Donald Trump’s first 100 days back in office have been an unmitigated disaster. And I’m not the only one saying it. In a powerful and sobering interview on the MeidasTouch Network, I sat down with Democratic Congressman Jason Crow of Colorado’s 6th District. He’s a former Army Ranger, Bronze Star recipient, attorney, and impeachment manager. And believe me, he didn’t mince words.
Congressman Crow began by reacting to the stunning rebuke Trump just received from a judge Trump himself appointed. Judge Rodriguez ruled that Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport migrants was patently unlawful—a desperate, dangerous move meant to bypass due process and instill fear. “It’s a no-brainer,” Crow said. “Kidnapping people off the streets? Rounding people up without due process? That’s not who we are.”
We dove into the broader picture of how Trump is trying to govern through chaos, corruption, and cruelty. Crow’s warning was stark: we’re watching the corrosion of the very institutions that hold our democracy together. Trump talks like a warlord, not a president—pounding his chest, making reckless threats, and invoking military power like it’s a reality TV gimmick. As Crow pointed out, it’s not people like Trump who bleed when the wars he fantasizes about become real. It’s people like Crow and the working-class Americans he served with.
And then there’s the economy. Trump’s reckless trade wars are crushing working families—up to $5,000 in added costs per household while healthcare is under threat, Medicaid hangs in the balance, and Trump’s cronies rake in profits from crypto scams and foreign real estate deals. “Zero deals for the country. Ninety deals for Trump’s wallet,” I said. Crow agreed, calling the corruption physically sickening.
As someone who’s led troops, Crow talked about real leadership—how the commander jumps out of the plane first, how the soldiers eat before the officers, how leaders are accountable. In Trump’s administration, he said, it’s the opposite. Accountability disappears the higher up you go.
Congressman Crow’s final warning? We cannot normalize this. Trump and his cronies are banking on apathy—on exhausting the American people with so much corruption, we stop caring. But as Crow put it, “That’s how democracies die.” The only answer is to stay loud, stay active, and stay in the fight.
Remember to add the MeidasTouch Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify for more interviews and daily news updates.
Trump must be impeached and convicted as soon as possible. One man is causing so many to suffer.
We are going to get good people killed by their reckless behaviour.
They're licking their lips in anticipation. I suspect the maggot base is disappointed it hasn't happened more thusfar.
It’s in the Constitution that no soldiers can participate in policing or domestic security operations without a war declaration and a vote in Congress. That hasn’t happened. Trump thinks he can just write executive orders that are unconstitutional and then expects the Military to snap to an obey. What’s wrong with this picture? Everything!!
Do you actually think the military would obey when they are told to protect Americans? I know veterans would be more than happy to stand against Trump.
Unfortunately far too many would. It's one of the reasons that there is the purge going on in all branches of the military that we're watching happen real time.
call 202 225 3121 ask for any congressional member
Tell them to stop trump n musk n his cabinet of miscreants!
Of course, they're disappointed. Project 2025 is failing, and Trump is leading the destruction of his entire administration. A very good thing.
That we can trust!
As soon as we vote in enough people in the House and Senate to do it.
Let's just hope we'll still have Elections 🤞
Oh,don't even go there!!! Shame on you for even thinking that.
IF WE CAN VOTE AGAIN! They’ve got restrictions on everyone in the bill the house just passed! Married women who have their husbands last name is the first to go! YOUR NAME has to match your BIRTH CERTIFICATE!
They can try all they want.
Day and night, is that all they do? Think of ways to take away our legitimate voters? THAT was almost the worst thing I ever heard of.
Can we wait that long?!
Sadly, it isn't just one man.
Correct. It’s every republican who sold their soul to Satan and DJT.
As one vet to another thank you for your service
Yes! Thank all vets.
202 225 3121. Call any congressional member Tell.
Just say NO to cutting:
Anything Veterans related
Post office
Social Security
PBS
NPR
Medicaid
Medicare
Planned parenthood
Takes a minute.
If the effing Mikey would take the tax cuts out of the big b bill! It would not look so bad. And if bezos, Zuckerberg, musk, cook n the rich aholes can pony up for inauguration n Easter egg roll, they can pay their fair share of taxes!🤬🤬🤬
Heritage foundation, Vought many other people
202 225 3121 call any congressional member. We the people need to fight back and stop the destruction! We the people pay their salaries! Call n give them shit
It isn't just Trump. It's all of his MAGA supporters as well. Vance is probably worse than Trump. If Trump is impeached then does Vance take over? Things will be the same. The whole MAGA needs to be thrown in jail for their illegal acts.
Vance is not well liked and the MAGA base is not behind him like they are trump. Impeachment is not a one and done kind of deal - it can be done over and over again, and would have to be in this case, because after vance comes that snake mike johnson - after him is the oldest man in Congress, Chuck Grassley. It goes downhill from there. I think Marco Rubio comes after that. But they could just hold impeachment after impeachment after impeachment. I'm sure they can find plenty on any one of them to impeach them over.
The couch cougar is a conniving sneaky po💩
Normally when the big pile of 💩 falls the rest will follow. Don't worry too much the rest will follow. He can't even keep a cabinet together, they are always fighting each other because of egos or can't all agree on subject matters. One gets fired, and another is in their place.They don't know what they are doing. Psalm 91
Agreed!! I think the Donald / Buffoon is being coached! "knows only what the last person said". Or his " over and over lies! Who's really driving it? Steph Miller? Russel Voght? Russel is the (main author of 2025?". Elon? Peter Theil? Billionaire Mart Loco members with their write in suggestions with a million dollar request fee?
Donald declares.war while rants about drug infiltration but pardoned a drug felon?? along with Jan 6? Is that where the funds came to bail Rudy?? Rudy still selling coffee? Or he got a pardon fee windfall through a Donald transaction??
Nope not just the Orange Menus!!! All of us need to keep harping on how insane it all is. Like before drive the corruption out and keep the party out just like the aftermath of Hoover!
MmShut it all down vote them all out with Primarys!! The ass holes! They forgot about us with their own personal gains!! Throw Trumps in Rikers! All of them! Erick, Jr, bonespur, Melonia Why shouldn't they go there before a federal prison?? There griftng off of us all! And renting way yuh to much in our heads!!! Don an Jr likely have and will sell us all out!! Their doing it right now!!
https://trumpgolftrack.com/
More grift!
And no damn parade for trump!
Completely agree and I think it’s all coming from SM. Who else is there to give him advice on how to handle the media and how to pass the buck.
He listens to other people but he always takes M’s advice. He is after all, the guy who is in charge of what goes on here in country.
What’s left of the maggot base you mean.
I participated in the May Day protest here in West Central Missouri. It wasn't a lot of folks, about 40 but we are deep in a red state. I am a retired Marine and I am not sitting on the sidelines anymore. I am sick and tired of this regime attacking We the People and they are grinding us, the working people under their boot heel. NO MORE.
Hello Kirsten, I served in the US Navy for 6 years. It is nice to meet you Marine! I have been protesting and contacting my representatives and fighting against this regime also. I heard that trump was thinking of ways to have the military be the "police" to deal with securing the border or securing cities from protests. I know my oath was to NOT follow unjust orders, I hope with all my heart that our active duty members take that oath seriously and defy the traitor and not commit unjust arrests.
DeSantis just proposed using National Guard troops to become actual IMMIGRATION JUDGES. Seriously.
He is a smaal rotten man to the core. I am ashamed to have had him grow up in my small town in Florida. H e is too big forties britches as they used to say and never comes back here even though his parents are still here. I have been toldhis teachers and coaches could not stand him as he was so arrogant.
That is awful and unlawful. Our military is NOT trained to work as a police force against Americans. I hope this does not come to fruition, it will ruin many young lives on both sides of the border.
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He's a maniac! Remember there are more of us than them. He's using scare tactics again. To those that have served know rights from wrongs. And thank you all for serving. My country tis of thee sweet Land of liberty...Psalm 91
Thank you for your service! I call my congressional members, but I call rethuglikkkrussians too. 202 225 3121. I start with Thune.
Everytime I hear of activity against the Trump regime in a red State, my hope is rekindled.
And it is a work day. Makes it hard.
We do what we need to do God prevails.
Be true to your heart. God will provide.
40 is a good number in that part of MO. Thanks for standing up and thx for your service in the Marines.
I’m in Missouri too. I need to find some protests out my way. This state is definitely deep red :(
Don't forget Missouri has the Carnahan family. They are a flame that burns bright.
And Hawley is a dickwad. Like cotton next door!💩
Thank you for your service!🇺🇸👍🙋♀️🌹
Thank you! I’ve been protesting, calling 202 225 3121 you can reach any member of congress. I call usually a rethuglikkkrussian! I leave a message or tell the aide! I call my senators n representatives, as they are doing the right thing for we the people!
