Old2 Resistance to Trump Agenda
Topic Inception 2024 - April 30, 2025
Topic Inception 2024 - April 30, 2025
The following are news articles (from topic's inception in 2024 - April 30, 2025) that were once listed on our website. Much of the information is still relevant, but it was taken off the www.dalecodemocrats.com website to reduce storage requirements and for brevity. This is a good source for history and can be used to help explain some of the current actions of today.
NPR: May Day protesters will rally nationwide against the 'war on working people'
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/30/nx-s1-5382560/may-day-protests-history-trump
New York Times fires back after Trump threat
https://www.yahoo.com/news/york-times-fires-back-trump-153414389.html
The Guardian: If leaders stay silent, the US won’t survive Trump’s next 100 days | Robert Reich
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/30/trump-next-100-days
The Guardian: Judge re-ups demand that White House show efforts to retrieve Kilmar Ábrego García from El Salvador
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/30/trump-abrego-garcia-el-salvador
Reuters: US appeals court will not allow DOGE to access Social Security data
Hakeem Jeffries Torches Trump Over Breaking No. 1 Campaign Promise: 'They Lied'
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hakeem-jeffries-torches-trump-over-160349804.html
Politico: Judge frees Columbia student activist whom Trump administration wants to deport
ABC News: Ex-FBI informant who made up bribery story about the Bidens will stay in prison, judge rules
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/fbi-informant-made-bribery-story-bidens-stay-prison-121339531
MSNBC News: Martin O'Malley calls Musk, Trump Social Security claims 'big lies'
Comment: "Martin O’Malley is touring the country fighting what he calls 'a grave assault' on the program."
Comment: O'Malley's tour will be in Guntersville, AL on May 10th.
Government Executive: Judge: Trump’s national security reasoning for anti-union EO was 'pretext for retaliation'
Axios: MAGA momentum wanes as Trump stumbles across 100-day mark
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/29/trump-100-days-polls-economy-immigration
The Independent: Colleges fight back: Elite schools join forces to resist Trump’s demands
Video: 'Shocked and disgusted': Univ. of Alabama Dems react to Trump giving commencement address
https://youtu.be/wxzG9PNk644?feature=shared
AP News: Ex-Justice Department prosecutor challenges his firing by the White House after Laura Loomer post
CNN: CNN Poll: Trump’s approval at 100 days lower than any president in at least seven decades
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/27/politics/approval-rating-trump-100-days/index.html
NPR: A Whistleblower Takes on DOGE
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1247657625
NPR: Why judges blocked the Trump admin's school DEI crackdown
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/26/nx-s1-5375904/trump-dei-schools-education-courts
Video: ‘Election authority is the province of states and Congress.’ Lisa Rubin on a ruling against Trump
https://www.yahoo.com/news/election-authority-province-states-congress-160746809.html
AP News: US judge temporarily stops west Texas immigrant deportations under Alien Enemies Act
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-trump-texas-venezuela-a2b8e109b98c4ff62ac7719614056ac3
Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Its Attack on Union Rights
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-blocks-trump-administration-attack-005833463.html
Government Executive: Judge blocks Trump’s anti-union executive order
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/04/judge-blocks-trumps-anti-union-executive-order/404865/
ABC News: Nearly two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Trump tariffs, with inflation a broad concern: POLL
The Harvard Crimson: 6 Harvard Students, Recent Grads Have Visa Status Restored
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/4/26/visa-status-restored
Sen. Jon Ossoff signals support for Trump impeachment
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sen-jon-ossoff-signals-support-035856470.html
Politico: How a Trump administration crackdown on foreign students unraveled
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/25/foreign-students-visas-donald-trump-00311600
WRAL.com: Visas of five UNC Chapel Hill students restored after federal policy reversal
https://www.wral.com/news/local/visas-restored-unc-chapel-hill-students-april-2025/
Politico: Trump administration reverses abrupt terminations of foreign students’ U.S. visa registrations
Comment: "DOJ announced the reversal in federal court after weeks of intense scrutiny by courts and dozens of restraining orders issued by judges."
CNN: Trump backs down in legal fight over canceling international students’ status records for now
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/politics/international-students-status-records-fight/index.html
Reuters: US universities help foreign students weather Trump deportations
The Hill: Signal chat participants sued for three months of app records
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5267461-signal-chat-strike-lawsuit/
ProPublica: ICE Air Has a New Contractor. This State Is Asking How It Will Protect the Detainees on Board.
https://www.propublica.org/article/avelo-airlines-ice-air-connecticut
Video: Poll: Voters sour on Trump’s handling of economy, tariffs and inflation
https://www.yahoo.com/news/poll-voters-sour-trump-handling-202409230.html
Slotkin is testing a ‘war plan’ to beat Trump. She wants Dems to ditch wokeness and muscle up
Three judges, including two Trump appointees, rule against the Department of Education’s anti-DEI policy
https://www.yahoo.com/news/department-education-policy-targeting-dei-170007961.html
NPR: More than 50 House Democrats demand answers after whistleblower report on DOGE
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/24/nx-s1-5375118/congress-doge-nlrb-whistleblower
A dozen states sue the Trump administration to stop tariff policy
https://www.yahoo.com/news/dozen-states-sue-trump-administration-205131500.html
Government Executive: Judge grills administration on ‘broad discretion’ to break up federal unions
Judge skeptical of Trump order to strip union rights from federal workers - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/23/trump-labor-eo-00306289
The Hill: Pritzker orders Illinois to boycott El Salvador over Abrego Garcia’s detention
New poll shows majority of young men disapprove of President Trump's job performance
https://www.yahoo.com/news/poll-shows-majority-young-men-205321206.html
Democratic lawmakers question Justice Department over warning to fired official
https://www.yahoo.com/news/democratic-lawmakers-justice-department-over-090442884.html
Comment: Democrats trying to stop outrageous intimidation by Trump Administration against Congressional witness.
