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A major court loss for Donald Trump in federal court. A second federal judge has now ordered that the government freeze be stopped. This was a federal judge from Rhode Island, and this was after Donald Trump purported to rescind the government freeze, but Donald Trump's press secretary, Caroline Levitt, Quite literally,
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as the federal court hearing was taking place said, we are rescinding the memorandum, but not the freeze. So then the lawyers representing the various states across the country who brought this action, brought that to the judge's attention. The judge says, I'm not really sure what to make of this. I can't cross examine the tweet,
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but this seems to very clearly suggest that the government freeze is still on. Caroline Levitt is a public official. This is her pronouncement. that the freeze is taking place. So I'm going to issue a nationwide injunction blocking the freeze. And this issue is not moot. This issue is real. And this is impacting lives. So order.

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They also delve into how mainstream media is seemingly abandoning the First Amendment, opting to pay Trump to avoid fines and the risk of losing their licenses. As attorneys and judges continue to fight to protect democracy, Ben and Michael break down these critical issues and more at the intersection of U.S. law and politics.

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Alexandra Seelye's avatar

Dear God, Trump must be removed, not impeached removed. He is lawless and in breach of contract in that he signed the oath of office. He is not upholding the constitution.. dear God help us survive Trump’s cruel administration of corrupt greed

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Sally Skellington's avatar

And remove the rest of them. If they are left in office they will continue. Put the guilty back in jail where they belong. A PPO written to any of this regime to not step foot in or near the White House ever again. We must protect her at all costs.

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Pete Rodriguez's avatar

Removing him would not solve the problem. I am convinced that he is only a puppet of the Heritage Foundation. Part of their plan would be to cause so much friction between the American citizens and The Orange Turd that the current Trump Cartel would be happily inclined to use the 25th amendment against him and in turn put up their bright star JD Vance - who is a far weaker puppet than he - in power.

The best way is for American voters elect VETO-PROOF House and Senate legislators in 2026 so that any action The Heritage Foundation wants to carry can be largely ignored by the Democratic majorities, and the SCOTUS majority will rather resign or retire than incur the wrath of the people.

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Dik de Bruijn's avatar

YES! Finally someone who gets that Trump is just the figurehead, the electable one, while it is Musk and others in the Cartel -- very apt description -- who are running the show. I'm not even sure Vance is in the mix anymore, other than to be trotted out occasionally to make ridiculous comments.

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Roxanne Mitchell's avatar

No, Pete Buddiguej (sp) is NOT a puppet nor apart of the Heritage Foundation. Get Educated ASAP KID!

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Julie Smalley's avatar

Who said anything about mayor Pete?

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Pete Rodriguez's avatar

what are you talking about?

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Ellen's avatar

WTF are you talking about??

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Michael White's avatar

we don't have that long... i don't think we'll make it through 2025... i'll be shocked if we make it through June

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Janine's avatar

Yes you are right action needs to be swift and NOW and yes protests are essential but these criminals don't care they need to be arrested immediately no 25th no impeachment no conviction because conviction 2 branches of our government have betrayed us and the other branch is messaging from the twilight zone. The military must step up here or we will really have barbaric slaughter here on every level!

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bettievanoverbeke's avatar

Can we get an election in 2026 without voter suppression and "Elon doing computers" to change the results like 2024?

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Pete Rodriguez's avatar

Only if the government drops the contract with Starlink which will be very unlikely. The only way is that reasonable voters who never voted for the Orange Turd, voters who sat on the side because of Gaza or whatever and voters who have a chance to amend their 2024 vote in the interest of American democracy, and heart whatever algorithms Elon Musk planted in the voting machine software which people in Colorado and Georgia stole.

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Janine's avatar

We have to remove them all for betraying us! They broke law after law and are all unfit and dangerous...so ALL must be removed immediately

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Janine's avatar

No scotus gets arrested and punished for treason

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SherylMiller's avatar

So true, but they like precedents so let’s start one

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Susan Patten's avatar

You are 100% right. What he's doing is straight from project 2025. Everyone should get familiar with it.

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Dik de Bruijn's avatar

Are you appealing to the "Dear God" who allowed Trump to be re-elected? If so, God's already made his choice and it isn't to support democracy or the Constitution. Remember "God helps him who helps himself?" Well, who "helps himself" more than Trump and his thugs? God is not on our side . . .

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Roxanne Mitchell's avatar

Dik you are an American Citizen pretending to be from another country. Please Stop TROLLING

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WJB Motown's avatar

Dik....certainly is a dickhead......must have been the loser that changed Diaper Dons Depends when he shit himself on the set of the Apprentice..........the stink and smell must have been horrible.

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Dik de Bruijn's avatar

Thank you! Like I haven't heard that comment before. As far as the Apprentice, so sorry you didn't have anything better to do with your time than watch nonsense like that.

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WJB Motown's avatar

You idiot.....A stagehand who worked on the show saw it!!.......It wasn`t on TV you fc#king moron!!!

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Dik de Bruijn's avatar

Please get some professional help for your anger issues.

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Dik de Bruijn's avatar

No, not pretending to be from another country. Are you saying that because I have a "non-American" name? Or is this a conspiracy theory you're hatching?

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MK's avatar

I reported him for Trolling

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Ellen's avatar

How is he trolling? Because he called out YOUR god??? Your ineffectual god that allowed a criminal, rapist, pedophile, liar, cheater, fraudster, traitor to get re-elected?? How is THAT trolling?? He is right......no "god" has anything to do with it.......

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Nancy Meehan's avatar

God has nothing to do with any of it! It's just ridiculous.

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Debbie Mason's avatar

God is very much on our side. No one paid attention or we would all know. This is in the scriptures. Read your Bible. God will always be with us.

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Terri Mac's avatar

Who's side was god on with American Indians were practically annihalated? And who's side was god on during slavery and Jim Crow? What kind of god does the U.S. have.

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Sally Skellington's avatar

You cannot blame God. It was man and man only. God has no control over what others do. We all have a conscience, and it depends how one is raised to follow through with that conscience. Good or bad we make the choice, not God.

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Terri Mac's avatar

I know that. I am stating the hypocracy of introducing the christian god into the narrative. This is not a christian nation and never has been. If it were truly christian, we wouldn't have this evil president in office now.

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Anna B's avatar

Absolutely true that this is NOT a christian nation. Nor a muslim, nor atheistic nation; which is precisely what the founding fathers debated and agreed on.

Separation of church and state.

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Ellen's avatar

So.....the ultimate hypocrisy!! When something GOOD happens it is because god willed it.....but when something bad happens it was not god......even though that all powerful, all eminant, all knowing god had the power to stop the bad thing from happening???? Typical christian double speak......

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Dik de Bruijn's avatar

Who's the "us" you're referring to? Certainly Trump and his thugs, but what about those of us who voted straight Blue? And reading the Bible? No, thanks, not any more. Those pushing reading the Bible seem more and more to be white Christian nationalists. I am most certainly not one of them, nor am I even a Christian, though I do try to follow the teachings of Christ Jesus along with those of Abraham, Mohammed, Gandhi, and others whose beliefs align with mine.

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Ellen's avatar

THEY tell US to read the bible but it looks like THEY are the ones who need to read it........THEY are CINOs who do not follow the teachungs of Jesus. We atheists know more about the bible than THEY do!!

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Ellen's avatar

Keep believing in you make believe sky daddy.....the rest of live in a reality based world. AND we do NOT need you or anyone else trying to force your religious beliefs down our throats!!! FREDOM OF and FROM religion......

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Ellen's avatar

Not everyone believes in your "god".......keep him/her/it out of it!!!!

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Debbie Mason's avatar

The best part is I can put God in anywhere I chose. Your time is coming, you keep denying him.

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Ellen's avatar

You cannot put a fictional character anywhere except your delusional head!!

