55cs
ABC News: California will move forward with redistricting vote to counter Texas, Newsom says
Comment: "California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday that he is moving forward with putting proposed new congressional maps for the state on the ballot in a Nov. 4 special election in an attempt to counter mid-decade redistricting being pushed by Republicans in Texas."
Comment: " 'We're doing this in reaction to a president of the United States that called a sitting governor of the state of Texas and said, 'Find me five seats,' ' he added later."
The Daily Beast: Staff Mutiny Forces Pub to Turn Away JD Vance
https://www.thedailybeast.com/staff-mutiny-forces-pub-to-turn-away-jd-vance/
Comment: Do you think this is an indication of how popular the Trump administration is in Britain?
WABE: Current, former CDC staff in Atlanta angered by shooting response, call on RFK Jr. resignation
Video: DC residents react to Trump taking control of the city's police | NBC4 Washington - August 11, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5p9TAnT5Mo
Axios: Trump's shadow sparks new and unique climate moves
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/11/trump-epa-national-academy-sciences
Comment: "Climate initiatives outside of government are springing up in response to Trump 2.0 officials pulling back science and data programs."
"Why it matters: The federal government historically does research and produces climate data that's widely used by academics, local governments, companies and others. But outside groups are stepping forward: 1. The National Academy of Sciences just launched a 'fast-track' review of the latest evidence on how greenhouse gases threaten human health and welfare."
Comment: "2. The new Cornerstone Sustainability Data Initiative, co-led by a former EPA researcher, is an open-source hub for info corporations use to tally supply chain emissions."
Comment: "3. This fall, the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society will issue a formal call for manuscripts on climate change in the U.S."
Comment: "4. Many veteran climate scientists are 'launching a coordinated response' to DOE's new report that challenges mainstream academic views on climate impacts, CNN reported."
The Hill: Jeffries hammers Trump for seizing control of DC police: ‘No basis’
https://thehill.com/homenews/5446596-trump-jeffries-dc-crime/
Comment: "House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday hammered President Trump’s move to take control of law enforcement in Washington, D.C., saying the president has no justification for taking such a drastic step given falling crime rates in the nation’s capital."
" 'Violent crime in Washington, D.C. is at a thirty-year low,” Jeffries posted on social platform X. 'Donald Trump has no basis to take over the local police department. And zero credibility on the issue of law and order.' "
" 'Get lost.' ”
"Jeffries, a frequent critic of the president, was alluding to Trump’s own legal track record, which includes two impeachments, his conviction last year on 34 felony counts related to hush money payments to a porn star, and his decision to pardon more than 1,500 people who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a failed effort to overturn the 2020 election."
Axios: "Shocking stuff, even for Trump": D.C.-area Democrats rage at White House policing move
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/11/trump-dc-police-national-guard-democrats-reaction
Comment: "Democratic lawmakers from the Washington, D.C. area are blasting President Trump for deploying the National Guard to the city and seizing control of its police force in an effort to crack down on crime."
"Why it matters: 'Shocking stuff, even for Trump,' Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) told Axios, adding, 'Suspicious minds might wonder if this is just kind of a first step towards a move on other parts of the government in D.C.' "
Commercial fishing in a vast Pacific nature area is halted after a judge blocks a Trump order
Comment: "Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must halt once again after a judge in Hawaii sided with environmentalists challenging a Trump administration rollback of federal ocean protections"
NPR: D.C. mayor defends capital's crime rates after Trump threatens to take over police
Comment: "Mayor Muriel Bowser of Washington, D.C. broke her silence Sunday in response to President Trump's threats to take federal control of the nation's capital. Bowser defended the District's control of its police department, expressed concern over the deployment of the D.C. National Guard, and celebrated a two-year drop in violent crime countering White House claims of out-of-control violence."
Comment: "On Sunday, the president promised in a social media post to 'make our Capital safer' by removing the homeless and jailing criminals, with a plan to be announced at 10 a.m. on Monday."
" 'I suspect that his announcement is that he is surging federal law enforcement, which he's talked about,' Bowser said Sunday during an interview on MSNBC — her first since Trump's federal take over threats. 'He may talk about even larger numbers or longer periods of time.' "
"Bowser said she will continue to work with the president on their 'shared priorities' of making D.C. a beautiful and safe city. But the mayor said what the city really needs is more federal prosecutors, judges, and repairs to parks and buildings."
"She also took issue with recent statements from White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, who called the nation's capital 'more violent than Baghdad.' "
" 'Any comparison to a war-torn country is hyperbolic and false,' Bowser said."
Appeals court rules Trump clamp-down on spending data defies Congress’ authority - POLITICO
Comment: "A federal appeals court panel shot down a Trump administration bid to make secret a public database of federal spending that researchers say is crucial to ensure the administration is not flouting Congress’ power of the purse."
"In an order issued Saturday evening, the three-judge D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals panel voted unanimously to give the administration until Friday to put the data back online."
Politico: Democrats make a Trump-inspired U-turn on redistricting
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/08/redistricting-house-democrats-california-texas-00498773
Comment: "The last time House Democrats held the majority, they made a sweeping package of good-government reforms — including an attempt to end partisan gerrymandering — a centerpiece of their legislative agenda."
" 'The people should choose their politicians,' then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in 2021, moments before the House passed the bill that would later die in the Senate. 'Politicians should not be choosing their voters.' ”
"Now, as President Donald Trump pushes Republicans in red states to redraw congressional district lines to their benefit, some Democrats are abandoning their past push for reforms. Instead, they’re cheering on leaders like California Gov. Gavin Newsom who say their party must fight fire with fire."
NPR: Federal judge rules cuts to humanities grants were 'unlawful'
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/07/nx-s1-5495365/neh-national-endowment-for-the-humanities-lawsuit
Comment: "A federal judge has ruled that the government's abrupt elimination of humanities grants previously approved by Congress was 'unlawful' and that a lawsuit brought by humanities groups can move forward."
"In April, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), terminated grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities to thousands of groups across the country including humanities councils, museums, historic sites, archives, libraries, educators and media outlets."
"In May, Oregon Humanities and the Federation of State Humanities Councils sued the endowment and DOGE, alleging the sudden grant cuts were an 'attempted destruction, spearheaded by DOGE, of the congressionally established federal-state partnership.' "
Former Georgia lieutenant governor joins Democratic Party
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5439065-geoff-duncan-georgia-democratic-party/
Comment: "Duncan outlined various policy issues that contributed to his decision to make the switch, attacking Republicans for their handling of health care, Medicaid, support for poor people, gun control and immigration."
"He said Trump’s tax and spending bill will leave Medicaid funding 'in shambles' with hundreds of billions of dollars slashed from the program. He also criticized the legislation’s cuts to funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, more commonly known as food stamps. and the effect it will have on preventing children from being hungry at school."
"Duncan cited polls showing widespread support for gun control measures like universal background checks and red flag laws and slammed the Trump administration’s immigration policies that he said 'have turned into a lesson on how not to love your neighbor.' ”
Judge blocks Trump admin. from reallocating billions in FEMA disaster relief funds - CBS News
Comment: "A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration's efforts to reallocate more than $4 billion in federal funding geared toward natural disaster mitigation projects, arguing the transfer could lead to 'irreparable harm' to flood-prone areas."
"The injunction by U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns in Boston followed a July lawsuit brought by 20 states. They argued that FEMA's Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program had been unlawfully terminated in April 2025 under the Trump administration, with more than $4 billion in unspent funding that had been allocated by Congress redirected without its authority. Stearns wrote that the court was 'not convinced' that Congress had intended for the money to be reallocated."
American Cancer Society speaks out on threats to Alabama research grants
Comment: "The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network is taking aim at proposed budget cuts to cancer research funding, unveiling a new advertising campaign—featuring two prominent billboards in Alabama, that speak out against potential funding cuts to health organizations."
"In May, the White House’s Office of Management and Budget proposed a $27.9 billion budget for the National Institutes of Health, which would be an $18 billion cut to the organization’s funding. The Trump administration has also recommended cutting NIH’s National Cancer Institute’s funding down to $4.5 billion, a decrease of 37 percent when compared to 2025."
"In response to proposed cuts, and ahead of the U.S. Senate’s vote on NIH’s budget for 2026, ACS CAN placed two billboards off Interstate 65 in the Birmingham and Montgomery areas seeking to raise awareness of threats to cancer research funding."
CBS News: Attorney General Kwame Raoul warns Texas politicians that police can't just come to Illinois to arrest Democrats
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/kwame-raoul-warns-texas-democrats-illinois-arrest/
Comment: "Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued a stern warning to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other Texas Republicans who said they will send law enforcement to arrest Democrats who left the state over the GOP redistricting plan."
"More than 50 Texas state house Democrats have left the state to deny the Republican-controlled legislature a quorum for a special sessions in which they will redraw congressional districts in order to deliver five more Republican representatives to President Trump. The special session, which did not happen as scheduled Monday because of the Democrats' absences, was supposed to provide disaster relief for the hundreds of victims of deadly Texas floods earlier this year."
"A significant number of those Democrats have come to Illinois, where their efforts have been supported by Governor JB Pritzker and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, along with other lawmakers."
The Guardian: First-of-a-kind US class action lawsuit would force EPA to reinstate $3bn climate program
Comment: "The Trump administration’s decision to abruptly terminate a $3bn program helping hundreds of communities prepare for climate disasters and environmental hazards is unconstitutional and should be overturned, a court will hear on Tuesday."
"A coalition of non-profits, tribes and local governments is suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the agency’s administrator, Lee Zeldin, for terminating the entire Environmental and Climate Justice (ECJ) block grant program – despite a legally binding mandate from Congress to fund the Biden-era initiative."
Border Patrol told to stop deporting migrants under Trump asylum ban
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWXe5bNAKSw
Comment: Watch all of this video, and then decide if you are you as confused about details of this ruling as some are?
New non-profit law firm in DC aims to challenge Trump’s executive power
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/04/politics/washington-litigation-group-trump-executive-power
USA Today: Chris Christie likens Trump to 'petulant child' over labor statistics chief's firing
Comment: "The Trump ally turned critic said in an appearance on ABC News the firing was classic Trump."
" 'When he gets news he doesn't like, he needs someone to blame because he won't take the responsibility himself, and this is the action of a petulant child. Like, 'You give me bad news, I fire the messenger,' ' Christie told 'This Week' host George Stephanopoulos."
The Hill: DNC chair says Democrats ‘absolutely’ ready to fight back against GOP redistricting
CNN: Texas Democrats leave the state to prevent quorum needed to vote on redistricting measure
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/03/politics/texas-democrats-redistricting
Cory Booker’s message to the Democratic Party: Don’t bend the knee to Trump
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/02/politics/cory-booker-democratic-party-trump-redistricting
Video: Judge blocks Trump administration from closing sites that help at-risk kids - August 2, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO4HJoIPYIQ
The Guardian: The inside story of the Murdoch editor taking on Donald Trump
Comment: Not sure whether the Murdoch owned Wall Street Journal can be counted as "the resistance," but it does gives us hope that journalistic integrity can prevail in some cases.
USA Today: See national day of action protests across U.S.
Video: Trump critics rally at 'Rage Against the Regime' protests nationwide - August 2, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3PV_98i8ZE
Court limits Trump's asylum crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico border
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/court-limits-trump-asylum-crackdown-us-mexico-border/
Comment: "A panel of federal judges on Friday limited President Trump's effort to close the U.S. asylum system at the southern border, saying his administration can't unilaterally suspend laws that bar the U.S. from deporting migrants to places where they would face persecution or torture."
"The ruling centers on a proclamation issued by Mr. Trump just hours after he returned to the White House in January, ordering the closure of the asylum system. U.S. border officials have relied on the order to summarily expel those entering the country illegally, without allowing them to request asylum. Mr. Trump justified the sweeping measure on the grounds that the country is facing an 'invasion' of migrants."
Politico: Democratic governors advise strong counteroffensive on redistricting
Comment: "A group of Democratic governors is urging its colleagues to get tough in countering Republican-backed efforts to gerrymander Texas’ congressional districts."
" 'It’s incumbent upon Democrat governors, if they have the opportunity, to respond in kind,' outgoing Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly told reporters at a Democratic Governors Association meeting Friday. 'I’m not a big believer in unilateral disarmament.' ”
"Various mid-decade redistricting efforts could launch a partisan arms race, as the parties look to redraw competing congressional maps to their own advantages. Democrats face a tougher path, as several blue states are bound by independent redistricting commissions and state constitutions, which would prevent them from quickly remaking maps. By contrast, discussions are already underway in several other Republican-controlled states that could follow Texas’ lead, including Missouri, Indiana and Florida."
Judge blocks expedited deportations of those who entered the U.S. legally, possibly curtailing ICE courthouse arrests - CBS News
Comment: "U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb of Washington, D.C., barred federal immigration officials from using two Trump administration directives to apply a fast-track deportation process known as expedited removal on migrants who were granted immigration parole to enter the U.S. at an official port of entry. Parole is an immigration authority that allows federal officials to admit foreigners on humanitarian grounds, and lets them live and work in the U.S. legally on a temporary basis."
"If left in place, Cobb's ruling could significantly hinder the Trump administration's aggressive efforts to ramp up its mass deportation campaign by targeting migrants allowed into the U.S. under the Biden administration through the parole authority. The Justice Department is expected to appeal her order."
"One operation in particular that could be curtailed by Cobb's ruling is a Trump administration effort to convince immigration judges to dismiss the court cases of certain migrants, so that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents can arrest them after their hearings and place them in expedited removal."
GOP lawmaker faces raucous crowd in Wisconsin, critical questions over tariffs and immigration policy
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/politics/bryan-steil-wisconsin-event
Trump’s tariffs get frosty reception at federal appeals court - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/31/trump-tariff-arguments-appeals-court-00486972
Comment: "Federal appeals court judges on Thursday sharply questioned President Donald Trump’s authority to impose sweeping tariffs on foreign trading partners under an unprecedented use of emergency powers."
"Several judges of the Washington, D.C.-based Federal Circuit Court of Appeals repeatedly wondered how Trump could justify the broad tariffs using a 1977 law known as the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, that presidents have used to set economic sanctions and other penalties on foreign countries — but never previously tariffs."
Comment: "Other judges seemed to agree that Trump had used a statute intended to give presidents emergency powers to deal with an international crisis to, instead, usurp a key congressional responsibility."
Comment: "The lawsuit is expected to end up at the Supreme Court."
Comment: What happens to Trump's trade policy if his tariff authority is declared unconstitutional?
Judge rips Noem’s latest termination of immigrant protections: ‘Color is neither a poison nor a crime’ - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/31/temporary-protected-status-kristi-noem-ruling-00488161
Comment: "A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s bid to cancel deportation protections and work permits for more than 63,000 Nicaraguan, Honduran and Nepali immigrants, saying the decision by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appeared rooted in racism."
" 'Color is neither a poison nor a crime,' U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson said in a 37-page ruling Thursday, which postponed a Sept. 8 deadline Noem had imposed for those 63,000 immigrants to leave the country or lose Temporary Protected Status, better known as TPS."
Judge orders Trump administration to explain why order to restore Voice of America wasn't followed
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/judge-orders-trump-administration-explain-222742043.html
Comment: "A federal judge on Wednesday essentially accused the Trump administration of ignoring his orders to restore Voice of America's operations and explain clearly what it is doing with the government-run operation that provides news to other countries."
"U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth of the District of Columbia gave the administration until Aug. 13 to explain how it will get VOA working again. The outlet that dates back to World War II has been largely dark since March."
"Lamberth said the administration needs to show what it is doing with the $260 million Congress appropriated for VOA's operations this year."
20 states sue over collection of food stamp recipients’ personal information
Comment: "A group of 20 states filed a Monday lawsuit against the Trump administration to prevent the government from collecting personal data from food stamp recipients."
