<p>🚨"Update: DOGE removes 31 more incorrect claims -- and $122M in savings -- from its "Wall of Receipts" after we identified they were wrong. </p><p>The listings were wrong b/c the contracts DOGE claimed credit for killing were not dead anymore: agencies had revived them."<br>-D Fahrenthold</p><p><a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#Fraud</a> <a href="/tags/fraudsters/" rel="tag">#Fraudsters</a> <a href="/tags/firings/" rel="tag">#Firings</a> <a href="/tags/corruption/" rel="tag">#Corruption</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/austerity/" rel="tag">#Austerity</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/us/politics/doge-musk-contracts-trump.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/us/politics/doge-musk-contracts-trump.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/doge-musk-contracts-trump.html</span></a></p>
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<p>The Department of Education Forced Idaho to Stop Denying Disabled Students an Education. Then Trump Gutted Its Staff.<br>—</p><p>For years, the Education Department was the only agency that could ensure states would improve conditions for disabled children. Now, Trump’s cuts threaten to hamper its oversight.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-idaho-students-disabilities-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-idaho-students-disabilities-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dep</span><span class="invisible">artment-of-education-idaho-students-disabilities-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/idaho/" rel="tag">#Idaho</a> <a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#Parents</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#Disability</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>Judge <a href="/tags/xinis/" rel="tag">#Xinis</a> is NOT happy. <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> privilege log that was due today was not filed. She gave them 30 minutes to file with the note: "Failure to file the privilege log or otherwise respond will be construed as an intentional refusal to comply with this Court's orders."</p><p><a href="/tags/kilmarabregogarcia/" rel="tag">#KilmarAbregoGarcia</a>'s lawyers filed their log under seal.</p><p><a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/judiciary/" rel="tag">#judiciary</a> <a href="/tags/separationofpowers/" rel="tag">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="/tags/dueprocess/" rel="tag">#DueProcess</a></p>
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<p>"Despite whatever is rattling around [Stephen] Miller's febrile cabeza, habeas corpus is not a revocable privilege. It is a right guaranteed to everyone incarcerated. In calling it a 'privilege' that 'could be suspended' to suit the whims of his boss, Miller proves himself to be a traitor not only to the American idea, but also to the freaking Magna Carta (!)," </p><p>~ Charles Pierce</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/stephenmiller/" rel="tag">#StephenMiller</a> <a href="/tags/habeascorpus/" rel="tag">#HabeasCorpus</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#immigrants</a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a64745130/stephen-miller-trump-habeas-corpus/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a64745130/stephen-miller-trump-habeas-corpus/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.esquire.com/news-politics/</span><span class="invisible">politics/a64745130/stephen-miller-trump-habeas-corpus/</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> just defunded a program to provide high-speed <a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a> to rural areas, which are predominantly red. Why? It was called the Digital Equity Act.<br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/195097/angry-trump-kills-woke-program-and-accidentally-screws-maga-voters" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="newrepublic.com/article/195097/angry-trump-kills-woke-program-and-accidentally-screws-maga-voters"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/article/195097</span><span class="invisible">/angry-trump-kills-woke-program-and-accidentally-screws-maga-voters</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/brainlesskeywordsearching/" rel="tag">#BrainlessKeywordSearching</a> <a href="/tags/dei/" rel="tag">#DEI</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>Hitler’s Terrible <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#Tariffs</a></p><p><a href="/tags/hitler/" rel="tag">#Hitler</a> used tariffs seeking to “liberate” Germans from a *globalized* world order, the <a href="/tags/nazi/" rel="tag">#Nazi</a> government sent the national <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> careening backwards.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/trumptariffs/" rel="tag">#TrumpTariffs</a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/nazi-germany-tariffs-trade/682521/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/nazi-germany-tariffs-trade/682521/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theatlantic.com/ideas/arch</span><span class="invisible">ive/2025/04/nazi-germany-tariffs-trade/682521/</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> angrily brushed off ethical concerns about accepting a $400 million luxury jet from <a href="/tags/qatar/" rel="tag">#Qatar</a> to be used as a new <a href="/tags/airforceone/" rel="tag">#AirForceOne</a>, saying only someone “stupid” would turn down such an offer.</p><p>“I think it’s a great gesture from Qatar. I appreciate it very much. I would never be one to turn down that kind of an offer. I mean, I could be a stupid person say, ‘No, we don’t want a free, very expensive airplane.’ But it was—I thought it was a great gesture,” Trump said.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/politics/trump-qatar-plane-jet.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=F6768AF9-4106-43C0-8EE7-ECBF9E2D44E5" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/politics/trump-qatar-plane-jet.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=F6768AF9-4106-43C0-8EE7-ECBF9E2D44E5"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/trump-qatar-plane-jet.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=F6768AF9-4106-43C0-8EE7-ECBF9E2D44E5</span></a></p>