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Debbie Mason's avatar

God bless you

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Ellen's avatar

HAHAHAHAHA... you cannot put a fictional character anywhere except your delusional head.....

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Sally Skellington's avatar

Whoa! Try reading Psalm 91.

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Sheryl Gambardella's avatar

Keep religion out of it. Politics are bad enough

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Ellen's avatar

your "god" has nothing to do with it....

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DjFreddyTurnerNYC's avatar

The death penalty for treason look it up. We need to stop playing around in the Democrats need to get some balls . Because he is going to destroy everything and everyone around the entire world. He's trying to give people who are not elected access to the bank accounts of America Elon Musk. He was not elected to do anything not even a dog catcher. Again treason

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Ellen's avatar

The ONE and ONLY person ever executed for treason against the U.S. was Hipolito Salazar in 1847.

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Janine's avatar

Agreed 💯 I've been saying this from day 1

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SherylMiller's avatar

Me too

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DjFreddyTurnerNYC's avatar

I thought treason was the grounds for execution. And every other country you do something like what he did several times over why is he still here breathing and causing problems for the entire world not just Americans

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Teresa G's avatar

All of them

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david ludden's avatar

Good luck on this....

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Dana Jones's avatar

Obviously

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Flo Sherwood's avatar

If only the Jewish people had realized earlier that they would have to save themselves. The whole world seemed unwilling or unable to stand up for humanity and decency. While the truth of how evil Hitler and his useful idiots was slithering in past ordinary, decent people too numb with incredulity to understand that their world was on fire and the only way out was action and unity.. we can disect it all at our leisure once we stomp the bastards out. Leave the navel gazing and DO SOMETHING!! Help find a way to shelter and protect independant journalism. And say it’s name: murder. We are not historians. We are living participants who will decide what historians have to sift through later. Get up. Get invested where and how you can! 👊👊👊

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SherylMiller's avatar

I was feeling better after going to church yesterday, but now I’m sad again

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Erik R's avatar

I'm happy that some judges are keeping the Constitution alive. Why does it feel like the Dems are only posturing and not standing up??

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Roxanne Mitchell's avatar

Erik, WHY,???? Aren't Republicans Not Standing Up Against Trump? Would Like to Know You're Take On This. Thank You!

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Ed Garland's avatar

Boom!

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Thea O’Neill's avatar

I’d like to say they’re collecting intel and trying not to show their hand until they play it. But the reality of the situation is they’re prob just all scared and worried about personal retaliation. Or they just don’t care because they’re also getting fat off of all this.

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Dik de Bruijn's avatar

I think you've got it: Dems "don't care because they're also getting fat off this." Politicians of ALL parties aren't in it to help people -- they're politicians because they like the power and attention and potential for making more money down the line as newscasters, etc. All the pols want to do is keep their jobs. That's why the threat of "primarying" people who don't toe the line is so effective. [Correction: MAYBE Jimmy Carter is the exception and was a pol who actually cared about people.]

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Jane Miclon's avatar

I don’t agree. I think Dems do care

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Barb Johnson's avatar

I believe they’re all in it I’ve seen some from Jamie Raskin has set up a committee for anyone in the gov. that have federal jobs

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SherylMiller's avatar

Not a time to split and blame. Let’s join together and FIGHT

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

I pray that the latter isn't true.

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Janine's avatar

I say if they are too afraid then GTF out of the way and let others who will fight.

I mean i get SM messages from jeffries talking about the cost of eggs I replied are you serious there is a COUP HAPPENING as we speak! I said no one cares about eggs !!! Get out there and DO SOMETHING!

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SherylMiller's avatar

I agree

They are in on this and will benefit, while the rest of us suffer. And I DO mean SUFFER

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Ellen's avatar

Thumbs down......y"all have no clue how the government works......WHAT specifically can the DEMS do?? Seriously...share your wisom on this!!! I won't hold my breath because you do not KNOW.......the DEMS have NO power.....

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PiermontAdvisors's avatar

If you focus on who is corrupt in breaking the law and undermining the constitution, maybe we would get someplace. The democrats are fine, and they're doing what they can. They have amassed lawyers all over this country. Trust me, it's going to turn. The alternative is, we will be a dictatorship or kleptocracy. We are already in a constitutional crisis.

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Terri Mac's avatar

There are people in government who have taken an oath to protect and defend the constitution against all enemies both foreign and domestic. I would think some human force is going to do whatever is necessary.

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Thea O’Neill's avatar

They’re with you rn too

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bettievanoverbeke's avatar

Very upset over not following Constitution. The emolument clauses , if enacted ,could end corruption in congress and presidency

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Erik R's avatar

Some of* the Dems

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Kathleen's avatar

Yes, I think the corporate dems are standing in the way of others.

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Ellen's avatar

thumbs DOWN on this comment...blocking them from doing WHAT???

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Peacedenise's avatar

They should abandon the hearings.. they are going to get in anyway and focus on legal action to all executive orders

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Thea O’Neill's avatar

Legal pushback to EOs isn’t seeming to make a difference. Any changes already seen are due to compliance without enforcement. Kinda meaning they’re not so much following directive, but acting on permission granted.

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Dik de Bruijn's avatar

Because that's exactly what most/many ARE doing. Started with Biden and his arrogance in refusing to step down as he promised he would. Followed up by Dem leadership waiting years to tell him NO, in line with this whole absurd "legacy" thing about whose turn it is to be Presidential nominee. Continues with the posturing HERE about Trump "losing, imploding," etc. At least I assume the leadership of Meidas is Dem -- maybe they're not.

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Pete Rodriguez's avatar

you are mistaken. The blame lies with the people who refused to impeach him during his first tenure despite voicing his part in the Zelinsky quid pro quo and the J6 insurrection.

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SherylMiller's avatar

Wholeheartedly agree

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Roxanne Mitchell's avatar

You obviously know NOTHING about the U.S. CONSTITUTION Or any other aspects of our Government.

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Dik de Bruijn's avatar

You obviously don't know enough about me to make that statement. I worked in D.C. for a Libertarian Think-Tank, was an Assistant U.S. Attorney . . . But as it makes you feel good to think you know everything about someone you've never met, go for it!

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WJB Motown's avatar

Shut the Fc#k up Dickhead!!

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Pete Rodriguez's avatar

sorry you're getting attacked by ignorant people assuming things that are not true and immediately going towards the assumption that if you are not a Smith, or a Johnson or whatever, you must be non-American.

Can't have a decent dialogue and exchange of ideas with this level of intellect. Ignore them

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Ellen's avatar

Libertarian??? OMG...so THAT is why you come here to troll......go away you dumbf*ck.....I am sure Rand Paul would LOVE to talk to you!!!

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joylightin@gmail.com's avatar

I'm not thrilled with the post.

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Pete Rodriguez's avatar

Im not thrilled with the attacks

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WJB Motown's avatar

Dik.....lives up to his name....Dickhead

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Thea O’Neill's avatar

So what is wrong? You’re not offering a position, just shitting on an internet stranger. Not exactly helpful. If you have something constructive to say, go for it. Infighting isn’t going to get us anywhere.

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Sheryl Gambardella's avatar

https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/democracy-defcon?r=43l7gz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

I love this post because it actually gives us a guide for moving in the future. We need a plan and this is a good start. Now we have to get everyone on the same page.

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Ellen's avatar

What specifically do you think the Dems can do? They are in the minority in BOTH the House and the Senate......Dem governors ARE standing up to dumpy......the courts can decide to say the actions dt and musk are taking are illegal, but who will enforce their decision? NOT the DOJ....NOT the FBI.....so WHO??

It is very easy to demand someone take action without acknowledging that they have NO power.......

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Dana Jones's avatar

Yet Elon just takes control of our treasury unopposed? Anyone stopping this?

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Elizabeth Wallace's avatar

I would like to know too!!! It’s absolutely terrifying that musk has been allowed to do this! We NEVER elected him and he has no right to have access to OUR money 💰 for ANY reason. I am LIVID!