Book publishers see surging interest in the U.S. Constitution and print new editions
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna202553
Axios: Vaccine developers mobilize amid "great unraveling" of their work
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/23/vaccine-community-pushback-trump
Trump administration faces a free-speech lawsuit over frozen climate, environmental funds : NPR
Federal judge expresses deep skepticism over Trump law firm executive order
https://apnews.com/article/trump-law-firms-perkins-coie-wilmerhale-7dba5f0c38ac547bf3f2bb1f31a2ef38
Judge appears inclined to permanently block Trump order targeting law firm
https://share.newsbreak.com/cretaam8
Law firms targeted by Trump ask judges to permanently bar executive orders against them
https://share.newsbreak.com/crf7yvbh
AP News: International students stripped of legal status in the US are piling up wins in court
6abc Philadelphia: ICE must reinstate legal status of 133 international students on Tuesday, according to Georgia U.S. District Court order
The Guardian: ‘National disgrace’: US lawmakers decry student detentions on visit to Ice jails
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/22/mahmoud-khalil-rumeysa-ozturk-ice-detention
Judge scorches Trump admin for stonewalling in Abrego Garcia deportation case - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/22/kilmar-abrego-garcia-judge-order-00305276
CNN: ‘That ends now’: Judge overseeing Abrego Garcia case knocks Trump administration for repeated stonewalling
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/22/politics/abrego-garcia-judge-xinis-justice-that-ends-now/index.html
Schumer demands details on DOGE savings claims
https://www.yahoo.com/news/schumer-demands-details-doge-savings-165909252.html
More Than 100 College Presidents Sign Statement Against Federal Overreach - Forbes
The Harvard Crimson: Harvard Sues Trump Administration Over $2.2 Billion Funding Freeze
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/4/22/harvard-sues-trump-admin/
WIRED: The ACLU Is Suing the Government to Get Access to DOGE Records
https://www.wired.com/story/aclu-lawsuit-government-doge-access-sensitive-data/
AFGE | AFL-CIO Unions Sue Trump over Dismantling of Agency That Resolves Labor Contract Disputes
‘An Enormous Usurpation’: Inside the Case Against Trump’s Tariffs - POLITICO
Duckworth: Hegseth endangering troops with ‘singular stupidity’
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5258507-senator-duckworth-call-for-hegseth-resignation/
"Let Them Eat Teslas": People At The "No Kings" Protests This Weekend Brought Signs That Were So Clever I'm Still Laughing About Them
https://www.yahoo.com/news/22-cleverest-signs-weekends-no-191221311.html
Former Justice Breyer Thinks Marco Rubio And Pam Bondi Can Be Held In Criminal Contempt For Defying Court Orders - Above the Law
GOP Rep. Byron Donalds faces shouting, critical questions over DOGE at contentious town hall
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-rep-byron-donalds-faces-022531622.html
House Democrats land in El Salvador, demand Abrego Garcia's return : NPR
The Hill: Van Hollen: Denying constitutional rights of ‘one man’ threatens ‘rights of everybody’
Trump faces bipartisan criticism over Abrego Garcia deportation : NPR
PHOTOS: Anti-Trump protesters rally in cities and towns across the country | PBS News
Photos: Protesters gather for 'day of action' against Trump administration : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/19/nx-s1-5369483/anti-trump-protests-50501-tesla-takedown
KUTV: PHOTOS: Thousands of Utah protesters demand accountability as 5th Amendment rights ignored
Anti-Trump protesters rally in New York, Washington and elsewhere across the country
Protesters fill the streets in cities across the US to denounce Trump agenda | Trump administration | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/19/anti-trump-rallies-protests
BBC: Thousands across the US protest Trump, again
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czjn0410e3zo
Federal judge is pausing Trump administration's plans for mass layoffs at the CFPB | AP News
Foley speaking engagement by US Rep. Barry Moore sparks protest
Axios: What to know about Saturday's 50501 protests
https://www.axios.com/local/pittsburgh/2025/04/17/what-to-know-about-saturdays-50501-protests
What to know about Sen. Chris Van Hollen's El Salvador trip : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/17/nx-s1-5367666/abrego-garcia-van-hollen-el-salvador
Angry voters ask Senator Grassley if they can ignore court orders like Trump
https://www.yahoo.com/news/angry-voters-ask-senator-grassley-121220655.html
Judge rules against Trump admin after it couldn’t find evidence of fraud in clean energy program | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/climate/epa-clean-energy-ruling/index.html
Boasberg finds ‘probable cause exists’ to hold Trump administration in contempt for violating orders on deportation flights | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/politics/boasberg-contempt-deportation-flights/index.html
ACLU sues Defense Department school system over banning race- and gender-related books
https://share.newsbreak.com/co7umomp
Judge orders federal agencies to release billions of dollars from two Biden-era initiatives
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-orders-federal-agencies-release-213622994.html
Watchdog group sues White House after government spending tracker removed
https://share.newsbreak.com/co7mo894
Judge temporarily blocks Trump's order targeting law firm: 'Shocking abuse of power'
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-considering-blocking-trumps-order-193200625.html
The Salt Lake Tribune: Bernie Sanders draws massive crowd during his ‘Fighting the Oligarchy’ tour in deep-red Utah
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2025/04/13/fighting-oligarchy-bernie-sanders/
Warren: Democrats ‘don’t have to wait’ for courts to ‘step in’ to fight Trump tariffs
https://www.yahoo.com/news/warren-democrats-don-t-wait-193254762.html
Trump administration cannot freeze Maine school lunch funds over transgender athlete policy, judge rules
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-cannot-freeze-maine-004710858.html
Judge will halt Trump administration from ending humanitarian parole for people from four countries | CNN Politics
The Hill: Secretary Hegseth, the standards didn’t change for women — we met them
NPR: Trump administration changes course on in-person requirements for Social Security
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/10/g-s1-59463/trump-social-security-ssa-in-person-offices
Comment: Statement from "Max Richtman, president and CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare." " 'The Trump administration did not change the policy out of the goodness of their hearts,' he said. 'They responded to public pressure. This is a victory for advocacy on the grassroots and national level, by and on behalf of the millions of seniors who depend on phone service from the Social Security Administration.' "
The Hill: Democratic-led states sue Education Department for ceasing access to COVID funds
The Daily Beast: Elon Musk’s Power Wanes as RFK Jr.-Run Agency Tells DOGE to Back Off
Politico: Here’s another sign Musk’s power is waning
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/10/health-staffers-told-to-ignore-musks-missives-00283976
Politico: Health rivals unite to fight Medicaid cuts
Politico: The surprising pair fighting Medicaid cuts
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/10/insurers-providers-medicaid-cuts-00282418
Comment: Now even the lobbyists are resisting.
The Hill: CHC demands Salvadoran president release Maryland man mistakenly deported
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5242751-congressional-hispanic-caucus-el-salvador-man-release/
Adam Schiff Calls For Insider Trading Investigation into Trump Over Tariff Pause
https://time.com/7276234/trump-tariff-insider-trading-schiff/
Axios: Social Security backs off cuts to phone services amid outcry
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/09/social-security-cuts-doge
New bill would secure collective bargaining for federal employees
Axios: Scoop: Democrats want to make DOGE answerable to Congress
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/09/democrats-bill-doge-reports-congress-elon-musk
The Guardian: US senator introduces conflict of interest bill aimed at Elon Musk
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/musk-doge-conflict-of-interest-bill-senate
USA Today: Democrat sues Trump after being removed from Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Axios: Jeffries challenges Johnson to "one-on-one" House floor debate
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/08/jeffries-challenges-johnson-debate-budget
Federal judge says White House’s punishment of Associated Press is unconstitutional | CNN Politics
Axios: Judge sides with AP over White House ban for press coverage
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/08/ap-news-lawsuit-white-house-first-amendment
Axios: National Park Service restores Underground Railroad history after outcry
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/07/national-park-service-underground-railroad-dei
Maine sues the Trump administration over funding freeze after dispute over transgender athletes
https://apnews.com/article/trump-maine-usda-transgender-sports-abfc3c0c63995764bed6fcee167a2509
The Hill: Democrats demand answers over book removals at military service academies
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5236466-democrats-book-bans-military-service-academies/
Reuters: 47 signs from the anti-Trump Hands Off! protests
https://www.reuters.com/pictures/47-signs-anti-trump-hands-off-protests-2025-04-06/
Anti-Trump protesters gather in Washington, other US cities | Reuters
AP News: Judge says deportation of Maryland man to an El Salvador prison was ‘wholly lawless’
https://apnews.com/article/ice-trump-immigration-el-savador-5d2f7b919cb1a4ed5ce31d44f391d8f5
Axios: Judge blasts government over mistakenly deporting Maryland man
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/06/deportation-mistake-doj-salvadorian-man
We went to the anti-Trump protests. Here's what surprised us the most.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/went-anti-trump-protests-heres-215013004.html
Photos: See demonstrators around the country rally in 'Hands Off!' protests : The Picture Show : NPR
CNN: Protests continue at Tesla showrooms amid talk Elon Musk could soon leave DOGE
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/05/business/tesla-musk-doge-demonstrations/index.html
Obama and Harris publicly rebuke Trump’s second-term actions
https://www.yahoo.com/news/obama-harris-publicly-rebuke-trump-060917598.html
New Law Would Force Elon Musk to Be Drug Tested for His Government Work
https://www.yahoo.com/news/law-force-elon-musk-drug-165426226.html
Reuters: Judge orders return of wrongly deported Maryland man to US from El Salvador
About 500 law firms sign brief challenging Trump's executive orders targeting the legal community
https://www.yahoo.com/news/500-law-firms-sign-brief-201958772.html
White House postpones Saturday garden tours due to anti-Trump demonstrations
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-postpones-saturday-garden-175116466.html
Axios: What to know about Saturday's nationwide "Hands Off!" anti-Trump protests
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/03/hands-off-protest-trump-musk-april-5
Politico: Federal judge says she will temporarily block billions in health funding cuts to states
NPR: A Pentagon inspector general announces investigation into Hegseth's use of Signal
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/03/nx-s1-5351647/pentagon-inspector-general-hegseth-signal-yemen
Comment: While we applaud the investigation, but we wish that the original inspector general (IG) fired by Trump was involved rather than Trump's hand picked acting IG.