Hands off
Post Office
Any Veteran situation
Social Security
Medicaid
Medicare
Planned Parenthood
PBS
NPR
No damn save act.
Stop the effing voting bills. We pay you to damn much to kiss trumps ass!
Just call
Thank you! You did an awesome thing!! Keep showing up! More will join! I'm in NC, a fiercely red state with gerrymandering! You may feel like you have small numbers now but collectively we will be heard!!
TO SCOTUS: Please stop the insanity....rescind Trump's immunity, and follow the Constitution and rule of law.
The majority of SCOTUS are Trumpist minions. No hope for Justice there.
How is he still in office?!!! 😡
Deport Trump!
I LIKE that idea!!
He is still in office because congress critters are too craven to confront him.
$$$$$$$ and intimidation!!
Because your fellow citizens voted him in and enough MAGAs to keep him in.
Trump is a relentless bully, but he can be stopped by standing up to him, and not caving in to him. There is strength in numbers. COURAGE IS CONTAGIOUS.
They aren't scared for themselves. They're scared for their families, and Trump won't approve a security detail for anyone who opposes him. What would you do to protect your spouse, your children, your grandchildren.? That's where the US is at.
Then they should voluntarily leave office because they aren't helping anyone. Either they get the needed security, or resign. They have already ceded their power over to trump, johnson and thune anyway. They are useless.
If they understood that a bunch of them banding together can win against the bullying as Barbara says, they could get past their fears and do what is right. They need to start talking to one another - but I imagine he has them paranoid about that as well.
I don't disagree, but I think they've all been told to tow the line - or else bad things "may" happen to their families. Trump pulled Bolton's Secret Service detail and there are credible threats to his life from Iran. GOP Congressmen and women have seen Trump's disregard for the lives of people who served him and his administration.
This is true... It might mean you are put in danger or in harms way, but the alternative of ever being in bondage to the narcissist is worse, in my opinion. Paralyzing fear weakens you to nothing and you lose all the way around. Fear with Courage allows you an option - you may not know the outcome of being courageous, but you will be doing the right thing. And when you are in a position where your action or inaction impacts the lives of millions of people, you have no right to be afraid and cave in to pressure or threats.
As someone who served in Commonwealth militaries it makes me ill to see how the American military is having to endure this tragedy of watching their country being torn apart from within.
Please tell me someone has a plan to counter the overthrow of the USA. We need you strong and love you
A Canadian
Hey there fellow CF vet!
If we are going to do this then let us get doing it soon
I feel young but I might not be
Being Canadian just got a lot sweeter and we need to protect that
I served with Canadian reserves then joined British regulars.
I swear to God I stormed Bunker Hill it feels that long ago!
My first drill instructor was former British Army. He always had this dry wit that made us crack up on the parade square then get yelled at. Former Comm Reserve myself.
I feared my instructors. Not for the yell but how they made me near-shit laughing. Few worse pain than silent laughing.
You nailed it Brianna
It's like those two poor Roman soldiers in Life of Brian trying to hold it together while Michael Palin tells them about his friend Biggus Dickus. That scene was actually ad-libbed by Palin and those two extras really were trying not to laugh out loud!
I am a huge Palin fan and saw that as well! My favourite scene is Cleese pulling up Graham on his poor Latin grammar. Class.
Palin with the crucifixion screening is gold too.
Palin does a great drill instructor in "The Meaning of Life" No phlegm though
LOL right? John Cleese was actually a Latin professor before he became a Python. And I love it when the Pythons take the piss out of the military with their skits.
I fear that the cheetoh is a prop. Vance is the church poster-child and that is what is coming on the nazi wave.
If the military doesn't stand for the Constitution and the American people then they have a complete mess on their hands.
We have you but you have had put up a good stance prior or you will have lost credibility with us
vance will never make it. We are warming up through the donnie. Shit is about to get real.
And now, trump💩is going after ActBlue. He can’t be gone soon enough!
Thank you!🇨🇦. We love 🇨🇦and are sorry about the mentally unstable, incompetent, greedy, corrupt po💩in the White House!
"Judge in Texas rules Trump's use of Alien Enemies Act for deportations 'exceeds the scope' of the law."
It's the first time a federal judge has ruled Trump's use of the AEA unlawful.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-blocks-alien-enemies-act-deport-venezuelans-texas/story?id=121364022&link_id=2&can_id=56bdad496d5a1d659d2f23c00c81d0e3&source=email-trump-goes-full-scrooge-with-dismissive-insult-to-kids&email_referrer=email_2719229&email_subject=top-judge-deals-critical-blow-to-trumps-worst-plans&&
Left right, red blue… who cares! The current US administration is unqualified, dishonest, arrogant, corrupt, deceitful and delusional! It’s been common knowledge for decades that Donald Trump is a sleazy conman. Charge him with crimes against humanity and send him to The Hague!
YES!! All This!! Get rid of the Orange Ape!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🖐️🖐️🇺🇸🇺🇸💪💪🇨🇦🇺🇸💙💙💙💙
He should be charged with people who pass away Murder! People who can't afford there medication because you trumpet took away their Medicare. Hes a Murderer. Impeach this no good Asshole. He OWES billions to his creditors through his court cases.
Thanks for continuing to have great guests on your shows, Ben! Hearing from a variety of elected officials gives me hope!
Jason Crow speech was so clear and right on, more Congress people like this are needed. Thank you Ben having him be on meidas.
The silence of the complicit republicans is deafening. Yes its up to the common folks, stay in the fight. Don't let fear and intimidation hamper your hunger for democracy and your personal freedoms. Keep your eye on the prize "Democracy and Freedom"
This is great news! BUT, what difference does it make when he isn't abiding by any judge's order?
It will inpire and motivate more people to get active and put pressure on the people who can impeach Trump, their House and Senate Representatives.
He can’t be impeached without articles being introduced by the speaker of the house. I do agree that it is part of the mounting pressure. Though the whole White House lies its way out of each court order.
Any member can introduce Articles of Impeachment and then the House votes on it. The problem is not enough votes to impeach. A Democrat introduced Articles of Impeachment last week; but it will be voted down; because the Republicans fear pressure from Trump and his thugs. Thus, you need pressure from their constituents that is stronger than what they will receive from Trump.
I don’t think the impeachment articles will even make it to the floor.
You are right about that.
The 💩bombs, Bondi, Noem, leavitt! Poor McMahon!
Anyway, I want NO tax money to pay for charter, religious, private schools! You want your kid in one private school, write a check or charge it!🤬🤬🤬
Trump may not be abiding by the court orders, and some of his sycophants as well - but there are a number of people who are and he can't get around them at this point. That is what firing everyone in the civil service is about - then he can only have 'yes men' and he can really go hog wild.
They’ve sold their souls to this administration and I don’t think they are going to do anything to stop them
He is a fine guy and I will always remember him holding that frightened women's hand as she lay on the floor when the rioting crud were trying to breaking in. I always thought he would be a good President,except that I wouldn't wish it on him.
I just have to note that was a superb interview. And new democratic candidate??? :-)
I call it extortion. The US isn't giving Ukraine any choice.
I hope the next Democrat POTUS nulls and voids the "deal" America made with Ukraine.
I couldn’t agree with the Congressman more. He represents what is still a real American. I would be proud to have him as my representative or maybe even higher up in the political leadership.
I’m loving these interviews! I’m learning a ton of different things… These governors and representatives have such great things to say. Thank you Meidas Touch for keeping us well informed! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🖐️🖐️🇺🇸🇺🇸💪💪🇨🇦🇺🇸!!!💙💙💙💙💙
"'Destroyed for no reason': Trump fires would-be mom hour after she nabs foster parent slot."
After years of preparing to be a foster mom, Atlanta CDC worker, Bree Danner, had finally won an opening to foster a little girl—one hour before DOGE pulled her job.
“My career in public service has completely been destroyed for absolutely no reason,” she told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
https://www.rawstory.com/rs-exclusive/destroyed-for-no-reason-trump-fires-would-be-mom-hour-after-she-nabs-foster-parent-slot/
"In Trump's America, the feds choose who lives and who dies. That should terrify us all."
Wake up, America! While we’ve been distracted by the daily chaos of the Trump administration, something far more sinister has taken root in our country. It’s called Structural Eugenics (and a hat-tip to Qasim Rashid for putting this on my radar), and if you’re not furious about it yet, you damn well should be.
This isn’t some fringe conspiracy theory: it’s a coordinated assault on our most vulnerable citizens happening in broad daylight with deadly consequences.