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mary-jo amatruda's avatar

Did he a confidentiality agreement ?? He's not an employee of the government. WTF?

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mary-jo amatruda's avatar

Can't we have him arrested?

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Dana Jones's avatar

Maybe if those in power would obey our laws

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Janine's avatar

EXACTLY THE PROBLEM

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Ellen's avatar

BY whom?? The FBI who now under DT?? Someone from Homeland Security who headed by Kristi Noem?? PLEASE....tell us WHO should arrest him???

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mary-jo amatruda's avatar

And he has access to all our info

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Ellen's avatar

So....WHO do you suggest stops it?? Congress is controlled by rethugs who LIKE this shit (in case you forgot the Dems are in the minority and have NO power). OH I KNOW the RW extremist DOJ will end it??? Or the RW FBI??? The courts can declare this illegal, but again WHO will enforce the judges decision??? PLEASE enlighten us with your wisdom!!!

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Lynn's avatar

That's my question!

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Roxanne Mitchell's avatar

NO ? TO WHAT?

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

"I’m old enough to remember when America had the largest and fastest-growing middle class in the world. We adhered to the basic bargain that if someone worked hard and played by the rules, they’d do better than their parents had, and their children would do even better than they.

I remember when CEOs took home 20 times the pay of their workers, not 300 times. When members of Congress acted in the interests of their constituents rather than be bribed by campaign donations to do the bidding of big corporations and the super-wealthy.

I remember when our biggest domestic challenges were civil rights, women’s rights, and gay rights — not the very survival of democracy and the rule of law.

But over the last forty years, starting with Reagan, America went off the rails."

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Dana Jones's avatar

I remember, those wre the days. Jimmy Carter was a wonderful president. I didn't fully appreciate as a non-political teen ager. Life was so good.

It was also pre- internet and social media giving Russia prime access to inject propaganda and China hacking everything.

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Kathy H's avatar

💯

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Sprocket24's avatar

You need to be sounding every alarm possible about the Digital Coup that just happened yesterday.

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Roxanne Mitchell's avatar

Felon Trump Has Lost His Mind Year's Ago!

Those of You Who Voted For This Moron, Shame On You!

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Dik de Bruijn's avatar

Save your breath. It's unlikely they're reading this.

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Roxanne Mitchell's avatar

Dik, you are apart of they, and are sticking around. WHY? You never have an answer, a clear and concise Answer's with FACTS!

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Dik de Bruijn's avatar

I have no idea what you mean by your comment that I "never have an answer . . . " What's the question? And I am "apart of they"? I don't know what that means, and I'm guessing you don't either.

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Roxanne Mitchell's avatar

MAGA'S Always Play Dumb

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Dik de Bruijn's avatar

Who says they're playing. But anyway, that's a non sequitur. Or are you saying you're a MAGA because you're dumb?

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WJB Motown's avatar

Dickhead .....go fill your face with a dozen Big Macs

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Roxanne Mitchell's avatar

Re-read my comment

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Marked_Blessings's avatar

Isn’t there a way to sue the administration for letting a non government person, unauthorized department access our federal funds payment system. This is our sensitive data that was given out to a security threat willing and without our consent. How is this not being challenged.

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Lynn's avatar

Ok, Musk has access to the Treasury and for all intents and purposes, he wants to "LOOT" the U.S. treasury. He wasn't elected, he's not an American and he's committing an egregious crime in the light of day and not trying to hide it. Is there ANYONE that can stop this? A squad of police, national guard, something that hasn't been tainted by Trump? We cannot let him do this and steal peoples Social Security!!!

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Richard Pelton's avatar

not only -- He is reading and compiling information for all Government workers and most likely Service members-- he is mining data bases or Your and My Personal HIPPA protected information

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Lynn's avatar

Precisely right.

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Amy Cohen's avatar

WHY IS NOONE TALKING ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION AND CENSORSHIP OF MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC DATA AT FEDERAL HEALTH AGENCIES???? THIS WILL KILL AMERICANS. This data is no longer accessible to the public, to your doctors, to scientists. This includes info on infectious diseases currently threatening Americans, such as the Avian Flu and a large outbreak of tuberculosis in Kansas. It includes the movement of MPox into Europe. It includes the shift in the forms of Avian flu to ones which could be much more dangerous to humans. It includes recalls of food and drugs that are tainted. They’ve removed ALL infuriation pertaining to women’s health and contraception (including which firms of contraception could be dangerous to which women).NONE OF THIS INFORMATION IS NOW AVAILABLE TO ANYONE. They’ve also sent a list of words which must be removed from scientific papers. This includes the word “gender”.

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

"We will fight shoulder to shoulder, every day, and we will win in the end. The truth will prevail. Love will prevail over hate. Democracy will prevail over fascism."

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Terri Mac's avatar

At what cost will we prevail? How long will it take before millions...succumb to this war on us? What is the point in taking down the database? Wtf?

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Lorraine Marshall's avatar

Because they’re not really interested in efficiency in govt. they hate govt. they want a ceo to run us like a business privatize everything and bring in more money for those at the top. If they were really interested, there are ways to fine tune each individual agency without shutting everything down and corrupting what is left. The govt needs reform but has to be done under legal means. You just dont upend thousands of people careers who help run the govt and give it to incompetent loyalist actors who will waste time and more money. Not very efficient!!

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Kathy H's avatar

And what IS available, to 'paying players' is personal health & habits tracking information. Access to information we need blocked, right to privacy & consumer recourse stripped away in every Terms of Service. It is so shocking & overwhelming (exactly as intended) it's hard to know how to talk about it. People think it's easier to pretend it isn't happening than get into so much uncertainty, not knowing what can be done. It has to be talked about, for sure. Silence enables abuse.

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Charlene K. Belhasen's avatar

This feels more like a hostile takeover than anything else. I don't think they care about the legal challenges.

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Kim Hart's avatar

Thanks for all that you do. Congrats Popock on expanding to aid those affected by these disasterous actions by T Admin

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Sally Skellington's avatar

Since when did the American People vote elon into office? And what's left of OUR government does nothing about it? Pinch me am I dreaming?🤬

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mary-jo amatruda's avatar

Is it legal for EM to have all the access he has as an unelected individual?

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Ellen's avatar

NO, it is not.....but who in the dumpy admimistration is there to stop him? NO ONE!!

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Rebecca  Booth's avatar

I already contacted Congress to remove the Orange POS! You should to!

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Janice Merrifield's avatar

Mr. Popak, Can there be lawsuit brought on musk for stealing our private information? He's not a government official. I for one do not give him permission to my personal information. It fringes on my rights.

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Sylvia's avatar

courts are busy with all the illegal orders

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Lulu Manus's avatar

Boycott Amazon, Walmart and Target. Buy nothing.

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

"Does anyone need more proof that Trump is fronting for the oligarchs, and doesn't give a shit about workers?"

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Margaret Dickey's avatar

Does Elon have an official job in our government? I haven't heard that he has an actual paid position. That said, him, having access to government information could be espionage???

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Sally Skellington's avatar

He doesn't need to be paid, he has his own money. He's bored with nothing to do and seeking purpose.

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SherylMiller's avatar

Like taking over the world

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Pat Bongard's avatar

As it stands right now, I think the goal is to make sure we never have another Democrat in charge. He wants to break America so bad that it will be willing to join Russia and China as allies. Hope I am wrong.

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

I hope you're wrong too, Pat.

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Roxanne Mitchell's avatar

Pat, please get Educated. Research Political Science, History, Geography, Science, Economics and Especially CIVICS!

STOP DRINKING THE KOOL-AID, and Being brainwashed by the RepubliCONS, and Felon Trump's LIES. GET WELL SOON!

😊💙✌️

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Pat Bongard's avatar

What are you talking about? I was saying what Trump wanted not what I wanted. I am far from being a Republican. Thank you very much.