The Conversation: Would you join the resistance if stuck in an authoritarian regime? Here’s the psychology
Forbes: Trump’s Tariffs Face Growing Republican Backlash: ‘Last Thing We Need’
NBC News: Hakeem Jeffries threatens lawsuit over delayed Texas special election
Politico: Judge hammers EPA over lack of proof of wrongdoing in terminating $20B in climate grants
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/02/judge-hammers-epas-terminating-20b-climate-grants-00267004
CNBC: Trump administration's appeal of a temporary restraining order preventing DOGE access to Social Security data is denied
ACLU sues National Institutes of Health for 'ideological purge' oresearch projects
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna199360
NPR: Senate rebukes Trump's tariffs on Canada
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/02/nx-s1-5347699/senate-trump-tariffs-canada
Comment: While this is an important bipartisan symbolic resolution, it doesn't have any "teeth," given the House of Representative's GOP opposition and Trump's power to veto any binding legislation that might be put forth later.
Appeals court: Trump pardon ‘plainly’ did not cover Jan. 6 defendants’ unrelated crimes - POLITICO
AP News: Democrats’ win in Wisconsin court race also is a big loss for Elon Musk
https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-elon-musk-81f71cdda271827ae281a77072a26bad
AP News: Wisconsin and Florida elections provide early warning signs to Trump and Republicans
https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-wisconsin-florida-elections-f335823795c9ecf1bfa3780261ac4555
Cory Booker breaks a 68-year-old Senate record with a 25-hour speech
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/01/nx-s1-5347318/cory-booker-senate-speech
Comment: "impassioned speech in protest of the Trump administration's policies."
Cory Booker sets a record with marathon Senate speech. Will it rally anti-Trump resistance?
https://apnews.com/article/cory-booker-new-jersey-senator-speech-ab573bb7c3c76fa107cacac7136d3823
Trump administration sued by 23 states, D.C. over HHS cutting $11 billion in public health funding - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-lawsuit-hhs-cuts-public-health-funding/
Comment: Of course, Alabama's Steve Marshall did not sue, even though Alabama will be adversely impacted by these cuts. For just one example, Terri Sewell pointed out the other day that Alabama would lose a $193M CDC Grant for Alabama's county health departments.
Axios: Dems target more MAGA-country town halls
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/01/democrats-town-halls-kelly-gallego-kim-medicaid
Government Executive: As agencies begin a second round of deferred resignations, unions revive legal challenge
Axios: Tesla blowback reaches New Orleans
https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2025/04/01/tesla-protest-elon-musk-cyber-truck-mardi-gras
'Made-up emergency': Democrats try to block Trump tariffs on Canada - ABC News
A Senate vote to reverse Trump's tariffs on Canada tests Republican support
https://www.yahoo.com/news/senate-vote-reverse-trumps-tariffs-040406105.html
Axios: Scoop: Senate Dems to launch Social Security war room
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/31/senate-democrats-social-security-war-room
Judge blocks firing of intelligence agency employees who worked on DEI programs
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-blocks-firing-intelligence-agency-205135014.html
Government Executive: ‘Gangster state’: Justice Department’s reorganization proposal slammed by Democrats
AL.com: Weaponization of antisemitism silencing dissent. As Jews in Alabama we say ‘Not in our name’: op-ed
American Postal Workers Union: Senate Introduces Resolution to Oppose USPS Privatization
https://apwu.org/news/senate-introduces-resolution-oppose-usps-privatization
WFAA.com: Thousands attend rally for immigration reform in Dallas, organizers say
Yahoo: Size of ‘Tesla Takedown’ protest movement continues to grow
https://www.yahoo.com/news/size-of-tesla-takedown-protest-movement-continues-to-grow-153716509.html
NPR: Hundreds of anti-Musk protests are planned at Tesla locations worldwide this weekend
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/29/nx-s1-5343986/anti-musk-protests-planned-worldwide
Indiana Congresswoman Victoria Spartz faces backlash at town hall for defending Musk, Hegseth
Senate Democrats to force vote next week on Trump's fentanyl tariffs on Canada - Live Updates - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/03/28/congress/senate-tariff-vote-00258406
Comment: "The lawmakers are tapping a provision in a 1976 law that allows any senator to force a vote to block emergency powers being abused by the president."
CFPB: Judge orders bureau to reinstate fired employees
Voice of America wins in court, for now, as judge blocks Trump administration from firing staff - ABC News
Judge blocks Trump executive order targeting law firm tied to Mueller probe | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/politics/law-firms-fighting-trump-executive-order/index.html
Axios: "Tesla Takedown" movement plans mass protests amid U.S. crackdown
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/28/tesla-protests-saturday-elon-musk-trump-doge
Social Security Administration delays and curtails new anti-fraud policy
https://www.yahoo.com/news/social-security-administration-delays-curtails-013410001.html
Comment: It's not much, but it's a start in stopping the ridiculous changes in social security policies.
Government Executive: Dems call for Bisignano to withdraw as SSA tweaks controversial plan
Canada takes to billboards in Central Florida to protest US tariffs
https://www.wesh.com/article/canada-billboards-central-florida-protest-us-tariffs/64300452
The Hill: Hundreds of advocacy groups call on Thune to reject House Republicans’ budget blueprint
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5217551-advocacy-groups-john-thune-house-budget/
Axios: Tesla protests continue across the country, including in Charlotte
Trump probably 'violated the law' when he fired independent watchdogs, judge says - ABC News
The Colorado Sun: Growing government workers union holds rally outside of EPA’s downtown Denver offices
The Guardian US: Democratic group aims to spend $40m on key 2026 races for election oversight
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/27/democratic-state-election-group-2026-races
Comment: Help to win Secretary of State races in the states to insure future election integrity..
The Hill: DNC chair will campaign in Florida district ahead of special election
Axios: Outraged Dem voters "stick it" to MAGA's new soft spots
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/27/trump-special-elections-florida-wisconsin-pennsylvania
Democrat wins special state Senate election in Pennsylvania in major upset
https://www.yahoo.com/news/democrat-wins-special-state-senate-022725175.html
Comment: A small victory but an indication that the tide is startng to turn against MAGA.
