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  • Republicans In Congress Look To Stop ‘Judicial Coup D’Etat

    04/22/2025 6:46:28 AM PDT · by george76 · 64 replies
    Federalist ^ | April 21, 2025 | M.D. Kittle
    Bills would check district courts from issuing nationwide injunctions like those issued against President Trump’s executive orders.. In the opening three months of President Trump’s ambitious “flood the zone” second term, we have witnessed activist federal courts issue a tsunami of national injunctions against the executive branch. Rep. Bob Onder, R-Mo., recently described the third branch’s overzealous blocking of Trump’s executive orders as a “judicial coup d’etat.” The Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports there had already been at least 17 national injunctions against the Trump administration between Inauguration Day and March 27 — on everything from the firing of federal...
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  • Pope Francis has died, Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo announced

    04/21/2025 1:08:22 AM PDT · by Grzegorz 246 · 338 replies
    AP ^ | Apr 21
    VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has died...
  • Lawfare on Steroids – SCOTUS Orders Trump to Stop Deporting Illegal Alien Gang Members, Judge Alito Eviscerates High Court for Judicial Despotism

    04/20/2025 4:54:18 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 58 replies
    At 1:00am on Saturday, the Supreme Court of the USA issued an injunction [SEE HERE] blocking President Trump from deporting illegal aliens identified under the Alien Enemies Act. It was/is a bizarre order considering the lower court had not even ruled on the matter; worse yet, the Supreme Court created an imaginary “class” of aliens. Any illegal alien who happens to also be a gang member, or illegal alien who would ‘smartly’ now claim to be a gang member, is ultimately the beneficiary of a Supreme Court order blocking their removal or deportation. That’s how judicially insane this injunction is.As...
  • REVEALED: Lengthy rap sheets of Tren de Aragua detainees ACLU, Supreme Court want to keep in US

    04/20/2025 4:15:03 PM PDT · by CFW · 28 replies
    Post Millennial ^ | 4/202/5 | Hayden Cunningham
    The Trump administration responded to the Supreme Court’s decision to temporarily block the deportation of illegal immigrant gang members by releasing the criminal records of several individuals alleged to be members of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA). The gang members in question are being held at the Bluebonnet Detention Center in Texas and had been slated for removal from the United States under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. The administration has argued that the law, which grants the president authority to deport nationals of hostile foreign nations, should be applied to gang members after President Donald...
  • Trouble With The Trees: Vandals chainsaw dozens of trees across downtown L.A.

    04/20/2025 4:13:07 PM PDT · by rottndog · 63 replies
    LA Times ^ | April 20, 2025 | Susanne Rust
    L.A.'s fragile urban canopy was dealt a vicious blow this weekend when a chainsaw-wielding vandal cut down a number of shade trees along South Grand Avenue and other areas of downtown, according to media posts and photos uploaded to Reddit and Instagram. The Los Angeles Police Department told The Times it had no information about the tree destruction, and an email and phone call to the city's Urban Forestry Division went unanswered Sunday.
  • China begins returning Boeing aircraft to US

    04/20/2025 3:53:33 PM PDT · by Libloather · 52 replies
    Fox Business ^ | 4/20/25 | Bonny Chu, Stephen Sorace
    Chinese airlines have begun returning Boeing aircraft to the U.S., with one 737 Max recently landing back at a Boeing production hub in Seattle over the weekend, according to Reuters. Saturday’s return occurred shortly after China ordered its airlines not to take further deliveries of Boeing aircraft in response to the U.S. imposing 145% tariffs on Chinese goods, Bloomberg News reported last week. A trio of 737 Max 8 jets that were originally being readied at Boeing’s Zhoushan delivery center for two Chinese airlines were recalled to the U.S. last week, according to aviation news service The Air Current, citing...
  • Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat

    04/20/2025 3:05:56 PM PDT · by CaptainK · 111 replies
    www.nytime ^ | 4/20/25 | Jaffee, Schmitt, Haberman
    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, according to four people with knowledge of the chat. Some of those people said that the information Mr. Hegseth shared on the Signal chat included the flight schedules for the F/A-18 Hornets targeting the Houthis in Yemen — essentially the same attack plans that he shared on a separate Signal chat the same day that mistakenly included the editor of The Atlantic.
  • Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 20 April 2025

    04/20/2025 5:03:20 AM PDT · by Alas Babylon! · 100 replies
    Various driveby media television networks ^ | 20 April 2025 | Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces
    The Talk ShowsApril 20th, 2025 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) (the MS-13 Gangster’s Senator making the rounds today); Massachusetts demoncratic Gov. Maura Healey; EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin; Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.); Austan Goolsbee, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Interior Secretary Doug Burgum; Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.); American NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore . Legal panel: Jonathan Turley and Tom Dupree. Panel: Francesca Chambers, Horace Cooper, Dan Koh and Katie Pavlich.. MEET THE dePRESS (NBC):...
  • WOW. Fake news MSNBC cut away from President Trump right as he started reading FACTS about deported MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

    04/18/2025 7:15:08 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 54 replies
    X.com ^ | Last edited 12:49 PM · Apr 18, 2025 | Libs of TikTok✓@libsoftiktok
    Here is the rest of President Trump’s statement on the deported MS-13 gang member that fake news MSNBC CUT AWAY FROM. They don’t want you to hear the TRUTH.
  • Trump administration studying option to fire Fed chair Powell: White House

    04/18/2025 8:16:18 AM PDT · by RandFan · 72 replies
    Times of India ^ | April 18 | Times of India
    US President Donald Trump and his administration are studying whether dismissing independent Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell is an option, his top White House economic aide said. "The president and his team will continue to study that matter," National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett told reporters when asked if firing Powell was a possibility, one day after Trump lashed out at the Fed chief.
  • Supreme Court poised to make major decision that could set limits on the power of district judges

    04/17/2025 4:55:04 PM PDT · by CFW · 62 replies
    Fox News ^ | 4/17/25 | Peter Pinedo
    The Supreme Court has agreed to examine the Trump administration’s challenge to judges issuing nationwide injunctions, setting a date for a case that could have a major impact on the president’s ability to carry out his agenda as well as on the entire country. This comes after three federal judges issued separate nationwide injunctions blocking an executive order by President Donald Trump ending birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants. On Thursday, the court consolidated the three cases into one and set oral arguments to examine the fundamental question of whether district judges can issue rulings that affect the...
  • New: The ACLU just filed ANOTHER motion seeking a new temp restraining order on behalf of the illegals. The ACLU argues Boasberg still has jurisdiction in the matter.

