Wednesday, April 23, 2025

SCOTUS has routinely ruled in Trump's favor -- even clearing the way for him to become president -- but he blasts them for demanding he provide due process

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Bodies pile up in El Salvador's CECOT prison   Donald Trump on Monday, in one of the most outlandish statements of his chaotic time in t...
Tuesday, April 22, 2025

In the name of objectivity, journalists rely on "bothsidesism" to be "fair and balanced," but Trump's lawlessness requires analysis based on evidence

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Prisoners are crammed into a cell at El Salvador's CECOT ( Reuters )   The U.S. press has been afflicted for at least eight years by a t...
Monday, April 21, 2025

Confusion reigns over midnight order in deportation case as SCOTUS produces muddled rulings, Trump admin makes nonsensical arguments, and Alito gripes

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Alito and Thomas: The dissenters ( AFP ) The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS), in a ruling released early Saturday morning, placed a temporary pa...
Friday, April 18, 2025

Sen. Chris Van Hollen meets with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador as that country's president shows no sign of returning a man the U.S. admits was wrongly deported

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  Sen. Chris Van Hollen (right) meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia   A U.S. Senator met yesterday with the Maryland man who was wrongly deporte...
Thursday, April 17, 2025

For the second time in two days, Trump admin becomes the subject of a federal judge's contempt inquiry -- again driven by lack of due process

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Judge James Boasberg ( NY Times )   For the second time in two days, a federal judge has announced plans to begin a contempt inquiry into th...
Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Faced with a backlash on the Abrego Garcia case, Trump admin assigns Karoline Leavitt to make it better by asking, "Who needs due process anyway?"

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Karoline Leavitt ( whitehouse.gov ) The White House called a press briefing yesterday in response to backlash prompted by Donald Trump's...

Judge Paula Xinis flashes anger at Trump team's defiance of her orders in Abrego Garcia case, but she will consider contempt issue after 2 weeks of discovery

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( YouTube )   A federal judge yesterday ripped into Trump administration officials for their inaction in the Abrego Garcia deportation case ...