NPR: DOGE says it needs to know the government's most sensitive data, but can't say why
The Hill: Social Security chief: DOGE access to systems revoked after court order
The Hill: Democratic senator grills Trump nominee over DOGE access to Social Security systems
https://thehill.com/homenews/5212751-sen-wyden-questions-bisignano/
Kentucky governor vetoes GOP abortion bill, says it undermines doctors and endangers pregnant women
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kentucky-governor-vetoes-gop-abortion-234605221.html
ABC News: Judge keeps block on Trump gang deportations, says they face 'torture, beatings' in El Salvador
BBC.com: Judge declines to lift ban on Trump gang deportations under wartime powers
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3y03l1gvko
The Associated Press: Judge blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive information at US agencies
Hundreds gather outside Tesla showroom in Boston to protest Elon Musk
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hundreds-gather-outside-tesla-showroom-055550654.html
CNN: ‘The Americans didn’t learn their lesson’: Meet the Europeans boycotting US goods
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/europe/europe-american-boycott-cmd-intl/index.html
NPR: Members of Congress holding town halls in their home states face tough questions
The TRICK To Stopping Trump's CHAOS | How to Fix it with John Avlon
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35N_GKULs0E
Protesters gather outside Tesla showrooms and dealerships to denounce Elon Musk and DOGE
TCPalm: Demonstrators in Port St. Lucie decry cuts to Social Security
POLITICO: Trump wants adverse rulings overturned ASAP. Appeals courts are taking their time.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/21/trump-administration-court-rulings-appeals-00242764
The Associated Press: A federal lawsuit says the Trump administration has unlawfully shuttered the Voice of America
The Guardian US: Trump’s order to dismantle education department sparks outrage: ‘See you in court’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/21/trump-education-department-order-reactions
'Where is Congress?' Sen. Chuck Grassley town hall in Iowa gets heated quickly
https://www.yahoo.com/news/where-congress-sen-chuck-grassley-193007091.html
POLITICO: Leakers to Musk: We’re ‘not Elon’s servants’
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/21/musk-leakers-government-trump-doge-00243208
Video: Watch "'We had an awful choice': Schumer defends voting with GOP saying shutdown would be worse" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/2xXYhlUuEu0?feature=shared
GOP lawmaker booed for DOGE defense at Wyoming town hall
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-lawmaker-booed-doge-defense-150038637.html
Comment: I wonder if the GOP voters in the crowd regret replacing Liz Cheney with this MAGA Congresswoman.
The Associated Press: DOGE blocked in court from Social Security systems with Americans' personal information, for now
https://apnews.com/article/social-security-trump-administration-acfdd0d7a53b7e5a1b5105baa456c5d0
'Hitting a fly with a sledgehammer': Judge blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive Social Security records
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hitting-fly-sledgehammer-judge-blocks-223848452.html
Video: Watch "Sen. Lisa Murkowski slams fellow Republicans for being 'afraid' of President Trump and Elon Musk" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/IXVSc-8hMv0?feature=shared
Comment: It's great that she is "talking the talk." Now she has to consistently "walk the walk."
NBC News: As retailers like Target and Amazon drop DEI, some Black customers drop them
The Verge: ‘Tesla Takedown’ protesters planning ‘biggest day of action’
https://www.theverge.com/news/633091/tesla-takedown-protesters-planning-biggest-day-of-action
Comment: Protest is fine, but vandalism is not.
GOP chairs ‘very concerned’ over report of Trump changing military commands
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-chairs-very-concerned-over-223840613.html
Comment: We're not sure if 'very concerned' constitutes resistance, but it's a start.
Chief Justice John Roberts could be a bulwark against Trump's power grabs
Chief Justice John Roberts rebukes Trump over call for federal judge’s impeachment
Judge rules DOGE's USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-rules-doges-usaid-dismantling-192012185.html
A judge says the USAID shutdown was likely unconstitutional : Goats and Soda : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5332274/judge-ruling-usaid-shutdown
NBC News: Elon Musk and DOGE efforts to close USAID likely unconstitutional, agency must be restored, judge rules
POLITICO: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty sue over grant termination
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/18/radio-free-europe-radio-liberty-00237749
Judge bars Trump’s EPA from taking back $20B in climate grants — for now - POLITICO
Government Executive: Agencies are placing reinstated employees in leave status. Judge says that violates his order.
Appeals court denies Trump’s bid to immediately reverse fired federal workers’ reinstatement
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5198957-trump-mass-firing-federal-workers-appeals-court/
Judge in Alien Enemies Act case chides DOJ lawyer over refusal to answer key questions about deportations
The Hill: Senate Democrats call for USDA funding for local food banks, schools to be restored
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5198806-usda-local-food-banks-funding-senate-democrats/
POLITICO: Top broadband official exits Commerce Department with sharp Musk warning
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/16/official-exits-commerce-department-musk-warning-00232278
Judge blocks Trump's use of 1798 law to speed up deportations – but some migrants still removed
Judge blocks Trump from using 18th-century wartime act for deportations | US immigration | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/15/trump-alien-enemies-act-deportations
Anti-Musk protesters rally peacefully on Merritt Island
The Hill: Hundreds protest Tesla showrooms over Musk’s DOGE work
https://thehill.com/business/5197164-hundreds-protest-tesla-showrooms-over-musks-doge-work/
Articles of Impeachment Filed Against Trump
https://share.newsbreak.com/c3048fue
Comment: Unlikely that this impeachment attempt will ever reach the House floor for a vote.
Protesters crowd National Mall calling for Trump impeachment – NBC4 Washington
ProPublica: Parents Sue Trump Administration for Allegedly Sabotaging Education Department’s Civil Rights Division
https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-civil-rights-lawsuit-trump-parents
Government Executive: Union sues DHS to protect TSA screeners’ collective bargaining rights
Democrats set to host town halls targeting vulnerable House Republicans
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5194447-democrats-town-halls-house-republicans/amp/
The Associated Press: North Carolina GOP town hall gets rowdy as attendees hurl scathing questions on Trump
Axios: Focus group: Trump voters in Michigan have buyers' remorse
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/14/trump-harris-michigan-focus-group
Sen. Mark Kelly ditching his Tesla: ‘Built and designed by an a‑‑hole’
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5195294-senator-mark-kelly-ditches-tesla/
The Guardian: ‘Ruined this place’: chorus of boos against JD Vance at Washington concert
POLITICO: Judge rejects DOJ’s effort to expand reach of Trump’s Jan. 6 pardon
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/13/judge-rejects-trump-pardon-expansion-00230518
New York and other states sue Trump administration over 'dismantling' of the Department of Education
Judge orders thousands of fired probationary federal employees reinstated
Comment: Includes Video.
POLITICO: Thousands of fired federal workers must be rehired immediately, judge rules
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/13/fired-federal-probationary-employees-court-ruling-00228721
The Hill: TSA union sues Noem over stripping of bargaining rights
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5193939-union-sues-dhs-noem-tsa-contract/
The Hill: Raskin asks for DOJ probe into acting US Attorney Ed Martin
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5193514-justice-department-investigation-ed-martin/
Axios: Scoop: White House pulls CDC director nomination
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/13/white-house-pulls-cdc-nomination
13WMAZ.com: Frustrated voters in Georgia's District 8 to hold town hall outside Rep. Scott's office
US appeals court upholds decision blocking Trump birthright citizenship order - JURIST - News
POLITICO: Judge slams EPA’s climate grant cancellations: ‘You have to have some kind of evidence’
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/12/judge-epa-climate-grant-cancellations-00227643
NPR: Judge blocks Trump from enforcing 'chilling' order against law firm
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/12/g-s1-53422/judge-blocks-trump-law-firm
US judge temporarily halts Trump plan to cut hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training | AP News
USDA hires back all fired workers from past month
Comment: Rehire due to previous court order. With workers getting back pay, how did original firing result in government efficiency?