    04/17/2025 3:52:12 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 36 replies
    Julie Kelly on Twitter X ^ | April 17, 2025 | Julie Kelly
    The ACLU, despite SCOTUS determining DC was the improper jurisdiction, just filed ANOTHER motion seeking a new temp restraining order on behalf of the illegals. The ACLU argued Boasberg still has jurisdiction in the matter. Here is what the ACLU is seeking--and Boasberg just set a briefing schedule on the latest proposed TRO with a hearing set for Monday. "To provide notice to each class member that they have been designated as an 'alien enemy' under the Alien Enemies Act at least 30 days prior to any attempt to remove that class member from the United States under the AEA....
  • Justice Kagan denies emergency appeal to halt deportation of Mexican nationals claiming asylum from cartel

    04/17/2025 3:33:09 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 42 replies
    Fox News ^ | April 17, 2025 5:59pm EDT | Jasmine Baehr , Shannon Bream , Bill Mears
    Kagan denies migrants’ request to delay deportation, letting removal proceed without Court reviewSupreme Court Justice Elena Kagan on Wednesday denied an emergency appeal by four Mexican nationals facing deportation. The request asked the court to temporarily block their removal so they could file a formal petition for review. Kagan denied the application without comment and did not refer the matter to her colleagues on the court.The petitioners, Fabian Lagunas Espinoza, Maria Angelica Flores Ulloa and their two sons, were ordered to report to immigration officials on April 17. Their legal team argued they face cartel violence if returned to Mexico.According...
  • Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Trump Plan to End Birthright Citizenship

    04/17/2025 2:52:57 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 26 replies
    The New York Times ^ | April 17, 2025 | Updated 3:44 p.m. ET | Abbie VanSickle
    The Trump administration had asked the justices to lift a nationwide pause on the policy as lower court challenges continue.The Supreme Court announced on Thursday that it would hear arguments in a few weeks over President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship.The brief order by the justices was unsigned and gave no reasoning, as is typical in such emergency cases. But the unusual move is a sign that the justices consider the matter significant enough that they would immediately hold oral argument on the government’s request to lift a nationwide pause on the policy.The justices announced they would defer any...
  • EXCLUSIVE: Department Of Homeland Security Confirms Abrego García Stopped On Suspicion Of Human Trafficking

    04/17/2025 1:44:46 PM PDT · by DFG · 28 replies
    Daily Caller ^ | 04/17/2025 | Amber Duke
    The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed to the Daily Caller that Kilmar Abrego García, a recently deported alleged member of MS-13, was stopped in December 2022 on suspicion of human trafficking. During a Dec. 1, 2022 traffic stop by a Tennessee Highway Patrol officer, Abrego García was found to be transporting eight passengers across the country, sources told the Tennessee Star. He allegedly did not have a valid driver’s license and was suspected of trafficking the passengers but was let go at the request of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Documents from Homeland Investigations provided to the Daily Caller...
  • WATCH LIVE: Continuing coverage of active shooter situation at Florida State University

    04/17/2025 10:48:35 AM PDT · by jacknhoo · 126 replies
    actionnewsjax.com ^ | 4/17/2025 | ActionNewsJax.com News Staff
    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Action News Jax has continuing coverage of an active shooter situation on the campus of Florida State University in Tallahassee. We have learned that the FBI Jacksonville and the Tallahassee Resident Agency are on scene, as well as the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
  • Judge rules against Trump admin after it couldn’t find evidence of fraud in clean energy program

    04/16/2025 1:15:02 PM PDT · by DFG · 71 replies
    CNN ^ | 04/16/2025 | Ella Nilsen
    A federal judge ruled against the Trump administration in the case that alleged fraud in a Biden-era clean energy program, unfreezing roughly $20 billion in funding meant to support projects like new solar energy arrays and efficiency upgrades for small businesses. Judge Tanya Chutkan on Tuesday ruled in favor of the eight nonprofits that sued Citibank and the Trump administration, finding that the Environmental Protection Agency unlawfully terminated the program. Chutkan ordered the congressionally appropriated funds to be unfrozen at 2 p.m. Thursday and distributed to the nonprofits they were originally intended for. The Trump administration said it will appeal....
  • Sen. Chris Van Hollen says El Salvador denied his request to meet or speak with Kilmar Abrego Garcia

    04/16/2025 12:45:46 PM PDT · by janetjanet998 · 111 replies
    Sen. Chris Van Hollen said during a visit to El Salvador that authorities there denied his request to meet or speak with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported to the country.
  • Breaking: Jeb Boasberg just filed an opinion finding Trump adm officials in contempt.

    04/16/2025 9:46:21 AM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 119 replies
    Julie Kelly on Twitter X ^ | April 16, 2025 | Julie Kelly
    Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 @julie_kelly2 Breaking: As I have warned, Jeb Boasberg just filed an opinion finding Trump adm officials in contempt. 11:06 AM · Apr 16, 2025