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Trump 2.0? These Democratic AGs are prepared.
The Washington Post ^ | 02/17/2025 7:00 AM EST | Karen Tumulty

Posted on 02/17/2025 3:21:56 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

LOS ANGELES — For nearly a year, Democratic attorneys general — the chief law enforcement officers in 22 states, plus D.C. — have been planning for this moment. They have now put themselves at the front line of resistance to a reelected Donald Trump.

The attorneys general began organizing their strategy in March at a meeting in New York. From there, they and their legal-eagle staffs closely monitored Trump’s every rally speech and social media post. And they gave special scrutiny to the radical Project 2025 manifesto that was being assembled by conservative groups, led by the Heritage Foundation. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, for one, printed out all 900 pages and streaked through them with a highlighter.

With Democrats shut out of power in Washington and midterm elections almost two years away, whatever roadblocks Trump faces in the near term will have to come from the judicial branch. Which is why, since the president’s inauguration, the attorneys general have held daily Zoom calls to assess where and how they should step up. Last week, more than a dozen met in person for several days at a hotel in Hollywood. Between their sessions, which were closed, I spoke to some and asked how the battles are going and what lies ahead.

The Democratic attorneys general are not new to this. They acted collectively — and effectively — during Trump’s chaotic first term. They got courts to block, among other actions, his ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries entering the United States and family separations at the border. But Trump 2.0 has been a steeper challenge. He has returned to office with clearer plans, less internal pushback from those around him and more determination to knock over guardrails.

The attorneys general are acting selectively, they...

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TOPICS: Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: conspiracy; karentumulty; lawfare; rico; sedition
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Sounds like a sedition conspiracy.
1 posted on 02/17/2025 3:21:56 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

That is EXACTLY what it is


2 posted on 02/17/2025 3:28:25 PM PST by jpp113
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The Sore-Ass Army vs the MAGA Army.
This is the Civil War that has been brewing for years and is now upon us.

Choose sides folks.
Middle of the road gets run over.


3 posted on 02/17/2025 3:28:29 PM PST by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Those punks don’t seem to understand that the United States Attorney General is prepared as well.


4 posted on 02/17/2025 3:29:18 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yep.

Judge Chutkan will be ruling on the TRO involving DOGE access to info

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4298252/posts

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4298339/posts


5 posted on 02/17/2025 3:30:17 PM PST by WildHighlander57 ((the more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.) )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Meanwhile under Obama and Biden the GOP gave token resistance to the idiocy.
Trump forced them to take actual action.
They hated him for it.


6 posted on 02/17/2025 3:31:25 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

And the past month shows exactly how prepared they are!!!


7 posted on 02/17/2025 3:33:56 PM PST by God luvs America (6young 3.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Definitely. These thugs are fomenting insurrection.

8 posted on 02/17/2025 3:34:19 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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Warrior attorneys must expect to take casualties. So far they’ve managed to game the system such that only their opponents see jail time. Crooked Joe’s pardons were the last gasp of that cozy arrangement. Things have changed since then.


9 posted on 02/17/2025 3:34:27 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

RICO as well.


10 posted on 02/17/2025 3:37:43 PM PST by Jonty30 (Groundhogs don't falsify their predictions for grant money, whereas climate scientists do. )
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they better hope that:

1. These AG’s dont need any of the 2 trillion DOGE is cutting off.

2. None of these AG’s have illegally been receiving any of the fraud DOGE has been discovering.


11 posted on 02/17/2025 3:38:03 PM PST by MNDude
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I'm sure the Founding Fathers at the Constitutional Convention intended that a handful of judges and attorney general could hamstring the President and prevent him from carrying out his duties as President. After all, they all had probably read Gulliver's Travels.
12 posted on 02/17/2025 3:38:47 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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“These Democratic AGs are prepared...”

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...to go to jail.


13 posted on 02/17/2025 3:42:50 PM PST by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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Was going to say...

Someone else has been preparing for this moment for far longer.

By the way, which 22 states is it?

14 posted on 02/17/2025 3:51:54 PM PST by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: MNDude

IIRC, Leticia James is worth $16 million and was receiving BIG $$ contributions for her campaign. When they checked donors, they were finding large numbers of contributions from people who seemed to be poor.

So if these earlier reports are correct, the DimWITS have an organized payoff scheme to ALL of the DimWITS PLAYERS. I’m sure Elon already has the details.


15 posted on 02/17/2025 3:55:23 PM PST by politicianslie (SAFE and EFFECTIVE has become SUDDEN and UNEXPECTED. Use Dr. McCullough protocol to beat death! )
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To: MNDude

I’m guessing the answer to both of those questions is no


16 posted on 02/17/2025 3:59:39 PM PST by Jeff Vader
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Prepared to get their butts kicked repeatedly.


17 posted on 02/17/2025 4:00:43 PM PST by comebacknewt (Trump trumps Hate)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Karen Tumulty is a long time inside the Beltway nattering nabob, mostly with Time. She’s never met a Democrat talking point she won’t swallow.


18 posted on 02/17/2025 4:05:01 PM PST by Dahoser (Liz Cheney needs to work on her soccer skills so she fits in when she transfers to Guantanamo High.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Seems like RICO charges could be in order for them.


19 posted on 02/17/2025 4:48:37 PM PST by falcon99 ( )
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To: Verginius Rufus
"I'm sure the Founding Fathers at the Constitutional Convention intended that a handful of judges and attorney general could hamstring the President and prevent him from carrying out his duties as President. After all, they all had probably read Gulliver's Travels."

Jonathan Swift certainly summed up these insurrectionist attorneys:

GulliversYahoos

20 posted on 02/17/2025 4:51:46 PM PST by MikelTackNailer (There's a lesson there if I were smart enough to learn it.)
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