"The coalition of lawyers argues the effort violates privacy laws by requesting individuals’ immigration status, birthdates and home addresses, according to the Associated Press."
Comment: " 'This isn’t about oversight and transparency,' Banta said, according to NPR.
" 'This is about establishing widespread surveillance under the guise of fighting fraud. We can call it what it is, an illegal data grab designed to scare people away from public assistance programs.' ”
CNN: Democratic-led states sue over Trump administration’s effort to obtain personal information of SNAP recipients
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/28/politics/snap-lawsuit
Politico: Judges press Trump administration on deportation quotas
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/28/judges-trump-administration-deportation-quotas-00480899
Comment: "A federal appeals court is demanding answers about the Trump White House’s effort to set numerical goals for its mass deportation campaign, including the accuracy of news reports suggesting that the administration is seeking to carry out 3,000 deportations per day."
Comment: "Gould suggested that pressure from superiors to fulfill arbitrary quotas could be prompting Immigration & Customs Enforcement personnel to sweep up throngs of people based on very general conclusions about where undocumented immigrants are likely to gather."
" 'I’m just trying to understand what would motivate the officers who did the round-up of aliens here to grab such a large number of people so quickly and without marshaling reasonable suspicion to detain,' the judge said."
Comment: " 'Under President Trump’s leadership, we are looking to set a goal of a minimum of 3,000 arrests for ICE every day,' Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said in an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News in May."
Trump justice department sued over legal memo on Qatar’s luxury jet gift
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/28/trump-jet-qatar-memo-lawsuit
Comment: "The US Department of Justice is facing a federal lawsuit for refusing to release a legal memorandum that reportedly cleared the way for Donald Trump's acceptance of a $400m luxury aircraft from Qatar's government."
Comment: " The president’s 'deal to take a $400m luxury jet from a foreign government deserves full public scrutiny – not a stiff-arm from the Department of Justice', American Oversight’s executive director, Chioma Chukwu, said in a press release. 'This is precisely the kind of corrupt arrangement that public records laws are designed to expose.' ”
Judge orders Medicaid funding temporarily restored to all Planned Parenthood affiliates
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5423680-planned-parenthood-medicaid-lawsuit-injunction/
AP News: Trump plays golf in Scotland while protesters take to the streets and decry his visit
Comment: "President Donald Trump played golf Saturday at his course on Scotland's coast while protesters around the country took to the streets to decry his visit and accuse United Kingdom leaders of pandering to the American."
Comment: "Hundreds of demonstrators gathered on the cobblestone and tree-lined street in front of the U.S. Consulate about 100 miles (160 kilometers) away in Edinburgh, Scotland’s capital. Speakers told the crowd that Trump was not welcome and criticized British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for striking a recent trade deal to avoid stiff U.S. tariffs on goods imported from the U.K."
NPR: 'Scotland is already great.' Protesters troll Trump on his golfing trip
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/26/g-s1-79744/scotland-protesters-anti-trump-golf
AP News: Judge issues temporary injunction against Trump administration cancellation of humanities grants
https://apnews.com/article/doge-trump-humanities-first-amendment-43e25c97dcd665f0cbfb285a6d517888
Video: Lukewarm welcome expected as Trump heads to Scotland - July 25, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rHqQKuotz0
Federal judge dismisses Trump administration's lawsuit against Chicago over its sanctuary city policies
Court order allows 99 Job Corps centers to stay open
https://www.wsfa.com/2025/07/25/court-order-allows-99-job-corps-centers-stay-open/
Comment: "A district court issued an order that prohibits the U.S. Department of Labor from closing Job Corps centers across the country."
" '“The SPLC applauds the Court’s recognition that the Trump Department of Labor exceeded its authority and unlawfully shuttered the Job Corps program, which plays an essential role in strengthening Southern communities,' said Scott McCoy, deputy legal director of the Southern Poverty Law Center. 'This program has consistently reduced unemployment and homelessness, empowered underserved communities—especially for Black and Brown youth—and breaks the cycle of poverty through education, training, and opportunity.' "
Bondi Sued by ‘Exemplary’ DOJ Officials Fired After Working on Jan. 6 Prosecutions
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/bondi-sued-exemplary-doj-officials-160116701.html
Comment: "Three career Justice Department officials—described as “exemplary” public servants—have sued Attorney General Pam Bondi and the U.S. government, alleging they were abruptly and unlawfully fired after working on the Jan. 6 prosecutions."
Comment: "The three litigants were all fired 'without cause, justification, or due process' on the same day earlier this summer via a one-page document 'signed by Attorney General Pamela Bondi,' according to the suit, which cited only 'Article II of the United States Constitution and the laws of the United States.' ”
Federal judge tosses Trump administration effort to end union rights for federal workers
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5418136-trump-judge-tosses-union-suit/
Politico: Trump-appointed judge tosses White House lawsuit against labor unions
Comment: "A Trump-appointed judge on Wednesday dealt a blow to the White House’s bid to kick out labor unions from an array of federal agencies."
"Judge Alan Albright of the Western District of Texas said that the Trump administration lacks the legal standing necessary to pursue the case it filed against the American Federation of Government Employees, the largest labor union representing federal workers."
"The lawsuit was a preemptive strike against AFGE and other public-sector unions, seeking to nullify collective bargaining agreements that interfered with White House goals. It was submitted shortly after President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March stripping hundreds of thousands of government workers of unionization rights by vastly expanding the use of a national security exemption in federal labor law to cover agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency and Agriculture Department."
Appeals court finds Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship unconstitutional - POLITICO
Comment: "The ruling brings the issue one step closer to returning to the Supreme Court."
NBC News: Obama pushes back on Trump's 'outrageous' and 'bizarre' treason claim
Comment: "Former President Barack Obama's office issued a rare rebuke of President Donald Trump on Tuesday after the president accused his predecessor of having committed 'treason' and rigging the 2016 and 2020 elections."
" '"Out of respect for the office of the presidency, our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response,' Obama spokesperson Patrick Rodenbush said. 'But these claims are outrageous enough to merit one. These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction.' "
Comment: "House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar of California told NBC News on Monday that 'it’s all a distraction.' "
" '[T]hey’ll release anything if it buys them another day or two to not talk about Epstein or to get the angry mob to talk about Epstein,' Aguilar said."
KQED: The Giant Elon Musk 'Make America Wait Again' Head Made It to Yosemite This Weekend
Comment: "Earlier this month, a giant bust of Elon Musk — accompanied by the words “Make America Wait Again: Now With Longer Lines Thanks To DOGE Cuts!” — appeared in Utah's Arches National Park, towed on a trailer behind a truck driving through the park."
"Now, the Musk bust has appeared again — this time in Yosemite National Park."
"Visitor Greg Perkins told KQED that he spotted the sculpture, which makes reference to the Tesla CEO and former Department of Government Efficiency leader’s attempts to reduce the staff and budgets of federal departments like the National Parks Service, in Yosemite this weekend — and captured photos of the giant head passing iconic park spots like Yosemite Falls and El Capitan. According to Outside magazine, the head spotted in Arches was 12 feet high."
Judge rules Trump administration broke law in takedown of public funding tracker
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-rules-trump-administration-broke-144225860.html
Comment: "A federal judge ruled the Trump administration violated federal law by taking down a public website that showed how funding is apportioned to federal agencies, ordering its reinstatement."
"U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ruled Monday that removal of the online database overseen by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) violated legislation passed by Congress, which requires the OMB to make apportionment decisions publicly available within two business days."
" 'There is nothing unconstitutional about Congress requiring the Executive Branch to inform the public of how it is apportioning the public’s money. Defendants are therefore required to stop violating the law!' Sullivan wrote in his 60-page opinion."
CNN: Attorneys for wrongly deported Venezuelan asylum seeker will seek criminal contempt proceedings after prisoner swap
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/22/politics/venezuela-asylum-seeker-trump
Judge restores Democrat to Federal Trade Commission, ruling her firing by Trump was illegal
https://apnews.com/article/federal-trade-commission-trump-firings-c0b4f6a5169ab54e3c630a39ad5a8aef
Comment: "A federal judge has restored a Democrat to the Federal Trade Commission, ruling that President Donald Trump illegally fired her earlier this year in his efforts to exert control over independent agencies across the government."
"U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan ruled late Thursday that federal law protects FTC commissioners from being removed by the president without cause, citing a key 1935 U.S. Supreme Court decision involving the FTC."
Democratic attorneys general sue Trump administration to block ObamaCare changes
Comment: "A coalition of 20 Democratic attorneys general sued the Trump administration Thursday to block implementation of a rule they argue will undermine the Affordable Care Act."
Comment: "The final rule, issued in June, would make numerous amendments to regulations governing federal and state health insurance marketplaces, which the administration estimates will cause almost 2 million people to lose their health insurance."
Comment: "According to the lawsuit, the rule 'truncates and eliminates enrollment periods, makes enrollment more difficult, adds eligibility verification requirements, and erects unreasonable barriers to coverage—making sweeping changes that reach far beyond and bear little relation to the primary harm HHS asserted as its justification: fraudulent enrollment by insurance brokers and agents.' ”
Urban League declares a 'state of emergency' for civil rights in the U.S. in response to Trump
Comment: "One of the nation’s oldest civil rights organizations on Thursday declared a 'state of emergency' for antidiscrimination policies, personal freedoms and Black economic advancement in response to President Trump’s upending of civil rights precedents and the federal agencies traditionally tasked with enforcing them."
Comment: "The report, to be released Thursday at the group’s conference in Cleveland, Ohio, criticizes the administration for downsizing federal agencies and programs that enforce civil rights policies. The authors aimed to highlight what they saw as a multiyear, coordinated effort by conservative legal activists, lawmakers and media personalities to undermine civil rights policy and create a political landscape that would enable a hard-right agenda on a range of social and economic policy."
Comment: " 'It is not random. It is a well-funded, well-organized, well-orchestrated movement of many, many years,' said Marc Morial, president of the Urban League. 'For a long time, people saw white supremacist politics and white nationalism as on the fringe of American politics. It has now become the mainstream of the American right, whose central foundation is within the Republican Party.' ”
See the 'Good Trouble' protests across the US in opposition to Trump
PBS: ‘Good Trouble’ protests against Trump’s deportations and health care cuts held nationwide
Video: New CNN poll: 61% of Americans oppose Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ bill - July 16, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLwJQvVMqAE
Federal judge would block Trump's birthright citizenship order nationwide | AP News
Comment: "A federal judge in Maryland could soon become the second to block President Donald Trump's order restricting birthright citizenship from taking effect nationwide, if an appeals court were to allow it."
Video: RFK Jr. has ‘brought fringe medical theories’ into HHS role: House Democrat - July 16, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_OwwgF061s
Comment: Lengthy video Interview also addresses many other medical related quality and coverage issues.
NPR: U.S. senator wants DOGE out of sensitive payment system for farmers
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/15/nx-s1-5468585/doge-usda-farmers
Comment: "Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat from Wisconsin, wants the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to revoke high-level access granted to the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, to a sensitive database that controls tens of billions of dollars in payments and loans to American farmers and ranchers."
"In a letter first shared with NPR addressed to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, Baldwin writes 'on behalf of Wisconsin farmers,' arguing that DOGE's access to sensitive agricultural information is 'an intrusion that not only breaches [farmers'] privacy, but also raises serious concerns about the future of USDA payments, our nation's food security, and the consolidation of farmland and processing operations.' "
Video: 'Toughen up': Obama's blunt message for Democrats - July 14, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yoMmStxzW8
Comment: Video includes a lengthy analysis of Obama's comments regarding Democratic leadership and resistance to Trump's agenda
The Guardian: DNC threatens to sue North Carolina elections board over plan to purge 100,000 voters
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/14/dnc-north-carolina-elections-voter-purge
Video: Gov. Andy Beshear says Trump’s new law is a ‘betrayal to rural America’: Full interview - July 13, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv_xHLk2o6g
Video: Trump Booed Before Presenting Chelsea With FIFA Club World Cup Trophy | 10 News - July 13, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmDcm1G94_E
Politico: Americans have made a U-turn on immigration since 2024 election
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/11/trump-immigration-crackdown-poll-00448342
Comment: "New polling from Gallup shows record-high support for immigration, potentially complicating the president’s strongly anti-immigration policy."
Judge orders Trump administration to stop immigration arrests without probable cause in Southern California | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/11/politics/california-immigration-arrests-probable-cause
Comment: "A federal judge on Friday found that the Department of Homeland Security has been making stops and arrests in Los Angeles immigration raids without probable cause and ordered the department to stop detaining individuals based solely on race, spoken language or occupation."
Comment: "The ruling is limited to the seven-county jurisdiction of the US Central District of California, which includes Los Angeles and surrounding areas."
Comment: Do you think the judge's decision might have been made easier by very recent comments from border czar, Tom Homan?
House Democrat: ‘Kash Patel is an extraordinarily unqualified sycophant’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-democrat-kash-patel-extraordinarily-164805342.html
Comment: "Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) slammed FBI Director Kash Patel on CNN Friday over reports that the bureau has stepped up the use of polygraph tests to screen employees for loyalty."
Comment: " 'I don’t need a lie-detector test to tell the American people that Kash Patel is an extraordinarily unqualified sycophant who will do what the president of the United States says, even if it violates the Constitution,' Quigley said."
" '“That scares me. And this is just additional evidence of the fact that his primary concern is defending the president.' "
CNN: Federal judge issues new nationwide block against Trump’s order seeking to end birthright citizenship
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/10/politics/birthright-citizenship-hearing-rhode-island
Comment: "The ruling from US District Judge Joseph Laplante is significant because the Supreme Court last month curbed the power of lower court judges to issue nationwide injunctions, while keeping intact the ability of plaintiffs to seek a widespread block of the order through class action lawsuits, which is what happened Thursday in New Hampshire."
Comment: " 'The preliminary injunction is just not a close call to the court,' Laplante said during a hearing. 'The deprivation of US citizenship and an abrupt change of policy that was longstanding … that’s irreparable harm.' ”
The Fallout Is Growing on Trump’s Deals With Law Firms - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/07/10/trump-law-firms-deals-mess-column-00445259
Comment: "The Trump administration is on an unbroken losing streak in the courts — 0 for 4 — in its effort to defend President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting large law firms. And things could get worse — for Trump, and for the law firms that capitulated to him."
Comment: "Trump’s executive orders and the deals struck by the settling firms have not aged well. The firms that threw in the towel appear to have misjudged the fallout — financial, reputational, political and legal. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has gotten hammered by the judges presiding over the cases challenging the White House, and it’s far from clear the government's appeal will get a better reception in the higher courts, including the Supreme Court, if it gets there. Furthermore, the deals with the settling firms have so far produced scant results for the Trump administration in concrete terms."
Politico: Jan. 6 rally organizer must pay $2K a day until she complies with subpoena, judge rules
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/09/january-6-rally-contempt-ruling-00444812
Comment: "Caroline Wren, a longtime Republican fundraiser, was a liaison between the Trump White House and participants in the Jan. 6 rally, helping arrange speakers, coordinate the timeline and boost attendance. She’s among the many witnesses subpoenaed by Capitol Police officers suing Trump, accusing him of fomenting the violence that occurred that day, in a lawsuit that has been pending for four years."
NPR: Canceled grants get the spotlight at a Capitol Hill 'science fair'
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/09/nx-s1-5461062/science-fair-canceled-funding-nih-federal
Comment: "On Tuesday, Chanda stood alongside roughly two dozen other scientists in the lobby of the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill for what resembled a science fair — but with a twist. Instead of students presenting class projects, the event featured leading researchers from across the country standing in front of posters outlining their work — and the federal cuts that now threaten it."
Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from enforcing funding ban against Planned Parenthood | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/07/politics/planned-parenthood-funding-lawsuit
ActBlue brings in nearly $400 million more for Democrats amid Trump’s pressure on the fundraising platform
https://share.google/Q5A1PCMo1htQrztfp
Comment: "President Donald Trump’s demand for an investigation into ActBlue worried some Democrats who argue his order was not about allegations of campaign finance violations, but an attempt to stifle liberal campaigns."
"So far, ActBlue remains a Democratic juggernaut."
"The platform brought in more than $393 million during the second quarter of this year, nearly on par with the $400 million it processed in the first quarter, according to figures shared first with CNN. The April-to-June haul marks a roughly 36% jump from its second-quarter receipts of $289 million in 2021, at the start of Democrat Joe Biden’s term."
The Guardian: Pregnant doctor denied Covid-19 vaccine sues Trump administration
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/07/pregnant-doctor-covid-19-vaccine-rfk-jr-trump
Comment: "A pregnant physician who was denied a Covid-19 vaccine is suing the Trump administration alongside a group of leading doctors associations, charging that the administration sought to 'desensitize the public to anti-vaccine and anti-science rhetoric', according to their attorney."
"The lawsuit specifically takes aim at health secretary Robert F Kennedy’s unilateral decision to recommend against Covid-19 vaccines for pregnant women and healthy children."
"Kennedy’s announcement circumvented expert scientific review panels and flouted studies showing pregnant women are at heightened risk from the virus, and made it more difficult for some to get the vaccine."
"That's An Incredible Picture Of How Most Americans Feel Right Now" — People Are Praising France's New Lady Liberty "Protest" Mural That's Going Mega-Viral
https://www.yahoo.com/news/thats-incredible-picture-most-americans-182321331.html
Comment: "Recently, France unveiled a mural called 'The Statue of Liberty's Silent Protest,' designed to illustrate the 'shame' surrounding the recent immigration policies of the Trump administration. The now-viral painting, seen by over 16 million people, features Lady Liberty covering her face with her hands, with her torch lying on her chest."
Comment: "It's important to note that France formally gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States on July 4, 1884, to celebrate US independence and American democracy, among other things. De Leeuw called the unveiling of her mural on July 4 a ' meaningful coincidence.' "
New Indivisible Baldwin County chapter stages July Fourth protest in Foley
Judges are finding workarounds to Trump’s big Supreme Court win - POLITICO '
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/03/supreme-court-nationwide-injunctions-rulings-00439335
Comment: "If the Supreme Court’s near-ban on nationwide injunctions was the earth-shattering victory President Donald Trump claimed, no one seems to have told his courtroom opponents."
"While the absence of that tool is clearly a sea change for the judiciary, early results indicate that judges see other paths to impose sweeping restrictions on government actions they deem unlawful. And those options remain viable in many major pending lawsuits against the administration."
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from ending temporary legal status for many Haitians | AP News
NBC News: U.S. citizen seeks $1M after arrest for filming Home Depot ICE immigration raid
Democrat mayors sue over Trump effort to restrict Obamacare enrollment | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/trump-baltimore-aca-obamacare-oz-rfk-jr-2edbf585f8f7337e64a4368fb4967513
Comment: "New Trump administration rules that give millions of people a shorter timeframe to sign up for the Affordable Care Act's health care coverage are facing a legal challenge from Democratic mayors around the country."
The Guardian: A private prison firm wants to detain immigrants in this Kansas town. Its residents are pushing back
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/01/kansas-leavenworth-corecivic-prison-immigrants
Court limits on nationwide injunctions pose challenge for those fighting Trump’s agenda
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5377883-supreme-court-ruling-nationwide-injunctions/
Comment: " 'The decision signals the loss of one of the best tools lawyers have had in their arsenal for dealing with this administration’s constitutional excesses. It is not the only tool, but it was a significant one,' Joyce Vance, a law professor and former U.S. attorney appointed by former President Obama, wrote on her blog."
20 states sue after the Trump administration releases private Medicaid data to deportation officials
https://www.yahoo.com/news/20-states-sue-trump-administration-003117784.html
States sue to stop health data sharing with DHS : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/01/nx-s1-5453885/medicaid-data-immigration-dhs-lawsuit
Comment: "Twenty states, led by California, sued the Trump administration Tuesday after federal health officials shared sensitive data about Medicaid recipients with the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees immigration enforcement."
Forbes: Trump ‘Snitch Signs’ Calling For ‘Negative’ National Park Comments Spark Counter-Protest
https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2025/06/30/national-parks-snitch-signs-backfiring/
Comment: "Just as digital protesters took credit for raining on Trump's military parade, national park supporters appear to have flooded the Department of Interior’s feedback portal, possibly frustrating an order by Trump to remove any 'negative' history from national parks and monuments."
Comment: Do you think the public might find that the only negativity they find at the national parks/monuments are the asinine attempts to rewrite (sugar coat) history by the current Trump administration?
To fight Trump's funding freezes, states propose a new gambit: Withholding federal payments
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fight-trumps-funding-freezes-states-093000945.html
Comment: "The novel and untested approach — so far introduced in Connecticut, Maryland, New York and Wisconsin — would essentially allow states to withhold federal payments if lawmakers determine the federal government is delinquent in funding owed to them. Democrats in Washington state said they are in the process of drafting a similar measure."
Video: Protests erupt against ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention facility
https://youtu.be/wSFAmaxYn-g?si=9Sk-PPyBLyIA4Odt
AL.com: ‘MTG is not welcome in HSV’: Protesters hit the streets ahead of Marjorie Taylor Greene visit
Hundreds march in protest of Marjorie Taylor Greene visit to Huntsville while supporters fill venue
Comment: "Marchers chanted slogans and displayed signs addressing Greene's position on library materials, Christian nationalism, and other subjects on which she has been outspoken. Some posters echoed broader themes, such as fascism."
Lawsuit challenges billions of dollars in Trump administration funding cuts
https://share.newsbreak.com/dr3gyq2w
Comment: "The lawsuit filed in Boston is asking a judge to limit the Trump administration from relying on an obscure clause in the federal regulation to cut grants that don’t align with its priorities. Since January, the lawsuit argues that the administration has used that clause to cancel entire programs and thousands of grants that had been previously awarded to states and grantees."
CNBC: Capitol Police arrest dozens of people protesting Medicaid cuts in Trump budget bill
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/25/capitol-police-medicaid-protests-.html
Comment: "U.S. Capital Police arrested more than 30 protesters on Wednesday, including some in wheelchairs, during a demonstration against the proposed Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump's budget bill."
NPR: Judge orders Trump administration to resume distributing money for EV chargers
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/25/nx-s1-5445042/ev-charger-funding-freeze-injunction
The Guardian: RFK Jr grilled on vaccine policies and healthcare fraud in bruising House hearing
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/rfk-congress-hearing-vaccines
Pediatrician In Congress Tells RFK Jr.: I Will Blame You For All Vaccine-Preventable Deaths
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pediatrician-congress-tells-rfk-jr-211101475.html
Comment: "Rep. Kim Schrier (D-Wash.) on Tuesday tore into Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for his decades of lies about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines, saying she will blame him every time someone dies from a vaccine-preventable disease on his watch."
Opinion: ‘No Kings’ was just the start of America’s fight for democracy
https://share.newsbreak.com/dr38c3dg
Comment: "With more than three years left in Trump’s term, we will all face a series of decisions about whether, when and how to act. Those decisions will collectively determine whether we face a future of freedom or fascism."
'The Onion' Mocks Congress' 'Cowardice' in 'NY Times' Full Page Ad
https://share.google/ScpsCCKv6HfCOtHDJ
Comment: "“Now is not the time for bravery or valor! This is the time for protecting your own hide and lining your pocket,” satirical newspaper writes in letter to Congress members"
Congress, Now More Than Ever, Our Nation Needs Your Cowardice - The Onion
https://theonion.com/letter-to-congress/
'Dictator Approved' statue at National Mall takes aim at President Trump
https://www.yahoo.com/news/dictator-approved-statue-national-mall-150347539.html
Comment: "The 8-foot-tall art installation, an apparent criticism of President Donald Trump, has been drawing the attention of visitors at the Capitol this week. It is unclear who put it there, but it was first spotted Tuesday near the site where a bronze statue mocking rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, was placed months before."
"Along with the golden marking reading 'Dictator Approved,' the pedestal of the statue features quotes lauding Trump from Russian President Vladimir Putin, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban."
'No Secret Police': Lawmakers propose prohibiting masked agents
Comment: "The 'No Secret Police Act,' introduced by two Democrats in the California Senate, is a reaction to immigration sweeps across the country by masked agents in plainclothes, who are increasingly refusing to identify themselves by name or the agency they work for."
USA Today: DHS, Kristi Noem sued over actions against journalists in LA
NPR: The story behind the arrest of 87-year-old veteran John Spitzberg at the Capitol
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/20/nx-s1-5438406/john-spitzberg-veteran-arrest-trump-parade
Video: Sen. Duckworth grills Sec. Pete Hegseth over Confederate renaming military bases - June 19, 2025
https://share.newsbreak.com/do6d12i0
Comment: Duckworth mentions Fort Novosel and Mike Novosel.
Black churches push back against Trump-fueled anti-DEI wave
https://share.newsbreak.com/do6jwg6u
Judge rejects ‘Duffy Directive’ tying DOT grants to immigration cooperation
Comment: " 'Congress did not authorize or grant authority to the Secretary of Transportation to impose immigration enforcement conditions on federal dollars specifically appropriated for transportation purposes,' U.S. District Judge John McConnell wrote in the preliminary injunction."
Politico: Judge rules EPA termination of environmental justice grants was unlawful
Comment: "EPA cannot 'thumb its nose at Congress' by refusing to spend appropriated funds, the judge wrote."
Axios: "No Kings" protest organizers announce July 17 as next demonstration
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/17/no-kings-july-17-protests
Comment: "Building off the success of Saturday's rallies, Transformative Justice Coalition announced Monday the next protests are planned for July 17 in honor of Civil Rights activist and lawmaker John Lewis who died on that date in 2020."
Comment: " 'We're going to center racial justice, because this country will never be right until it's racially just ... we're going to center voting rights for all, because voter suppression has no, no right to be in this country. We're going to talk about our continued and united fight for a just, inclusive and strong democracy that is our goal, that is our obligation in these times.' "
AP News: Judge finds Florida attorney general in contempt over immigration law
https://apnews.com/article/florida-immigration-uthmeier-desantis-dc63318b3b2ab1e20ba61aa83e4f102c
Comment: "In a social media post, Uthmeier said, 'If being held in contempt is what it costs to defend the rule of law and stand firmly behind President Trump’s agenda on illegal immigration, so be it.' "
Comment: So the Florida Attorney General says defying a federal judge is OK, as long as it's to defend "Trump's agenda"?
The Daily Beast: NAACP Breaks With 116 Years of History With Snub for Trump
https://www.thedailybeast.com/naacp-breaks-with-116-years-of-history-to-snub-trump/
Comment: "Citing what they describe as unprecedented attacks on American democracy, NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson accused Trump of acting in direct opposition to the group’s values by seeking to 'eliminate civil rights' in the U.S."
AP News: Judge rules some NIH grant cuts illegal, saying he's never seen such discrimination in 40 years
https://apnews.com/article/nih-research-trump-cuts-dei-rfk-4fec9f308f3ff427185a12e88f260c81
Judge deems Trump's cuts to National Institutes of Health illegal
Comment: "U.S. District Judge William Young said during a nonjury trial that the NIH violated federal law by arbitrarily canceling more than $1 billion in research grants because of their perceived connection to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives."
Alabamians join millions nationwide for "No Kings" protest
https://www.alreporter.com/2025/06/16/alabamians-join-millions-nationwide-for-no-kings-protest/
Here’s what protesters say brought them out to ‘No Kings’ events across the country | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/16/us/protestors-voices-no-kings-trump
Organizers gather for ‘No Kings’ protest in Montgomery
https://www.wsfa.com/2025/06/15/organizers-gather-no-kings-protest-montgomery/?outputType=amp
From a founding father to a golden toilet: protesters get creative at Pennsylvania "No Kings" rally - CBS Philadelphia
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/no-kings-protest-rally-philadelphia-norristown/
“No Kings” protest held in Downtown Dothan | WDHN - wdhn.com
https://www.wdhn.com/news/local-news/no-kings-protest-held-in-downtown-dothan/
Mobile ‘No Kings’ protest draws largest crowd yet for anti-Trump movement - al.com
Mobile joins nationwide NO KINGS protests with about 1,500 in attendance
'No Kings' protest held in Montgomery
Hundreds participate in Birmingham's 'No Kings' protest, joining millions of protesters nationwide
https://www.wvtm13.com/article/birmingham-no-kings-protest-trump-army-parade/65066478
Several hundred protesters gather for the No Kings rally in Tuscaloosa
Hundreds turn out for ‘No Kings’ protest in Tuscaloosa
https://www.wbrc.com/2025/06/15/hundreds-turn-out-no-kings-protest-tuscaloosa/
Thousands attend “No Kings” protests around North Alabama
https://www.waff.com/2025/06/15/thousands-attend-no-kings-protests-around-north-alabama/
Comment: "Rallies were held in Guntersville, Florence, Huntsville, Athens, Fort Payne, Scottsboro and Pulaski, Tennessee. Attendance varied from a few hundred in Scottsboro to several thousand in Huntsville."
Axios: Photos: "No Kings" protests take over downtown Chicago
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/06/14/photos-no-kings-protests-downtown-chicago-trump
Every Senate Dem demands Trump withdraw military from Los Angeles: Scoop
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/14/senate-democrats-trump-withdrawal-military-los-angeles
Comment: "Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) led the entire Senate Democratic caucus in writing to President Trump Saturday, demanding he remove all military forces from Los Angeles and cease threats to further deploy troops, Axios has learned."
Democrats reclaim the American flag - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/13/dems-rally-flag-00402458
Comment: "And it comes at a time when the party’s brightest stars include a number of veterans — including some poised to enter governor’s mansions and help Democrats retake the House."
Comment: "Mendoza, a retired US Marine, says she finds it 'extremely frustrating' when Republicans claim to be the true party of patriots. Mendoza said she deliberately chose her campaign colors to be red, white and blue to make a point that 'they don’t own it, and we have to take it back.' "
Democrats seize on Padilla video as a unifying immigration message - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/13/democrats-padilla-video-immigration-messaging-00405108
Judge halts plan to downsize State Department, citing injunction | AP News
Judge blocks Trump’s election executive order, siding with Democrats who called it overreach
https://apnews.com/article/trump-elections-executive-order-4f863aaa8e0c59640ebc727827ffc887
A 2nd judge halts more of Trump’s voting executive order : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/13/nx-s1-5429744/trump-elections-executive-order-judge
Comment: "The decision from U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper, in the District of Massachusetts, affirmed a pause on one of the most controversial parts of the order, which would require that people provide documents that prove their citizenship, like a passport, when they register to vote using the national registration form."
"But Casper also blocked a provision aimed at barring states from counting mail ballots postmarked by Election Day but that election officials receive after."
The Hill: Judge invokes monarchy talk while mulling Trump’s National Guard deployment
The Guardian: Newsom calls Trump a ‘stone cold liar’ as LA protests against Ice raids continue
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/12/gavin-newsom-trump-liar-national-guard
Comment: "Governor condemns federal deployment of troops in Los Angeles as ‘theater’ in interview with the Daily podcast"
Map and List of Cities Hosting 'No Kings' Protest Against Trump on June 14 - Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/map-list-cities-protests-trump-june-14-2081284
Comment: " 'Instead of allowing this birthday parade to be the center of gravity, we will make action everywhere else the story of America that day: people coming together in communities across the country to reject strongman politics and corruption.' "
Comment: Dothan "No Kings" protest is outside of Houston Co. Courthouse from 11 AM - 2 PM.