Consider what the Trump administration is obsessively tracking: They’re monitoring autistic children, trying to build databases of women’s menstrual cycles, creating blacklists of anyone who criticizes Donald Trump or questions Israeli policies, surveilling transgender Americans, and targeting anyone who dares mention diversity or inclusion.
They’re establishing the infrastructure of authoritarian control with surgical precision.
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/donald-trump-robert-f-kennedy/
Is there a way to hold tRump responsisble for his bad deeds? Also how about his minions.
He is so right and we have to get his words out there. Trump went so fast in 100 days it took a bit to digest what he was doing and he thought he was putting one over on us but we caught up and this has to stop.. Everyone who cares about the country must do what it takes to stop him.
Dump this corrupt and incompetent trash. It’s Garbage Day!
"'Do you really want to go there!': CNN panel melts down, as two Republicans clash over race."
A heated CNN panel discussion on Wednesday quickly spiraled into chaos after a fiery exchange between Republican strategist Shermichael Singleton and “The View's" co-host Ana Navarro, also Republican, left host Abby Phillip struggling to control her guests.
The turbulent moment unfolded when the debate over the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia took a sharp turn as Singleton and Navarro began sparring over minority communities and profiling.
“If you come in illegally, you have to leave,” Singleton said. “Americans are tired of that. We do not have unlimited resources – we have to care for our own people first.”
That’s when Navarro, a longtime Trump critic, stepped in and said: “You know who was here illegally with a deportation order? Marco Rubio's grandfather.”
That’s when race was injected into the discussion, and it turned into an all-out war of words, with both Navarro and Singleton talking over each other, as Phillip tried to rein the two in.
https://www.rawstory.com/kilmar-abrego-garcia-2671875197/?u=7b9efb3185bef2bd309f85021fcf366956aa9a477375b276f5af3843618fd1f1
"‘Pathetic’: Outrage erupts after Trump admin steps up retaliation against ex-GOP official."
Former Trump administration cybersecurity official, Chris Krebs, said his removal from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Global Entry program is clearly “another act of retribution from the administration,” according to a new CNN report.
Krebs, who provoked Donald Trump’s anger when he publicly contradicted the MAGA leader’s repeated assertions that the 2020 election was stolen, told CNN he was notified Wednesday afternoon that his Trusted Traveler Program status had been revoked.
The latest development in Trump’s campaign against Krebs came weeks after Trump took the unprecedented step of ordering his Justice Department to investigate Krebs and a second former administration official – and stripped them of their security clearances.
The new move on Wednesday sparked a wave of backlash from political observers who sounded off over social media Wednesday night.
“Pathetic wanna be thugs,” The Bulwark’s Tim Miller wrote on X.
https://www.rawstory.com/chris-krebs-2671875149/
The US is leaving itself wide open to an attack...it could be a terrorist group or it could be from a hostile nation. Other countries aren't sharing classified/tope secret information because the US doesn't know how to keep it classified/top secret. The fewer people with security clearances monitoring the information means the more likely an attack could happen.
Trump et al are all incompetent and they are dangerous.
In times of heightened polarization, pieces like this serve as catalysts for reflection more than conclusion. They remind us that leadership—regardless of party—must be held to consistent standards of accountability, transparency, and service to the public good. The invocation of chaos, corruption, and cowardice here may resonate with some and challenge others, yet it underscores a broader societal need to examine how power is wielded and how trust is earned or lost.
Rather than amplifying division, such critiques can invite a deeper civic engagement—one rooted not in allegiance, but in collective care for democracy’s integrity. What does it mean to lead with courage and conscience in today’s landscape, and how do we, as citizens, discern that in those who seek our trust? ♾️ What principles feel most vital for leadership to embody in this era?
I just read. Whooping cough is back. 500 children so far. Who wouldn’t get vaccines for their baby. I remember whooping cough as a child. It’s brutal.https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/01/us/5-things-pm-may-1-trnd?cid=ios_app
Yep! We are heading back 70 years with infectious diseases that we have vaccines to prevent, but people are not getting vaccinated. I wonder when they are NOT investigating vaccines, are they also NOT investigating these diseases? How stupid.
Doctors Warn Of Second Deadly Viral Outbreak As Cases Of Victorian-Era Whooping Cough Double
“The US has recorded 8,472 cases of pertussis — known as whooping cough — so far this year, according to the CDC — a highly infectious bacterial disease that causes severe coughing fits and leaves patients struggling to breathe…
At least three people have died from the bacterial infection this year, including a child under five in Washington state — the first person to die from whopping cough in the area since 2011.
About 10 deaths are typically recorded from the disease every year in the US, particularly among babies under one year old — who are most at risk. Five doses of the vaccine are 98 percent effective, but this protection wanes over time.
The surge comes amid a dip in vaccinations against the disease, with CDC data showing only 92 percent of kindergarteners are immunized against the disease — and below the 95 percent levels required for herd immunity.” https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14647673/doctors-warn-second-deadly-outbreak-victorian-era-disease-caes-double.html
My Substack: https://substack.com/@techiam
They are killing their own supporters. Does that make sense?
What surprises me is that the maga crowd did not vaccinate because of republicans baloney saying vaccinations create autism. Not true. Vaccinations saved us all. No small pox, no polio, no scarlet fever, no whooping cough. Vaccinate your children
Hi! I saw your comment on today's post and I'm in mid MO also. We live at the lake and I went to the Camdenton court house for the last protest. I couldn't make it today because of appointments. Keep up the good resistance!
Trump was a terrible businessman and a horrible excuse for a president. I do think however, he would be excellent as a piñata.
My Dad was in the Canadian Army and he never put food on his plate until my Mum, my sister, and I had food on ours... after he had his food then we all ate together. He first learned this from his Mum - she was a single Mum raising 2 boys during the depression. He continued doing that in the military while being in charge of the care of others
"Chaos, corruption, and deportation."
(Steve Schmidt, May 01, 2025)
https://steveschmidt.substack.com/p/chaos-corruption-and-deportation?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=836444&post_id=162641586&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
PLEASE SIGN PETITION: Tell Trump: “Stop blaming Biden for your failures. It’s not his fault you’re a terrible president.”
https://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/212/572/153/?TAP=1181&source_id=trumpblamebid&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=73ea9363-b5f1-442a-bade-4a5ca521ca85#
Watch: "LIVE: Major PROTEST UPDATES with Indivisible…The BIG ONE!!!", on YouTube. (Meidas Touch)
https://www.youtube.com/live/fdb5oQCsICU?si=iohvjOYLxyRfW4zA
"Veterans facing foreclosures, as Trump administration pulls plug on Biden program."
At a time when veterans with VA loans are struggling to keep their homes out of foreclosure, the Veterans Administration (VA), under Donald Trump's stewardship, has decided to pull the plug on a program built specifically to keep them housed.
According to a report from NPR, the program known as VA Servicing Purchase (VASP) is on the chopping block, with the approval of Republicans who feel President Joe Biden "unilaterally" forced it upon the country.
As NPR's Chris Arnold, Quil Lawrence wrote, VASP helps veterans who have fallen behind on their home payments by placing them in a program that lumps the delinquent amount into a separate "low-interest rate loan that the VA then owns outright."
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-veterans-foreclosure-biden/?u=7b9efb3185bef2bd309f85021fcf366956aa9a477375b276f5af3843618fd1f1
"Trump risks it all, as 'most consequential' legal cases of second term collide."
There are two major court cases which could not only stop Donald Trump’s ability to tariff every county in the world, but also stop the administration’s fight to prevent judges from blocking his policies across the country, according to a new POLITICO analysis.
The first case is a motion to stop the tariffs. It was filed by the Liberty Justice Center, which is representing five small businesses that say that the tariffs could decimate their companies.The problem could become a Supreme Court case which is to consider whether to crack down on judges’ power to check the administration.
If the Supreme Court rules in favor of the Trump adminisration, it could nullify the possible ruling on the tariffs. According to Senior Writer Ankush Khardori the ruling could “overturn a series of nationwide injunctions currently halting Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship.”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-tariffs-2671877397/
'"What the hell?' Trump baffles internet with wild answer at town
Donald Trump delivered a rambling response to a question about his push to crack down on Harvard University, that left many political observers struggling to understand his answer.
The baffling moment unfolded Wednesday as Trump called into a NewsNation town hall hosted by Chris Cuomo, Bill O’Reilly, and Stephen A. Smith. When Trump was asked by Smith to explain his criticism of the Ivy League school, the MAGA leader instead launched into a puzzling anecdote about Harlem and the 2024 election.
“We had riots in Harlem, in Harlem, and frankly, if you look at what’s gone on, and people from Harlem went up and they protested, Stephen,” Trump said. “And they protested very strongly against Harvard. They happened to be on my side.”