<p>Multiple <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> ofcls have links to <a href="/tags/antisemitic/" rel="tag">#antisemitic</a> <a href="/tags/extremists/" rel="tag">#extremists</a> </p><p>Trump campaigned on a pledge [🤔] to fight <a href="/tags/antisemitism/" rel="tag">#antisemitism</a>.</p><p>"Antisemitic bigotry has no place in a civilized society," Trump said in 2024.</p><p>However, …antisemitism…found a place within his administration.</p><p>NPR has identified 3 Trump ofcls w/close ties to antisemitic extremists, including a man described by federal prosecutors as a "Nazi sympathizer," & a prominent <a href="/tags/holocaustdenier/" rel="tag">#HolocaustDenier</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/factcheck/" rel="tag">#FactCheck</a> <a href="/tags/trumplies/" rel="tag">#TrumpLies</a> <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/05/14/nx-s1-5387299/trump-white-house-antisemitism" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.npr.org/2025/05/14/nx-s1-5387299/trump-white-house-antisemitism"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.npr.org/2025/05/14/nx-s1-5</span><span class="invisible">387299/trump-white-house-antisemitism</span></a></p>
<p>Stephen Miller vs. <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a>: The fight within the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin over who to deport. </p><p>Miller doesn’t just want ICE to grab illegal immigrants who have done crimes. </p><p>The quota of apprehending 3000 people per day should include the law abiding too. </p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3425297/stephen-miller-eviscerated-ice-officials-deportation-numbers/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3425297/stephen-miller-eviscerated-ice-officials-deportation-numbers/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonexaminer.com/new</span><span class="invisible">s/white-house/3425297/stephen-miller-eviscerated-ice-officials-deportation-numbers/</span></a></p>
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<p><a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#Canada</a>’s new fentanyl ‘czar’ says the border bill will help in fight against drug and his US counterparts are pleased. </p><p>The <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin had used the ‘Emergency’ of Fentanyl from Canada as the reason to impose tariffs. </p><p>Canada is actually thought to be source of less than 1% of US <a href="/tags/fentanyl/" rel="tag">#Fentanyl</a>.</p><p><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/11239631/fentanyl-czar-canada-border-bill/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="globalnews.ca/news/11239631/fentanyl-czar-canada-border-bill/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">globalnews.ca/news/11239631/fe</span><span class="invisible">ntanyl-czar-canada-border-bill/</span></a></p>
<p>FYI this is some kerazy f⁕⚠︎ed up shit</p><p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p><a href="/tags/tulsigabbard/" rel="tag">#TulsiGabbard</a> <a href="/tags/fires/" rel="tag">#fires</a> leaders of <a href="/tags/intelligence/" rel="tag">#intelligence</a> group that wrote <a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#Venezuela</a> assessment<br>[because, facts]<br>
The director of national intelligence [<a href="/tags/dni/" rel="tag">#DNI</a>] fired top officials weeks after their group authored an assessment contradicting <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>’s <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#legal</a> rationale for <a href="/tags/deporting/" rel="tag">#deporting</a> alleged Venezuelan gang members.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/alienenemiesact/" rel="tag">#AlienEnemiesAct</a> <a href="/tags/factcheck/" rel="tag">#FactCheck</a> <a href="/tags/trumplies/" rel="tag">#TrumpLies</a> <br><a href="https://wapo.st/4kjboU8" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>wapo.st/4kjboU8</a></p>
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<p>U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of Trump Media stock the same day Trump unveiled new tariffs that caused the stock market to plummet, according to records obtained by ProPublica.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/pam-bondi-trump-media-stock-tariffs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/pam-bondi-trump-media-stock-tariffs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pam</span><span class="invisible">-bondi-trump-media-stock-tariffs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/stockmarket/" rel="tag">#StockMarket</a> <a href="/tags/stocks/" rel="tag">#Stocks</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#Tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#Economy</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> says he could bring back <a href="/tags/kilmarabregogarcia/" rel="tag">#KilmarAbregoGarcia</a>, an <a href="/tags/immigrant/" rel="tag">#immigrant</a> his admin wrongly deported to the infamous <a href="/tags/cecot/" rel="tag">#CECOT</a> prison in <a href="/tags/elsalvador/" rel="tag">#ElSalvador</a>. But he won’t, despite <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a>’ order to “facilitate” the return of Abrego Garcia, who was deported unlawfully in the first place.