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Ellen's avatar

YOU need to take some reading comprehension classes.....

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SherylMiller's avatar

Looks like thats the playbook

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Colleen McGloughlin's avatar

Michael Popok, you and Marc Elias give me enough info and courage to imagine courts will at least throw enough sand in the gears of the coup to (maybe?) give the rest of the country enough time to rise up in a meaningful way. Thank you.

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Lulu Manus's avatar

Elon Musk must be crushed.

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Ed Garland's avatar

Trump may want to watch an episode of Snapped. He's hammering federal employees many of whom have had stellar careers and are now looking toward retirement. He's stirring a toxic cocktail that does not bode well for him or any of his henchmen.

There is probably a Judas and a Brutus close to him who may flip out as lives are torpedoed into oblivion. The Titanic wasn't supposed to sink either.

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Dawn's avatar

We're being handed to China and Russia on a silver platter. Regardless of party, what's happening is treason!

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Rosemary Costello's avatar

Dear MT- there is a national protest on feb 5. Asking people to call out from work and protest (not first responders). FB and IG keeps taking down our posts to alert others to join. This movement began on Reddit, to keep info off *uckerberg platforms. Hopefully, we can gain some space on Bluesky. Thanks for your work. I try to promote you and your news as trustworthy. I am on a SS budget, which is scary enough.

Protest is called 50 States 50 Capitols noon on February 5

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1-rraq_sRU6n-rvGj45AxscxouGVcH03efhMQHJYzc6w/htmlview#

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joylightin@gmail.com's avatar

I "musk" ..throw up

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Sandy Salmons's avatar

OMG Musk now has taken over our Federal Treasury.

Is anyone else concerned that an Illegal Immigrant has the highest level of Security access to All of our Federal Systems???

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Michael White's avatar

who will enforce the judge's ruling? let's assume DT administration is lawless and will defy all orders... HOW do we FORCE DT to comply?

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Scooter's avatar

Do we have enough federal law enforcement left after the first 12 days to enforce judicial and legislative decisions? Judges can rule and congress can impeach, but law enforcement (under the executive branch) is responsible for enforcement. Looks like the DOJ, FBI, Marshall's service, have all been compromised to the point of no longer being effective.

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SherylMiller's avatar

That is a good question. Taking over law ENFORCEMENT is part of the coup

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Judith Windhausen's avatar

The Republican party let this happen when they did not stand up to him the first time.

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Janine's avatar

They are all treasonous

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Harriet Lunz's avatar

or now.

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SherylMiller's avatar

Hell, they created it many years ago

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Marijane Mercer's avatar

I hope Michael's strong suggestion is REPEATED OVER AND OVER never vote for one Republican from now on EVER!!!!!!!!

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Terri Mac's avatar

There won't be any elections, but if there are, fElon has hacked into the voting machines just like 2024 (election stolen). The weak effin' dems challenged nirvinvestigated anything.

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bettievanoverbeke's avatar

Lots of documented voter suppression on Tom Hartman site

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Kathy H's avatar

Yup, that isn't something we can take our eye off, those that have been doing it sure aren't, they won't stop until free & fair elections are eliminated. Trump was clear when he told his own supporters that voting won't be a concern going forward. It is telling that his nominees still won't concede 2020. This is Trump’s signature move, make a problem that doesn't exist, claim to fix it, & smash everything that does work in the process.

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Richard Pelton's avatar

With the OPM being raided - I feel I may have been subjected to HIPPA violations of my personal information. It is specifically Illegal to enter a personal file for any reason - exception is in the performance of a specific duty-- like requesting a search warrant- SPECIFIC Information only on a need to know basis!

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Linda Morway's avatar

People forget women are DEI also. JD and friends want us to be Stepford wives. Look what happened there!

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Helen Caldwell's avatar

When is SOMEBODY! ANYBODY! going to file a lawsuit to prevent an active foreign agent with Russia and China, who is not an elected official or even eligible to be, from having full, unlimited access to all U.S. secrets, finances, and personal info and lawlessly taking a wrecking ball to our security???!

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Vannase's avatar

I don't mean to offend anyone here but wake up time!

I'm 70 years old and I'm not stupid but am tired of all the crying and winning about who was elected to office. I dislike the being as much as the rest of you.

But it is time things get back into our hands!

I didn't vote for him the first time second time or this time. But I am not going to let him control what life I have remaining.

We the people! That is what my constitution starts with how about yours?

Are you really ready to fight or do you want to cry for the next 4 years?

It is time we take a page out of his play book. It is time we stop letting atternorys do our fighting.

Stop crying and start acting like American's the one's George Washington saw that we are.

We have had it to easy for 200 year's it is time we go after his foot men and women be them democrats or republicans. If we attack them with the law who do you think will they fear more?

If we attack Musk and his cronnies don't care how much money they have, WE THE PEOPLE shall prevail

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Karen's avatar

I’m pushing 75, and I’ll be damned if they think they’re going to control me ! We need to stand up and fight for our rights, and freedom!

F47, and that little musket can stuff it! They’re nothing but bullies! We stand up to bullies!

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Merlene Smith's avatar

Remove Trump from office!! Get everyone’s information taken away from THEM NOW! Get The Bi-polar Musk OUT OF THERE!!

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Margaret's avatar

I have a friend in another states who’s Social Security check has been frozen. If he doesn’t pay his rent by the end of today, it’ll be considered late. Take a guess who froze it…he’s from South Africa and has NO BUSINESS accessing our PRIVATE information.

DOGE has NOT been authorized by Congress to do any of this so-called work. It’s entirely illegal. Muskie Baby needs to be deported. He has access to ALL our information…like social security numbers…the very stuff us seniors are always warned about not sharing. If any seniors are victims of identity theft…I’d be looking to Muskie Baby as the culprit.

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

"The overwhelming support for impeachment shows that the American public is not willing to accept King Trump," said Alexandra Flores-Quilty, Free Speech for People campaign director, in a Thursday statement. "We need bold leaders in Congress willing to stand up and hold Trump accountable for his abuses of power and initiate an impeachment inquiry."

The petition, which was launched on Inauguration Day, calls on Congress to initiate an impeachment investigation into Trump based on potential violations of the U.S. Constitution's emoluments clauses, his pardoning of insurrectionists who took part in the January 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol, and his "unlawful" and "corrupt" campaign practices."

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Debbie Riches's avatar

It is part of their plan, Project 2025!! Chaos! Martial Law! Project 2025 enacted.

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Joann Herrick's avatar

We need to remove Trump, Elon and all of their appointees NOW

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Joann Herrick's avatar

Agreed. I just wish someone would do it

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kate russell's avatar

What about the Privacy Act of 1974? Don’t we all qualify? I would suggest Popok’s new law firm for the largest class action suit in US history.

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Debbie's avatar

Talk about free speech.

I read that Trump is only allowing the NTSB post updates on social media using ONLY “X”. I wonder if Trump is halting info from them that the public should know. Like, was the accident recently related to his cutting federal work staff and the FAA head related to it? (at Musk’s request)

Seems that Musk shouldn’t be the one monitoring the FAA since his Space X has been under investigation by them for violations.

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FeralAF's avatar

They are domestic terrorists.

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Dawn's avatar

Filing all of those lawsuits sounds great, but the reality is that any action will take for forever through the court systems, right? Meanwhile, what are all of these fired people supposed to do for income? Please help me to understand how lawsuits are going to stop all of this madness.

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MK's avatar

How come someone isn't doing a emergency filing to the Supreme Court to reverse what they did? Then they could go and Arest Elon Musk and Trump.

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Ruth Klein's avatar

Why can’t the military stop this coup

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Dawn's avatar

I've been wondering the same thing, Ruth. This is clearly treason.

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Ben Holstrom's avatar

I woke up this morning to news that the ice nazis we're very active in raiding an apartment building. Dear god I hope that you'll recall this orange nazi and send him to the Raging fires of hell. This week would be a good time.