Axios: Judge holds Congress has power on foreign aid spending, not president
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/11/trump-usaid-foreign-aid-payments-power
Chattanooga Times Free Press: ‘Meet us in person’: Chattanoogans want public town hall with Fleischmann
https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/mar/11/meet-us-in-person-chattanoogans-want-public-town/
Trump overstepped his constitutional authority in freezing Congress' funding for USAID, judge says | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/usaid-trump-foreign-aid-rubio-judge-ali-60ef55de60a36c61eb563b5982298385
LAist: To patients, parents and caregivers, Republicans' proposed Medicaid cuts are a personal affront
Judges and world leaders defy Trump as Congress sits on sidelines
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/judges-world-leaders-defy-trump-congress-rcna194494
Meeting fills Alabama church with hundreds who oppose Trump’s policies
https://share.newsbreak.com/byo0zape
Video: American scientists take to the streets to protest Trump's cuts
https://youtu.be/BA9-MPECyYE?feature=shared
Advocates gear up to defend Education Dept. from Trump
DOGE accused of accessing Social Security data of millions of Americans
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-accused-accessing-social-security-180203482.html
States sue Trump administration over firings of federal employees : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/08/nx-s1-5321864/trump-federal-employees-lawsuit-states
Tribes and Native American students file lawsuit over Trump admin's Bureau of Indian Education firings
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tribes-native-american-students-lawsuit-firings/
AL.com: ‘Everyone loses’: 300 patients, researchers, students rally in Birmingham to protest Trump spending cuts
Unions ask court to stop DOGE from accessing Social Security data | AP News
Activists vandalize Trump golf resort over Gaza comments | AP News
DOGE attempts to enter an agency building led to physical standoff that spilled into court
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/07/politics/us-african-development-agency-standoff
The New Republic: IRS Chief Vows Revenge After Being Ousted by Elon Musk’s DOGE
https://newrepublic.com/post/192478/irs-chief-revenge-fired-doge
Democrats ask Rubio for answers about Tesla plans : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/07/g-s1-52618/lawmakers-question-400-million-dollar-tesla-plan
We're hosting town halls in Republican districts, says Democratic House member
https://www.yahoo.com/news/were-hosting-town-halls-republican-134411412.html
Labor regulator Trump fired must be reinstated, judge rules - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/06/trump-wilcox-nlrb-reinstated-00216685
Axios: Tesla sales and stock price slump as Musk leads DOGE cuts
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/06/musk-doge-cuts-tesla-stock
Trump broke law firing NLRB member Wilcox, judge rules
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/06/judge-reinstates-nlrb-member-gwynne-wilcox-trump-fired.html
7 in 10 young Americans disapprove of DOGE work so far: Survey
https://share.newsbreak.com/bxkzg4i0
Trump won't sign executive order to dissolve Department of Education today: Sources - ABC News
Federal judge blocks drastic funding cuts to medical research | AP News
Video: Maddow: Pushback against Trump admin. is working - Mar 5, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2gzHIIvsX7I
US judge in case over fired NLRB member questions Trump's broad claim of executive power | Reuters
Video: Supreme Court rejects Trump request on foreign aid freeze
NPR: Supreme Court upholds lower court order to force USAID to pay contractors
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/05/nx-s1-5309498/scotus-usaid-news
The Hill: Lawyers in DOGE challenge use Trump remarks before Congress in new filing
Electrek.co: Tesla (TSLA) sales crash continues in Europe, with Germany down 70%
https://electrek.co/2025/03/05/tesla-tsla-sales-crash-continues-in-europe-with-germany-down-70/
Full speech: Sen. Elissa Slotkin delivers Democratic response (to Trump's joint address to Congress -03/04/25)
Comment: Everyone needs to watch this Video.
Statement from DNC Chair Ken Martin on Trump’s Disastrous Joint Address - Democrats
https://democrats.org/news/statement-from-dnc-chair-ken-martin-on-trumps-disastrous-joint-address/
'Flat-out lied': Rachel Maddow fact-checks Trump's joint address
Comment: Video from MSNBC.
Trump administration rescinds guidance directing agencies to fire probationary employees
Comment: "The Trump administration on Tuesday revised its guidance on probationary employment in the federal government after a judge ruled last week that the Office of Personnel Management lacked the authority to make hiring or termination decisions for other agencies."
POLITICO: Democrats Are Serious About a Shutdown
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/03/04/house-democrats-shutdown-doge-00205584
American Bar Association backs 'rule of law' after Musk calls for judges to be impeached
https://www.yahoo.com/news/american-bar-association-backs-rule-225230980.html
American Bar Association condemns efforts to undermine justice system
https://share.newsbreak.com/bxl0n5ic
Massachusetts Tesla charging stations intentionally set on fire, investigators believe
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/boston/news/littleton-massachusetts-tesla-station-fire/
Comment: Protest is OK, but vandalism is not.
POLITICO: Democrats plan a different kind of response to Trump’s big speech
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/03/democrats-trump-speech-response-sotu-00206863
AL.com: My Dad served in Congress for 30 years and he’d be appalled: op-ed
Trump Pushes Deranged Conspiracy About Republican Town Hall Protests
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-pushes-deranged-conspiracy-republican-175324376.html
Axios: Democratic boycott builds against Trump speech to Congress
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/03/democratic-boycott-trump-joint-address-congress
The Associated Press: Musk’s embrace of right-wing politics risks turning off car buyers and sinking Tesla’s stock
'They've radicalized me': Federal workers fight back as Trump dismantles their work
https://www.yahoo.com/news/theyve-radicalized-federal-workers-fight-120000708.html
POLITICO: Crowds protest JD Vance at Vermont ski resort
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/02/crowds-protest-jd-vance-vermont-ski-resort-00206906
Anti-DOGE protests at Tesla stores target Elon Musk’s bottom line
Trump administration accused of sidestepping court rulings amid spree of legal losses
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-accused-sidestepping-court-140000676.html
Judge rules head of watchdog agency must keep his job, says Trump's bid to oust him was unlawful | AP News
House Dems: Immediately reinstate fired feds - Government Executive
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/02/house-dems-immediately-reinstate-fired-feds/403379/
Article Note: "A group of 85 lawmakers called on the Office of Special Counsel to broaden its recommendation earlier this week to stay the firing of six employees on probationary periods to all probationary workers purged in recent days."