"You know, I got a very high Black vote. You know that. Very, very high Black vote. It was a very great compliment,” Trump added as part of his long-winded remark.
The comments immediately raised eyebrows over social media, as observers tried to parse the connection.
“What the hell is this?” asked Republican pollster, Sarah Longwell, on X. “Our president’s brain is mashed potatoes.”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2671875126/?u=7b9efb3185bef2bd309f85021fcf366956aa9a477375b276f5af3843618fd1f1
I’d guess he simply misheard Harlem for Harvard. Lot of mumbling going on these days.
"'You will be hunted': Voting machine company reveals new death threats from Fox viewers."
A leading voting machine manufacturer recently unveiled multiple threats made against its employees as part of its ongoing defamation lawsuit against Fox News.
The Washington Post reported Wednesday on the latest federal court filing by Smartmatic, which is seeking $2.7 billion in damages from the leading conservative cable news network. Smartmatic alleged that the company's false claims about its machines being rigged in favor of former President Joe Biden caused significant harm to the company's finances and reputation, and resulted in the company having to lay off hundreds of employees.
https://www.rawstory.com/smartmatic-lawsuit-2671875112/?u=7b9efb3185bef2bd309f85021fcf366956aa9a477375b276f5af3843618fd1f1
I'm also an Army veteran and our NCO training stressed good leadership above all else. Because at the end of the day good leaders get things done. BAD leaders blame others for their own failures and destroy unit morale and combat effectiveness. You know, the stuff that Pete Hogsbreath goes on about.
Trump needs to be removed from office and the sooner the better!!
Only problem is impeach the jerk and there’s another one right behind him. Yike no fun at all. But certainly something has to give😵💫
True - but impeach one and remove him from office and it sends a message, at least for awhile.
A brilliant interview, Ben. Thanks.
We all keep talking about it but we cannot do anything about it until the Congress is run by Democrats & Independents. The House will probably go blue in ‘26. The Senate will not. Helpful but will not be able to stop it unless republicans Senators grow a spine.
Great guest. And he’s right, Congress (Republicans!) has to step up and do their job!
Trump and his oligarch buddies admire Russia and Hungary, both kleptocracies run by dictators and their oligarch buddies. They are also economically failing states, failing because kleptocrats can’t restrain themselves.
Removing Trump will not be enough! He is a puppet, a useful idiot! Crush the influence of the Heritage foundation, attacking and exposing them every way possible, thereby decimating Project 2025. Kick Putin’s ass by releasing the arms and money promised Ukraine! Let Jack Smith and Leticia James proceed with the prosecution of that demented fat orange moron and throw him in prison! Jerk a knot in the corrupt SCOTUS bought and paid for Justices. GET FUCKING REAL! STOP THIS COUP!
"Legal AF on the 'Mother of All Lawsuits' Against Trump + More."
(Legal AF, Meidas+,
MeidasTouch Network,
May 01, 2025)
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/legal-af-on-the-mother-of-all-lawsuits?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3078900&post_id=162633069&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Watch: "Kamala Just EXPOSED Trump’s ACTUAL PLAN to the World", on YouTube. (Tennessee Brando)
https://youtu.be/ooWjH-p7ACc?si=9A29f3NTbVci-KUu
Watch: "GOP gets STUNNED, as Pissed Off DEMS bring the FIGHT", on YouTube. (Meidas Touch)
https://youtu.be/F7Zy59XqJYk?si=4r9BHKWDtXNZOLi4
Watch: "YIKES! Trump DESTROYS LIVES of his OWN DOJ Lawyers", on YouTube. (Meidas Touch)
https://youtu.be/7Q1Do7wAA_E?si=5tdrGrzZqsDjkoQ2
"'Everyone's scared': This DC tradition now reflects Trump era is 'no laughing matter."
'In 2025, the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) is celebrating its 114th anniversary. The organization, founded during Democrat Woodrow Wilson's presidency, was designed to be an alliance of journalists who covered the White House but were independent of it.
The United States has had some controversial presidents since then, from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump. But before Trump, all U.S. presidents attended the WHCA's dinner — an event that goes back to Republican Calvin Coolidge's presidency in 1924.
https://www.rawstory.com/rs-exclusive/everyone-s-scared-this-dc-tradition-now-reflects-trump-era-is-no-laughing-matter/
"'Vibes are bad': Business reporter says Trump tariffs may have already sparked recession."
Tariffs have emerged as Americans' top economic concern, and CNN's Allison Morrow said Donald Trump's trade wars may have already tipped the U.S. economy into a recession.
The Commerce Department issued a report Wednesday showing the gross domestic product contracted at an annual rate of 0.3 percent in the first quarter, the first drop since 2022, and consumer confidence has fallen for five straight months, all of which has sparked fears of a recession.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-tariffs-recession-2671877191/
You'd think Biden is still the president the way they blame him still.
What a great congressman who actually cares about everyday people!!😇 He inspires hope at these dark times in American history!
Jason crow, one of Wisconsin's finest! Stay strong!
I been wondering Would the Military the army marines seabees the navy ect Would they actually attack regular everyday Americans at some point? As they do in every single dictatorship....
Thank you for all this vital information! I love Jason Crow with his forthright calling truth to power! He's a truly admirable Veteran of the newer generation helping to lead the resistance, so glad he's joined with MTN in baring bold facts and leading with courage! He exemplifies the best of us! (:
Rep. Crow is the perfect example of a servant leader...exactly what we need representing us across our country. When I begin to doubt whether I can make a difference after retiring from the Air Force after 30 years, seeing an interview like this is nothing short of inspiring. Oklahoma is not Colorado, but we can't cede a single district in the country if we are going to save our republic. Thank you for your continued service, Rep. Crow and thank you Meidas Touch Network for helping me keep my sanity.
There are so many sickos in trumps regime and vile hateful magas they all must go. And nazis and kkk sick sick people lock them all up now
I think it's important for us to emphasize that Signal is not only unencrypted, using it is against protocol because messages disappear - so the documentation required to ensure the actions of our government are in line with the Constitution are lost. No accountability by this regime!
Love you guys
"The Alien Enemies Act does NOT give Trump authority to abduct and deport."
A federal judge today ruled that Trump doesn’t have authority to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, to deport Venezuelan migrants without a hearing.
It’s a major blow to the regime’s deportation blitz, which has so far summarily removed 130 immigrants residing in the United States, to a brutal prison in El Salvador.
The Act is only applicable in times of war, said the judge, Fernando Rodriguez Jr. But, he noted, we are not at war with Venezuela — notwithstanding the regime’s claim that the U.S. is being invaded by a Venezuelan gang.
The judge said:
“The President cannot summarily declare that a foreign nation or government has threatened or perpetrated an invasion or predatory incursion of the United States, followed by the identification of the alien enemies subject to detention or removal.”
This is the first federal court to permanently invalidate the Trump regime’s legal justification for using the Act, and a giant middle finger to the Trump regime’s efforts to centralize power in the White House.
And this is from a Trump-appointed judge.
(Robert Reich, May 1, 2025)
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-alien-enemies-act-does-not-give?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=365422&post_id=162642746&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Trump is a con a crook he is disgusting
Well said Congressman!
Great episode today. It’s frustrating, yes, but we can’t disengage and give up. Fight for our Democracy!
"Sean Penn and Congressman Eric Swalwell discuss the powerful new film, "Words of War", from Rolling Pictures, about the murder of a Russian journalist."
Plus Penn and Swalwell weigh in on Signalgate, Ukraine, USAID, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and more.
(Jim Acosta, May 01, 2025)
https://jimacosta.substack.com/p/sean-penn-and-congressman-eric-swalwell?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3775894&post_id=162624556&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Thank you Congressman Crow for speaking out on the corruption of the trump administration. I wish the Republican Congress people would grow a spine and do thier job and quit kissing his butt.
More and more enlightened ones come forward.
And a Happy (real) Labor
Day to all!!!
The President has a whole cabal aiding and abetting
this rampage on our country.
Such a great leader is Jason Crow. He is my representative!!!!!!
This hurts my heart. This demon is destroying the United States and it's people.
Is this his second round of population control? Your words today give me hope. Your voice and energy, are what Americans need right now!
My fear is and has been since November that when he does the military parade in June he will pass martial law and act on it immediately. I feel that he will have the police fire on America citizens to scare the rest of our nation to surcome to his tireny.
Mayday Phoenix Az!
Mayday Phoenix Az!