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Tom Harris's avatar

For God sake quit saying he doesn’t understand how to be President! He knows exactly what he’s doing! His goal is to destroy our democracy. The coup is underway. Quit acting like he’s just stupid.

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Ben Holstrom's avatar

Exactly!

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

"QUESTION: What does President Trump mean when he says that he will sign an executive order “to open up the pumps and valves in the north, so that California can get water”?

ANSWER: It means that uneducated, shit for brains, ignorant buffoon doesn't understand science, or the climate, or weather, or temperatures. The northern states are dealing with a deep freeze. Frozen water doesn't flow.

That brainless fuckwit just pulled us out of the Paris Climate Accord, and will be making more ridiculous excuses with every tragic weather event in his term. His evil, partisan decisions about aid for California is a crime against the American people. He should be impeached, but our Congress has a majority of spineless, ass kissing, dysfunctional, irresponsible dimwits, who have all turned their backs on the American people."

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Andrea Bröker's avatar

I wonder when the first Americans show up in Canada, Mexico or somewhere in Europe, asking for asylum.

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Terri Mac's avatar

There is no country that will escape his destruction. Why couldn't he just go away and live out the rest of his life peacefully.

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Pete Rodriguez's avatar

There is no question that the Trump Cartel is a dictatorship in the making, and those behind it, like the main architects of Project 2025, are blind to reality,focusing only on the power they might enjoy should their plan succeed.

The only way these people are attempting this power grab is because they apparently are not students of history; otherwise they would have known how dictatorships end.

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Cynthia A's avatar

Great episode, as always.

I've been wondering about the Supreme Court ruling on Trump's immunity for "official acts". Would this be problematic if Congress tried to initiate impeachment proceedings against Trump? Would it be disallowed?

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Sharon Dunn's avatar

Thank you for your hard work and dedication to our country.

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Maureen kibler's avatar

So many thanks for all you do. You are leading the resistance. WE NEED YOU. Keep it up. BTW, Trump has a vested interest in tariffs against Canada. Were you guys aware that Trump Jr bought 3,900 acres of Mane timberland from family of Republican candidate just weeks before he floated tariffs against Canada? When he says we have lumber he means HE has lumber.

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Terri Mac's avatar

Hope it burns down.

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SherylMiller's avatar

It ALWAYS benefits him

Uncaring creep!

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Terri Mac's avatar

Interesting.

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Marilyn Ritcey's avatar

I am a Canadian and truly heartsick over what is happening in your wonderful country. Trump is dividing the people and punishing his closest allies. No good can come from his appalling and unlawful behaviour and many people on both sides of our borders will suffer. I applaude all of you at Meidas Mighty and Mr. Popock for everything you are doing to bring truth to the people. Hope you can keep on doing your wonderful work.

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Dawn-Marie's avatar

He needz to be impeached and Musk should be jailed for treason or deported!!!

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JK7's avatar

Perfect timing for Popak firm

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L LaRue's avatar

How do we stop Musk from massing without Social Security and health care. I have called one of my senators and my congressmen and both of the mailboxes were full, and I could not leave a message. Both of them are Republicans. I also call another congressmen that was a democrat in SC and I finally got a message to him about what I feared about our health care and social security, and it is strange that I was able to get through to the democrat but not the Republicans. I want Musk gone from our government. So what can we do about this ???

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Yvette N Hath's avatar

Donald trump sure as hell isn't the (not white, but orange) best and brightest, so what can we expect?

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Teresa G's avatar

Lash Patel is definitely not white.

Ramsaswari (sp) I am pretty sure was the one to go because he was not white

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James DiNitto's avatar

Interesting how EACH of his high ranking appointments all have serious character deficiencies. Almost like he has them in his back pocket... sort of like they each are beholding TO him, NOT the country, constitution, OR US (WE THE PEOPLE)! 🤔

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Colleen McGloughlin's avatar

Each a mini-me of that criminal.

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Bittare's avatar

This is his way of showing Canada that they should be the U.S.' 51st state. It's spite, from a petulant child.

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Donna R.'s avatar

Does anybody else consider this a government coup?

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Lulu Manus's avatar

Absolutely 💯

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SherylMiller's avatar

💯

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Judith Windhausen's avatar

The people who watch Fox News cannot see the truth of what is happening. They have been brain washed that the government and Democrats are horrific and terrible.

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Sydney Brown's avatar

He bragged many times that he can do whatever he wants… so why would he have reasonable limits? He believes he can do anything and his wealth and power allows it. His party will prove his point. We are our only hope to be the voice of reason and the adult in the room.

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Michele Niccolai's avatar

I can't log into my TreasuryDirect account- system down. When I try to log in I get this WARNING WARNING WARNING message. I typed up an email to my Congressional Representative to tell him I could not log in to my TreasuryDirect account and let him know about the WARNING message

Message from Treasury Direct. When I hit send- this was the message I got

UNITED STATES HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES

ACCESS FORBIDDEN

The resource you requested if forbidden access

The TreasuryDirect application will be unavailable on Sunday, February 02, 2025 from 8:00am to 12:pm ET due to system maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

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Rick Cameron's avatar

They keep reminding us that Trump was 45 and 47; well, they say lightning never strikes the same place twice, it's a shame they can't say the same thing about stupidity!

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Connie S's avatar

For trump it’s not the best and the brightest, it’s the best and the whitest.

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Dik de Bruijn's avatar

And richest.

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Colleen McGloughlin's avatar

Filthy richest.

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Colleen McGloughlin's avatar

Cruelest and whitest. And male-est (excepting the blonde women he keeps around him)

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SherylMiller's avatar

Or just the whitest

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S. Rose Smith-Hayes's avatar

Please if offered money to quit your Federal job, do Not take the offer. If fired, sue for wrongful termination. All fired Federal employees should sue for wrongful termination.

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Robin's avatar

He’s not the poor, struggling F student. He is the school shooter!

Treason!

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L LaRue's avatar

I am to the point I am tired of dealing with this drama every day ...it like living in hell. I have to live that way his first term and I want it to go away. That is a liar about condom booms what to hell ...he is a dumb ass, and we need him to be jailed!!

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Lisa Riley's avatar

I wish the Democrats in Congress would do a daily 15 min update for the nation. It could be a YouTube of whoever the Democrat of the week is. They would address 4 things briefly and clearly in everyday language: what is the Trump travesty du jour; what it means for everyday Americans; what Democrats are doing about it; and action items for everyday citizens who are aching to do something to make a difference.

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SherylMiller's avatar

That sounds like leadership

It’s currently missing

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Elana Dabkowski's avatar

Trump needs a good old fashioned Walter Reed Hospital check up! I believe Alzheimers runs in his family and it usually starts slowly and picks up speed! Something seems amiss in his thinking, he needs help! We need help!!!

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Debbie's avatar

I’ve got a case for you- Trump ordered the Army Corp Engineers to release a water supply in California that was supposed to be used for Central Coast farmers this summer all for a photo op. Now farmers will have to raise prices because they won’t have the normal water reserves it takes due to his political stunt. We all pay the price.

BTW, none of the water reached LA area which he claimed in his infinite wisdom as an expert water engineer that he was helping the wildfires.

https://www.alternet.org/trump-california-water/

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SherylMiller's avatar

He’s a dumbass that in his grandiosity thinks he knows EVERYTHING

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Linda Morway's avatar

I live in NC and we have Tillis who is a huge Trump butt kisser.

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Debbie's avatar

I really think that even if you live in a red state you should actively call your Congress reps and Senators to make your voice known. If they fear getting voted out, they may grow a spine. Unless of course they are on the take.

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Colleen McGloughlin's avatar

Been calling that snake since 2017. He tries to fool people with photos with him hanging out with Murkowski and “Concerned in Maine.” He’s a snake.