</p><p>by Adam Serwer</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/factcheck/" rel="tag">#FactCheck</a> <a href="/tags/trumplies/" rel="tag">#TrumpLies</a> <a href="/tags/dueprocess/" rel="tag">#DueProcess</a> <a href="/tags/separationofpowers/" rel="tag">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="/tags/abuseofpower/" rel="tag">#AbuseOfPower</a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/trump-abrego-garcia-smears/682773/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxXUvK2gAhWVb3xi8qi5xPpA" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/trump-abrego-garcia-smears/682773/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxXUvK2gAhWVb3xi8qi5xPpA"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theatlantic.com/ideas/arch</span><span class="invisible">ive/2025/05/trump-abrego-garcia-smears/682773/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxXUvK2gAhWVb3xi8qi5xPpA</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p>The <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a>’s New <a href="/tags/medicaid/" rel="tag">#Medicaid</a> Denialism<br>Unable to defend their <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/cuts/" rel="tag">#cuts</a> on the merits, congressional <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> have pivoted to magical thinking.<br>Republicans in <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> claim to have achieved something truly miraculous. Their One Big Beautiful Bill Act, they argue, would cut nearly $800B from Medicaid spending over 10yrs without causing any Americans to lose <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> care—or, at least, without making anyone who loses health care worse off.<br><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a><br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/06/medicaid-cuts-tax-bill/683018/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxehuZomZV-OE0U-cMvwG0vA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/06/medicaid-cuts-tax-bill/683018/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxehuZomZV-OE0U-cMvwG0vA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theatlantic.com/politics/a</span><span class="invisible">rchive/2025/06/medicaid-cuts-tax-bill/683018/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxehuZomZV-OE0U-cMvwG0vA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share</span></a></p>
<p>The OECD has slashed its outlook for global output as Donald <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>'s trade war saps momentum in leading economies— Financial Times</p><p>More: <a href="/tags/trumptax/" rel="tag">#TrumpTax</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oecd-us-economic-forecast-trump-tariffs-2025-2026/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cbsnews.com/news/oecd-us-economic-forecast-trump-tariffs-2025-2026/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cbsnews.com/news/oecd-us-e</span><span class="invisible">conomic-forecast-trump-tariffs-2025-2026/</span></a></p>
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<p>Staff of <a href="/tags/fema/" rel="tag">#FEMA</a> were left baffled on Monday after <a href="/tags/davidrichardson/" rel="tag">#DavidRichardson</a>, the head of the US disaster agency since May, said during a briefing that he had not been aware the country has a <a href="/tags/hurricaneseason/" rel="tag">#HurricaneSeason</a>, acc/to 4 sources familiar w/the situation.</p><p>The US <a href="/tags/hurricane/" rel="tag">#hurricane</a> season officially began on Sunday & lasts through November. <a href="/tags/noaa/" rel="tag">#NOAA</a> forecast last week that this year's season is expected to bring as many as 10 <a href="/tags/hurricanes/" rel="tag">#hurricanes</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a> <a href="/tags/climatecrisis/" rel="tag">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/extremeweather/" rel="tag">#ExtremeWeather</a><br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fema-staff-confused-after-head-said-he-was-unaware-us-hurricane-season-sources-2025-06-02/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/world/us/fema-staff-confused-after-head-said-he-was-unaware-us-hurricane-season-sources-2025-06-02/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/world/us/fema-</span><span class="invisible">staff-confused-after-head-said-he-was-unaware-us-hurricane-season-sources-2025-06-02/</span></a></p>
<p>Keep 'em coming. <a href="/tags/unionstrong/" rel="tag">#UnionStrong</a> </p><p>Via Kyle Griffin: </p><p>Reuters: U.S. JUDGE BLOCKS <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#TRUMP</a> ADMINISTRATION FROM CANCELING UNION BARGAINING FOR 50,000 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY OFFICERS</p>
<p><a href="/tags/kilmarabregogarcia/" rel="tag">#KilmarAbregoGarcia</a>'s latest legal brief roasts <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>'s "shocking proposition" that officers can "snatch residents of this country & deposit them in foreign prisons in admitted violation of federal law" — & no US court can do anything about it.</p><p><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.176.0.pdf" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.176.0.pdf"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">storage.courtlistener.com/reca</span><span class="invisible">p/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.176.0.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/rendition/" rel="tag">#Rendition</a> <a href="/tags/statesponsoredabduction/" rel="tag">#StateSponsoredAbduction</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/dueprocess/" rel="tag">#DueProcess</a> <a href="/tags/separationofpowers/" rel="tag">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="/tags/abuseofpower/" rel="tag">#AbuseOfPower</a></p>