NPR: Protests grow across the U.S. as people push against Trump’s mass deportation policies
AP News: EPA says power plant carbon emissions aren't dangerous. We asked 30 scientists: Here's what they say
Comment: Who do you trust, the Trump administration or scientists?
Billionaire Walmart Heiress Urges People To ‘Mobilize’ At June 14 Anti-Trump Protests
Comment: "The 76-year-old Walton, who is worth an estimated $19.3 billion according to Forbes, paid to take out a full-page advertisement in The New York Times on Sunday calling on readers to “mobilize” on Saturday, June 14."
Judge blocks Trump administration from enforcing anti-DEI orders in grant funding | Trump administration | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/10/judge-blocks-trump-anti-dei-grants
Video: 'Arrest me': Gavin Newsome pushes back against threats of arrest by Trump administration - June 9, 2025
Politico: Gavin Newsom: Trump is ‘unhinged,’ speaking like an ‘authoritarian’
CNN: Brother of AG Pam Bondi and a former Ed Martin aide lose their bids to take over DC Bar
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/09/politics/bradley-bondi-dc-bar
NBC News: Judge blocks administration from enforcing anti-diversity and anti-transgender executive orders
CNN: ‘If you fall silent, the country is doomed’: CBS News’ Scott Pelley stresses courage as network faces pressure campaign
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/07/media/scott-pelley-good-night-good-luck
Comment: "A climate of fear is perceptible in the United States today, and it must be resisted no matter what, CBS News correspondent Scott Pelley says."
'No Kings' Anti-Trump Protest Planned for President's Birthday—What to Know - Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/anti-trump-protest-president-birthday-2080741
Video: Veterans and allies rally in Washington to oppose VA staffing cuts - June 6, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyxl50PH6js
Scoop: $5 million ad blitz targets GOP senators over "big, beautiful bill"
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/06/5-million-ads-reconciliation-unrig-economy-billionaires
Government Executive: Federal workforce advocates flood opposition to renewed Schedule F
Comment: "With just a day remaining before the deadline to submit comments on the Trump administration’s proposed Schedule F regulations, the vast majority of more than 30,000 submissions were opposed to the measure."
NPR: The U.S. Copyright Office used to be fairly low-drama. Not anymore
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/06/nx-s1-5399781/copyright-office-explainer-perlmutter-trump
Comment: "Shira Perlmutter, the abruptly fired ex-head of the Copyright Office, is suing President Trump, arguing her firing was unconstitutional and a violation of the separation of powers. This is going on just as the office has published its report on whether or not using copyrighted works to train generative AI counts as fair use, which is a legal idea allowing the use of some copyrighted materials without permission in certain circumstances. And it's a report that could influence the dozens of lawsuits going on right now over copyright and AI usage."
Judge halts nationwide Job Corps funding freeze | localmemphis.com
Judge blocks Trump's move to stop international Harvard students from entering US
Bondi accused of ‘serious professional misconduct’ in Florida Bar complaint
https://www.yahoo.com/news/bondi-accused-serious-professional-misconduct-231513404.html
Pennsylvania is suing the USDA over cutting funding to a $1 billion food aid program for states
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pennsylvania-suing-usda-over-cutting-161128936.html
NBC News: 'More is more': Hakeem Jeffries pushes Democrats to flood the zone in opposition to Trump
Axios: Elon Musk gives Dems new ammo against Trump's big bill
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/03/musk-trump-big-beautiful-bill-johnson-jeffries
The Guardian: Kennedy Center sees ticket sales fall dramatically amid Trump intervention
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/03/kennedy-center-sales-trump
Comment: "Donald Trump appointed himself chair of the performance center in February, leading to boycotts and cancellations"
Alina Habba sued by Ras Baraka over arrest at ICE facility
Comment: "Newark, N.J., Mayor Ras Baraka (D) on Tuesday sued interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba in her personal capacity over his arrest last month outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility he was visiting with three Democratic members of Congress."
Homeland Security stonewalling info on noncitizen DNA collection operation, lawsuit alleges
AP News: Judge grants preliminary injunction to protect collective bargaining agreement for TSA workers
https://apnews.com/article/tsa-homeland-security-union-injunction-9c85707f3c5eae5748bd539b836d2ea3
The great undoing: Trump's presidency reeled in by courts
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/31/trump-courts-tariffs-immigration-judges
Comment: "The big picture: Trump is testing the limits of presidential power at every turn, and the courts are just about the only thing standing in his way."
Appeals court denies Trump administration's request to resume mass firings of federal employees
'We all are going to die': Republican Sen. Ernst defends Medicaid cuts at town hall
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/die-sen-ernst-defends-trumps-bill-amid-concerns/story?id=122352640
Comment: "She's the latest GOP lawmaker to get heckled over Trump's 'big, beautiful bill.' "
House Democrats demand answers from Noem on plans for $50M jet
https://share.newsbreak.com/dc8b9zob
Key House Democrat presses for more details on Trump's pardons, alleging "favors"
https://share.newsbreak.com/dc8llohi
Video: GOP members face tough crowds at town halls over House bill: 'They are getting heckled' - May 29, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGcQSSvRjYo
Top Democrat demands answers on Trump’s major crypto investors
https://share.newsbreak.com/dc8oa0j1
Alabama organizations plan NO KINGS protest to coincide with President Trump's Army Parade
https://share.newsbreak.com/dc88y5a7
Comment: "Organizers of Alabama's NO KINGS Nationwide Day of Defiance say the event reminds Americans that America was founded in opposition to oppressive rule. They point to the formation of the U.S. Army as a stand against monarchy, not to serve one."
Comment: "Dothan: Houston County Courthouse, 11 a.m.-2 p.m."
VIDEO: A Message to Scientists - Sen. Adam Schiff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeoZDPy5cIY
US court blocks most Trump tariffs, says president exceeded his authority | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-court-blocks-trumps-liberation-day-tariffs-2025-05-28/
CNN: US court blocks Trump from imposing the bulk of his tariffs
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/28/business/us-court-blocks-trumps-tariffs
Video: Reality splashes cold water on Patel, Bongino, conspiracy theorists now White House insiders - May 28, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcGucdaVq3s
Former FBI Director Comey takes dig at Kash Patel, explains controversial Trump post
Comey rips Patel, Bongino on leadership abilities, reopened FBI cases
https://share.newsbreak.com/dc8wpemm
GOP Rep. Ashley Hinson met with boos at Iowa town hall
Judge: Rubio ‘likely’ violated Constitution in ordering Mahmoud Khalil deported : NPR
Wall Street Journal Shatters Core Trump Fantasy In Editorial Urging GOP ‘Revolt’
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wall-street-journal-donald-trump-putin_n_68356aafe4b034e8d0515eca/amp
Comment: " 'Trump and his advisers fancy themselves' as one thing, but on Russia, they are something totally different, warned the newspaper’s conservative editorial board."
Climate and weather scientists are joining the anti-Trump resistance in the most ‘scientist-iest’ way
https://www.cnn.com/scientists-resistance-livestream-trump
Republican lawmaker Mike Flood grilled during town hall
US judge allows states' lawsuit against DOGE to proceed
https://share.newsbreak.com/da60kn1r
NPR sues Trump over executive order cutting federal funding
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/27/trump-npr-lawsuit-funding-order.html
Federal judge blasts Trump admin over deportees in South Sudan
https://share.newsbreak.com/d9vh6i1h
NIH staff stage walkout during director’s town hall as tensions persist over research cuts, ideology https://www.yahoo.com/news/nih-staff-stage-walkout-during-120013343.html
The Guardian: Indivisible: the mass movement leading the progressive fight against Trump
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/25/indivisible-donald-trump-progressive-movement
The Guardian: Now is the time for scientists to stand up against Trump’s repressive agenda | Daniel Malinsky
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/25/scientists-trump-agenda
VIDEO: We Need to Talk About Kristi Noem - Sen. Adam Schiff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvyuVK3bN4k
Judge orders Trump administration to pursue return of improperly deported Guatemalan man
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-orders-trump-administration-pursue-140035084.html
The Independent: ‘America is not for sale:’ Protesters mob Trump golf course guests ahead of exclusive crypto dinner
Federal News Network: Judge extends ban on large-scale RIFs indefinitely
Government Executive: Most major agencies are now indefinitely barred from issuing mass layoffs
The Guardian: Judge blocks Trump administration’s ban on Harvard accepting international students
Reuters: Judge temporarily blocks Trump admin from revoking Harvard enrollment of foreign students
Video: 'Prepared to welcome Harvard students': Overseas elite school shares open invitation amid U.S. ban - May 23, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPALOz9NSRg
Harvard sues Trump administration for blocking foreign student enrolment - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cje7ledqvyqo
AP News: Organizations sue Justice Department to reverse hundreds of grant cancellations
Politico: ‘I don’t work for you’ : Jeffries’ broadside against GOP megabill included testy exchange
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/05/22/congress/hakeem-jeffries-gop-megabill-00364711
Comment: "The House Democratic leader spoke for roughly 37 minutes, framing his party’s attacks on the legislation."
Federal judge blocks immigration authorities from revoking international students' legal status | AP News
Politico: California says it’ll sue feds over electric vehicle rule reversal
PBS: Institute of Peace reclaims its headquarters after court win over DOGE
Supreme Court blocks creation of religious charter school in Oklahoma : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/22/nx-s1-5407475/supreme-court-religious-charter-school-oklahoma
Politico: Trump admin deportation flight to South Sudan violated court order, judge rules
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/21/trump-deportations-south-sudan-00362919
Furious Democrats call for investigation into Musk’s bid to help build Trump’s ‘$500 billion’ Golden Dome project
https://www.yahoo.com/news/furious-democrats-call-investigation-musk-095402218.html
VIDEO: Schiff Reads Trump EPA Director a List of His Failures: "You Don't Give a Rat's A--" - Sen. Adam Schiff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-SC6B2rXG8
Democrats Grill Trump’s IRS Nominee On His Role Promoting Suspect Tax Credits
Chicago Mayor says he will tout diversity despite a DOJ probe into city hiring : NPR
Reuters: US judge nixes Treasury's bid to cancel IRS workers' union contract
NPR: Federal judge blocks Trump's takeover of U.S. Institute of Peace
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/19/g-s1-67681/judge-block-trump-takeover-us-institute-of-peace
Axios: Anti-DOGE billboards in Pittsburgh slam national park cuts
https://www.axios.com/local/pittsburgh/2025/05/19/anti-doge-billboards-slam-national-park-cuts
VIDEO: We Need to Talk About Jeanine Pirro... - Sen. Adam Schiff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_K1o0vR4Qk
ProPublica: Trump Asked EPA Employees to Snitch on Colleagues Working on DEI Initiatives. They Declined.
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-diversity-initiatives-trump
NPR: DOGE tried assigning a team to the Government Accountability Office. It refused
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/16/nx-s1-5401008/doge-gao-congress
NBC News: Supreme Court rules administration must give Venezuelans more time to challenge deportation under Alien Enemies Act
CNN: Supreme Court blocks Trump from restarting Alien Enemies Act deportations
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/16/politics/supreme-court-alien-enemies-act
NPR: Nashville mayor demands names of nearly 200 people detained by ICE
Comment: "He worries some immigrants in the U.S. legally were arrested."
The Hill: Federal judge extends block on HHS termination of billions in public health funds
VIDEO: Schiff Takes To Senate Floor to Lay Out Trump's 10 Most Corrupt Acts So Far - Sen. Adam Schiff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=000yxkGXSVM
AP News: Judges dismiss national security charges against immigrants who enter new militarized zone at border
https://apnews.com/article/military-trespassing-cases-dismissed-6c4a83f4d1fd9674e5b49d4a23dc91be
Federal News Network: Democratic lawmakers condemn looming reclassification of career civil servants
From free planes to crypto meme coins, Democrats seize on Trump’s deals to raise corruption concerns
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/15/politics/democrats-raise-trump-corruption-concerns
Reuters: Ousted top federal prosecutor in Washington facing ethics probe
NPR: Georgetown researcher released from immigration detention on federal judge's order
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/14/g-s1-66606/georgetown-badar-khan-suri-immigration-release
The Hill: Judge rules DOJ canceled grants to lawyers’ group as retaliation for criticism
Exclusive: Democratic governors blast GOP's "impossible" Medicaid proposal
https://share.newsbreak.com/d3a7gghp
HHS reverses NIOSH firings that stripped coal miners' health protections - ABC News
https://abcnews.go.com/US/hhs-reverses-niosh-firings-stripped-coal-miners-health/story?id=121764796
Comment: "The announcement came just hours before a judge ordered the workers reinstated."
AP News: Newark mayor returns to immigration detention center days after trespassing arrest
The Daily Beast: Library of Congress Mounts Standoff Against New MAGA Bosses
https://www.thedailybeast.com/library-of-congress-staff-mount-standoff-against-new-bosses/
CNN: Senior Justice Department officials tapped by Trump to run Library of Congress are denied access
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/12/politics/library-of-congress-trump-justice-blanche
Two Trump appointees escorted out of Library of Congress amid White House takeover, report says
https://www.yahoo.com/news/two-trump-appointees-escorted-library-221125716.html
afge.org/article/judge-blocks-trumps-unconstitutional-reorganization-of-government/
https://www.afge.org/article/judge-blocks-trumps-unconstitutional-reorganization-of-government/
AP News: Episcopal Church says it won't help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status in US
Comment: " 'It has been painful to watch one group of refugees, selected in a highly unusual manner, receive preferential treatment over many others who have been waiting in refugee camps or dangerous conditions for years,' Rowe said. 'I am saddened and ashamed that many of the refugees who are being denied entrance to the United States are brave people who worked alongside our military in Iraq and Afghanistan and now face danger at home because of their service to our country.' "
AP News: Illinois governor is first in US to block federal access to personal data on autism
The Hill: Raskin blasts Trump for Qatar plane ‘grift’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5294981-raskin-blasts-trump-for-qatar-plane-grift/
Judges have a warning about Trump’s rapid deportations: Americans could be next - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/10/donald-trump-immigration-deportations-due-process-00339319
Judges warn Trump's mass deportations could lay groundwork to ensnare Americans
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judges-warning-trump-rapid-deportations-110000608.html
Opinion: We need a bipartisan Congress to check presidential power
https://share.newsbreak.com/d0kzpan8
Judge pauses Trump's effort to reduce the size of the federal government
Federal judge temporarily halts Trump's sweeping government overhaul
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5393777/trump-rifs-court-mass-layoff-doge
Local ordinances help cities fight prisons reopening as immigrant detention centers : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5392341/cities-thwart-immigrant-detention-local-ordinances
AP-NORC: Few support punitive funding cuts to colleges and universities
https://apnorc.org/projects/few-support-punitive-funding-cuts-to-colleges-and-universities/
Comment: "Most of the public believes that colleges and universities make significant contributions to scientific and technological advancement and think their federal research funding should be maintained."
Popular Resistance to Trump Is Working
https://www.yahoo.com/news/popular-resistance-trump-working-083212588.html
Politico: Leo is America’s first pope. His worldview appears at odds with ‘America First.’
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/08/leo-american-pope-worldview-00337247
CNN: New pope appears to have reposted critical social media posts about Trump and Vance
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/08/politics/pope-prevost-trump-vance-social-media
ProPublica: Democratic Lawmakers Blast Trump Administration’s VA Cuts After ProPublica Investigation
Government Executive: Judge orders halt to the shuttering of three independent agencies
Mohammed Hoque: Judge orders release of detained international student who says he was targeted for supporting Palestinian human rights | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/07/us/mohammed-hoque-minnesota-state-university-mankato
WATCH: House Democrats blast Trump budget bill | PBS News
Comment: Includes long 30+ video. Please watch!