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Linda Morway's avatar

For sure. He doesn't look at his emails. He's got to go.

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SherylMiller's avatar

They ARE on the take. Why else would they allow this?

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SherylMiller's avatar

MAGA MO can’t run fast enough to Trump

I can no longer stand to live here

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Wendy Buxton's avatar

Cynthia A, your question has been paramount in my mind for weeks. Can he really be impeached? Am I correct that impeachment/removal is not appealable to the SCOTUS? Would love for our Meidas Mighty to address!

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Debbie Mason's avatar

STANDING WITH OUR ALLIES

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Sally Skellington's avatar

Contact Marshall Mathers,(Eminem). The FCC won't let me be! He has a VOICE!

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Jane's avatar

The insanity continues - this madness is not just affecting our nation but also nations across the globe - it really needs to end!

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gerri caldarola's avatar

Trump wants a crisis to "galvanize" people and then he will declare an "emergency" with "emergency" powers

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Lulu Manus's avatar

Putin is very pleased with his operatives.

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Lulu Manus's avatar

Do everything to impeach and remove Trump and Muskrat.

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Michael White's avatar

now that DODGE has control of the treasury checkbook... can't DT just stop payments regardless of legality?

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Sally Skellington's avatar

He continues breaking laws, and folks just sit back and say; well okay! 🤬

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Amy Cohen's avatar

The DEI hire in the U.S. has been of our own cognitively, emotionally, psychologically disabled president. The absurdity of any talk of “merit based” hires needs to be talked about every day.

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Susan's avatar

Thank you

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Sally Skellington's avatar

Apparently devil's do not need skills. And this is making it better for everyone while he,and his regime live high of the hog? F.U.

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Mo27's avatar

Trump has been attacking, this country, equal rights, the rule of law for decades, this seriously isn't new. The difference now is that he has more power than he's ever had.

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Lieneke Engelina Keihl's avatar

Thanks to both MeidasTouch and especially Legal AF. Hearing the legal (hopefully) route will be a way to defeat both Trump and his minions makes me sleep a little better

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Kathy Stewart's avatar

Great way to spend our money on frivolous lawsuits caused by 🍊💩 freak

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Trevor Williams's avatar

Voter suppression in various states is the main reason/contributor what cost Harris the election and gave tRump the Presidentcy, yet so little media attention/coverage attributed to this major aspect of the electoral system. As tRump himself said, "we have the votes". The real fraud perpetuated on the American electoral system is suppression of the vote.

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Johnny arch k's avatar

You right te idea is speculative. It will never happen. It was not reality likely to ever happen it was just to point out the tarriffs alienated our allies weakens the country and alienates allies.

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Brenda Nolasco's avatar

Trump must be removed and Musk needs to go back where he's from. For the love of God please someone save us

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TwinsMom0726's avatar

Lots of law students had their Federal internships revoked for this summer. I’m sure they’d be willing to help!

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

JAW DROPPING: Nate Silver just made a STUNNING PREDICTION!

“The Democratic Party does very well in Special Elections… those Special Elections could be high‑stakes.”

Democrats can control the House THIS YEAR with 3 GOP seat Special Elections.

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Diane Nye's avatar

I can not believe those that could do something to prevent this did not see this coming . This has been years in the planning. I am not surprised by any of it. What options do we have now ? He is in power and has his minions to do the dirty work

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SherylMiller's avatar

I have been saying the same

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Leslie's avatar

I emailed my federal members of congress tonight. Grateful for independent news sources such as yours.

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Johnny arch k's avatar

An observation

Considering Trump's tariffs we are pissing off Canada, Mexico China and Europe and in the process leaving us extremely weak and vulnerable as a country with virtually no allies to help fight off a predator nation like Russia. At this point they could attack us and we would have a hard time in rounding up allies. It makes me wonder how many of his late chummy chats with Putin might have covered this topic.

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Johnny arch k's avatar

Yes. I agree

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Christine Charbonneau's avatar

A government job is to take care of its people, a former prime minister of mine used to say.

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S. Rose Smith-Hayes's avatar

45/47 said in October that he had enough votes. No one listened. In January 2025 45/47 said Elon rigged the election, no one listened. The election was fixed by computer whiz Elon Musk. Why is no one listening???

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Lisa Riley's avatar

Trump is psychotically incapable of consoling anyone. Sociopaths do not have the capability to empathize with.

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Linda Morway's avatar

Do the Scotus justices have to be Senate confirmed

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Harriet Lunz's avatar

yes

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Mary Jo Wilen's avatar

Can you hire the FBI agents who have been fired? How much would you need to raise to do it?

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Debbie Mason's avatar

The beast and his people are truly the worst of the worst. They should not be running anything let alone our great country.

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Ted Parry's avatar

If you want to know what actually happened over Washington - Look up "Captain Steeeve" on You Tube and listen to the actual fight controller tape.

Imagine yourself in his position having seen the crash in the distance and then holding it together to safely control the incoming flight stack before shutting down the airport.

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Susan Richmond's avatar

The MAGA administration will, like Jackson, say that the judges have spoken. Now let them enforce it. - Something along those lines. - As we know, a court can fine Trump millions, but see none or precious little of it. But every court case they do still have to show up for, as far as we know. They may threaten other parties to settle, as they have people to resign high positions, but at least we can slow down the mayhem for a bit.

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Sally Skellington's avatar

Congrats Michael Popok!

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Wolfie Mama's avatar

There have been 2 more plane incidents as well. 1 was in Chicago when an incoming plane hit a tug, and 1 in Wisconsin I think he said

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Allen Abrahams's avatar

This AI mechanic is now doing taxes! WTF how is this legal? Conflict of interest here?

Enter "I would like to do my taxes" into the context box and follow the prompts at:

https://www.carmechanic.expert/lp/electric-car

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Pamela's avatar

Best wishes to Michael Popok and the Popok Firm.

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

"We will fight shoulder to shoulder, every day, and we will win in the end. The truth will prevail. Love will prevail over hate. Democracy will prevail over fascism."

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Tracy Haverstick's avatar

Ben, My husband and I would like to file a lawsuit against Elon Musk, trump and all others that broke into our databases and stole our private information. Our Social Security, our Medicare, our taxes and all the rest. My name is Tracy Haverstick and would like you to represent us and hopefully bring on others for a clas action lawsuit. They violated the law and the constitution. Please respond if you're interested and if not, perhaps a good attorney that will.

Thank you

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Judy Mainord's avatar

I call Trump’s cabinet a Confederacy of Dunces. He is of course the chief, criminal Dunce.

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Richard Pelton's avatar

Ironic Update -- With the OPM now in the control of DOG Musk I stated there were violation, it would be from using personal information. Information can be construed to fit the situation. As an Example:

I received a letter dated 28 January 2025 stating that I was over paid transitioning from working Government employee to retired in May 2024 to present. I have been corresponding with RSSO and DEFAS (two government agencies) about the reduced pay I was received from these DEFAS, (the Federal Pay system). I was quoted by DEFAS for budgetary projections the retirement amount I was to receive. This was confirmed several times; be patient I was told, there is a few months lag and I would be reimbursed in a few months...

The letter from OPM I received today, stated I owed money due to "an oversite" My new arbitrary pay would be REDUCED almost $400. per month. End of statement.

When I called OPM *888-767-6738- the official Portal - It is unavailable - Instructing the caller to call back.. How Ironic!

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Susan Patten's avatar

Everything Trump is doing is straight out of Project 2025. If you haven't read it, there's a summary by Freya Zank on Substack. Please take the time to inform yourself on this project, if you haven't already.

