The nation is reaching a crucial turning point, as Donald Trump has attacked the seven members of the Supreme Court, who have ruled that he cannot use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport immigrants without habeus corpus and due process.
Trump is ranting on Truth Social about this, and he and his MAGA Republican supporters have also unleashed attacks against District Court Judges and Appeals Court Judges who have ruled against his policies regarding deportation.
Chief Justice John Roberts has also made clear how disturbed he is at the attacks on the rule of law and the Constitution, as has Associate Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson, Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, and even Trump appointed Amy Coney Barrett.
The fact that all three Trump Supreme Court nominees, including Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, along with Barrett, have voted against him, and that some of the District and Appeals Court Judges who have done so, are Reagan, George H W Bush, George W Bush, and even some Trump appointees, is an indication of great alarm in the judicial branch about Trump’s grabbing of power and attacks on the validity and legitimacy of the courts!
It looks as if Trump and his Cabinet officers, particularly Attorney General Pam Bondi, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Thomas Homan, and White House Adviser Stephen Miller, are hell bent on breaking the law and the Constitution, and refusing to obey the federal courts.
This is, if not stopped, a full scale attack on civil liberties, the Bill of Rights, and endangers all Americans, that any excuse could be used, without evidence or investigation, leading to massive deportations to foreign dictatorships beyond just El Salvador, with no appeal or ability to reverse such totalitarian, Fascist actions!
The question is, how is it Treasonous Trump and many in this Administration not in handcuffs, and Jailed?
Trump Shares QAnon Meme, Call for Military Tribunal of Obama
https://meidasnews.com/news/trump-shares-qanon-meme-call-for-military-tribunal-of-obama
Trump is sickening!
Cooking the books? Fears Trump could target statisticians if data disappoints.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/18/trump-statisticians-economy-figures
Trump Demands ‘Major’ Investigation Into Beyoncé and Springsteen Appearances in Late-Night Rant
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-demands-major-investigation-into-beyonce-and-bruce-springsteen-appearances-in-late-night-rant/
Trump’s latest Fox News hire – Jeanine Pirro – is deranged.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/19/jeanine-pirro-trump-sycophancy-cost/
Hmmm. Good question…
Who is watching for earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis? Trump is cutting the guardians at the gate.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/20/climate/volcanoes-earthquakes-tsunamis-federal-cuts-dg
CBS News in distress amid Trump’s pressure campaign: ‘There’s a lot of fear’.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/20/media/cbs-news-distress-trump-pressure-60-minutes-fear-mcmahon
Home Depot said it plans to keep most prices stable, but some products will disappear because of tariffs.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/20/business/home-depot-stock-earnings
Senate confirms Charles Kushner, father of Trump’s son-in-law, as ambassador to France. Kushner was confirmed with the support of one Democrat — New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker.
https://apnews.com/article/charles-kushner-france-ambassador-trump-pardon-3a65cfec3b2393d6d9eafec7333b2625
Huge mistake by Cory Booker.
This sounds bonkers and illegal.
Trump proposal to repatriate Ukrainians, Haitians would use foreign aid funds.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/20/trump-deporations-ukrainians-haitians/
Kennedy’s placebo requirement for vaccine testing could cost lives.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/20/kennedy-vaccine-placebo-testing-hhs/
Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke protected status for thousands of Venezuelans.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-allows-trump-revoke-protected-status-thousands-venezuela-rcna205657
This is completely insane.
U.S. to pay nearly $5 million to family of Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/19/ashli-babbitt-lawsuit-settlement/
The FDA is limiting who can get Covid shots.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/20/health/covid-vaccine-fda-changes
The Justice Department has opened an investigation into Andrew Cuomo, former New York governor and a top candidate for New York City mayor, following a referral from congressional Republicans who accused Cuomo of lying during an investigation of his administration’s Covid-19 response.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/20/politics/andrew-cuomo-department-of-justice-investigation
Ugh! It’s hard to believe he was confirmed 99-0!
Marco Rubio Says No Judge Has Authority Over Him in Alarming Testimony
https://newrepublic.com/post/195519/marco-rubio-judge-authority-testimony-senate
This is wildly unacceptable!
U.S. put Asian migrants on deportation flight to South Sudan.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-deported-asian-migrants-south-sudan-lawyers-say/
Kristi Noem Incorrectly Defines Habeas Corpus as the President’s Right to Deport People
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/us/politics/kristi-noem-habeas-corpus-deportations.html
It will never not be astounding to me that there were actually *DEMOCRATIC* US Senators who voted for this puppy-killing psychopathic moron.
Most Migrants Deported to Imprisonment in El Salvador Under the Alien Enemies Act Had no Criminal Record and Many had Entered the US Legally
https://reason.com/volokh/2025/05/20/most-migrants-deported-to-imprisonment-in-el-salvador-under-the-alien-enemies-act-had-no-criminal-record-and-many-had-entered-the-us-legally/
Limiting the Covid vaccines is so f’ing stupid.
Trump selects $175 billion Golden Dome defense shield design, appoints leader.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-make-golden-dome-announcement-tuesday-us-official-says-2025-05-20/
Trump’s Newest Crackdown on Dissent
“Assault charges against a Democratic member of Congress look more like intimidation than law enforcement.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/05/lamonica-mciver-charged-justice-department/682864/
The ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Has a Tiny Provision That Could Tax the Trump Legal Resistance
A measure in the reconciliation bill would force judges to impose security bonds on organizations seeking injunctions.
https://www.notus.org/congress/injunction-bond-reconciliation-bill
Another shoe drops as CBS’s parent company, Paramount, tries to appease Trump.
https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/what-a-shame-literally-about-60-minutes
This is pure retribution.