Video: Watch "HUGE news in the fight to reverse Trump and Musk's illegal firings of federal employees" on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OiCP6yruro4
NSF Begins Reinstating Some Probationary Employees After Mass Layoffs - AIP.ORG
https://ww2.aip.org/fyi/nsf-begins-reinstating-some-probationary-employees-after-mass-layoffs
Judge Extends Order Barring Vought from Depleting CFPB Funds
CNN: Today’s ‘economic blackout’ began from an unlikely source. But it’s tapped into Americans’ anger
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/business/economic-blackout-february-28/index.html
NJ.com: People are boycotting Target, Walmart, Amazon, Best Buy and more on Feb. 28. Here’s why
PBS NewsHour: What to know about the Feb. 28 economic boycott
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-to-know-about-the-feb-28-economic-boycott
Judge orders DOGE employee to testify in lawsuit against the Trump administration
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-orders-doge-employee-testify-040852508.html
Judge halts mass firings of federal workers at some agencies | CNN Politics
AFGE: Federal Court Finds Firing of Probationary Federal Employees Illegal
MacArthur Foundation to increase giving for two years in response to Trump's foreign aid freeze - Fast Company
Fortune: Tesla investors furious at stock’s plunge turn tables on CEO Elon Musk
https://fortune.com/2025/02/27/tesla-investors-furious-at-share-plunge-turn-tables-on-elon-musk/
San Francisco Chronicle: Bay Area congressman left hospital to vote against GOP budget — with his IV still attached
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/kevin-mullin-budget-vote-20189062.php
AFGE: Union Calls on Trump Administration to Reverse Pay Cuts for Federal Correctional Officers and Staff
What to know about the Feb. 28 "economic blackout"
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/25/economic-blackout-february-28-peoples-union
A nascent backlash against Musk sharpens risk for Trump and GOP
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nascent-backlash-against-musk-sharpens-050047844.html
The Hill: House Oversight Democrats launch probe of US Attorney for DC
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5162931-house-oversight-democrats-us-attorney-dc-ed-martin/
Teachers union sues over Trump administration's deadline to end school diversity programs
https://www.yahoo.com/news/teachers-union-sues-over-trump-003154450.html
DOGE tech employees jointly resign in protest of Elon Musk
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/doge-tech-employees-jointly-resign-195220027.html
The Bulwark: Republicans Are Starting to Panic About DOGE
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/republicans-starting-to-panic-doge-townhalls-musk-cuts
TheStreet: Big new threat slams Tesla's stock price
https://www.thestreet.com/investing/stocks/big-new-threat-slams-teslas-stock-price
The Guardian: ‘I felt nothing but disgust’: Tesla owners vent their anger at Elon Musk | Automotive industry
Federal News Network: OSC begins challenging mass firings of probationary feds
Special counsel determines some probationary layoffs violate law, asks for intervention
https://www.yahoo.com/news/special-counsel-determines-probationary-layoffs-232450293.html
Oversight agency finds Trump’s federal worker firings unlawful, asks for some employees to be reinstated - Government Executive
After heated town halls, Republicans seek more information — and compassion — from DOGE
https://www.yahoo.com/news/heated-town-halls-republicans-seek-044952387.html
NPR: Judge tells Trump administration it has less than 2 days to resume USAID funding
https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/02/25/g-s1-50701/usaid-freeze-judge
Fake video of Trump kissing Musk's feet displayed at HUD office in Washington
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fake-video-trump-kissing-musks-230102445.html
Comment: While we don't condone the hacking of Govt. computer systems, the video illustrates the anger felt by many about Musk's (unelected Musk) apparent takeover of significant Govt. authority.
Axios: "We must be at full strength": Democrats spot opening to kneecap GOP's budget plans
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/24/hakeem-jeffries-republican-budget-vote-johnson
Lawsuit Challenges 'Resignation' Threat to Federal Workers | Newsmax.com
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-elon-musk-federal-workforce/2025/02/24/id/1200310/
Federal funding restored for low-income Alabama utility assistance after outcry • Alabama Reflector
Federal judge blocks parts of Trump’s private-sector DEI order
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/federal-judge-blocks-parts-trump-165800303.html
AFGE: AFGE, Allies Vow to Continue Fight to Save USAID
https://www.afge.org/article/afge-allies-vow-to-continue-fight-to-save-usaid/
NBC News: Judge blocks Department of Education, federal personnel office from sharing data with DOGE
Trump’s Own Pollster Just Hit Him with Very Bad News—and a Warning
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-own-pollster-just-hit-110000256.html
Photos: ‘Distress flag’ hung high in Yosemite to protest job cuts
https://www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/article/yosemite-protest-job-cuts-20180229.php
Maine.gov: Governor Mills’ Statement on Notice of Investigation From U.S. Department of Education
‘Arbitrary and discriminatory’: Judge blocks Trump’s effort to deter DEI programs
'Delusional' Trump Openly Mocked As His Newest Boast Backfires Spectacularly
https://www.yahoo.com/news/delusional-trump-openly-mocked-newest-063813961.html
The New Republic: Trump Blows Up After Onslaught of Devastating Polls
https://newrepublic.com/post/191830/trump-reaction-polls-approval
Federal workers launch a new site to share inside information about DOGE | The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/news/617014/federal-workers-we-the-builders-website-doge
Forbes: Federal Judge Extends TRO Against NIH Cap On Indirect Cost Payments
Georgia Republican faces town hall backlash over DOGE job cuts
Comment: Includes Video of town hall meeting.
Unions sue over federal worker firings, alleging Trump administration misused probationary periods
Contempt sought against US officials for alleged 'brazen defiance' of court order on foreign-aid funds
Daily Kos: Economic Blackout Gaining Steam!
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/19/2304897/-Economic-Blackout-Gaining-Steam
Protesters take to the streets in support of National Park workers who've lost their jobs after a chaotic week for the NPS
https://www.yahoo.com/news/protesters-streets-support-national-park-130000606.html
‘Tesla Takedown’ protesters say they’re just getting started denouncing DOGE at dealerships - Fast Company
Axios: Scoop: Democrats quietly prepare for a Trump constitutional crisis
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/18/democrats-trump-judges-constitution-doge
Opinion - Who will stop Trump and Elon Musk from dismantling the US government?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-stop-trump-elon-musk-190000843.html
Judge temporarily halts firing of 11 U.S. intelligence officers
'No kings on Presidents Day' rings out from protests against Trump and Musk | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/president-donald-trump-protest-c8796556fbf20e796f42167f61c3d942
'Critical moment in history': Protests across US target Trump, Musk
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/02/17/anti-trump-musk-protests-us/78962739007/
USA TODAY: President's Day protests rally against Trump administration policies
Alabama takes part in national anti-Trump, Elon Musk ‘No kings on Presidents Day’ protests
Warnock at National Cathedral: ‘Don’t tell me you reject DEI when you live in a White House built by Black hands’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/warnock-national-cathedral-don-t-191204348.html
Elon Musk faces exile from 365-year-old Royal Society scientific institution over his political behavior
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-faces-exile-365-112344928.html
TheStreet: Walmart, Amazon face massive boycott threat
https://www.thestreet.com/retail/walmart-amazon-among-retailers-facing-a-massive-boycott-threat
Daily Kos: BOYCOTT!
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/16/2304095/-BOYCOTT
The Associated Press: NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans
https://apnews.com/article/black-consumers-dei-buying-guide-naacp-34664d8af92e2dc1ba787a498348b7a4
TIME: ‘The Worst I’ve Ever Seen’: Trump’s Mass Layoffs Leave Federal Workers Baffled and Angry
https://time.com/7225555/trump-mass-layoffs-federal-workers/
The Hill: Murkowski: Trump’s mass firings ‘do more harm than good’
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5147474-murkowski-trump-musk-federal-workforce-reduction/
Purges at the DOJ and FBI: How Civil Service Laws Apply
https://www.justsecurity.org/107708/purges-doj-fbi-civil-service-laws/
FedScoop: AFGE says it will fight mass federal firings, refuting ‘performance’ claims
https://fedscoop.com/afge-says-it-will-fight-mass-federal-firings-refuting-performance-claims/
Democracy Docket: 14 States Sue to Block Elon Musk’s DOGE Actions, Claim Unconstitutional Abuse of Power
AL.com: ‘Lip service over public service?’: Billboard slams Sen. Britt over UAB funding cuts
Video: Watch "A Timely Warning From Abraham Lincoln" on YouTube
https://youtube.com/shorts/s2WcVQfRuK4?feature=shared
Arizona, 13 other states file suit against Musk's DOGE, citing 'reckless' behavior
https://www.yahoo.com/news/arizona-13-other-states-file-050441280.html
Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily allow funds for foreign aid
Protecting our Members’ Jobs: IAM, NFFE-IAM Join Labor Coalition in New Lawsuit Over Illegal Gutting of Federal Workforce
Axios: Mitch McConnell takes his revenge on Trump
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/14/mcconnell-trump-nominees-rfk-gabbard-tariffs
Comment: Thanks Mitch, but too little, too late.