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Tania Tonet's avatar

Hi, french Canadian here. Maybe i dont know shit about anything, correct me if i'm wrong but I really hope that you guys saw this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbwGhrosGmg ...I dont know if these people have any credibility among you but they are calling for organized peacefull protests to say no to the massive identity theft that musk just did... it worked for us french canadian in the 60's during the ''révolution tranquille'' of course it was not the same political fight than you american people but history taught us that when people stand together things can change and this guy needs to be removed WAY before mid-term for your safety and for the safety of a bunch of other coutries....and now what as been bothering me for a while (and again I probably don't know shit about anything) he sais that the golden era of the states were from 1870 to 1920??? wasent this also the golden era of the KKK??? and his ideologie is pretty much exatly the same... As a healt care worker I deeply value life and I think this guy should be accused of crimes aganst humanity.... keep fighting meidas mighty!!!

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Tania Tonet's avatar

Hi, french Canadian here. Maybe i dont know shit about anything, correct me if i'm wrong but I really hope that you guys saw this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbwGhrosGmg ...I dont know if these people have any credibility among you but they are calling for organized peacefull protests to say no to the massive identity theft that musk just did... it worked for us french canadian in the 60's during the ''révolution tranquille'' of course it was not the same political fight than you american people but history taught us that when people stand together things can change and this guy needs to be removed WAY before mid-term for your safety and for the safety of a bunch of other coutries....and now what as been bothering me for a while (and again I probably don't know shit about anything) he sais that the golden era of the states were from 1870 to 1920??? wasent this also the golden era of the KKK??? and his ideologie is pretty much exatly the same... As a healt care worker I deeply value life and I think this guy should be accused of crimes aganst humanity.... keep fighting meidas mighty!!!

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Dems aren't doing enough, not nearly enough... they must do more & fast!

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Carol Smith's avatar

Why did people ever vote for this!? It's almost like there was a mass brainwashing event...Thank goodness that Meidas is calling this stuff out...God help America!

Everyone needs to call their local representative to account and if they refuse to do it vote them all out!!!

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Joanne C Collin's avatar

Thank you Michael and Ben fior protecting us and bring Trump and Elon to justice for their Criminal acts on the American People. 💙💙🇺🇸🇺🇸

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Joanne C Collin's avatar

With this happening, and after the courts rule on this , we must Impeach

Trump & get this man out of the presidency ONCE AND FOR ALL. Bring Elon Musk IN FRONT OF A FEDERAL JUDGE for HIS UNLAWFUL CRIMES. We Must Raise the taxes as high as the law allows for these billion and millionaire's.

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Donna Wilson's avatar

Best wishes for your new legal endeavor, Micheal Popok!

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Ellen's avatar

So, we take them to court, and the court says that what they are doing is illegal, but WHO will enforce the judges ruling? Not the DOJ.....Not the FBI.......so WHO??

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AnneS's avatar

Here is my question for you awesome people here: Could US citizens bring a class action suit against Trump for breach of contract? Don’t we have a reasonable expectation that a President should follow the law? And he’s clearly not doing so. I’m not a lawyer, so I have no clue about this, but I feel we need to get the ball rolling to oust his regime any legal way possible.

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Hank Eng's avatar

Trump's is exercising his own version of DEI to Include unqualified persons to run the government, to Diversify (dilute) expertise, and give grifters Equality (opportunity) to rip off the American public.

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Amy's avatar

REPUBLICANS NEED TO ACT. CALL REPS/ CONGRESS/ SENATORS. THEY ARE WATCHING STATE MEDIA. MONEY HIJACKED. AUTOCRATIC COUP

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Scott Bump's avatar

so glad this effort is happening, I realized I might very well have a case for some legal assistance in the Employment Law section!

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Jackie Johnson's avatar

God sees all things 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

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FeralAF's avatar

The FCC stuff.....jesus

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David Nation's avatar

Is it possible that the flood of wrongful termination and other lawsuits flooding the courts is part of a bigger plan that entails choking and log jamming the court system?

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Joann Herrick's avatar

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Michelle Walton's avatar

Congratulations Michael

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Kathy H's avatar

Cripe, not to detract from the catastrophic injury & loss of life that is being inflicted by Trump, but the harm to mental health & well-being for millions is immeasurable, traumatic & irreparable, IMO. We will never get back life wasted in distress, there will never be justice enough. I sure as hell hope we have the satisfaction of stopping him & putting protection in place to give future generations a shot to thrive free of these crimes against humanity & the earth.

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Sandra VanDeMark's avatar

I'd rather be i denial with Trump being there

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bettievanoverbeke's avatar

Will it even be possible to have an election in 2026 without cheating and voter surpression?

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Teresa G's avatar

Does this mean that police is leaving legal AF podcast?

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Barbara Fairfax's avatar

Have spent hours today making phone calls today to Representatives and Senators to leave messages about things I want them to hear!!! Problem being most, and the really important ones, voicemail boxes are full.

We can all keep trying- switchboard # is 202 224 3121 and you just tell them whose office you want.

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HungarianAgrarian's avatar

A plane and a tug vehicle collide at Chicago's O'Hare airport, injuring the driver

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MK's avatar

Give us a phone number and email address for the Supreme Court so we can swap them with phone calls and emails.

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Dannys's avatar

https://search.app/CQ3spuo6NAKXtuWp6. The Pentagon’s intelligence arm has barred any celebrations related to MLK Jr. Day, Women’s History Month and other such observances to comply with Trump’s exec

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Meemaw's avatar

I guess Social security recipients will find out tomorrow.

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Joe Casey's avatar

We Need A Federal Judge ! To Freeze The Treasury !! ? If Trump Defaults !! On Our Federal Interest Payment's !!? Alone !! He Will Tank Our Treasury !!? And Our Economy !!? ....Stop Elon Musk..!!???

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Michael White's avatar

Federal judges approved temporary injunction on the funding freeze. BUT

DT administration is lawless and will defy all orders...

DOGE has control of the treasury checkbook... can't DT just stop payments regardless of legality?

Who will enforce the judge's ruling? HOW do we FORCE DT to comply?

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Donna J Stupka's avatar

Forget the Lawsuits, Get him impeached. Where are, are Democrat Leaders at?

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Kirsten Hockaday's avatar

The Orange Traitor Felon must be impeached, indicted - again and imprisoned for his destruction of the US economy and our position with our allies. If this wasn't part of Putin and Xi's demands to get the Orange Traitor Felon elected, I would be shocked. Everything the communists have wanted for 80 years, he accomplished in twelve days!!! What the fvck can we the People do against this Orange moron? If one of you lawyers can tell me, I would so appreciate it.

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Gilly🇺🇸's avatar

We will all be broke ,homeless and in jail they are all gonna be trillionaires in crypto . They robbed us all our lives with price gouging everything . Why should we feel pain this is inhumanity

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Hoosier hostage's avatar

Call it what it is: a formidable coup, long planned. The only way to counter it is for all of us to reach out and work together. Trump is simply the puppet whose antics are meant to distract and distress. Meanwhile, his masters plan to eliminate the US we love. Meanwhile, his sick, damaged self is destroying our country for his masters. People, get ready. Let's go make a whole lot of really motivated, angry new friends who want their American Constitution back.

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Nancy Meehan's avatar

It's a coup

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Kirsten Hockaday's avatar

Popok, you forgot to add in your statement about the firings that everyone of color or female is being replaced by a 50 yro white guy - "with no experience ". Otherwise, I agree with your estimation that this is a direct attack on anyone who is not male and Caucasian. All of this smacks of Putin and Xi's demands to destroy this country from within. The Orange Traitor Felon is doing this within the first month of his fascism.

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Christine Quirk's avatar

Well in my opinion , Trump gave all his supporters a job. Kennedy , Patel , Hegseth, and whole list. He is a very insecure man who gets pandered to by his boot lickers. He surrounds himself with his ardent supporters . I agree the Heritage Foundation plays the biggest hand. Started with the Supreme Court years ago. Stacked and gave him immunity to start the turnover into authoritarian control. It’s telling when Elon Musk takes over the federal payment structure. Money. Power . Control. We knew and screamed project 2025 was the agenda. They didn’t listen.