Democrats make long-shot effort to stop Trump cuts to Medicaid and Snap | House of Representatives | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/06/trump-democrats-medicaid-snap-cuts
The Hill: Universities sue over National Science Foundation funding cuts
2 more judges block Trump administration's use of Alien Enemies Act to remove certain migrants
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/judge-blocks-trump-alien-enemies-act-southern-district-of-new-york/
Federal judge in Denver issues injunction against Trump's Alien Enemies Act removals • Colorado Newsline
Comment: "The injunction followed similar orders by a federal judge in New York earlier on Tuesday and another in Texas last week. A wave of litigation has followed in the wake of Trump’s March 14 invocation of the Alien Enemies Act and subsequent deportation of 137 migrants to El Salvador’s so-called Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, a maximum-security prison criticized by human rights groups for its crowded and abusive conditions."
Another judge skewers Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act for deportations to El Salvador - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/06/trump-alien-enemies-act-court-ruling-00331487
Exclusive: Democrats target Trump's meme coin, family's crypto empire
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/06/trump-coin-democrats-crypto-stablecoin
Federal News Network: NLRB whistleblower encourages federal workers to ‘speak up’
The Hill: Waltz faces ‘brutal, brutal’ confirmation hearing: Senate Democrat
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5283136-senator-duckworth-criticizes-waltz/
Video: Massive 'No Kings' protest expected to rain on Donald Trump's (military) parade - May 5, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vwhKYDuOsw
NBC News: In New York, a GOP congressman is shelled with questions about Trump during raucous town hall
The Hill: Schumer blasts Trump’s response on upholding the Constitution
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5282219-schumer-trump-meet-the-press-constitution/
CBS News: Ex-Harvard president Lawrence Summers says Trump's endgame is getting universities to "bend the knee"
Vance Under Fire for Defending Trump’s Tasteless AI Pope Joke
https://www.yahoo.com/news/vance-under-fire-defending-trump-133043833.html
Daily Kos: Oh, FFS, Let Him Be Pope Already
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/4/2320518/-Oh-FFS-Let-Him-Be-Pope-Already
Comment: Just a little satire in response to Trump's disrespect.
The Daily Beast: Trump’s Favorite Cardinal Dresses Him Down for AI Pope Stunt
https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-york-cardinal-rips-trumps-pope-stunt-it-wasnt-good/
CNN: Trump posts AI image of himself as pope, leaving Catholics offended and unamused as conclave nears
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/04/world/trump-ai-image-pope-intl-hnk
People Are Calling Donald Trump's Latest Truth Social Post The "Most Disrespectful Post In A Sea Of Disrespect"
https://www.yahoo.com/news/people-calling-donald-trumps-latest-155001543.html
AL.com: ‘Do not mock us’: Donald Trump’s AI-generated pope image sparks backlash as conclave nears
NBC News: Trump's social media post targeting Harvard's tax-exempt status could create problems for the IRS
Comment: "Tax and legal experts say the appearance of Trump's directing the IRS to take action could work in Harvard's favor if a legal battle ensues."
'Do I Look Like I Care?': AOC Shreds Trump's Border Czar In Blunt Free Speech Reminder
https://www.yahoo.com/news/look-care-aoc-shreds-trumps-040436294.html
NPR: Statement from Katherine Maher, NPR President and CEO, on White House Executive Order
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/02/g-s1-64016/npr-statement-on-white-house-executive-order
A new mega-lawsuit is targeting the very heart of the Trump administration
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/elon-musk-doge-lawsuit-omb-trump-rcna203829
Trump will unfreeze Maine funding after state’s trans athlete lawsuit. ‘We took him to court and we won,’ says governor
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-unfreeze-maine-funding-trans-233443609.html
Lowell launches firm for those ‘unlawfully and inappropriately targeted’ by Trump
https://www.yahoo.com/news/lowell-launches-firm-those-unlawfully-090000683.html
Trump-appointed judge calls Trump’s Alien Enemies Act invocation ‘unlawful’
Comment: "The Texas judge’s ruling is significant because it dealt head-on with the merits of the wartime law. It’s not the last word on the issue."
PBS: Judge blocks Trump executive order targeting elite law firm Perkins Coie
Axios: Exclusive: Christian leaders blast Trump's "anti-Christian bias" unit
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/01/christian-leaders-denounce-white-house-task-force
House Democrats demand Musk financial disclosure from White House
https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-democrats-demand-musk-financial-173404192.html
Yahoo News: ‘60 Minutes’ Set to Air Segment That Will Infuriate Trump
https://news.yahoo.com/60-minutes-set-air-segment-225854038.html
CNN: ‘50501’ movement plans anti-Trump protests across US on May Day
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/01/us/50501-movement-anti-trump-protests
NPR: May Day protesters will rally nationwide against the 'war on working people'
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/30/nx-s1-5382560/may-day-protests-history-trump
New York Times fires back after Trump threat
https://www.yahoo.com/news/york-times-fires-back-trump-153414389.html
The Guardian: If leaders stay silent, the US won’t survive Trump’s next 100 days | Robert Reich
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/30/trump-next-100-days
The Guardian: Judge re-ups demand that White House show efforts to retrieve Kilmar Ábrego García from El Salvador
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/30/trump-abrego-garcia-el-salvador
Reuters: US appeals court will not allow DOGE to access Social Security data
Hakeem Jeffries Torches Trump Over Breaking No. 1 Campaign Promise: 'They Lied'
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hakeem-jeffries-torches-trump-over-160349804.html
Politico: Judge frees Columbia student activist whom Trump administration wants to deport
ABC News: Ex-FBI informant who made up bribery story about the Bidens will stay in prison, judge rules
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/fbi-informant-made-bribery-story-bidens-stay-prison-121339531
MSNBC News: Martin O'Malley calls Musk, Trump Social Security claims 'big lies'
Comment: "Martin O’Malley is touring the country fighting what he calls 'a grave assault' on the program."
Comment: O'Malley's tour will be in Guntersville, AL on May 10th.
Government Executive: Judge: Trump’s national security reasoning for anti-union EO was 'pretext for retaliation'
Axios: MAGA momentum wanes as Trump stumbles across 100-day mark
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/29/trump-100-days-polls-economy-immigration
The Independent: Colleges fight back: Elite schools join forces to resist Trump’s demands
Video: 'Shocked and disgusted': Univ. of Alabama Dems react to Trump giving commencement address
https://youtu.be/wxzG9PNk644?feature=shared
AP News: Ex-Justice Department prosecutor challenges his firing by the White House after Laura Loomer post
CNN: CNN Poll: Trump’s approval at 100 days lower than any president in at least seven decades
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/27/politics/approval-rating-trump-100-days/index.html
NPR: A Whistleblower Takes on DOGE
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1247657625
NPR: Why judges blocked the Trump admin's school DEI crackdown
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/26/nx-s1-5375904/trump-dei-schools-education-courts
Video: ‘Election authority is the province of states and Congress.’ Lisa Rubin on a ruling against Trump
https://www.yahoo.com/news/election-authority-province-states-congress-160746809.html
AP News: US judge temporarily stops west Texas immigrant deportations under Alien Enemies Act
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-trump-texas-venezuela-a2b8e109b98c4ff62ac7719614056ac3
Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Its Attack on Union Rights
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-blocks-trump-administration-attack-005833463.html
Government Executive: Judge blocks Trump’s anti-union executive order
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/04/judge-blocks-trumps-anti-union-executive-order/404865/
ABC News: Nearly two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Trump tariffs, with inflation a broad concern: POLL
The Harvard Crimson: 6 Harvard Students, Recent Grads Have Visa Status Restored
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/4/26/visa-status-restored
Sen. Jon Ossoff signals support for Trump impeachment
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sen-jon-ossoff-signals-support-035856470.html
Politico: How a Trump administration crackdown on foreign students unraveled
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/25/foreign-students-visas-donald-trump-00311600
WRAL.com: Visas of five UNC Chapel Hill students restored after federal policy reversal
https://www.wral.com/news/local/visas-restored-unc-chapel-hill-students-april-2025/
Politico: Trump administration reverses abrupt terminations of foreign students’ U.S. visa registrations
Comment: "DOJ announced the reversal in federal court after weeks of intense scrutiny by courts and dozens of restraining orders issued by judges."
CNN: Trump backs down in legal fight over canceling international students’ status records for now
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/politics/international-students-status-records-fight/index.html
Reuters: US universities help foreign students weather Trump deportations
The Hill: Signal chat participants sued for three months of app records
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5267461-signal-chat-strike-lawsuit/
ProPublica: ICE Air Has a New Contractor. This State Is Asking How It Will Protect the Detainees on Board.
https://www.propublica.org/article/avelo-airlines-ice-air-connecticut
Video: Poll: Voters sour on Trump’s handling of economy, tariffs and inflation
https://www.yahoo.com/news/poll-voters-sour-trump-handling-202409230.html
Slotkin is testing a ‘war plan’ to beat Trump. She wants Dems to ditch wokeness and muscle up
Three judges, including two Trump appointees, rule against the Department of Education’s anti-DEI policy
https://www.yahoo.com/news/department-education-policy-targeting-dei-170007961.html
NPR: More than 50 House Democrats demand answers after whistleblower report on DOGE
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/24/nx-s1-5375118/congress-doge-nlrb-whistleblower
A dozen states sue the Trump administration to stop tariff policy
https://www.yahoo.com/news/dozen-states-sue-trump-administration-205131500.html
Government Executive: Judge grills administration on ‘broad discretion’ to break up federal unions
Judge skeptical of Trump order to strip union rights from federal workers - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/23/trump-labor-eo-00306289
The Hill: Pritzker orders Illinois to boycott El Salvador over Abrego Garcia’s detention
New poll shows majority of young men disapprove of President Trump's job performance
https://www.yahoo.com/news/poll-shows-majority-young-men-205321206.html
Democratic lawmakers question Justice Department over warning to fired official
https://www.yahoo.com/news/democratic-lawmakers-justice-department-over-090442884.html
Comment: Democrats trying to stop outrageous intimidation by Trump Administration against Congressional witness.
Book publishers see surging interest in the U.S. Constitution and print new editions
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna202553
Axios: Vaccine developers mobilize amid "great unraveling" of their work
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/23/vaccine-community-pushback-trump
Trump administration faces a free-speech lawsuit over frozen climate, environmental funds : NPR
Federal judge expresses deep skepticism over Trump law firm executive order
https://apnews.com/article/trump-law-firms-perkins-coie-wilmerhale-7dba5f0c38ac547bf3f2bb1f31a2ef38
Judge appears inclined to permanently block Trump order targeting law firm
https://share.newsbreak.com/cretaam8
Law firms targeted by Trump ask judges to permanently bar executive orders against them
https://share.newsbreak.com/crf7yvbh
AP News: International students stripped of legal status in the US are piling up wins in court
6abc Philadelphia: ICE must reinstate legal status of 133 international students on Tuesday, according to Georgia U.S. District Court order
The Guardian: ‘National disgrace’: US lawmakers decry student detentions on visit to Ice jails
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/22/mahmoud-khalil-rumeysa-ozturk-ice-detention
Judge scorches Trump admin for stonewalling in Abrego Garcia deportation case - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/22/kilmar-abrego-garcia-judge-order-00305276
CNN: ‘That ends now’: Judge overseeing Abrego Garcia case knocks Trump administration for repeated stonewalling
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/22/politics/abrego-garcia-judge-xinis-justice-that-ends-now/index.html
Schumer demands details on DOGE savings claims
https://www.yahoo.com/news/schumer-demands-details-doge-savings-165909252.html
More Than 100 College Presidents Sign Statement Against Federal Overreach - Forbes
The Harvard Crimson: Harvard Sues Trump Administration Over $2.2 Billion Funding Freeze
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/4/22/harvard-sues-trump-admin/
WIRED: The ACLU Is Suing the Government to Get Access to DOGE Records
https://www.wired.com/story/aclu-lawsuit-government-doge-access-sensitive-data/
AFGE | AFL-CIO Unions Sue Trump over Dismantling of Agency That Resolves Labor Contract Disputes
‘An Enormous Usurpation’: Inside the Case Against Trump’s Tariffs - POLITICO
Duckworth: Hegseth endangering troops with ‘singular stupidity’
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5258507-senator-duckworth-call-for-hegseth-resignation/
"Let Them Eat Teslas": People At The "No Kings" Protests This Weekend Brought Signs That Were So Clever I'm Still Laughing About Them
https://www.yahoo.com/news/22-cleverest-signs-weekends-no-191221311.html
Former Justice Breyer Thinks Marco Rubio And Pam Bondi Can Be Held In Criminal Contempt For Defying Court Orders - Above the Law
GOP Rep. Byron Donalds faces shouting, critical questions over DOGE at contentious town hall
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-rep-byron-donalds-faces-022531622.html
House Democrats land in El Salvador, demand Abrego Garcia's return : NPR
The Hill: Van Hollen: Denying constitutional rights of ‘one man’ threatens ‘rights of everybody’
Trump faces bipartisan criticism over Abrego Garcia deportation : NPR
PHOTOS: Anti-Trump protesters rally in cities and towns across the country | PBS News
Photos: Protesters gather for 'day of action' against Trump administration : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/19/nx-s1-5369483/anti-trump-protests-50501-tesla-takedown
KUTV: PHOTOS: Thousands of Utah protesters demand accountability as 5th Amendment rights ignored
Anti-Trump protesters rally in New York, Washington and elsewhere across the country
Protesters fill the streets in cities across the US to denounce Trump agenda | Trump administration | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/19/anti-trump-rallies-protests
BBC: Thousands across the US protest Trump, again
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czjn0410e3zo
Federal judge is pausing Trump administration's plans for mass layoffs at the CFPB | AP News
Foley speaking engagement by US Rep. Barry Moore sparks protest
Axios: What to know about Saturday's 50501 protests
https://www.axios.com/local/pittsburgh/2025/04/17/what-to-know-about-saturdays-50501-protests
What to know about Sen. Chris Van Hollen's El Salvador trip : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/17/nx-s1-5367666/abrego-garcia-van-hollen-el-salvador
Angry voters ask Senator Grassley if they can ignore court orders like Trump
https://www.yahoo.com/news/angry-voters-ask-senator-grassley-121220655.html
Judge rules against Trump admin after it couldn’t find evidence of fraud in clean energy program | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/climate/epa-clean-energy-ruling/index.html
Boasberg finds ‘probable cause exists’ to hold Trump administration in contempt for violating orders on deportation flights | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/politics/boasberg-contempt-deportation-flights/index.html
ACLU sues Defense Department school system over banning race- and gender-related books
https://share.newsbreak.com/co7umomp
Judge orders federal agencies to release billions of dollars from two Biden-era initiatives
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-orders-federal-agencies-release-213622994.html
Watchdog group sues White House after government spending tracker removed
https://share.newsbreak.com/co7mo894
Judge temporarily blocks Trump's order targeting law firm: 'Shocking abuse of power'
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-considering-blocking-trumps-order-193200625.html
The Salt Lake Tribune: Bernie Sanders draws massive crowd during his ‘Fighting the Oligarchy’ tour in deep-red Utah
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2025/04/13/fighting-oligarchy-bernie-sanders/
Warren: Democrats ‘don’t have to wait’ for courts to ‘step in’ to fight Trump tariffs
https://www.yahoo.com/news/warren-democrats-don-t-wait-193254762.html
Trump administration cannot freeze Maine school lunch funds over transgender athlete policy, judge rules
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-cannot-freeze-maine-004710858.html
Judge will halt Trump administration from ending humanitarian parole for people from four countries | CNN Politics
The Hill: Secretary Hegseth, the standards didn’t change for women — we met them
NPR: Trump administration changes course on in-person requirements for Social Security
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/10/g-s1-59463/trump-social-security-ssa-in-person-offices
Comment: Statement from "Max Richtman, president and CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare." " 'The Trump administration did not change the policy out of the goodness of their hearts,' he said. 'They responded to public pressure. This is a victory for advocacy on the grassroots and national level, by and on behalf of the millions of seniors who depend on phone service from the Social Security Administration.' "
The Hill: Democratic-led states sue Education Department for ceasing access to COVID funds
The Daily Beast: Elon Musk’s Power Wanes as RFK Jr.-Run Agency Tells DOGE to Back Off
Politico: Here’s another sign Musk’s power is waning
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/10/health-staffers-told-to-ignore-musks-missives-00283976
Politico: Health rivals unite to fight Medicaid cuts
Politico: The surprising pair fighting Medicaid cuts
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/10/insurers-providers-medicaid-cuts-00282418
Comment: Now even the lobbyists are resisting.