Today's videos from MTN do not have captions. Is there a reason? For those of us who have hearing disabilities, the captions are important.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/01/politics/alien-enemies-act-trump-rodriguez-ruling?cid=ios_app
Goon news finally. Open please
Yes, it is about time!🫡
Saving our Democracy is all about the power of “we the people”, or people power, however you want to phrase it. Work on what you are passionate about, and do what you can do. I am heartened when “every day Republicans and Democrats” who are friends and/or neighbors, or strangers, come together to work together to save our country.
He’s great- technical term(!)
Democrats Would Be Advised To ReEstablish Gold Standard
Inflation is a major issue that is and will continue to confront the average American everyday and tariffs will make inflation worse Bandaids such as housing subsidies and giving more govt handouts is understandably not bought by all Americans They have to be convinced that there is a real solution Therein lies the need for education of the public electorate
The point is that America doesn't know how to get out of the economic mess we're in and both political parties are incoherent on the subject because they have bought into the Keynesian economic narrative that has crippled Western economies We need better economic leadership
The point is that the fiat dollar has lost 90% of its purchasing power since 1971 when the country went off a gold standard With the Fed using QE to pour more money into the pot America and the global economy has become awash in dollar causing the markets to go sky high and created a billionaire class of citizens who now want to govern with a huge wealth gap
This will not end well unless Democrats take charge of this narrative
IMHO a gold standard needs to be reinstated
to Consider ReEstablishing Gold Standard
I nominate a new prospect for president!!!
Why isn't he already in jai
"The Warning Store is now open!"
(Steve Schmidt, May 01, 2025)
https://steveschmidt.substack.com/p/the-warning-store-is-now-open?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=836444&post_id=162615260&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
"Cringe your way through RFK Jr.'s bonkers interview with Dr. Phil."
The insanity continues with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who appeared on Dr. Phil McGraw’s YouTube channel Tuesday to crow about the “revolution” in health he and the Trump administration are administering to the American people.
The interview was chock-full of Kennedy’s usual conspiracies, ranging from debunked anti-vaccine theories to chemtrail nonsense. And Dr. Phil—who has been a right-wing shill for Trump since his first term when he downplayed the coronavirus pandemic—was there to help serve up the MAGA slop.
Conspicuously absent from the hour-long interview was any mention of Kennedy’s catastrophic mishandling of the country’s public health system or massive cuts to essential healthcare infrastructure. Instead, Kennedy peddled robustly debunked claims about vaccines and autism, spreading more doubt about immunizations amid the worst measles outbreak in more than a decade.
“Many of the parents have reported that their kid, that their child, developed autism immediately after the vaccine,” Kennedy said.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/30/2319747/-RFK-Jr-and-Dr-Phil-sit-down-for-the-interview-nobody-asked-for
The troupe is so convincing with their military roles you would swear they were all Ruperts once upon a time
It’s Trump and Project 2025. They’re not hiding. You can read everything they intend to do online. There’s even a timeline. They are millionaire/billionaire white supremacists who are working to destroy democracy. They and the Christian nationalists want to “cleanse” the country of immigrants/non whites who made this country … what it used to be. It’s far beyond just controlling crime which they use as a ruse.
There is not enough focus on the Heritage Foundation project 2025. That is when we need to go after right now. Otherwise we lose
It's the MEDIA that keeps labeling the judges by who appointed them. The rump thinks any judge who speaks against him is a democratically appointed judge, or one who is labeled as a leftist wingnut. So it doesnt matter to him.
He wants a war. He wants a parade. It’s what every fascist dictator in the past and present wants to show their strength to the world at the expense of their citizens. It never ends well for them or their country. Wake the fuck up USA!
🤣🤣👍💯
Trump can not do this on his own, he needs his hired hit men in Congress along with the Supreme Court. Unless the Democrats win enough seats I don't think Congress would get enough votes to stop him let alone impeach him. We can hope the Courts are starting to shift with the discomfort of what they have witnessed this first 100 days. Citizens can call 202 225 3121 ask for any congressional member, putting pressure on the Republicans along with all Democrat leaders to come together as elected leaders of We The People" to stop this current gov't insanity
Can we have a discussion with Govenors and lawyers loyal to the constitution and ask how do we hold state bars to account (ie TN bar assoc). Can we fire these bar members or have other state bars disbar the lawyers on these bar associations?
They need to DISBAR lawyers violating the law. eg Pam Bondi, prosecutors under her and all state prosecutors violating the law. The constitution's 14th amendment "No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
Everyone is equal in the eyes of the law NOT immune and above it. When the Judges of the court granted immunity to Trump they violated the constitution. Can we have those that voted for this to be disbarred and therefore fired?
How do we sue these lawyers after or while they are being disbarred?
Lets find out how we legally go after all the masked men that come into our homes? Can we citizen arrest them for illegal entry, not stating their name and agency or crime? Let us know how we can legally sue them (ie what laws exactly and where do we take these charges if we live in area where the courts are violating the law. Could we in these cases get court transcripts and disbar the judges that are doing this?)
Can Democratic Governors use the US Marshalls to arrest some of these people and prosecute them?
Also want to know if all the business that are being hurt by these BULLSHIT tariffs can band together and SUE the F out of Trump for lost revenue? This includes Vance for having money in AcerTrader, can bankrupted farmers sue him to get reparations with the money he is making off the loss of business due to this administration?
Is there a Class Action lawsuit against Bondi due for lack of due process, sue her for money they are owed?
Is there a class action suit against Patel for eg. illegally smashing peoples car windows to remove them from vehicles, going into OK home, taking their MONEY, laptop, goods, trashing the house and traumatizing the whole family?
Is there a class action lawsuit against Mike Waltz, Vance, Pete Hegseth for all the military personnel that they put at risk due to their incompetence and violation of the Espionage act?
Congressmen,
See some of the losers by having a felon left in charge. IMPEACH Trump!
Pat Soon Billionaire Leads L.A. Times to Lose $50 Million by supporting MAGA
Walmart losses $21.89 billion
Target losses $ 12.4 Billion
Amazon down by 25%
Disney, Vegas, Miami, NY everywhere - Losing $500 billion in tourism dollars
Law firms that bend the knee have to pay $50 million, now Trump says that is billions in pro bono and now they lose actual paying clients...losers
Nissan and Subaru are leaving US and taking 40,000 US jobs with them
EV market tanking with Europe looking to by from China instead of us
China is taking $100 billions from US and moving to buy beef, soybeans and pork from other countries. So farmers are losing their farms
Drop shippers are all losing their business
Ship workers and Truckers are all losing their jobs
Bond market is to shit
You chose to STARVE our children with gutted food stamp/pantry/school programs. YOU kill people on mass by gutting healthcare and VETERANS benefits like manning suicide lines. All so we can go 5.8 TRILLION in debt to PAY Billionaires even more money.
Congressmen all these children are dying and you LOSING YOUR SOUL...is that worth it to leave a felon in charge?
IMPEACH Trump
"Jeff Bezos swore he'd never bow to Trump."
Time to put up or shut up.
Trump administration officials threw a hissy fit on Tuesday over a report that Amazon planned to start listing the impact of tariffs on individual product prices. Their outrage was understandable in light of the damage tariffs are already inflicting on the economy—but also ironic, given how Donald Trump has repeatedly said that “tariff” is “the most beautiful word in the dictionary."
He should want the word listed in bold type on Amazon price breakdowns, and in as many other places as possible!
Instead, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed disclosing the impact of tariffs was “a hostile and political act by Amazon.”
While Trump’s about-face deserves criticism, there’s another person who bears scrutiny: Amazon founder and Washington Post owner, Jeff Bezos.
Like many other multibillionaires, Bezos has spent the past few months kissing up to the White House’s new occupant, hoping his obsequiousness will stave off attacks like the ones Trump launched against Amazon during his first term as president—and secure more billion-dollar government contracts for Bezos’ space company Blue Origin. (Continued)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/2/2319759/-Jeff-Bezos-swore-he-d-never-bow-to-Trump-Time-to-put-up-or-shut-up
"Trump pretends to defund public media with meaningless order."
Donald Trump issued an executive order on Thursday night that seeks to eliminate federal funding for NPR and PBS, the latter of which airs widely admired educational programming like “Sesame Street.”
Trump’s order, titled “Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media,” instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to “cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS.” Trump’s justification for the order is that NPR and PBS have purportedly failed to provide the public with unbiased, fair, and nonpartisan news coverage.
The effect of Trump’s order is unclear at the moment.