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Adam's avatar

This is why democrats and chuck schumer are fucking useless…you can’t leave a voice mail at any office over the weekend and his NYC office still has the Xmas break message. WTF!!!! No fucking wonder this dumbfuck can’t do anything right currently he’s still a fucking month behind and pigs not in office. For fucks sake.

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Nancy W Olesen's avatar

I love your news but I get tired of the editorial comments. I agree with them but it does not further my knowledge of the current issues, which are bad enough, God knows, to hear you and Legal AF go on and on about how bad they are. We know it. We need to know more about what citizens can do about it.

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Adam's avatar

Canada should order all their sports teams they will no longer go to the US or US teams come to Canada and they will no be allowed to relocate to the US. Just shut down baseball, basketball and hockey.

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Kathy Tillman's avatar

The maga voters in Nelson County Va don’t regret it (yet, hopefully)

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KCM's avatar

Thank you again for your excellent commentary, Ben and Michael. It's essential to keep abreast of the firehose of information and make sure we don't get ahead of our skis and make false allegations without proof.

NYT reported today that FBI SAC Jim Dennehy (on his own accord)defended the actions of Acting Directors Brian Driscoll and Robert Kissane (the people Ben referred to in an earlier YouTube video). Jim thanked Driscoll and Kissane for "fighting" for the Bureau's employees and resisting efforts to oust career employees immediately. He said they pushed for a formal review process to delay or mitigate disruption." Driscoll and Kissane have requested that AG Bondi afford all individuals affected the due process rights. In a nutshell, it appears Bondi is calling the shots.

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Debbie's avatar

I would give anything to be an experienced lawyer and have as my sole job to defend people hurt by Trump and his minions.

He’s already wrecking the stock market and housing prices with his tariffs that will only line his own pockets.

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Mary Kay's avatar

Congrats on The POPOK FIRM For Justice!! Brillant and beeeeautiful idea, how refreshing, reassuring, exciting --looking forward to hearing more.

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RW Taylor's avatar

Expel him and send him to military school. Oh wait, that didn’t work before. Just created a bully. I still say if some judge had made him work a soup line or pick up litter or clean puppy poo at the pound we’d all be better off.

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Catherine Maltby's avatar

If any one of us did this? Swat Team coming up?

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Jaye's avatar

My grade for Trump is F+++++

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david ludden's avatar

The Trumpsterrs announced it and continue to show us that they are about "Deconstruction of the Administrative State!" (translation: tear down the government) How can people be so ignorant that they are either surprised or still supporting this calamity that goes by the alias of 'the Trump administration'?

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Joanne C Collin's avatar

Lumber comes from Canada and Maine.

Irving who has a huge lumber company in Northern maine and Canada cuts trees, sending them to the mills by huge trucks. We see them in Rt 11 in Aroostock County. Then they are cut up and sent by train, & chips also. This runs behind our house on Eagle Lake, Maine. The train runs twice a day . Fully loaded and sometimes with 50/60 cars.

This would be taxed by the tariffs from Canada . The train brings the lumber packs down to CONNECTICUT too, and I have seen them in the Plainville train yards.

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Dawn H's avatar

I did not vote for tRUMP. PROUD OF THAT

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Jacquelyn Pease's avatar

I am so angry that Elon Musk, who is not a government official, has forced the Treasury to give him our information. Social Security recipients, Medicare recipients, IRS information and so forth. Why the hell does he and his non-governmental office needs peoples private information? I believe this is all totally illegal. When is someone going to file an injunction against his actions?

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Scooter's avatar

Judges can rule against him and congress can impeach him, but what federal law enforcement agencies will uphold the decisions? They are all under the executive branch, and appear to have been rendered ineffective in the first 12 days?

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Allan K's avatar

I would suggest that we have so many against Trump actions that all these newscasters should consolidate because I can’t support all. Etc. MeidasTouch

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Ellen (she/her)'s avatar

And when the plaintiffs (those bringing the lawsuits) win, we taxpayers will pay the settlements!

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Ellen (she/her)'s avatar

Is there any way that Musk, who is NOT a government employee can be sued as an individual?

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Dean Bohan's avatar

The only thing we can do now is to hope and pray some foreign country takes our Nazi leader out. There were tens of thousands of Germans who wanted the same for their leader Hitler. We as citizens don’t stand a chance now since the Biden Administration failed to do anything about the Nazis that infiltrated our Supreme Court, and their enablers the entire GOP. On top of that our own military is now our enemy. Trump will use our military to kill Americans here at home just to serve himself.

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Elizabeth Hollin's avatar

It is the best if his Goal is to destroy a country. Russia 1956, we will destroy the U.S. from the inside.

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Linda Morway's avatar

Today she is dressed like a cowboy.

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HungarianAgrarian's avatar

Well It's Ground Hog's Day again!

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Linda Morway's avatar

Who gave Elon authority to gain this info? No one I suppose. Freaking stop this jerk

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Mark's avatar

DJT Needs to go BYE BYE!

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Nicolay Del Salto's avatar

They’re doing that already, they’re firing anyone involved with J6…with or without Ka$h

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Linda Morway's avatar

Levitt is an airhead

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Alan Mikuni's avatar

Thank you for your excellent commentary on DEI. As you use discuss the trump administration's insistence that the "best and brightest" only exist in white America, please remember that "black and brown" isn't inclusive of non-white components of the American "color" spectrum. Keep up the good work!

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Wendy Branson's avatar

Nero golfs while we burn.

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Dr. Lisa's avatar

I agree we are less safe here in the USA, however, I don't think we are the only ones fighting against fascism. Look at what is going on in Hamburg Germany right now.

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Sandra Tuttle's avatar

I just read an AP article that said Musk now has access to all that treasury data you mentioned?

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Michelle Padgett's avatar

Popok, we need you to sue the pants off Musk, Trump, et al., for the collective misery & complete ruination of this nation & its government!!!

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LBSS's avatar

Transcript, please!!

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Karen's avatar

I give him a “U” for UNSATISFACTORY! Why do you think F47 didn’t put his hand on the Bible,

when he was sworn in? He never intended on following the constitution. I hope Canada, and Mexico retaliate!

I’m so glad that the Meidas Mighty report the truth. Thank you!

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Loralei's avatar

Since tdump and Musk are eliminating the federal government, since we won't be benefiting from any of these services anymore, maybe we should all put our federal tax payments in escrow until we have a functioning government again.

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Wendy Buxton's avatar

Thank you, Popok and Ben for elucidating what will happen legally with all of this illegality that is being foisted upon us. I had been vainly searching for some glimmer of hope, and now you and Professor Timothy Snyder, who mentioned the word impeachment, have finally helped to reduce my heart rate 💗🙏

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Janice Merrifield's avatar

Instead of calling them maga they should be called what they are. Skull and crossbones

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Sally Skellington's avatar

We need to march in Detroit down a road called Michigan Ave. and stop traffic.

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George Gersaba's avatar

I like dfg issuing executive orders without any executive ability to analyze what the orders are and it's ramifications and consequences. Of course dementia don can't know how to govern and what presidents actually have to do

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Rosemary Smekal's avatar

Will he ever go to jail 🙄

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gerri caldarola's avatar

And, there is no way to leave a comment either on the phone comment line or on WhiteHouse.gov.

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Kathryn's avatar

Thank y’all so much for the sound of reason in this topsy turvy world.

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Lulu Manus's avatar

MAGA always sends their worst.

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Anne Rudder's avatar

Important!

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Steve's avatar

Can anyone trust SCOTUS to interpret faithfully any part of the constitution?

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but this seems to very clearly suggest that the government freeze is still on. Caroline Levitt is a public official. This is her pronouncement. that the freeze is taking place. So I'm going to issue a nationwide injunction blocking the freeze. And this issue is not moot. This issue is real. And this is impacting lives. So order.