Posted on 03/22/2025 2:17:36 PM PDT by RandFan
As he is ramping up deportations of migrants from the U.S., President Trump is battling the backlash from Democrats in Congress, activists on the ground and judges in the courtroom.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg recently imposed a temporary order to halt deportations under the Alien Enemies Act, an 18th-century wartime law. The judge wanted the government to prove that the Trump administration did not defy the order that he issued last weekend to return the flights from Texas that were carrying alleged Venezuelan gang members.
Boasberg contended during Thursday’s hearing that the government “evaded” his deadline to fork over information about the deportations of migrants that were flown to El Salvador. Both Trump and his close adviser Elon Musk have blasted Boasberg publicly and called for him to be impeached.
“You can’t stop [deportations] with a judge sitting behind a desk who has no idea what’s going on and happens to be a radical left lunatic,” Trump told journalists at the White House on Friday.
Trump signed an executive order Thursday to chart a path for abolishing the Department of Education (DOE). Although approval from Congress is needed to fully terminate the department, the president told Education Secretary Linda McMahon to achieve as much as she can on her end.
Then on Friday, the commander-in-chief announced that student loans will be taken care of by the Small Business Administration, an agency suffering from a 40 percent workforce cut. The Department of Health and Human Services will oversee the special needs programs.
“The department’s useful functions … will be preserved, fully preserved,” Trump said on Thursday.
Here’s a list of this week’s Sunday show appearances:
NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday”: Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman (D); author and McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals & Institutions at Princeton Robert P. George.
ABC’s “This Week”: White House border czar Tom Homan; Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).
NBC’s “Meet the Press”: Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and John Curtis (R-Utah).
CNN’s “State of the Union”: Education Secretary Linda McMahon; Reps. Ro Khanna, (D-Calif.), and Jason Crow (D-Colo.).
CBS’ “Face the Nation”: National security adviser Mike Waltz; Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.); Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.); former Food and Drug Administration commissioner Scott Gottlieb.
“Fox News Sunday”: Steve Witkoff, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D).
Fox’s “Sunday Morning Futures”: Attorney General Pam Bondi; Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) and New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch.
It's a trap!
They will try and get him to say bad things about Trump
Would the real Rand agree to deportations?
How much audience do these shows have ?
**that student loans will be taken care of by the Small Business Administration, an agency suffering from a 40 percent workforce cut. The Department of Health and Human Services will oversee the special needs programs.**
Brilliant! The SBA can then turn it over to collection agencies.
Whew, I was having withdrawals. It’d been almost 12 hours and I hadn’t seen “gut” or “gutted” in anywhere in the news. Got my fix now :).
He’ll be against rounding them up I think it’s the manner in which its done he might have a problem with? I dont know. He’s spoken about it before and is against using the military and all
They will try and drive a wedge between Rand and Trump
Old playbook
Rand is exceptionally smart and will expect it
“Backlash” from the public school grooming machine.
If Trump ordered a turkey sandwich, there would be at least 100 democrats declaring there is a backlash.
The Hill may as well be Media Matters.
“...backlash from Democrats in Congress, activists on the ground and judges in the courtroom.”
The usual filthy suspects — But NO backlash from the American people. He ran on border control and deportations and is doing what he promised (people aren’t used to that). Polls show almost 80% of Americans support him.
Do we have to?
Filip at the Shill and his family needs a call from ICE I suspect .
The Shill and Media Matters have the same DEM operatives working there .
To the media, a backlash is Democrats, activists and judges. Those of us who are in favor of what Trump is doing don’t count. Only those who oppose Trump have any value. We are the watchers of the programs, the viewers of the commercials, the buyers of the products. They hate us. I would stop watching the shows and reading the papers but I don’t do either.
Yes but they will try and turn Rand on deportations wait and see
He’s clever tho
“Backlash”
It's all they have. They've gone Full Reactionary.
Will anyone on Fox News Sunday ask Maryland’s Governor Wes Moore why there are so many schools in Baltimore where ZERO students are proficient in reading or math and most are not even achieving at a basic level. I doubt it.
“Expedited Removal of Aliens: An Introduction”
https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IF/PDF/IF11357/IF11357.5.pdf
The executive branch needs the absolute power to remove any district judge from any case in which it is a party.
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