Government watchdogs fired by Trump sue his administration and ask a judge to reinstate them
https://www.yahoo.com/news/8-inspectors-general-fired-trump-150616508.html
POLITICO: Red-state universities push back against NIH funding cuts
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/12/trump-universities-funding-cuts-016328
IAM, NFFE-IAM Rally to Protect Civil Services from Billionaire Takeover
Tariffs on Canadian Steel and Aluminum Would Be a Gut Punch to Workers
https://www.goiam.org/news/tariffs-on-canadian-steel-and-aluminum-would-be-a-gut-punch-to-workers/
Slate: Americans Are Actually in a Position to Make Elon Musk Feel Our Rage
https://slate.com/business/2025/02/elon-musk-tesla-stock-valuation-consumer-boycott.html
Video: Watch "We Can (And Must) Keep Up The Fight" on YouTube
https://youtube.com/shorts/FrdSyuUA7hU?feature=shared
The Guardian US: Hegseth heckled and booed by military families at pro-DEI protest in Germany | Trump administration
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/12/pete-hegseth-dei-protest-germany
AFGE: AFGE Responds to Fork Ruling Denying Preliminary Injunction on Procedural Grounds
POLITICO: DOGE cut off from student loan data, for now
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/11/doge-student-loan-data-00203689
NBC News: Judge blocks Trump administration from cutting research funding after 22 states sue
Labor unions sue to block DOGE access to sensitive information at US agencies
https://www.yahoo.com/news/labor-unions-sue-block-doge-230607320.html
US whistleblower office chief temporarily reinstated after alleging improper firing
https://www.yahoo.com/news/head-us-whistleblower-office-alleges-192543217.html
Axios: Democrats dig in against Mike Johnson on government shutdown
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/07/democrats-mike-johnson-goverment-shutdown-jeffries
Democratic senators urge VA secretary to revoke Elon Musk’s access to veterans’ personal information | Stars and Stripes
Public Citizen steps up fight against DOGE, backing California students' lawsuit
Democrats demand investigation into Musk's alleged 'conflicts' over billions in fed contracts - ABC News
The Associated Press: Vatican's Caritas outraged at 'reckless' USAID cuts, says millions will die, others left in poverty
https://apnews.com/article/vatican-us-usaid-pope-migration-6bf064630ff58022ab133f5375f5b5ef
ABC News: Judge blocks Trump administration from placing 2,200 USAID employees on leave at midnight
https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-temporary-order-blocking-trumps-dismantling-usaid/story?id=118585005
Slate: A Reagan Appointee Just Showed How All Judges Should Respond to Trump’s Lawless Rampage
Judge to block Trump administration plan to put 2,200 USAID workers on leave - POLITICO
Trump's sweeping agenda is hitting legal roadblocks
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-sweeping-agenda-hitting-legal-050606568.html
The Associated Press: 13 states to sue over DOGE access to government payment systems containing personal data
https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-trump-doge-states-47912249bf4b79477cbe211565c9743c
Protesters in cities across the US rally against Trump's policies, Project 2025 and Elon Musk | Euronews
WCHS: Protest against White House actions, Project 2025 draws large crowd at W.Va. State Capitol
Comment: Even in Red state West Virginia.
The Hill: Appropriations Democrats press Zeldin on ‘illegal’ EPA grant freeze
AFGE | Trump Administration “Fork Directive” Ultimatum Unlawful as Written, Unions Urge Court to Find
POLITICO: EPA funds still frozen despite agency memo, lawmakers’ pressure
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/06/epa-funds-frozen-despite-agency-memo-efforts-00202753
InsideEVs : Tesla Sales Are Tanking Across The World
https://insideevs.com/news/750076/tesla-sales-tanking-globally/
Germany: Tesla sales plunge almost 60% in January – DW – 02/06/2025
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-tesla-sales-plunge-almost-60-in-january/a-71533790
Government Executive: Congressional Democrats tell skeptical protestors they’ll stop Trump’s elimination of USAID
FBI agents sue DOJ, allege retaliation over Jan. 6 cases
https://www.aol.com/fbi-agents-sue-doj-allege-173900079.html
Dismissed labor official sues Trump and NLRB chair over firing | Trump administration | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/05/gwynne-wilcox-nlrb-lawsuit-trump
Slate: Finally, the Pushback to Musk’s Lawless Power Grab Has Begun
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/02/federal-workers-sue-opm-elon-musk-takeover.html
ABC News: Democrats threaten to obstruct Trump's agenda over Musk's DOGE efforts
Axios: Scoop: Senate Dems plot to delay all Trump nominees in retaliation for USAID restructuring
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/04/senate-democrats-holds-nominees-usaid
Hakeem Jeffries wants funding freeze 'choked off' in spending deal - Live Updates - POLITICO
The Associated Press: Democrats push back after Musk says Trump agrees to close USAID and workers are kept out
https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-usaid-c0c7799be0b2fa7cad4c806565985fe2
Congressional Democrats denied entry to USAID building
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/03/democrats-usaid-building-house-senate-protest
The Hill: Democrats slam Trump over reports he’ll merge USAID with State Department
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5120310-democrats-donald-trump-usaid-state-department/
POLITICO: ‘What Elon Musk Said Is a Bold-Faced Lie’
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/02/04/elon-musk-usaid-00202409
Government Executive: ‘Robbery in progress': Small group protests at OPM over Musk allies’ access to federal employee personal data
NJ.com: Elon Musk has control of federal servers — and, yes, Hillary Clinton has something to say about that
Ken Martin wins race to become chair of the Democratic National Committee as party looks to find its footing - CBS New
Government Executive: Union chief: It’s not just a threat to federal employees
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/02/its-not-just-threat-federal-employees/402718/
Treasury Department sued over DOGE takeover
https://www.theverge.com/policy/605614/treasury-department-sued-over-doge-takeover
The Guardian US: FBI in ‘battle’ with Trump amid purge of officials, top agent warns staff
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/03/trump-fbi-james-e-dennehy
Unions sue to block Musk team’s access to Treasury payments
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/03/unions-sue-block-musk-treasury-payment-00202243
Senior Democrat wants to know who in the Trump White House got Top Secret clearance without a complete background check - Government Executive
Public Service Unions File Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration Efforts to Politicize the Civil Service
US federal employee union sues over Trump administration plan to fire, reclassify government employees - JURIST - News
Reuters: US judge temporarily blocks Trump's order restricting birthright citizenship
24 Democratic states and cities sue over Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship
AL.com: Alabama professors, UAB students ask court to block law against DEI, ‘divisive concepts’
Axios: After Trump's DEI remarks on DC crash, here are the facts about air traffic control hires
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/31/dc-plane-crash-trump-dei-air-traffic-control-data
Axios: Air traffic controllers union hits back at Trump DEI comments
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/31/air-traffic-control-union-dei-staffing-trump-plane-crash
AFGE | Largest Federal Employee Union Response to Trump Memorandum on Union Contracts
Just Security: Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-legal-challenges-trump-administration-actions/
US federal employee union sues over Trump administration plan to fire, reclassify government employees - JURIST - News