The Hill: CHC demands Salvadoran president release Maryland man mistakenly deported
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5242751-congressional-hispanic-caucus-el-salvador-man-release/
Adam Schiff Calls For Insider Trading Investigation into Trump Over Tariff Pause
https://time.com/7276234/trump-tariff-insider-trading-schiff/
Axios: Social Security backs off cuts to phone services amid outcry
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/09/social-security-cuts-doge
New bill would secure collective bargaining for federal employees
Axios: Scoop: Democrats want to make DOGE answerable to Congress
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/09/democrats-bill-doge-reports-congress-elon-musk
The Guardian: US senator introduces conflict of interest bill aimed at Elon Musk
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/musk-doge-conflict-of-interest-bill-senate
USA Today: Democrat sues Trump after being removed from Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Axios: Jeffries challenges Johnson to "one-on-one" House floor debate
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/08/jeffries-challenges-johnson-debate-budget
Federal judge says White House’s punishment of Associated Press is unconstitutional | CNN Politics
Axios: Judge sides with AP over White House ban for press coverage
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/08/ap-news-lawsuit-white-house-first-amendment
Axios: National Park Service restores Underground Railroad history after outcry
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/07/national-park-service-underground-railroad-dei
Maine sues the Trump administration over funding freeze after dispute over transgender athletes
https://apnews.com/article/trump-maine-usda-transgender-sports-abfc3c0c63995764bed6fcee167a2509
The Hill: Democrats demand answers over book removals at military service academies
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5236466-democrats-book-bans-military-service-academies/
Reuters: 47 signs from the anti-Trump Hands Off! protests
https://www.reuters.com/pictures/47-signs-anti-trump-hands-off-protests-2025-04-06/
Anti-Trump protesters gather in Washington, other US cities | Reuters
AP News: Judge says deportation of Maryland man to an El Salvador prison was ‘wholly lawless’
https://apnews.com/article/ice-trump-immigration-el-savador-5d2f7b919cb1a4ed5ce31d44f391d8f5
Axios: Judge blasts government over mistakenly deporting Maryland man
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/06/deportation-mistake-doj-salvadorian-man
We went to the anti-Trump protests. Here's what surprised us the most.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/went-anti-trump-protests-heres-215013004.html
Photos: See demonstrators around the country rally in 'Hands Off!' protests : The Picture Show : NPR
CNN: Protests continue at Tesla showrooms amid talk Elon Musk could soon leave DOGE
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/05/business/tesla-musk-doge-demonstrations/index.html
Obama and Harris publicly rebuke Trump’s second-term actions
https://www.yahoo.com/news/obama-harris-publicly-rebuke-trump-060917598.html
New Law Would Force Elon Musk to Be Drug Tested for His Government Work
https://www.yahoo.com/news/law-force-elon-musk-drug-165426226.html
Reuters: Judge orders return of wrongly deported Maryland man to US from El Salvador
About 500 law firms sign brief challenging Trump's executive orders targeting the legal community
https://www.yahoo.com/news/500-law-firms-sign-brief-201958772.html
White House postpones Saturday garden tours due to anti-Trump demonstrations
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-postpones-saturday-garden-175116466.html
Axios: What to know about Saturday's nationwide "Hands Off!" anti-Trump protests
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/03/hands-off-protest-trump-musk-april-5
Politico: Federal judge says she will temporarily block billions in health funding cuts to states
NPR: A Pentagon inspector general announces investigation into Hegseth's use of Signal
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/03/nx-s1-5351647/pentagon-inspector-general-hegseth-signal-yemen
Comment: While we applaud the investigation, but we wish that the original inspector general (IG) fired by Trump was involved rather than Trump's hand picked acting IG.
The Conversation: Would you join the resistance if stuck in an authoritarian regime? Here’s the psychology
Forbes: Trump’s Tariffs Face Growing Republican Backlash: ‘Last Thing We Need’
NBC News: Hakeem Jeffries threatens lawsuit over delayed Texas special election
Politico: Judge hammers EPA over lack of proof of wrongdoing in terminating $20B in climate grants
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/02/judge-hammers-epas-terminating-20b-climate-grants-00267004
CNBC: Trump administration's appeal of a temporary restraining order preventing DOGE access to Social Security data is denied
ACLU sues National Institutes of Health for 'ideological purge' oresearch projects
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna199360
NPR: Senate rebukes Trump's tariffs on Canada
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/02/nx-s1-5347699/senate-trump-tariffs-canada
Comment: While this is an important bipartisan symbolic resolution, it doesn't have any "teeth," given the House of Representative's GOP opposition and Trump's power to veto any binding legislation that might be put forth later.
Appeals court: Trump pardon ‘plainly’ did not cover Jan. 6 defendants’ unrelated crimes - POLITICO
AP News: Democrats’ win in Wisconsin court race also is a big loss for Elon Musk
https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-elon-musk-81f71cdda271827ae281a77072a26bad
AP News: Wisconsin and Florida elections provide early warning signs to Trump and Republicans
https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-wisconsin-florida-elections-f335823795c9ecf1bfa3780261ac4555
Cory Booker breaks a 68-year-old Senate record with a 25-hour speech
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/01/nx-s1-5347318/cory-booker-senate-speech
Comment: "impassioned speech in protest of the Trump administration's policies."
Cory Booker sets a record with marathon Senate speech. Will it rally anti-Trump resistance?
https://apnews.com/article/cory-booker-new-jersey-senator-speech-ab573bb7c3c76fa107cacac7136d3823
Trump administration sued by 23 states, D.C. over HHS cutting $11 billion in public health funding - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-lawsuit-hhs-cuts-public-health-funding/
Comment: Of course, Alabama's Steve Marshall did not sue, even though Alabama will be adversely impacted by these cuts. For just one example, Terri Sewell pointed out the other day that Alabama would lose a $193M CDC Grant for Alabama's county health departments.
Axios: Dems target more MAGA-country town halls
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/01/democrats-town-halls-kelly-gallego-kim-medicaid
Government Executive: As agencies begin a second round of deferred resignations, unions revive legal challenge
Axios: Tesla blowback reaches New Orleans
https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2025/04/01/tesla-protest-elon-musk-cyber-truck-mardi-gras
'Made-up emergency': Democrats try to block Trump tariffs on Canada - ABC News
A Senate vote to reverse Trump's tariffs on Canada tests Republican support
https://www.yahoo.com/news/senate-vote-reverse-trumps-tariffs-040406105.html
Axios: Scoop: Senate Dems to launch Social Security war room
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/31/senate-democrats-social-security-war-room
Judge blocks firing of intelligence agency employees who worked on DEI programs
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-blocks-firing-intelligence-agency-205135014.html
Government Executive: ‘Gangster state’: Justice Department’s reorganization proposal slammed by Democrats
AL.com: Weaponization of antisemitism silencing dissent. As Jews in Alabama we say ‘Not in our name’: op-ed
American Postal Workers Union: Senate Introduces Resolution to Oppose USPS Privatization
https://apwu.org/news/senate-introduces-resolution-oppose-usps-privatization
WFAA.com: Thousands attend rally for immigration reform in Dallas, organizers say
Yahoo: Size of ‘Tesla Takedown’ protest movement continues to grow
https://www.yahoo.com/news/size-of-tesla-takedown-protest-movement-continues-to-grow-153716509.html
NPR: Hundreds of anti-Musk protests are planned at Tesla locations worldwide this weekend
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/29/nx-s1-5343986/anti-musk-protests-planned-worldwide
Indiana Congresswoman Victoria Spartz faces backlash at town hall for defending Musk, Hegseth
Senate Democrats to force vote next week on Trump's fentanyl tariffs on Canada - Live Updates - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/03/28/congress/senate-tariff-vote-00258406
Comment: "The lawmakers are tapping a provision in a 1976 law that allows any senator to force a vote to block emergency powers being abused by the president."
CFPB: Judge orders bureau to reinstate fired employees
Voice of America wins in court, for now, as judge blocks Trump administration from firing staff - ABC News
Judge blocks Trump executive order targeting law firm tied to Mueller probe | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/politics/law-firms-fighting-trump-executive-order/index.html
Axios: "Tesla Takedown" movement plans mass protests amid U.S. crackdown
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/28/tesla-protests-saturday-elon-musk-trump-doge
Social Security Administration delays and curtails new anti-fraud policy
https://www.yahoo.com/news/social-security-administration-delays-curtails-013410001.html
Comment: It's not much, but it's a start in stopping the ridiculous changes in social security policies.
Government Executive: Dems call for Bisignano to withdraw as SSA tweaks controversial plan
Canada takes to billboards in Central Florida to protest US tariffs
https://www.wesh.com/article/canada-billboards-central-florida-protest-us-tariffs/64300452
The Hill: Hundreds of advocacy groups call on Thune to reject House Republicans’ budget blueprint
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5217551-advocacy-groups-john-thune-house-budget/
Axios: Tesla protests continue across the country, including in Charlotte
Trump probably 'violated the law' when he fired independent watchdogs, judge says - ABC News
The Colorado Sun: Growing government workers union holds rally outside of EPA’s downtown Denver offices
The Guardian US: Democratic group aims to spend $40m on key 2026 races for election oversight
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/27/democratic-state-election-group-2026-races
Comment: Help to win Secretary of State races in the states to insure future election integrity..
The Hill: DNC chair will campaign in Florida district ahead of special election
Axios: Outraged Dem voters "stick it" to MAGA's new soft spots
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/27/trump-special-elections-florida-wisconsin-pennsylvania
Democrat wins special state Senate election in Pennsylvania in major upset
https://www.yahoo.com/news/democrat-wins-special-state-senate-022725175.html
Comment: A small victory but an indication that the tide is startng to turn against MAGA.
NPR: DOGE says it needs to know the government's most sensitive data, but can't say why
The Hill: Social Security chief: DOGE access to systems revoked after court order
The Hill: Democratic senator grills Trump nominee over DOGE access to Social Security systems
https://thehill.com/homenews/5212751-sen-wyden-questions-bisignano/
Kentucky governor vetoes GOP abortion bill, says it undermines doctors and endangers pregnant women
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kentucky-governor-vetoes-gop-abortion-234605221.html
ABC News: Judge keeps block on Trump gang deportations, says they face 'torture, beatings' in El Salvador
BBC.com: Judge declines to lift ban on Trump gang deportations under wartime powers
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3y03l1gvko
The Associated Press: Judge blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive information at US agencies
Hundreds gather outside Tesla showroom in Boston to protest Elon Musk
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hundreds-gather-outside-tesla-showroom-055550654.html
CNN: ‘The Americans didn’t learn their lesson’: Meet the Europeans boycotting US goods
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/europe/europe-american-boycott-cmd-intl/index.html
NPR: Members of Congress holding town halls in their home states face tough questions
The TRICK To Stopping Trump's CHAOS | How to Fix it with John Avlon
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35N_GKULs0E
Protesters gather outside Tesla showrooms and dealerships to denounce Elon Musk and DOGE
TCPalm: Demonstrators in Port St. Lucie decry cuts to Social Security
POLITICO: Trump wants adverse rulings overturned ASAP. Appeals courts are taking their time.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/21/trump-administration-court-rulings-appeals-00242764
The Associated Press: A federal lawsuit says the Trump administration has unlawfully shuttered the Voice of America
The Guardian US: Trump’s order to dismantle education department sparks outrage: ‘See you in court’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/21/trump-education-department-order-reactions
'Where is Congress?' Sen. Chuck Grassley town hall in Iowa gets heated quickly
https://www.yahoo.com/news/where-congress-sen-chuck-grassley-193007091.html
POLITICO: Leakers to Musk: We’re ‘not Elon’s servants’
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/21/musk-leakers-government-trump-doge-00243208
Video: Watch "'We had an awful choice': Schumer defends voting with GOP saying shutdown would be worse" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/2xXYhlUuEu0?feature=shared
GOP lawmaker booed for DOGE defense at Wyoming town hall
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-lawmaker-booed-doge-defense-150038637.html
Comment: I wonder if the GOP voters in the crowd regret replacing Liz Cheney with this MAGA Congresswoman.
The Associated Press: DOGE blocked in court from Social Security systems with Americans' personal information, for now
https://apnews.com/article/social-security-trump-administration-acfdd0d7a53b7e5a1b5105baa456c5d0
'Hitting a fly with a sledgehammer': Judge blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive Social Security records
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hitting-fly-sledgehammer-judge-blocks-223848452.html
Video: Watch "Sen. Lisa Murkowski slams fellow Republicans for being 'afraid' of President Trump and Elon Musk" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/IXVSc-8hMv0?feature=shared
Comment: It's great that she is "talking the talk." Now she has to consistently "walk the walk."
NBC News: As retailers like Target and Amazon drop DEI, some Black customers drop them
The Verge: ‘Tesla Takedown’ protesters planning ‘biggest day of action’
https://www.theverge.com/news/633091/tesla-takedown-protesters-planning-biggest-day-of-action
Comment: Protest is fine, but vandalism is not.
GOP chairs ‘very concerned’ over report of Trump changing military commands
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-chairs-very-concerned-over-223840613.html
Comment: We're not sure if 'very concerned' constitutes resistance, but it's a start.
Chief Justice John Roberts could be a bulwark against Trump's power grabs
Chief Justice John Roberts rebukes Trump over call for federal judge’s impeachment
Judge rules DOGE's USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-rules-doges-usaid-dismantling-192012185.html
A judge says the USAID shutdown was likely unconstitutional : Goats and Soda : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5332274/judge-ruling-usaid-shutdown
NBC News: Elon Musk and DOGE efforts to close USAID likely unconstitutional, agency must be restored, judge rules
POLITICO: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty sue over grant termination
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/18/radio-free-europe-radio-liberty-00237749
Judge bars Trump’s EPA from taking back $20B in climate grants — for now - POLITICO
Government Executive: Agencies are placing reinstated employees in leave status. Judge says that violates his order.
Appeals court denies Trump’s bid to immediately reverse fired federal workers’ reinstatement
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5198957-trump-mass-firing-federal-workers-appeals-court/
Judge in Alien Enemies Act case chides DOJ lawyer over refusal to answer key questions about deportations
The Hill: Senate Democrats call for USDA funding for local food banks, schools to be restored
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5198806-usda-local-food-banks-funding-senate-democrats/
POLITICO: Top broadband official exits Commerce Department with sharp Musk warning
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/16/official-exits-commerce-department-musk-warning-00232278
Judge blocks Trump's use of 1798 law to speed up deportations – but some migrants still removed
Judge blocks Trump from using 18th-century wartime act for deportations | US immigration | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/15/trump-alien-enemies-act-deportations
Anti-Musk protesters rally peacefully on Merritt Island
The Hill: Hundreds protest Tesla showrooms over Musk’s DOGE work
https://thehill.com/business/5197164-hundreds-protest-tesla-showrooms-over-musks-doge-work/
Articles of Impeachment Filed Against Trump
https://share.newsbreak.com/c3048fue
Comment: Unlikely that this impeachment attempt will ever reach the House floor for a vote.