“CPB is not a federal executive agency subject to the President’s authority,” Patricia Harrison, the president and chief executive of CPB, said in a Friday statement. “Congress directly authorized and funded CPB to be a private nonprofit corporation wholly independent of the federal government.” (Continued)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/2/2320096/-Trump-pretends-to-defund-public-media-with-meaningless-order
Watch: "Trump JUST Showed Why KARMA Will HIT HIM HARD", on YouTube. (Tennessee Brando)
https://youtu.be/uNwEW4QEkTQ?si=4gglfeAl58LTbyFj
Watch: "Trump's approval rating continues to PLUMMET", on YouTube. (Brian Tyler Cohen)
https://youtube.com/shorts/o0az-JdSbmA?si=AxVjXijzYPj9S2Xe
Watch: "Republicans give STUNNING response, when asked if American children should be deported", on YouTube.
https://youtube.com/shorts/Tkkt7gTTeXo?si=DIIoofLhGpyfDe3C
Watch: "Tourism in the US is going to suffer because of Donald Trump!!🤬", on YouTube. (Tony Michaels Podcast)
https://youtube.com/shorts/rlaVR07I1nU?si=QRcp4aBevpeOHXMo
Watch: "Trump WAKES UP to NIGHTMARE, as HIS Lies HAUNT HIM", on YouTube. (AF Legal/Meidas+)
https://youtube.com/shorts/Daezvhx489U?si=xH2nWbC-n3Up4ilI
Watch: "Trump's LEAKED memo targets LGBTQ youth; Get Woke", on YouTube. (Mary Trump)
https://youtu.be/MEBHVTDGtD8?si=QWuXyXnB1fH2hRAd
Watch: "Musk JUST Did UNTHINKABLE Things INSIDE The White House", on YouTube. (Tennessee Brando)
https://youtu.be/eFARWqi4XwE?si=D5WdqFWfQ8_PMKmJ
Trump's evil has no expiration date.
How can Trump be a president, when he's never ever even been a halfway decent human being?!
"Meidas Pod on Trump's Cognitive Decline, MAGA Propaganda Sessions + More."
(Brett Meiselas, Ben Meiselas, Jordy Meiselas, and MeidasTouch Network, May 02, 2025)
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/meidas-pod-on-trumps-cognitive-decline?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3078900&post_id=162663025&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
"Plans revealed for massive military parade on Trump’s 79th birthday."
Trump has desired lavish Armed Forces spectacular in Washington, ever since being impressed by France’s Bastille Day parade in Paris in July 2017.
Donald Trump, who famously received four deferments for education and a fifth for bogus "bone spurs", to repeatedly avoid serving in the military during the Vietnam War, wants to throw himself a massive, incredibly expensive birthday party next month, on the same day the US Army celebrates its 250th anniversary.
The White House has previously denied that any such event was in development, but the documents — dating from April 28 and 29, seen by the Associated Press, but not yet made public — outline a gaudy spectacle, including as many as 6,600 soldiers from 11 corps and divisions,150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, and more than 2,000 civilians, in a route running from Arlington, Virginia to Washington,DC.
There could also be at least seven army bands taking part, parachute jumps performed by the Golden Knights, and a concert and firework display in the evening, to round off the day.
No word yet on which comic book superheroes will make an appearance, how many McDonald's Happy Meals will be distributed, or who will be invited to the super sweet slumber party at the White House afterwards. (Continued)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-military-parade-birthday-plans-b2743593.html?link_id=16&can_id=56bdad496d5a1d659d2f23c00c81d0e3&source=email-trump-goes-full-scrooge-with-dismissive-insult-to-kids-2&email_referrer=email_2719956&email_subject=vance-launches-terrifying-attack-on-judiciary&&
"Bipartisan push to ban lawmakers from trading stocks gets a boost from Trump."
This ban cannot pass quickly enough. But please make sure presidents and other high-ranking officials in the executive branch are also included! (Continued)
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/02/nx-s1-5381400/lawmaker-stock-ban-trump?link_id=15&can_id=56bdad496d5a1d659d2f23c00c81d0e3&source=email-trump-goes-full-scrooge-with-dismissive-insult-to-kids-2&email_referrer=email_2719956&email_subject=vance-launches-terrifying-attack-on-judiciary&&
"Revealed: Forecasts of greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels soar in Trump’s first 100 days."
Tariff chaos hampers Trump’s pledge to ‘drill, baby, drill’, but analysis still shows surge in planet-heating emissions. (Continued)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/02/trump-drill-baby-drill-tariffs?link_id=14&can_id=56bdad496d5a1d659d2f23c00c81d0e3&source=email-trump-goes-full-scrooge-with-dismissive-insult-to-kids-2&email_referrer=email_2719956&email_subject=vance-launches-terrifying-attack-on-judiciary&&
"Trump Mocks Real Estate Developer for Having ‘Trophy Wife’."
During his commencement address at the University of Alabama yesterday, the MAGA cult leader wandered off script while waxing philosophically about the late real estate developer, William Levitt, throwing a little shade at the long-deceased man — not for being incredibly racist, mind you, but for cashing out at the peak of his powers, taking on a "trophy wife," and supposedly losing his momentum.
Seriously. Donald Trump, the man who ditched each of his previous wives for a subsequently younger arm partner, thought the Alabama graduating class of 2025 needed a random history lesson about a post-WWII real estate mogul, who made his crooked fortune building whites-only suburban enclaves, sold out for an incomprehensible sum of money, and then took an early retirement with a new spouse.
"I must tell you, it was his second wife. It was a trophy wife. What can I say? I don’t like telling you everything, but we’re all friends, right? Can we talk? We’re all friends. He had a trophy wife and he lived a different life. He moved to the south of France, but he lived a — it was a life of tremendous luxury." Great speech, sir! Such an inspiration!
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump-mocks-real-estate-developer-for-having-trophy-wife/?link_id=10&can_id=56bdad496d5a1d659d2f23c00c81d0e3&source=email-trump-goes-full-scrooge-with-dismissive-insult-to-kids-2&email_referrer=email_2719956&email_subject=vance-launches-terrifying-attack-on-judiciary&&
"Trump Says ‘Internet People’ Like Musk ‘All Hated Me’, and ‘Now They’re Kissing My Ass’." (Continued)
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump-says-internet-people-like-musk-all-hated-me-and-now-theyre-kissing-my-ass/?link_id=9&can_id=56bdad496d5a1d659d2f23c00c81d0e3&source=email-trump-goes-full-scrooge-with-dismissive-insult-to-kids-2&email_referrer=email_2719956&email_subject=vance-launches-terrifying-attack-on-judiciary&&
"Trump Says ‘Internet People’ Like Musk ‘All Hated Me’, and ‘Now They’re Kissing My Ass’." (Continued)
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump-says-internet-people-like-musk-all-hated-me-and-now-theyre-kissing-my-ass/?link_id=9&can_id=56bdad496d5a1d659d2f23c00c81d0e3&source=email-trump-goes-full-scrooge-with-dismissive-insult-to-kids-2&email_referrer=email_2719956&email_subject=vance-launches-terrifying-attack-on-judiciary&&
Watch: "Trump-appointed judge issues Trump HARSH REBUKE in court", on YouTube. (Brian Tyler Cohen)
https://youtu.be/K8sExjEIW_M?si=uMPnV7IMSgQvYj54
"Defiant JD Vance dismisses anti-Trump ruling: A judge ‘doesn’t decide’ president has no right to deport immigrants under Alien Enemies Act."
"That’s up to Trump", the vice president declared, in a Fox News interview. (Continued)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jd-vance-trump-immigrants-alien-enemy-act-b2743428.html?link_id=2&can_id=56bdad496d5a1d659d2f23c00c81d0e3&source=email-trump-goes-full-scrooge-with-dismissive-insult-to-kids-2&email_referrer=email_2719956&email_subject=vance-launches-terrifying-attack-on-judiciary&&
"White House pretends it's a news outlet, with new propaganda site."
The White House has launched a new government website called the “White House Wire,” which seems to pretty much just be a rip-off of the famously conservative Drudge Report.
But instead of Drudge’s flashing red light, the White House site features a running ticker that repeats “WHWIRE” over and over … and over again.
Drudge, once an ally but now a critic of Trump, responded by calling out the waste of taxpayer dollars.
“IT TAKES AN ENTIRE WEST WING TO COMPETE WITH DRUDGE…DEVELOPING: TRUMP LAUNCHING HIS OWN DRUDGE REPORT… USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS!” it wrote.The White House Wire aggregates news from Trump administration press releases, Right Side Broadcasting Network, The Daily Caller, and Fox News, with headlines focused on Trump’s supposed successes and the occasional story alleging that undocumented immigrants are murdering Americans. (Continued)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/1/2319929/-White-House-pretends-it-s-a-news-outlet-with-new-propaganda-site
"Musk melts down over reports that Tesla might give him the boot."
Multibillionaire Elon Musk might be voluntarily stepping away from the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, but his grip on the troubled automaker Tesla is a different story—or so he’d like you to believe.