<p>The <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin says Secy of <a href="/tags/state/" rel="tag">#State</a> <a href="/tags/marcorubio/" rel="tag">#MarcoRubio</a> is "personally handling" discussions with <a href="/tags/elsalvador/" rel="tag">#ElSalvador</a> over the return of wrongly deported migrants.</p><p>He has a "personal relationship" with <a href="/tags/bukele/" rel="tag">#Bukele</a> that dates to his time on <a href="/tags/foreignrelations/" rel="tag">#ForeignRelations</a> Cmte.</p><p><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.457483/gov.uscourts.mdd.457483.290.1.pdf" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.457483/gov.uscourts.mdd.457483.290.1.pdf"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">storage.courtlistener.com/reca</span><span class="invisible">p/gov.uscourts.mdd.457483/gov.uscourts.mdd.457483.290.1.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/dueprocess/" rel="tag">#DueProcess</a> <a href="/tags/alienenemiesact/" rel="tag">#AlienEnemiesAct</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a></p>
<p>Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump<br>---</p><p>Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as six months for help.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/veterans-affairs-mental-health-therapists-quit-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/veterans-affairs-mental-health-therapists-quit-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/vet</span><span class="invisible">erans-affairs-mental-health-therapists-quit-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#Military</a> <a href="/tags/army/" rel="tag">#Army</a> <a href="/tags/veterans/" rel="tag">#Veterans</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="/tags/ptsd/" rel="tag">#PTSD</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/psychology/" rel="tag">#Psychology</a> <a href="/tags/psychiatry/" rel="tag">#Psychiatry</a> <a href="/tags/socialwork/" rel="tag">#SocialWork</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>Crap. </p><p>Via Kyle Cheney:</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> wins the appeals court lottery in D.C. </p><p>The panel hearing emergency appeals this month appears to be: Rao, Katsas, Walker.</p><p>All three are Trump appointees — in fact the only Trump appointees on the DC Circuit.</p><p>They are handling one of the key tariff appeals.</p>
<p>“Young, an 84-year-old jurist appointed by Ronald Reagan, said that the manner of <a href="/tags/rumeysaozturk/" rel="tag">#RumeysaOzturk</a>’s arrest seemed unusual to him.</p><p>“‘I’m not accustomed to … law enforcement officers without identification, approaching individuals masked and you know, not having a warrant…’”</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/statesponsoredabduction/" rel="tag">#StateSponsoredAbduction</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/dueprocess/" rel="tag">#DueProcess</a> <a href="/tags/judiciary/" rel="tag">#judiciary</a> <a href="/tags/separationofpowers/" rel="tag">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/abuseofpower/" rel="tag">#AbuseOfPower</a> <br><a href="https://www.allrisenews.com/p/aaup-rubio-trial" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.allrisenews.com/p/aaup-rubio-trial"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.allrisenews.com/p/aaup-rub</span><span class="invisible">io-trial</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p>It’s the <a href="/tags/libraryofcongress/" rel="tag">#LibraryOfCongress</a>.<br>But <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> claims it’s his.
Trump’s new target in his campaign to expand <a href="/tags/executivepower/" rel="tag">#ExecutivePower</a>: the Library of Congress. Never mind the name—admin attys are now arguing the main <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#research</a> <a href="/tags/library/" rel="tag">#library</a> of the <a href="/tags/legislative/" rel="tag">#legislative</a> branch doesn’t belong to <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> at all.
A <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#legal</a> push to claim the Library as executive turf isn’t a one-off. It’s the latest move in a broader effort by Trump…to erase the…lines that separate the branches of govt.<br><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a><br><a href="https://wapo.st/4dQh5Hm" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>wapo.st/4dQh5Hm</a></p>
<p>😳🤦🏻♀️</p><p>Via Maddow:</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a>'s department of homeland security has thus far arrested:<br>a judge<br>a democratic mayor<br>a democratic congresswoman<br>now handcuffing a democratic congressional staffer</p><p><a href="https://gothamist.com/news/homeland-security-cops-handcuff-one-of-rep-nadlers-aides-in-chaotic-day-at-ny-fed-building" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="gothamist.com/news/homeland-security-cops-handcuff-one-of-rep-nadlers-aides-in-chaotic-day-at-ny-fed-building"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gothamist.com/news/homeland-se</span><span class="invisible">curity-cops-handcuff-one-of-rep-nadlers-aides-in-chaotic-day-at-ny-fed-building</span></a></p>
<p>Keep ‘em coming </p><p>A federal judge has blocked the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin from revoking the temporary protected status of roughly 5,000 Venezuelans in the U.S. — despite Kristi <a href="/tags/noem/" rel="tag">#Noem</a>'s decision to terminate a Biden-era extension of the program. —msnbc</p>