Protesters crowd National Mall calling for Trump impeachment – NBC4 Washington
ProPublica: Parents Sue Trump Administration for Allegedly Sabotaging Education Department’s Civil Rights Division
https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-civil-rights-lawsuit-trump-parents
Government Executive: Union sues DHS to protect TSA screeners’ collective bargaining rights
Democrats set to host town halls targeting vulnerable House Republicans
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5194447-democrats-town-halls-house-republicans/amp/
The Associated Press: North Carolina GOP town hall gets rowdy as attendees hurl scathing questions on Trump
Axios: Focus group: Trump voters in Michigan have buyers' remorse
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/14/trump-harris-michigan-focus-group
Sen. Mark Kelly ditching his Tesla: ‘Built and designed by an a‑‑hole’
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5195294-senator-mark-kelly-ditches-tesla/
The Guardian: ‘Ruined this place’: chorus of boos against JD Vance at Washington concert
POLITICO: Judge rejects DOJ’s effort to expand reach of Trump’s Jan. 6 pardon
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/13/judge-rejects-trump-pardon-expansion-00230518
New York and other states sue Trump administration over 'dismantling' of the Department of Education
Judge orders thousands of fired probationary federal employees reinstated
Comment: Includes Video.
POLITICO: Thousands of fired federal workers must be rehired immediately, judge rules
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/13/fired-federal-probationary-employees-court-ruling-00228721
The Hill: TSA union sues Noem over stripping of bargaining rights
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5193939-union-sues-dhs-noem-tsa-contract/
The Hill: Raskin asks for DOJ probe into acting US Attorney Ed Martin
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5193514-justice-department-investigation-ed-martin/
Axios: Scoop: White House pulls CDC director nomination
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/13/white-house-pulls-cdc-nomination
13WMAZ.com: Frustrated voters in Georgia's District 8 to hold town hall outside Rep. Scott's office
US appeals court upholds decision blocking Trump birthright citizenship order - JURIST - News
POLITICO: Judge slams EPA’s climate grant cancellations: ‘You have to have some kind of evidence’
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/12/judge-epa-climate-grant-cancellations-00227643
NPR: Judge blocks Trump from enforcing 'chilling' order against law firm
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/12/g-s1-53422/judge-blocks-trump-law-firm
US judge temporarily halts Trump plan to cut hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training | AP News
USDA hires back all fired workers from past month
Comment: Rehire due to previous court order. With workers getting back pay, how did original firing result in government efficiency?
Axios: Judge holds Congress has power on foreign aid spending, not president
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/11/trump-usaid-foreign-aid-payments-power
Chattanooga Times Free Press: ‘Meet us in person’: Chattanoogans want public town hall with Fleischmann
https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/mar/11/meet-us-in-person-chattanoogans-want-public-town/
Trump overstepped his constitutional authority in freezing Congress' funding for USAID, judge says | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/usaid-trump-foreign-aid-rubio-judge-ali-60ef55de60a36c61eb563b5982298385
LAist: To patients, parents and caregivers, Republicans' proposed Medicaid cuts are a personal affront
Judges and world leaders defy Trump as Congress sits on sidelines
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/judges-world-leaders-defy-trump-congress-rcna194494
Meeting fills Alabama church with hundreds who oppose Trump’s policies
https://share.newsbreak.com/byo0zape
Video: American scientists take to the streets to protest Trump's cuts
https://youtu.be/BA9-MPECyYE?feature=shared
Advocates gear up to defend Education Dept. from Trump
DOGE accused of accessing Social Security data of millions of Americans
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-accused-accessing-social-security-180203482.html
States sue Trump administration over firings of federal employees : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/08/nx-s1-5321864/trump-federal-employees-lawsuit-states
Tribes and Native American students file lawsuit over Trump admin's Bureau of Indian Education firings
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tribes-native-american-students-lawsuit-firings/
AL.com: ‘Everyone loses’: 300 patients, researchers, students rally in Birmingham to protest Trump spending cuts
Unions ask court to stop DOGE from accessing Social Security data | AP News
Activists vandalize Trump golf resort over Gaza comments | AP News
DOGE attempts to enter an agency building led to physical standoff that spilled into court
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/07/politics/us-african-development-agency-standoff
The New Republic: IRS Chief Vows Revenge After Being Ousted by Elon Musk’s DOGE
https://newrepublic.com/post/192478/irs-chief-revenge-fired-doge
Democrats ask Rubio for answers about Tesla plans : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/07/g-s1-52618/lawmakers-question-400-million-dollar-tesla-plan
We're hosting town halls in Republican districts, says Democratic House member
https://www.yahoo.com/news/were-hosting-town-halls-republican-134411412.html
Labor regulator Trump fired must be reinstated, judge rules - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/06/trump-wilcox-nlrb-reinstated-00216685
Axios: Tesla sales and stock price slump as Musk leads DOGE cuts
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/06/musk-doge-cuts-tesla-stock
Trump broke law firing NLRB member Wilcox, judge rules
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/06/judge-reinstates-nlrb-member-gwynne-wilcox-trump-fired.html
7 in 10 young Americans disapprove of DOGE work so far: Survey
https://share.newsbreak.com/bxkzg4i0
Trump won't sign executive order to dissolve Department of Education today: Sources - ABC News
Federal judge blocks drastic funding cuts to medical research | AP News
Video: Maddow: Pushback against Trump admin. is working - Mar 5, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2gzHIIvsX7I
US judge in case over fired NLRB member questions Trump's broad claim of executive power | Reuters
Video: Supreme Court rejects Trump request on foreign aid freeze
NPR: Supreme Court upholds lower court order to force USAID to pay contractors
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/05/nx-s1-5309498/scotus-usaid-news
The Hill: Lawyers in DOGE challenge use Trump remarks before Congress in new filing
Electrek.co: Tesla (TSLA) sales crash continues in Europe, with Germany down 70%
https://electrek.co/2025/03/05/tesla-tsla-sales-crash-continues-in-europe-with-germany-down-70/
Full speech: Sen. Elissa Slotkin delivers Democratic response (to Trump's joint address to Congress -03/04/25)
Comment: Everyone needs to watch this Video.
Statement from DNC Chair Ken Martin on Trump’s Disastrous Joint Address - Democrats
https://democrats.org/news/statement-from-dnc-chair-ken-martin-on-trumps-disastrous-joint-address/
'Flat-out lied': Rachel Maddow fact-checks Trump's joint address
Comment: Video from MSNBC.
Trump administration rescinds guidance directing agencies to fire probationary employees
Comment: "The Trump administration on Tuesday revised its guidance on probationary employment in the federal government after a judge ruled last week that the Office of Personnel Management lacked the authority to make hiring or termination decisions for other agencies."
POLITICO: Democrats Are Serious About a Shutdown
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/03/04/house-democrats-shutdown-doge-00205584
American Bar Association backs 'rule of law' after Musk calls for judges to be impeached
https://www.yahoo.com/news/american-bar-association-backs-rule-225230980.html
American Bar Association condemns efforts to undermine justice system
https://share.newsbreak.com/bxl0n5ic
Massachusetts Tesla charging stations intentionally set on fire, investigators believe
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/boston/news/littleton-massachusetts-tesla-station-fire/
Comment: Protest is OK, but vandalism is not.
POLITICO: Democrats plan a different kind of response to Trump’s big speech
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/03/democrats-trump-speech-response-sotu-00206863
AL.com: My Dad served in Congress for 30 years and he’d be appalled: op-ed
Trump Pushes Deranged Conspiracy About Republican Town Hall Protests
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-pushes-deranged-conspiracy-republican-175324376.html
Axios: Democratic boycott builds against Trump speech to Congress
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/03/democratic-boycott-trump-joint-address-congress
The Associated Press: Musk’s embrace of right-wing politics risks turning off car buyers and sinking Tesla’s stock
'They've radicalized me': Federal workers fight back as Trump dismantles their work
https://www.yahoo.com/news/theyve-radicalized-federal-workers-fight-120000708.html
POLITICO: Crowds protest JD Vance at Vermont ski resort
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/02/crowds-protest-jd-vance-vermont-ski-resort-00206906
Anti-DOGE protests at Tesla stores target Elon Musk’s bottom line
Trump administration accused of sidestepping court rulings amid spree of legal losses
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-accused-sidestepping-court-140000676.html
Judge rules head of watchdog agency must keep his job, says Trump's bid to oust him was unlawful | AP News
House Dems: Immediately reinstate fired feds - Government Executive
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/02/house-dems-immediately-reinstate-fired-feds/403379/
Article Note: "A group of 85 lawmakers called on the Office of Special Counsel to broaden its recommendation earlier this week to stay the firing of six employees on probationary periods to all probationary workers purged in recent days."
Video: Watch "HUGE news in the fight to reverse Trump and Musk's illegal firings of federal employees" on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OiCP6yruro4
NSF Begins Reinstating Some Probationary Employees After Mass Layoffs - AIP.ORG
https://ww2.aip.org/fyi/nsf-begins-reinstating-some-probationary-employees-after-mass-layoffs
Judge Extends Order Barring Vought from Depleting CFPB Funds
CNN: Today’s ‘economic blackout’ began from an unlikely source. But it’s tapped into Americans’ anger
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/business/economic-blackout-february-28/index.html
NJ.com: People are boycotting Target, Walmart, Amazon, Best Buy and more on Feb. 28. Here’s why
PBS NewsHour: What to know about the Feb. 28 economic boycott
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-to-know-about-the-feb-28-economic-boycott
Judge orders DOGE employee to testify in lawsuit against the Trump administration
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-orders-doge-employee-testify-040852508.html
Judge halts mass firings of federal workers at some agencies | CNN Politics
AFGE: Federal Court Finds Firing of Probationary Federal Employees Illegal
MacArthur Foundation to increase giving for two years in response to Trump's foreign aid freeze - Fast Company
Fortune: Tesla investors furious at stock’s plunge turn tables on CEO Elon Musk
https://fortune.com/2025/02/27/tesla-investors-furious-at-share-plunge-turn-tables-on-elon-musk/
San Francisco Chronicle: Bay Area congressman left hospital to vote against GOP budget — with his IV still attached
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/kevin-mullin-budget-vote-20189062.php
AFGE: Union Calls on Trump Administration to Reverse Pay Cuts for Federal Correctional Officers and Staff
What to know about the Feb. 28 "economic blackout"
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/25/economic-blackout-february-28-peoples-union
A nascent backlash against Musk sharpens risk for Trump and GOP
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nascent-backlash-against-musk-sharpens-050047844.html
The Hill: House Oversight Democrats launch probe of US Attorney for DC
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5162931-house-oversight-democrats-us-attorney-dc-ed-martin/
Teachers union sues over Trump administration's deadline to end school diversity programs
https://www.yahoo.com/news/teachers-union-sues-over-trump-003154450.html
DOGE tech employees jointly resign in protest of Elon Musk
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/doge-tech-employees-jointly-resign-195220027.html
The Bulwark: Republicans Are Starting to Panic About DOGE
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/republicans-starting-to-panic-doge-townhalls-musk-cuts
TheStreet: Big new threat slams Tesla's stock price
https://www.thestreet.com/investing/stocks/big-new-threat-slams-teslas-stock-price
The Guardian: ‘I felt nothing but disgust’: Tesla owners vent their anger at Elon Musk | Automotive industry
Federal News Network: OSC begins challenging mass firings of probationary feds
Special counsel determines some probationary layoffs violate law, asks for intervention
https://www.yahoo.com/news/special-counsel-determines-probationary-layoffs-232450293.html
Oversight agency finds Trump’s federal worker firings unlawful, asks for some employees to be reinstated - Government Executive
After heated town halls, Republicans seek more information — and compassion — from DOGE
https://www.yahoo.com/news/heated-town-halls-republicans-seek-044952387.html
NPR: Judge tells Trump administration it has less than 2 days to resume USAID funding
https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/02/25/g-s1-50701/usaid-freeze-judge
Fake video of Trump kissing Musk's feet displayed at HUD office in Washington
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fake-video-trump-kissing-musks-230102445.html
Comment: While we don't condone the hacking of Govt. computer systems, the video illustrates the anger felt by many about Musk's (unelected Musk) apparent takeover of significant Govt. authority.
Axios: "We must be at full strength": Democrats spot opening to kneecap GOP's budget plans
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/24/hakeem-jeffries-republican-budget-vote-johnson
Lawsuit Challenges 'Resignation' Threat to Federal Workers | Newsmax.com
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-elon-musk-federal-workforce/2025/02/24/id/1200310/
Federal funding restored for low-income Alabama utility assistance after outcry • Alabama Reflector
Federal judge blocks parts of Trump’s private-sector DEI order
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/federal-judge-blocks-parts-trump-165800303.html
AFGE: AFGE, Allies Vow to Continue Fight to Save USAID
https://www.afge.org/article/afge-allies-vow-to-continue-fight-to-save-usaid/
NBC News: Judge blocks Department of Education, federal personnel office from sharing data with DOGE
Trump’s Own Pollster Just Hit Him with Very Bad News—and a Warning
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-own-pollster-just-hit-110000256.html
Photos: ‘Distress flag’ hung high in Yosemite to protest job cuts
https://www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/article/yosemite-protest-job-cuts-20180229.php
Maine.gov: Governor Mills’ Statement on Notice of Investigation From U.S. Department of Education
‘Arbitrary and discriminatory’: Judge blocks Trump’s effort to deter DEI programs
'Delusional' Trump Openly Mocked As His Newest Boast Backfires Spectacularly
https://www.yahoo.com/news/delusional-trump-openly-mocked-newest-063813961.html
The New Republic: Trump Blows Up After Onslaught of Devastating Polls
https://newrepublic.com/post/191830/trump-reaction-polls-approval
Federal workers launch a new site to share inside information about DOGE | The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/news/617014/federal-workers-we-the-builders-website-doge
Forbes: Federal Judge Extends TRO Against NIH Cap On Indirect Cost Payments
Georgia Republican faces town hall backlash over DOGE job cuts
Comment: Includes Video of town hall meeting.
Unions sue over federal worker firings, alleging Trump administration misused probationary periods
Contempt sought against US officials for alleged 'brazen defiance' of court order on foreign-aid funds
Daily Kos: Economic Blackout Gaining Steam!
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/19/2304897/-Economic-Blackout-Gaining-Steam
Protesters take to the streets in support of National Park workers who've lost their jobs after a chaotic week for the NPS
https://www.yahoo.com/news/protesters-streets-support-national-park-130000606.html
‘Tesla Takedown’ protesters say they’re just getting started denouncing DOGE at dealerships - Fast Company
Axios: Scoop: Democrats quietly prepare for a Trump constitutional crisis
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/18/democrats-trump-judges-constitution-doge
Opinion - Who will stop Trump and Elon Musk from dismantling the US government?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-stop-trump-elon-musk-190000843.html
Judge temporarily halts firing of 11 U.S. intelligence officers
'No kings on Presidents Day' rings out from protests against Trump and Musk | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/president-donald-trump-protest-c8796556fbf20e796f42167f61c3d942
'Critical moment in history': Protests across US target Trump, Musk
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/02/17/anti-trump-musk-protests-us/78962739007/
USA TODAY: President's Day protests rally against Trump administration policies
Alabama takes part in national anti-Trump, Elon Musk ‘No kings on Presidents Day’ protests
Warnock at National Cathedral: ‘Don’t tell me you reject DEI when you live in a White House built by Black hands’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/warnock-national-cathedral-don-t-191204348.html
Elon Musk faces exile from 365-year-old Royal Society scientific institution over his political behavior
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-faces-exile-365-112344928.html
TheStreet: Walmart, Amazon face massive boycott threat
https://www.thestreet.com/retail/walmart-amazon-among-retailers-facing-a-massive-boycott-threat
Daily Kos: BOYCOTT!