In yet another late-night social media meltdown, Musk lashed out at The Wall Street Journal over a report claiming that Tesla’s board is actively searching for his replacement as CEO.
The Journal, owned by the Murdoch family, reported that the eight-member board had reached out to multiple executive search firms and even narrowed its efforts to one top firm—all while Musk was off playing bureaucratic demolition man at DOGE. (Continued)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/1/2319898/-Musk-melts-down-over-reports-that-Tesla-might-give-him-the-boot
"Pam Bondi spends more time on Fox News than doing her job."
When she's not sucking up to Donald Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi spends a lot of time on Fox News.
On Wednesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi took part in a televised White House Cabinet meeting with Donald Trump and other senior members of his administration.
“Your first 100 days has far exceeded that of any other presidency in this country,” she gushed to Trump. She also claimed that Trump’s policies had prevented “258 million deaths”—which would be 75% of the population of the entire country—because fentanyl has been confiscated at the border.
As strange as Bondi’s proclamations were, based on her activities since she was confirmed on Feb. 4, it was odd that these exaggerations and falsehoods didn’t occur during a Fox News interview. Because Bondi has lived on the right-wing propaganda network.
According to a Media Matters for America analysis of television appearances that was provided to Daily Kos, Bondi has shown up 24 times on Fox News between Feb. 5 and April 28. The intense volume of Bondi appearances stands in stark contrast to her immediate predecessor, former Attorney General Merrick Garland. (Continued)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/1/2319925/-Pam-Bondi-spends-more-time-on-Fox-News-than-doing-her-job
Watch: "Judges make UNPRECEDENTED MOVE to address DOJ LIES", on YouTube. (AF Legal/Meidas+)
https://youtu.be/q_itDvwxfhM?si=Q8dlVUfvb6POB6S_
https://levremembers.substack.com/p/a-deep-dive-on-steve-witkoff-trumps?r=jnw1r&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=audio-player. How can you help flip Republicans in power??
Jason is right. We have to fight back! Call any congressional member. Give a name. They have to stop the insurrection!
202. 225 3121!
Hands off
Post Office
Any Veteran affairs
Social Security
Medicaid
Medicare
Planned Parenthood
PBS
NPR
They need to stop the madness.
Eff musk, his cabinet, administration n trump! Incompetent, corrupt!
Just call!
Your point taken. The only problem is that there seems to be an obvious lack of the ability to listen, nor the impetus to listen. It’s a freakin train wreck waiting to happen…. But…….I’m thinking we will prevail. Reason has to mean something to a large number. Lol. Damn I don’t know. Things are not very rosy
I’m so sick and tired of this crap. People I thought I knew most of my life are now no longer seen as friends and family. In all of my 68 years I never thought one man could destroy so much and wreak so much havoc. I’m so tired of feeling so stressed and exhausted from this mess.
PETITION UPDATE- As of this writing, we have 2004 SIGNATURES! Michigan Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar, announced Monday, 4/28, that he HAS FILED ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST TRUMP! I have added him to the petition along with Representative Green of Texas who plans to file articles of impeachment by May 5th. ***
Representative Green delivered a preview of his Articles of Impeachment on 5/1. You can find this on his YouTube channel. Thanks to everyone who has signed, shared, and donated! www.change.org/impeach_now This is OUR democracy. Let’s defend it. More signatures. More calls. More pressure. In solidarity and strength, SCSM
Thank you! 💙
Yes and trump will send the troops of young people to fight a private war for trump not for USA
We need MORE people like Rep Crow!!!! I KNOW you are out there! Step up!
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Boy oh boy! Stephen Miller will be stomping his feet and pouting like a professional about these commie pinkos.
Awesome interview! Thank you both!
I saw on another podcast earlier today that Trump is planning to have a constitutional convention in July 2026. Reportedly he already has 28 delegates and so only needs 4 more to rewrite or modify our constitution. This is absolutely chilling.
JUST INE MORE EXAMPLE of why congressional elections MATTER
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Great show good points given thanx
I’m surprised to see no CC here. Most of the times no problem.
"Fox News Caught Using Meidas Research, as They ATTACK US."
(By Ben Meiselas;
Ben Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network,
May 02, 2025)
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/fox-news-caught-using-meidas-research?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3078900&post_id=162670989&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
"It's 'fight or die' time for democracy — and I'm terrified the Dems are blowing it."
Let’s start here today: Any Democrat who had a part in the Biden/Harris/Harris/Walz 2024 presidential campaign, is never allowed to work in politics again.
That might not be the brave decree it reads like, because that election might have been the last of its kind in American history, which makes the failings of the three-headed campaign so stark.
And if that made you snicker it wasn’t meant as a joke, because if you still somehow don’t think that the American-attacking Trump won’t do everything inhumanely possible to hold onto power in 2028, you need go stand in some corner for not paying attention.
He means to end us, folks.
What you have seen out of this stone-cold racist and his Christo-fascist cult of me-firsts during their first 100 days of this torture test has been but a small sampler of what is yet to be served. It has been the bothersome drizzle before the steady deluge.
By the time this corrupt sicko is done with our federal government it will be completely unrecognizable, and geared around one mission and one mission only: keeping him in power until he has the decency to finally die on his two-ton throne.
Money, as always, is the biggest motivator for this psychopath and his fawning billionaires to kick us into the gutter, but sheer vindictiveness and a never-ending craving to completely wreck this county and turn it into a gas-powered dumpster fire is running a close second.
He is a sick and demented old man, the result of being the most inadequate, miserable person in every room he has ever stepped in the last 78 years. (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/is-american-democracy/
"'Heinous': Trump admin hails charges for leaders of 764 child exploitation terror group."
Leaders at Donald Trump’s Department of Justice and FBI are hailing the arrests of two leaders of 764, a cult-like terror group that promotes child sexual abuse, after a concerted effort by federal investigators to dismantle the network that goes back to the previous administration.
A criminal complaint unsealed in the District of Columbia on Wednesday charges Prasan Nepal, 20, of High Point, N.C., and Leonidas Variagiannis, a 21-year-old U.S. citizen living in Greece, with engaging in a child exploitation enterprise. (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-administration-hails-charges-for-leaders-of-heinous-764-child-exploitation-group/
"Trump's top spy chief blasted, as Raw Story exposes 'crazy' cash grab."
Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, is open for business — on social media at least.
Gabbard has been DNI since February, yet a Raw Story review of her social media presence reveals her personal X account is still offering subscriptions at $5 a month.
But that’s not all. On Gabbard’s personal Substack, it appears anyone, anywhere, foreign or domestic, can send unlimited donations.
“That’s not normal,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) told Raw Story, while walking to a vote in the Capitol. “It does become an interesting conflict of interest, though, if it’s a violation of ethics rules.
”That is crazy," said Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY), a former Army intelligence officer. "There's so much corruption, it's sort of like, where do you focus?" (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/tulsi-gabbard-2671878568/
"'Trump humiliates Musk': President mocks richest man, in meandering graduation speech."
Donald Trump took a shot at his billionaire benefactor, Elon Musk, during a commencement address at the University of Alabama.
The president spoke Thursday night to graduating students, where he aired grievances about the 2020 election, offered advice – “think of yourself as a winner,” “be an original” and “never, ever give up" – and jabbed "internet people" like Musk and other tech moguls, reported The Daily Beast, which framed it as "Trump humiliates Musk."
“They all hated me in my first term,” the president told students and their families, "and now they’re kissing my a--.” (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-elon-musk-2671880940/
"At-risk GOP lawmakers panicked over their job security, due to Medicaid cuts."
House Republicans, in easily flippable districts, are banding together to pressure the GOP leadership to avoid any cuts to Medicaid in the new budget deal currently being hammered out.
According to a report from Politico, apprehensive GOP lawmakers are coalescing around Rep. David Valadao (R-CA), who is leading the pushback against possible cuts to Medicaid, that could come back to haunt the entire Republican caucus when the midterms roll around next year. (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/gop-2671881179/?u=7b9efb3185bef2bd309f85021fcf366956aa9a477375b276f5af3843618fd1f1
"'It's what they deserve!' Trump issues new threat against Harvard."
Donald Trump reiterated his threats against Harvard University in his ongoing campaign against higher education.
The Trump administration has frozen $2.2 billion in federal funding to the venerable institution after its board refused demands for control over its governance structure and hiring practices, as well as periodic "audits" of faculty and student viewpoints, and the president has been threatening to revoke the university's tax-exempt status.
