The Supreme Court Friday night on a 5 to 4 vote revived the Trump administration’s plan to use $2.5 billion in Pentagon funds to build part of the wall project along the southern border. Supreme Court says Trump can proceed with plan to spend military funds for border wall construction: The court’s five conservatives set … Read more
Update to An ‘imperial president’ compromised by and doing the bidding of Saudi Arabia (excerpt): President Trump vetoed the express will of Congress, as expected, setting up another constitutional crisis, asserting his “imperial presidency” executive powers. Trump vetoes resolution to end U.S. participation in Yemen’s civil war: President Trump on Tuesday vetoed a resolution that … Read more
A federal judge decided Thursday that a different judge should handle President Donald Trump’s suit to prevent House Democrats from obtaining his New York state tax returns, delaying a decision on the president’s request for a restraining order against the Democrats. Trump’s suit to block Democrats from getting his New York tax returns will be … Read more
This how “The Enemy of The People,” Mitch McConnell’s court packing scheme is intended to politicize the judiciary with extremist right-wing judges who will endorse whatever illegal act “Dear Leader” does. The Trump administration unilaterally announced a new asylum policy on July 16 that would effectively ban asylum for anyone from Central America, in defiance … Read more
Republicans did not care in 1988 that the Willie Horton ads against Michael Dukakis were racially charged and unfair. It helped get their man, George H.W. Bush elected. Republicans did not care in the Clinton and Obama Presidencies that their obstruction would hurt the country. They wanted to use the perceived weaknesses of the Presidents … Read more