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/16/2304095/-BOYCOTT
The Associated Press: NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans
https://apnews.com/article/black-consumers-dei-buying-guide-naacp-34664d8af92e2dc1ba787a498348b7a4
TIME: ‘The Worst I’ve Ever Seen’: Trump’s Mass Layoffs Leave Federal Workers Baffled and Angry
https://time.com/7225555/trump-mass-layoffs-federal-workers/
The Hill: Murkowski: Trump’s mass firings ‘do more harm than good’
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5147474-murkowski-trump-musk-federal-workforce-reduction/
Purges at the DOJ and FBI: How Civil Service Laws Apply
https://www.justsecurity.org/107708/purges-doj-fbi-civil-service-laws/
FedScoop: AFGE says it will fight mass federal firings, refuting ‘performance’ claims
https://fedscoop.com/afge-says-it-will-fight-mass-federal-firings-refuting-performance-claims/
Democracy Docket: 14 States Sue to Block Elon Musk’s DOGE Actions, Claim Unconstitutional Abuse of Power
AL.com: ‘Lip service over public service?’: Billboard slams Sen. Britt over UAB funding cuts
Video: Watch "A Timely Warning From Abraham Lincoln" on YouTube
https://youtube.com/shorts/s2WcVQfRuK4?feature=shared
Arizona, 13 other states file suit against Musk's DOGE, citing 'reckless' behavior
https://www.yahoo.com/news/arizona-13-other-states-file-050441280.html
Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily allow funds for foreign aid
Protecting our Members’ Jobs: IAM, NFFE-IAM Join Labor Coalition in New Lawsuit Over Illegal Gutting of Federal Workforce
Axios: Mitch McConnell takes his revenge on Trump
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/14/mcconnell-trump-nominees-rfk-gabbard-tariffs
Comment: Thanks Mitch, but too little, too late.
Government watchdogs fired by Trump sue his administration and ask a judge to reinstate them
https://www.yahoo.com/news/8-inspectors-general-fired-trump-150616508.html
POLITICO: Red-state universities push back against NIH funding cuts
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/12/trump-universities-funding-cuts-016328
IAM, NFFE-IAM Rally to Protect Civil Services from Billionaire Takeover
Tariffs on Canadian Steel and Aluminum Would Be a Gut Punch to Workers
https://www.goiam.org/news/tariffs-on-canadian-steel-and-aluminum-would-be-a-gut-punch-to-workers/
Slate: Americans Are Actually in a Position to Make Elon Musk Feel Our Rage
https://slate.com/business/2025/02/elon-musk-tesla-stock-valuation-consumer-boycott.html
Video: Watch "We Can (And Must) Keep Up The Fight" on YouTube
https://youtube.com/shorts/FrdSyuUA7hU?feature=shared
The Guardian US: Hegseth heckled and booed by military families at pro-DEI protest in Germany | Trump administration
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/12/pete-hegseth-dei-protest-germany
AFGE: AFGE Responds to Fork Ruling Denying Preliminary Injunction on Procedural Grounds
POLITICO: DOGE cut off from student loan data, for now
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/11/doge-student-loan-data-00203689
NBC News: Judge blocks Trump administration from cutting research funding after 22 states sue
Labor unions sue to block DOGE access to sensitive information at US agencies
https://www.yahoo.com/news/labor-unions-sue-block-doge-230607320.html
US whistleblower office chief temporarily reinstated after alleging improper firing
https://www.yahoo.com/news/head-us-whistleblower-office-alleges-192543217.html
Axios: Democrats dig in against Mike Johnson on government shutdown
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/07/democrats-mike-johnson-goverment-shutdown-jeffries
Democratic senators urge VA secretary to revoke Elon Musk’s access to veterans’ personal information | Stars and Stripes
Public Citizen steps up fight against DOGE, backing California students' lawsuit
Democrats demand investigation into Musk's alleged 'conflicts' over billions in fed contracts - ABC News
The Associated Press: Vatican's Caritas outraged at 'reckless' USAID cuts, says millions will die, others left in poverty
https://apnews.com/article/vatican-us-usaid-pope-migration-6bf064630ff58022ab133f5375f5b5ef
ABC News: Judge blocks Trump administration from placing 2,200 USAID employees on leave at midnight
https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-temporary-order-blocking-trumps-dismantling-usaid/story?id=118585005
Slate: A Reagan Appointee Just Showed How All Judges Should Respond to Trump’s Lawless Rampage
Judge to block Trump administration plan to put 2,200 USAID workers on leave - POLITICO
Trump's sweeping agenda is hitting legal roadblocks
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-sweeping-agenda-hitting-legal-050606568.html
The Associated Press: 13 states to sue over DOGE access to government payment systems containing personal data
https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-trump-doge-states-47912249bf4b79477cbe211565c9743c
Protesters in cities across the US rally against Trump's policies, Project 2025 and Elon Musk | Euronews
WCHS: Protest against White House actions, Project 2025 draws large crowd at W.Va. State Capitol
Comment: Even in Red state West Virginia.
The Hill: Appropriations Democrats press Zeldin on ‘illegal’ EPA grant freeze
AFGE | Trump Administration “Fork Directive” Ultimatum Unlawful as Written, Unions Urge Court to Find
POLITICO: EPA funds still frozen despite agency memo, lawmakers’ pressure
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/06/epa-funds-frozen-despite-agency-memo-efforts-00202753
InsideEVs : Tesla Sales Are Tanking Across The World
https://insideevs.com/news/750076/tesla-sales-tanking-globally/
Germany: Tesla sales plunge almost 60% in January – DW – 02/06/2025
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-tesla-sales-plunge-almost-60-in-january/a-71533790
Government Executive: Congressional Democrats tell skeptical protestors they’ll stop Trump’s elimination of USAID
FBI agents sue DOJ, allege retaliation over Jan. 6 cases
https://www.aol.com/fbi-agents-sue-doj-allege-173900079.html
Dismissed labor official sues Trump and NLRB chair over firing | Trump administration | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/05/gwynne-wilcox-nlrb-lawsuit-trump
Slate: Finally, the Pushback to Musk’s Lawless Power Grab Has Begun
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/02/federal-workers-sue-opm-elon-musk-takeover.html
ABC News: Democrats threaten to obstruct Trump's agenda over Musk's DOGE efforts
Axios: Scoop: Senate Dems plot to delay all Trump nominees in retaliation for USAID restructuring
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/04/senate-democrats-holds-nominees-usaid
Hakeem Jeffries wants funding freeze 'choked off' in spending deal - Live Updates - POLITICO
The Associated Press: Democrats push back after Musk says Trump agrees to close USAID and workers are kept out
https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-usaid-c0c7799be0b2fa7cad4c806565985fe2
Congressional Democrats denied entry to USAID building
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/03/democrats-usaid-building-house-senate-protest
The Hill: Democrats slam Trump over reports he’ll merge USAID with State Department
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5120310-democrats-donald-trump-usaid-state-department/
POLITICO: ‘What Elon Musk Said Is a Bold-Faced Lie’
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/02/04/elon-musk-usaid-00202409
Government Executive: ‘Robbery in progress': Small group protests at OPM over Musk allies’ access to federal employee personal data
NJ.com: Elon Musk has control of federal servers — and, yes, Hillary Clinton has something to say about that
Ken Martin wins race to become chair of the Democratic National Committee as party looks to find its footing - CBS New
Government Executive: Union chief: It’s not just a threat to federal employees
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/02/its-not-just-threat-federal-employees/402718/
Treasury Department sued over DOGE takeover
https://www.theverge.com/policy/605614/treasury-department-sued-over-doge-takeover
The Guardian US: FBI in ‘battle’ with Trump amid purge of officials, top agent warns staff
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/03/trump-fbi-james-e-dennehy
Unions sue to block Musk team’s access to Treasury payments
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/03/unions-sue-block-musk-treasury-payment-00202243
Senior Democrat wants to know who in the Trump White House got Top Secret clearance without a complete background check - Government Executive
Public Service Unions File Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration Efforts to Politicize the Civil Service
US federal employee union sues over Trump administration plan to fire, reclassify government employees - JURIST - News
Reuters: US judge temporarily blocks Trump's order restricting birthright citizenship
24 Democratic states and cities sue over Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship
AL.com: Alabama professors, UAB students ask court to block law against DEI, ‘divisive concepts’
Axios: After Trump's DEI remarks on DC crash, here are the facts about air traffic control hires
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/31/dc-plane-crash-trump-dei-air-traffic-control-data
Axios: Air traffic controllers union hits back at Trump DEI comments
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/31/air-traffic-control-union-dei-staffing-trump-plane-crash
AFGE | Largest Federal Employee Union Response to Trump Memorandum on Union Contracts
Just Security: Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-legal-challenges-trump-administration-actions/
US federal employee union sues over Trump administration plan to fire, reclassify government employees - JURIST - News
Luján Calls Out Trump Administration Chaos and Confusion, Exposes Threat of Budget Office Nomination - Senator Ben Ray Luján (01/30/25)
Groups oppose Trump's nominee for OMB director (01/30/25)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5117286-groups-oppose-vought-nomination-omb/
Sewell calls on Air Force to reinstate Tuskegee Airmen video: ‘not DEI,’ but history
Democrats grill Project 2025 co-author over ‘illegal’ Trump funding move (01/22/25)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/democrats-grill-project-2025-co-174437846.html
Trudeau says Canada 'ready' for Trump tariffs as ministers make final push in D.C.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-trump-tariffs-1.7447136
Canada will bring ‘forceful but reasonable’ retaliation to Trump tariffs, Trudeau says | Canada | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/31/trump-tariffs-canada-trudeau
POLITICO: ‘Hit Him Back Twice as Hard’: Canada’s No. 1 Populist Has a Risky Trump Strategy
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/01/25/doug-ford-trump-trade-resistance-00200457
POLITICO Europe: Republican senator jabs Trump on Greenland: It’s an ally, not an asset
Denmark boosts Greenland defence after Trump repeats desire for US control
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgzl19n9eko.amp
Farmers Plead ‘Stop Our Fields Flooding’ as Trump Opens Dams
https://www.yahoo.com/news/farmers-plead-stop-fields-flooding-224516014.html
NSF-says it will unfreeze grant money after court order : NPR
Second federal judge orders temporary pause to Trump administration efforts to freeze funding | AP News
Axios: "Take this fight to every town hall": Trump's funding freeze awakens the "Resistance"
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/29/trump-funding-freeze-democrats-resistance
'Remarkably poor judgment': Wall Street Journal takes a critical eye to start of Trump's 2nd term
'Not a buyout': Attorneys and unions urge federal workers not to resign
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/29/nx-s1-5279365/federal-workers-resign-offer-buyout
Federal News Network: Questions federal employees should be asking before accepting ‘deferred resignation
The Guardian US: Federal workers decry Trump attempt to force mass resignations as ‘cruel joke’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/29/trump-federal-workers-resignation-offer-reaction
A 'constitutional crisis?' Democrats, Republicans spar over Donald Trump's spending order
Trump’s funding freeze temporarily blocked by court – what we know so far
'He cheats his way through life': The five biggest bombshells from Caroline Kennedy's open letter about RFK Jr. (01/29/25)
The Guardian US: Trump condemned over ‘blatantly illegal’ firings of watchdog chiefs
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/28/trump-watchdog-firings-inspectors-general
Axios: Scoop: Top House Democrats gear up for first big battle with Trump over IG ousters
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/28/trump-fired-inspectors-general-raskin-connolly
NBC News: Quaker groups file suit over end of policy restricting ICE arrests in houses of worship
Trump's early actions on health agencies roil medical researchers
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/27/trump-health-communications-medical-researchers
NPR: Bishop confronts Trump during sermon at inaugural prayer service
A Pastor's Powerful Plea For 'Mercy' Drew Trump's Ire — And Faith Leaders Have Something To Say
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pastors-powerful-plea-mercy-drew-002115333.html
The Air Force Secretary said Elon Musk 'needs to learn a little bit more about the business' before deriding crewed fighter jets
https://www.yahoo.com/news/air-force-secretary-said-elon-035917684.html
Elizabeth Warren is pushing Trump to establish conflict-of-interest rules for Elon Musk
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elizabeth-warren-pushing-trump-establish-152341829.html
Are government workers going to stand up to Trump?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/27/government-workers-trump
Sen. Adam Schiff says Trump 'broke the law' by firing 18 inspectors general
FedScoop: Federal worker advocates file legal challenges to DOGE, Schedule F
https://fedscoop.com/federal-worker-legal-challenges-doge-schedule-f/
AL.com: ‘Mind boggling act of cowardice,’ late-night comedian says of Tuberville’s pardon reaction
Jon Stewart slams Tuberville’s ‘psychotic’ California wildfire comments: ‘There’s something wrong with you’ - al.com
POLITICO: Federal judges in Jan. 6 cases slam Trump’s pardons
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/22/trump-pardons-jan-6-federal-judge-00199948
The Hill: Kinzinger rips Johnson for defending Trump Jan. 6 pardons
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5102489-trump-jan-6-pardons/
Jan. 6 prosecutor: Rioters freed by Trump ‘have never been more dangerous’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/jan-6-prosecutor-rioters-freed-135029830.html
Jan. 6 rioters convicted for role in Capitol attack speak out against Trump's pardons
https://abcnews.go.com/US/jan-6-rioters-speak-out-against-pardons/story?id=117981519
Trump’s election interference judge says his Jan 6 pardons can’t ‘whitewash blood, feces, and terror’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-election-interference-judge-says-203853165.html
Axios: "No one should excuse violence": GOP Senate resistance hits Trump over Jan. 6 pardons
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/21/republican-senators-trump-jan-6-pardons
FedScoop: Federal worker advocates file legal challenges to DOGE, Schedule F
https://fedscoop.com/federal-worker-legal-challenges-doge-schedule-f/
Elon Musk Denied Access to SpaceX’s Biggest Government Secrets Over Drugs and Foreign Contacts
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-denied-access-spacex-175858022.html
The Guardian US: Joe Biden warns ‘oligarchy is taking shape in America’ in farewell address
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/15/joe-biden-farewell-address-trump-oligarchy-america
'What are you afraid of?' Sen. Tammy Duckworth yells as Pete Hegseth dodges questions - NewsBreak (01/14/25)
Former FBI and CIA chief urges senators to sink Patel, Gabbard | Fox News (12/27/24)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-fbi-cia-chief-urges-senators-sink-patel-gabbard
The Hill: Raskin demands FBI vetting of Trump nominees, details on Epshteyn (12/13/24)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5039373-raskin-fbi-vetting-trump-nominees-epshteyn/
Bolton: Senators ‘won’t escape history’s judgment’ if they vote to confirm Patel to FBI (12/11/24)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/bolton-senators-won-t-escape-160929525.html
Democrats demand answers from Trump pick Mehmet Oz on 'Medicare privatization' (12/10/24)
Michael Bloomberg Said Putting RFK Jr. In Charge of Vaccines Would Be 'Medical Malpractice' (12/03/24)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/michael-bloomberg-said-putting-rfk-200627742.html
Commentary - Former National Intelligence Chairman: Tulsi Gabbard is Dangerous and Unfit (11/26/24)
House Oversight Democrats slam Trump for choosing Project 2025’s ‘lead architect’ to head OMB (11/23/24)
‘This is Sickening’: Trump Slammed for Jan. 6 Take at Secret Mar-a-Lago Bash
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sickening-trump-slammed-jan-6-160813065.html
Democratic senator says Trump’s plan to ‘cripple our democracy’ underway
https://www.yahoo.com/news/democratic-senator-says-trump-plan-174033414.html
Video: Watch "What Trump’s Victory Means" on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RBgpdWUPFaU
After Donald Trump’s Victory, Liz Cheney Calls For Citizens To “Do Everything We Can To Support And Defend Our Constitution”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-victory-liz-cheney-131546802.html
Donald Trump didn’t win by a historic landslide. It’s time to nip that lie in the bud | Mehdi Hasan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/03/donald-trump-historic-landslide-win-lie
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