"We are going to be taking away Harvard’s Tax Exempt Status," Trump posted Friday on Truth Social at 7:25 a.m. EST. "It’s what they deserve!" (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-harvard-2671881210/?u=7b9efb3185bef2bd309f85021fcf366956aa9a477375b276f5af3843618fd1f1
"Judges who rule against Trump face ominous threats: 'Somebody is going to get killed'."
The families of at least 11 judges, who have ruled against Donald Trump's administration, have been targeted with threats and harassment, including sinister pizza deliveries, continuing an alarming trend related to the president and his legal troubles.
Tech mogul Elon Musk painted a target on the back of U.S. District judge James Boasberg's daughter, after the judge ruled last month that administration officials could face criminal contempt charges for deporting migrants in defiance of a court order, and Trump supporters lashed out, reported Reuters. (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-threat-judge-pizza/?u=7b9efb3185bef2bd309f85021fcf366956aa9a477375b276f5af3843618fd1f1
"'But I felt no pain': Doctors pioneer 'massive breakthrough in cancer surgery'."
https://www.rawstory.com/pioneer-breakthrough-cancer-surgery/
"Trump administration running into GOP roadblocks over DOGE budget cuts."
The reality of a small Republican majority Congress is handcuffing Donald Trump's administration's ability to lock in cuts made by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), reports the Washington Post.
With the Republicans in the House and Senate still maneuvering on the new budget, resistance is growing in both chambers to some of the DOGE cuts by members of the majority party which is complicating negotiations.
As the Post's Liz Goodwin and Jeff Stein are reporting, several congressional Republicans are balking at codifying some of the cuts which is causing headaches in the House where a few defectors could derail a final budget. (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/gop-budget-doge-roadblocks/
"'Designed to intimidate': Supreme Court justice rips Trump over 'threats and harassment'."
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson spoke out Thursday against what she saw as Donald Trump's efforts to bully and threaten the federal judiciary into submission, Politico reported.
The remarks from Jackson, the most junior member of the Supreme Court, came as she addressed a judge's conference in Puerto Rico.
“The attacks are not random. They seem designed to intimidate,” she said. “The threats and harassment are attacks on our democracy, on our system of government. And they ultimately risk undermining our Constitution and the rule of law.” (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/ketanji-brown-jackson-2671879841/?u=7b9efb3185bef2bd309f85021fcf366956aa9a477375b276f5af3843618fd1f1
"Trump's armed thugs deliberately crushed this American family. Furious yet?"
It was a cold, gray morning in Oklahoma when the government came crashing through the wrong door.
Without warning, ICE agents clad in black tactical gear burst into a quiet family home. Guns drawn, boots pounding on hardwood, they moved like soldiers in hostile territory — except this wasn’t a war zone. It was a suburban neighborhood. A home where children did homework, parents made dinner, and everyone believed, until that moment, that living in America meant having rights. (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/ice-is-terrorizing-u-s-citizens-it-s-time-to-wake-up-and-fight/?u=7b9efb3185bef2bd309f85021fcf366956aa9a477375b276f5af3843618fd1f1
Watch: "Republicans RUN AWAY, after Dems CROSS-EXAMINE them", on YouTube. (Meidas Touch)
https://youtu.be/tYih98Qh6VU?si=z27eSYVGypPKOaCd
One can only hope that dump does not have our military in his pocket... we need all the help and protection we can get
Thank you Meidas Touch !
"The Great Pushback?"
(Robert Reich, May 02, 2025)
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-great-pushback?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=365422&post_id=162635032&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Watch "DETERIORATING TRUMP LOSES IT over BAD NEWS", on YouTube. (MEIDAS TOUCH)
https://youtu.be/HNXwl1Nnlu0?si=-lT98jOT-2wJf_Qw
Watch: "King Trump 😂😂" on YouTube.
https://youtube.com/shorts/5rnZhu26PMk?si=6PY5wJqJsbT1ncgy
The die is cast. Democracy is dead because we are not a smart populous. Normalizing no due process and now militarizing the police. This waiting around to see if elected officials will do anything is a fools errand. We need to keep in the streets if you're able and to remain in their faces to express your discontent. The Constitution is in tatters because the supremacist billionaire cabinet no longer cares about it. Feckless House of Representatives just greenlighted deportations for AMERICAN CITIZENS!!!! THIS SHOULD ANGER YOU TO NO END! Donate your time and energy (perhaps money) to push back. No effort is to too small in this fight for DEMOCRACY...
We had a small-ish May Day protest in our little red town yesterday of around 40 people. We had a hellacious thunderstorm with heavy rain and hail right before, but then people started showing up more and more! Nothing can keep us from our resistance it seems! So many passionate Western Marylanders! This was my 3rd time attending a protest and I’ll continue to join in as long as I’m able. This orange Hitler must be stopped!
So now the t rump admin is upset that? "Amazon wanted to itemize the tariff fee?". Is that due to Navarro and The Donald saying " we wouldn't be paying the fee?". If China goods get here how would you tally that fee?
You know Popot threw out the idea that the Russians are destroying us from the inside". Donald has been aligned with the Russians and Chinese for decades! Trump Tower had a host of flats that were anonomous! Likely still but! How clever a scheme for money laundering! His Russian Oligarchs including neighbor and Mart Loco member!
Will his neighbor Russian Oligarch buy a 500 million trump gold card? Did he use the poolside bathroom at Mart Locco? Or was that just the Chinese Lady with a camera caught in there?? We need to get this worthless traiter out of office and at Rikers! With smirking Don Jr.!! Why wouldn't we need to?
America en Masse must resist and oppose Trump and his criminal executive.
Awesome sauce! Hopefully, others who serve will turn against the creature in the WH.
Thanks Ben & Congressman Crow for your enlightening podcast. And to Rep. Crow thank you for service and continued public service in Congress, DT has caused so much damage to all federal departments and humanitarian programs both domestic and abroad, along with diplomatic relations with our allies. Impeachment by Congress needs to hold DT, & Vance for their unconstitutional actions.
Oooohhhhhh.....soooo good!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (:
Congressman Crow is one of the better guests you've had on. I hope you invite him back. He really tells it like it is in a very straighforward and honest manner.
We really don’t need speeches. We need to see arrests. What more does the seditiinist felon have to do?!
Thank you, Mr.🐦⬛❣️🙏
Let's have drug screening on all of them.
I just watched a live video the regime is flying 10 minute flights from one destination to the next. Unbelievable feces! 😡🤢
BEN ... Your consistent strategy of always asking, basically, "What have we not covered that the Meidas Mighty should be aware of?" is excellent. Very helpful and valuable.
The Trojan horse in the works, I trust none of them.
Watch: "California’s Suing Trump over Tariffs; This is Gavin Newsom", on YouTube.
https://youtube.com/shorts/49yJKRxnHuM?si=33CajAj9iz3f0snw
Watch: "Ronald Reagan on Who Runs the Government #RonaldReagan #ronaldreaganquotes", on YouTube.
https://youtube.com/shorts/CYcHQwSnP9g?si=S9O1niom5KGMXKo7
Yep..the 7Cs Trump administration is now : CHAOS…CONFUSION…CORRUPTION…CRISES…COLLATERAL (CONSEQUENCES)…CRUELTY…COWARDICE….COLLAPSING.
In one word, hitler.
"Donald Trump’s first 100 days back in office have been an unmitigated disaster." Worst is yet to come. Donald "The Beast" Trump is building a wall once again. Colossal tariff wall that is the beginning of the end for the system of down. At first the beast will pull the plug out of the global economy. The worst financial crisis of human history will pull a swarm of the banks underwater and the bank run begins. Then the beast will collapse a mountain of debt shattering the backbone of the monetary system causing a systemic risk to realize. Finally the beast will cast American citizens into a system slavery under the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan, just to "honor his legacy" count the number. After the destruction a new world order will be established in the US. And the Golden Age begins from the ruins of the world wide collapse. All of the system slaves will love it. No more cash - just digital transactions. No more traditional criminal activity. No more tax evasion. No more transactions without the "all seeing eye". Outcasts will hate the world without freedom, hope and privacy. To cover up the mess and distract the public by smoke and mirrors, the beast will engage in a war with Iran. Lies and deceit, corruption and decay, dancing on the graves will continue. Until; Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come... I want to play a game. Time has come to opt out of the empire of filth. Live or die...
"Trump’s Worldwide Scam."
Administration hoses Bukele, Xinis, and the American people.
(Harry Litman, May 01, 2025)
https://harrylitman.substack.com/p/trumps-worldwide-scam?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3375056&post_id=162642102&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Trump is a POS with diarrhea, and what is worse, is that he hired/put in place, more ignorant than he is.
The site constantly demands that I post verification. All too frequently, as just happened, the code which I copy and paste is rejected repeatedly. It gets really tiresome.