National Science Foundation Ends 196 Grants To Harvard Amid Feud With Trump
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/national-science-foundation-terminates-grants-harvard-trump_n_682cd127e4b0bf653cd6770b
The House GOP passed Trump’s monstrous bill which steals from the poor and gives to the rich.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/22/politics/house-vote-trump-agenda-bill
Completely bonkers!
COVID Shots for Kids Are Over
“The FDA’s new approach to boosters could mean that kids will no longer be able to get vaccinated against the disease to begin with.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/05/covid-shots-kids-fda-boosters/682880/
CBO Confirms GOP Budget Bill Triggers Medicare Cuts
https://democrats-budget.house.gov/news/press-releases/cbo-confirms-gop-budget-bill-triggers-medicare-cuts
Pete Hegseth Leads Christian Prayer Service in the Pentagon
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/politics/pete-hegseth-prayer-pentagon.html?unlocked_article_code=1.I08.dio9.FKn7387m6P4Y&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Ummm….Separation of church and state, anybody?
A Jan. 6 rioter convicted of assaulting police scored a visit to the White House
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/21/nx-s1-5403788/trump-jan-6-white-house
Anyone who claims that Republicans “back the blue” is FULL OF CRAP – this is the party of the exact opposite.
The View’ Told by ABC News Boss to Tone Down Trump Bashing
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-view-told-to-tone-down-trump-bashing-by-abc-news-boss/
Supreme Court deadlock leaves in place ruling blocking nation’s first religious charter school.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/22/politics/supreme-court-st-isidore-oklahoma
Judge blocks Trump’s executive order to shut down the Education Department.
https://www.wdbj7.com/2025/05/22/judge-blocks-trumps-executive-order-shut-down-education-department/
DHS inserts staffers at FEMA in major shakeup before hurricane season.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/22/politics/fema-staff-shakeup-homeland-security-dhs
First MAHA health report calls for reassessing medicines, processed foods, pesticides.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/22/politics/maha-rfk-report-medicines-processed-foods-pesticides
Trump is banning foreign students from enrolling at Harvard.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/22/us/harvard-university-trump-international-students
That’s illegal. It’ll be challenged in court.
RFK Jr. has pushed back his autism study deadline and is calling on farmers to support his MAHA agenda.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/22/politics/rfk-interview-kaitlan-collins-maha-report
FTC probes Media Matters’ exchanges with ad groups, stoking fears of retribution.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/22/media/ftc-media-matters-ad-groups-elon-musk-retribution
Trump threatens Apple with a 25% tariff if it doesn’t build iPhones in America.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/23/economy/trump-threatens-tariff-apple
Trump threatens a 50% tariff on the EU.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/23/economy/trump-eu-tariffs
Uh oh. There’s a new Covid variant. It’s causing a surge in China.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-reports-cases-new-covid-variant-nb-1-8-1-behind-surge-china/
Trump’s image of dead ‘white farmers’ came from Reuters footage in Congo, not South Africa.
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/trumps-image-dead-white-farmers-came-reuters-footage-congo-not-south-africa-2025-05-22/
Trump administration seeks to end basic rights and protections for child immigrants in its custody.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/22/trump-children-flores-settlement-agreement
This Supreme Court is a f’ing disgrace.
Supreme Court grants Trump request to fire independent agency members.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-trump-request-fire-independent-agency-members-rcna201152
‘We can’t afford it’: Senate GOP balks at House megabill as messy fight awaits.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/22/politics/trump-big-beautiful-bill-senate
Gun Silencers, Tanning Beds And Other Weird Stuff Tucked Into The GOP’s Tax Bill
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-tax-bill-gun-silencers-tanning-beds-weird_n_682f55ebe4b09130a5859e17
RFK Jr’s MAHA report is total b.s.
New head of Social Security, hired from Wall Street, tells staff he had to Google the job when he was offered it.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/new-head-social-security-hired-wall-street-tells/story?id=122075152
Media Matters does SUPERB work.
Roanoke College Poll Finds Spanberger Leads Earle-Sears by 17 Pts (43%-26%); Youngkin Underwater at 44%-50% – “his worst showing”; Trump’s 65% Disapproval Rating “the worst it has been”.
https://bluevirginia.us/2025/05/roanoke-college-poll-finds-spanberger-leads-earle-sears-by-17-pts-43-26-youngkin-underwater-at-44-50-his-worst-showing-trumps-65-disapproval-rating-the-worst-it-has-been
This is completely insane!
Documents Show E.P.A. Plans to Erase Greenhouse Gas Limits on Power Plants
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/climate/epa-power-plant-rules.html
RFK Jr. is NOT going to find the causes of autism by September – zero chance of that.
Trump signs orders to overhaul Nuclear Regulatory Commission, speed reactor deployment.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/23/trump-nuclear-executive-order.html
The fact is, nuclear power in the US has been flat for 20 years, because it’s super expensive, takes forever to build, etc, etc. In stark contrast, solar and onshore wind are cheap, super-fast to build, etc.
Freedom of the Press Foundation Threatens Legal Action if Paramount Settles With Trump Over 60 Minutes Interview
https://www.wired.com/story/freedom-of-the-press-foundation-paramount-trump-settlement/
This is disgraceful!
Criticism of Trump Was Removed From Documentary on Public Television
A segment in a documentary about the cartoonist Art Spiegelman was edited two weeks before it was set to air on public television stations across the country.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/arts/television/art-spiegelman-documentary-edited.html