Luján Calls Out Trump Administration Chaos and Confusion, Exposes Threat of Budget Office Nomination - Senator Ben Ray Luján (01/30/25)
Groups oppose Trump's nominee for OMB director (01/30/25)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5117286-groups-oppose-vought-nomination-omb/
Sewell calls on Air Force to reinstate Tuskegee Airmen video: ‘not DEI,’ but history
Democrats grill Project 2025 co-author over ‘illegal’ Trump funding move (01/22/25)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/democrats-grill-project-2025-co-174437846.html
Trudeau says Canada 'ready' for Trump tariffs as ministers make final push in D.C.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-trump-tariffs-1.7447136
Canada will bring ‘forceful but reasonable’ retaliation to Trump tariffs, Trudeau says | Canada | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/31/trump-tariffs-canada-trudeau
POLITICO: ‘Hit Him Back Twice as Hard’: Canada’s No. 1 Populist Has a Risky Trump Strategy
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/01/25/doug-ford-trump-trade-resistance-00200457
POLITICO Europe: Republican senator jabs Trump on Greenland: It’s an ally, not an asset
Denmark boosts Greenland defence after Trump repeats desire for US control
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgzl19n9eko.amp
Farmers Plead ‘Stop Our Fields Flooding’ as Trump Opens Dams
https://www.yahoo.com/news/farmers-plead-stop-fields-flooding-224516014.html
NSF-says it will unfreeze grant money after court order : NPR
Second federal judge orders temporary pause to Trump administration efforts to freeze funding | AP News
Axios: "Take this fight to every town hall": Trump's funding freeze awakens the "Resistance"
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/29/trump-funding-freeze-democrats-resistance
'Remarkably poor judgment': Wall Street Journal takes a critical eye to start of Trump's 2nd term
'Not a buyout': Attorneys and unions urge federal workers not to resign
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/29/nx-s1-5279365/federal-workers-resign-offer-buyout
Federal News Network: Questions federal employees should be asking before accepting ‘deferred resignation
The Guardian US: Federal workers decry Trump attempt to force mass resignations as ‘cruel joke’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/29/trump-federal-workers-resignation-offer-reaction
A 'constitutional crisis?' Democrats, Republicans spar over Donald Trump's spending order
Trump’s funding freeze temporarily blocked by court – what we know so far
'He cheats his way through life': The five biggest bombshells from Caroline Kennedy's open letter about RFK Jr. (01/29/25)
The Guardian US: Trump condemned over ‘blatantly illegal’ firings of watchdog chiefs
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/28/trump-watchdog-firings-inspectors-general
Axios: Scoop: Top House Democrats gear up for first big battle with Trump over IG ousters
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/28/trump-fired-inspectors-general-raskin-connolly
NBC News: Quaker groups file suit over end of policy restricting ICE arrests in houses of worship
Trump's early actions on health agencies roil medical researchers
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/27/trump-health-communications-medical-researchers
NPR: Bishop confronts Trump during sermon at inaugural prayer service
A Pastor's Powerful Plea For 'Mercy' Drew Trump's Ire — And Faith Leaders Have Something To Say
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pastors-powerful-plea-mercy-drew-002115333.html
The Air Force Secretary said Elon Musk 'needs to learn a little bit more about the business' before deriding crewed fighter jets
https://www.yahoo.com/news/air-force-secretary-said-elon-035917684.html
Elizabeth Warren is pushing Trump to establish conflict-of-interest rules for Elon Musk
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elizabeth-warren-pushing-trump-establish-152341829.html
Are government workers going to stand up to Trump?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/27/government-workers-trump
Sen. Adam Schiff says Trump 'broke the law' by firing 18 inspectors general
FedScoop: Federal worker advocates file legal challenges to DOGE, Schedule F
https://fedscoop.com/federal-worker-legal-challenges-doge-schedule-f/
AL.com: ‘Mind boggling act of cowardice,’ late-night comedian says of Tuberville’s pardon reaction
Jon Stewart slams Tuberville’s ‘psychotic’ California wildfire comments: ‘There’s something wrong with you’ - al.com
POLITICO: Federal judges in Jan. 6 cases slam Trump’s pardons
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/22/trump-pardons-jan-6-federal-judge-00199948
The Hill: Kinzinger rips Johnson for defending Trump Jan. 6 pardons
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5102489-trump-jan-6-pardons/
Jan. 6 prosecutor: Rioters freed by Trump ‘have never been more dangerous’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/jan-6-prosecutor-rioters-freed-135029830.html
Jan. 6 rioters convicted for role in Capitol attack speak out against Trump's pardons
https://abcnews.go.com/US/jan-6-rioters-speak-out-against-pardons/story?id=117981519
Trump’s election interference judge says his Jan 6 pardons can’t ‘whitewash blood, feces, and terror’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-election-interference-judge-says-203853165.html
Axios: "No one should excuse violence": GOP Senate resistance hits Trump over Jan. 6 pardons
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/21/republican-senators-trump-jan-6-pardons
FedScoop: Federal worker advocates file legal challenges to DOGE, Schedule F
https://fedscoop.com/federal-worker-legal-challenges-doge-schedule-f/
Elon Musk Denied Access to SpaceX’s Biggest Government Secrets Over Drugs and Foreign Contacts
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-denied-access-spacex-175858022.html
The Guardian US: Joe Biden warns ‘oligarchy is taking shape in America’ in farewell address
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/15/joe-biden-farewell-address-trump-oligarchy-america
'What are you afraid of?' Sen. Tammy Duckworth yells as Pete Hegseth dodges questions - NewsBreak (01/14/25)
Former FBI and CIA chief urges senators to sink Patel, Gabbard | Fox News (12/27/24)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-fbi-cia-chief-urges-senators-sink-patel-gabbard
The Hill: Raskin demands FBI vetting of Trump nominees, details on Epshteyn (12/13/24)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5039373-raskin-fbi-vetting-trump-nominees-epshteyn/
Bolton: Senators ‘won’t escape history’s judgment’ if they vote to confirm Patel to FBI (12/11/24)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/bolton-senators-won-t-escape-160929525.html
Democrats demand answers from Trump pick Mehmet Oz on 'Medicare privatization' (12/10/24)
Michael Bloomberg Said Putting RFK Jr. In Charge of Vaccines Would Be 'Medical Malpractice' (12/03/24)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/michael-bloomberg-said-putting-rfk-200627742.html
Commentary - Former National Intelligence Chairman: Tulsi Gabbard is Dangerous and Unfit (11/26/24)
House Oversight Democrats slam Trump for choosing Project 2025’s ‘lead architect’ to head OMB (11/23/24)
‘This is Sickening’: Trump Slammed for Jan. 6 Take at Secret Mar-a-Lago Bash
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sickening-trump-slammed-jan-6-160813065.html
Democratic senator says Trump’s plan to ‘cripple our democracy’ underway
https://www.yahoo.com/news/democratic-senator-says-trump-plan-174033414.html
Video: Watch "What Trump’s Victory Means" on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RBgpdWUPFaU
After Donald Trump’s Victory, Liz Cheney Calls For Citizens To “Do Everything We Can To Support And Defend Our Constitution”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-victory-liz-cheney-131546802.html
Donald Trump didn’t win by a historic landslide. It’s time to nip that lie in the bud | Mehdi Hasan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/03/donald-trump-historic-landslide-win-lie